A few of us took in the China Agri-Food and Seafood Market Seminar, put on by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the BC Ministry of Agriculture, on February 1.
Back in July we wrote about Helitech, one of a handful of companies in the world capable of repairing and rebuilding Bell rotary-wing aircraft, most notably the U1H1 or “Huey” helicopter. At that time, Tugboat was just at the beginning of a full rebranding and visual identity redesign.
Steve and Darren, from Tugboat, accompanied Jesse from Jind Fruit Co. to the annual Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit, held in Atlanta in October.
It took three full days to make it through the entire show (no word of a lie – Darren still has a slight limp).
The summer nights of June and July have yielded to the brisk breeze of fall. So much summer, so little time. Sounds like a John Hughes movie (click - it's worth it!) and it tastes even better.
The JIND Fruit Co. tagline has been brought to sweet, summer life on the web. When developing the theme and strategy for this site, we realized everyone knows what an apple looks like. Chances were also good that most humans can recognize cherries and peaches as well.
"I'm not perfect," Grace Jones sang, "but I'm perfect for you."
This chorus was the foundation of the Tugboat creative team's entry into chairLIFT, a presentation at this year's Home + Design Show.
The solicitation from show organizers read "chariLIFT will showcase the designs of 10-12 prominent Canadian artists, local bloggers, influencers and celebrities." So, after verifying the invitation was not sent to us in error or as a taunt, we set to work on figuring out how to make a work of art out of a chair with $125.
We ended up buying this chair:
From this guy:
In this condition:
And made it into art:
Hats off to Paulie for the idea and Justin, Chris and Pam for bringing it to life.
