A lot of people asked us how we made the cookies, and what messages we included. Well we heard you loud and clear and put together this little tutorial for you. Hope you enjoy! Click on the photo to enlarge.
And here are the fortunes written by our facebook friends. Click on the photo to enlarge.
Check out the promotional video we shot with those paper fortune cookies and those suggestions. Click here
Read More
Remember those fortunes you gave us a while back? Well we’re finally ready to show you what we did with them.
It all started in August when we set out to create a project that would bring a smile to people’s faces. To start we asked our facebook friends what they’d want to read in a fortune cookie. We took the suggestions, printed them out, and then cut and folded over 700 paper fortune cookies (it was as painful as it sounds)
Then on an august morning we set up 3 different boxes, in 3 different Montreal locations, and filled the boxes with hundreds of paper cookies. We sat back for the day, and watched the magic unfold.
Check out all the fun in this video we put together for you guys to enjoy!
(We even got the dog to smile)
For those of you who have been helping us with our secret fortune cookie project, we thank you tremendously. We’ll be unveiling the project on the canal near atwater market today at around 10 AM. If you’re nearby, you should drop by and grab a special cookie with a special fortune.
Let us predict your future, today.
Have you left the house in the last week? If so then you know that those posters plastering our streets are for a provincial election, and not for a province wide smiling contest. Well since all the media can’t stop talking about politics, we decided to get in on the fun in our own special way. Here at akute it’s our job to judge books by their cover.
So here’s the question, if you had to vote for a party based solely on their logo, who would it be? Let’s check out the contenders.
Quebec Liberal Party:
Here’s the liberal logo, can you tell they’re trying to be hip? This funky “L” looks less like a political party, and more like the long lost child of the 2012 London Olympic logo…
Parti Québécois
Of course the PQ isn’t doing much better, they’ve decided to ditch their first letter completely, and stick with a Q that tries so hard to be modern it looks a circle and triangle trying to do the dirty.
The CAQ
A funky pie chart on drugs, an infographer’s dream? Hey, it maybe a little crazy for a political party, but I’m sure the cartoon network would love a new logo.
Quebec Solidaire
Some designer somewhere must have been really happy when he realized a juggling ghost looks just like a Q. Although what that has to do with Quebec is beyond me. Then add orange and a bunch of broken pieces to it, and you end up with a logo that I wouldn’t be too excited about.
Option Nationale
Don’t even know what to say about his one, all I keep thinking is that this “n” should talk to his doctor about Viagra. I guess you should give them credit for innovating, they are the only ones who’s logo hovers above the ground, although they didn’t even get the shadow right!
To sum it up…
Hopefully this post in no way will affect your political views. Cause maybe picking a party the same way we pick brands in a grocery store might not be the best idea. In the end which logo did you like the most?
And remember kids! Vote or die.
Read More
Hey there boys and girls,
Drum roll please…The fourth and final of the Wall of Shame posters! Here are the rest of the hilarious quotes curtesy of our friends from Dawson College. This typographic poster marks the end of this series, tune in for our next post, project coming soon!
Read More
Hey everybody! Have you been wondering what we’re up to? Well we’re excited to finally be able to reveal one of our summer projects. We’ve spent over a month working and rework a brand new “akute neu” font! Not only that, but we’re giving it away for tons of money free! The font is inspired by our logo and contains full number and symbol support! What it doesn’t contain is uppercase letters, cause here at akute we don’t believe in screaming.
Here’s a little taste…
Check back soon and we’ll have the font finished up, and ready to download/install for free!
Read More
If you’re bored on a friday night come support the 3rd year graphic design students at “expwy salutes”. A fundraiser show at the plant. Here’s the info!
(For more info visit their Facebook event here)
Also check out the teaser video akute made to promote the event!
Read More
Hello everyone!
Here’s our third and second to last Wall of Shame poster. This one was inspired by hand rendered type that we all know and love!
Click Here to see it full sized
Read More
Hey Everybody!
Here’s the second in our “Wall of Shame” series. The poster features more quotes and inside jokes from our time at Dawson College. Enjoy this chalkboard inspired poster.
Click Here to see it full sized
Don’t forget to tune in next wednesday to see the next poster!
If you missed the first one you can find it here.
Hey guys,
Now, I know we have been bugging you with all the posts from the 24 hour film race, and I know if we look at the blog it seems like this was our only project. Well don’t worry. Because, first, this is the last time, we will ever post something about the 24 hour film race (at least until next year). And second, we will have more projects to show you this summer… well maybe… most probably… surely.
Yesterday was the premiere of the 24 hour film race, where 16 Montreal videos were shown at Cinema du Parc, and one of them was akute’s. Some were great, some were good, some were meh. Unfortunately, we did not win any awards for our film, but hey it’s not always about winning (said the team who didn’t win nada). No, but seriously we learned a lot and next year we’ll be back, better then ever. In the meantime, feast your eyes on the oh-so-awaited film; One past Eight.
You should also know that the theme required was one, the action asked for was listening to music, and prop was the number one.
Read More