Design Canada

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Design Canada
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Directed byGreg Durrell
Produced by Jessica Edwards
CinematographyBen Johnson
Chris Romeike
Edited byBo Mehrad
Music byMark Lazeski
Mike Rocha
Ben Hulse
Running time
74 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Design Canada is a 2018 Canadian documentary film by Vancouver-based designer Greg Durrell [1] [2] and produced by Greg Durrell of Hulse&Durrell, Vancouver; and Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit of Film First in Brooklyn, New York. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The film recounts the untold story of graphics [6] [8] [9] [10] that "shaped Canada's identity" [11] [12] [13] and iconography [14] [15] that "defined modern Canada"; [16] [17] these include the design of the Canadian flag and the Centennial symbol of Canada, the Canada wordmark, icons for National Film Board (NFB), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CN Rail, Air Canada, no name brand, the Roots beaver, Montreal Expos and the 1976 Summer Olympics. [14] [18] [19] It explores works of a number of Canadian graphic designers in this domain. [18] [20] [5] [21]

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