And Also Too denounces the recent escalation of attacks on Gaza by the Israeli regime. As we stand in solidarity with Palestinieans resisting horrific oppression and ongoing ethnic cleansing, we call on our peers to recognize design, art, and culture as instruments of apartheid, settler colonialism, and state-sponsored dispossession. As creators in world-building professions, it […]
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Earlier this year, we held our first ever online retreat, and were joined by our longtime thought partner Laura Arndt from Feathers of Hope. Laura has walked alongside us for nearly a decade, and has seen our practice shift and grow over time. She graced us with memories, stories, and powerful lessons from our codesign […]
*Period Closed* Application deadline: April 14, 2021 Graphic designers who are committed to design justice, please get in touch! We have some exciting collaborative, community centered design projects in the works and need your help getting it all done. If you have a diploma/degree in graphic design, are proficient in Adobe CS (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop […]
Retreats are a deep aspect of And Also Too’s culture. As an online studio with team members scattered across Canada and the US, seeing each other in person is always special—a rare and precious time to hangout beyond the digital worlds of our screens. Previous retreats have found us against the backdrop of breathtaking rural […]
Earlier this year, as many workplaces made the rapid shift to working from home, we published “Care-based approaches to remote work” to share lessons we’ve learned and practices we’ve developed over several years of working from different locations. In the months that have unfolded since we wrote that post, we have seen the many ways […]
This is the second in our mini-series of posts about our website refresh process. You can find the first post here. Conduct Research Our people are everything 💚 We met with fifteen trusted advisors over the course of two weeks and gathered insights into their goals, experiences, and frustrations when visiting our website and other […]
It had to happen eventually — we’re redesigning our website. This is the first in a mini-series of posts that will provide a peek inside our redesign process. Starting at the end: Evaluate and iterate When we launched our current website in 2016, our primary goals were to describe what our co-design process looks […]
As we write this, cases of COVID-19 are increasing exponentially in many places around the world. In response, organizations, schools, and businesses are closing down their physical offices and urging staff to find ways to work from home to minimize the risk of exposure. Early this week, our team met to reflect on what we’ve […]
Nisa Homes’ event poster for their International Women’s Day event – We Rise by Lifting Each Other. Members of And Also Too wear many hats. Outside of the studio, production manager Zahra Agjee is a visual artist whose work deals with issues of identity, representation, and the self. She is also the founder of The […]
Recently, we submitted HairStory — Rooted: A Firm Foundation for the Future of Black Youth in Ontario’s Systems of Care to the So(cial) Good Design Awards for consideration. Although we believe competitions like these have been instrumental in shining a light on design that is happening in the social impact / social justice space, we […]