Last week, I had the pleasure to work with Roots and Douglas Coupland for the worldwide preview at ideacity 2010. Here are a few images of my week of Canada goes electric!
Anniversary Jacket Regina $1973.00 CAD
Yes $1973.00 is an weird price for something but did you know that Roots was founded in 1973?
The ROOTS X DOUGLAS COUPLAND collection is very colorful and simply brilliant! There is TV test patterns bars, Hydro towers, satellites, circuit boards, pixel maple leaves, mooses, bears and beavers! Douglas Coupland long-life exploration of what it means to be Canadian.
"This partnership with Roots is an amazing opportunity to keep that dialogue going with an even wider, more diverse audience," he said in a release.
Roots co-founder Don Green said Coupland's designs show "his trademark humour and brilliance."
Coupland was born on a Canadian Air Force base in Germany and his family later settled in Vancouver. Though he is internationally known for his novels, he is also a trained visual artist and sculptor who has studied at B.C.'s Emily Carr College of Art and Design as well as design institutes in Italy and Japan. His books are translated into 35 languages and published in most countries around the world.
Novels by Douglas Coupland:
TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public."
— Douglas Coupland (JPod)
