Journalhttp://oblada.com/journal/en-US2012-05-30T17:36:53ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Your Occasional Monty:http://oblada.com/journal/2012/5/24/your-occasional-monty.htmlDeb Clague2012-05-25T02:17:02Z

]]>The Bridge Cityhttp://oblada.com/journal/2012/5/21/the-bridge-city.htmlDeb Clague2012-05-21T21:17:36ZLife SaskatchewanI first noticed the fire truck on Broadway Bridge when I crossed it on Friday. Changing lanes to avoid the potential aftermath of a vehicular collision, I then noticed the three distraught teenage girls staring in shock at the rocks below. Most people don't think of Saskatoon's bridges beyond traffic but, while beautiful, there is an aura of sadness that surrounds them.

Last year while out walking my dog by the Weir, the whitenoise of nature was suddenly pierced by the blare of sirens. Within minutes... (read more at streetsofYXE.com)

]]>SIAST WINS AGAIN!http://oblada.com/journal/2012/5/12/siast-wins-again.htmlDeb Clague2012-05-13T03:10:58ZLifeToday I won an Elevator award, presented by the GDC Saskatchewan North chapter, for design work on the 2010-2011 SIAST Annual Report. Whoo hoo!:

You can view the project below:

]]>SIAST wins ACE Award of Excellencehttp://oblada.com/journal/2012/4/27/siast-wins-ace-award-of-excellence.htmlDeb Clague2012-04-28T04:15:48ZLifeAs my friends, family, acquaintances and pretty much anyone on the street willing to listen will know: I love my job! Today I am even more euphoric as my colleague and SIAST Creative Team counterpart, photographer Tom Bartlett, received an ACE Award of Excellence for his work on a piece we created last year. I knew from the moment that we met with the model (a student), we were working on something special. It feels great to get the validation that it, indeed, is. Congrats, Tom!

Members of the SIAST Marketing and Communications team (from left): Sara Snodgrass (Graphic Designer), Deborah Clague (Senior Graphic Designer), Tom Bartlett (Photographer) and Jen Pilsner (Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant).

The award-winning work:

]]>Boomhttp://oblada.com/journal/2012/4/8/boom.htmlDeb Clague2012-04-08T07:09:11ZSaskatchewanLiving and working downtown, I've come to recognize and appreciate the characters that perform on the stage that is #YXE. There's the woman with the epic beehive who has a fondness for leopard-print fashion. The buskers that provide the soundtrack for 1st and 21st. And also, sadly, the senior citizens that walk amongst the shadows, unnoticed by white-collar hustlers who's sole focus is personably quantifiable ROI. These are people who also helped build the province and are now faced with the hard realities that an economic upturn brings. Individuals who now resort to digging through trash bins for bottles or discarded day-olds. They've stopped caring about people staring because they know they are invisible. Forgotten. Avoided. Boom.