Stuart Ash

picture info	Stuart Ash Stuart Ash (born 1942 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian designer who gained international fame in the late 1960s. He is recognized for designing strategic visual identities within Gottschalk + Ash, which he founded in partnership with Fritz Gottschalk in Montreal. He is considered one of the pioneers of international graphic design in Canada. Biography Stuart Ash began studying graphic design at the Western Technical-Commercial School between 1957 and 1962. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1964. Upon leaving school, he worked among others with Cooper & Beatty and Paul Arthur and Associates, among others. During the 1960s, these advertising agencies were among the most popular in Canada. They were mainly recognized for their typographic creations and their large-scale advertising campaigns. While working at Cooper & Beatty, he met Anthony Mann, Artistic Director and Typographer, with whom he worked jointly on the design of the logo of the Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonians. Traditionally, the local economy has been led by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries. During the 2010s, a shift toward the service sector occurred, such as health and sciences. Hamilton is ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mead Library Of Ideas Mead () is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. In food ... honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% Alcohol by volume, ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey. It may be still, carbonated, or naturally sparkling; dry, semi-sweet, or sweet. The term honey wine is sometimes used as a synonym for mead, although ''wine'' is typically defined to be the product of fermented grapes or certain other fruits, and some cultures have honey wines that are distinct from mead. The honey wine of Hungary, for example, is the fermentation of honey-sweeten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]