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February 2010||| Facebook and Twitter
It's been 2 months since we last posted news on this website but a lot of things are in progress. We are currently working on the new design of this website, which we are hoping to launch in a couple months. We are also working with new clients and hope to present some of the projects fairly soon!
Don’t forget to link up with valérydesignwrks through Facebook and Twitter to make the most of all the extra information available through the site.
December 2009|||Joyeux Noël et bonne année 2010!
Valérydesignwrks would like to thank you very much for this great year and wish you a great Holiday Season! I will see you in January with a lot of new and exciting projects!
November 2009|||Royal Bison VII
Valérydesignwrks will be a part of the 7th Royal Bison! The show will be held on the 28th and 29th of November at the same location, North of the Old Framer's Market, Edmonton. For this quarterly event, we will be bringing new illustration work and a brand new 2010 wall calendar! For more information, please visit the ROYAL BISON website.
October 2009||| Facebook Giveaway
Congratulations to our Facebook fan Lisa Holcomb who won a signed 8" x 10" Valérydesignwrks Print as part of our third giveaway. Become a fan on Facebook for more exciting exclusives. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Valerydesignwrks/31055149658
September 2009|||HOW Promotion Design Awards
Bravo! Valéry got her 5th award of this 2009 year with the HOW Promotion Design Awards!
August 2009|||2010 Wall Calendar
It is now time to prepare our 2010 wall calendar! We are planning on having it produced by October so keep visiting this site for updates.
Also, we have new additions to our boutiques! ETSY and SUPERMARKET
July 2009|||Brain Aided Design™
Valéry was one of the few lucky people to attend Brain Aided Design™, a great workshop in Percé, Québec. Ian Anderson, founder of the Designers Republic was with us for the entire week to makes us experiment quite an interesting creative process. During this week, in addition to personnal projects, four teams worked hard on the rebranding of God. That was the most pleasant and useful workshop I have attended so far.
May 2009|||Western Magazine Awards
Valéry Goulet has been named a finalist in the Best Illustration category in the Western Magazine Awards for her work on the spring 2008 issue of Research News—Off to a good start!
You can check out all the finalists here: Western Magazine Awards 2009
May 2009|||Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards
Hourra! Valéry got her 4th award of this 2009 year with the Applied Arts Illustration Award in the Calendar Illustration category. Feel free to have a look at the list of winners to see all the other great awarded pieces. Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards 2009
May 2009|||Royal Bison VI
Valérydesignwrks will be a part of the 6th Royal Bison! The show will be held on the 30th and 31th of May at the same location, North of the Old Framer's Market, Edmonton. For this quarterly event, we will be bringing new illustration work and a new vintage inspired collection!
For more information, please visit the ROYAL BISON website.
April 2009||| Poisson d'avril Special
Buy one print of your choice on any of our online boutiques (ETSY, SUPERMARKET and VALERYDESIGNWRKS) and get one FishZ print for free! From April 1 to April 15, 2009 inclusively.
For more information, send us an email at orders@valerydesignwrks.ca
March 2009||| Make Your Own Monster for Mom contest
Please vote for our submitted design (#11) to the "Make Your Own Monster for Mom!" for a chance to win the winning artwork on a pendant along with a copy of the book Celebrate Green! Winners will be announced April 8, 2009 on the Blend Creations and Celebrate Green! newsletters.Vote here!
March 2009||| ACE Awards||Bravo!
Hourra! Valéry is a proud winner of the 2008 ACE Awards! Our 2009 illustrative calendar was awarded 3 times yesterday at the ACE Show. Valéry received The ACE Award of Gold under the Illustration Computer category and also got an Award of Distinction under Self-Promotion. Finally, Douglas Printing brought home an ACE of Distinction in the print category for its great work on this magnificent project.
Get your copy of the calendar before they are all gone
February 2009||| Royal Bison V
We are pleased to be a part of the 5th Royal Bison! The show will be held on the 7th and 8th of February at the same place, North of the Old Framer's Market, Edmonton. For this quarterly event, we will be bringing new illustration work especially for Valentine's day!
For more information, please visit the ROYAL BISON website.
January 2009||| Valérydesignwrks - Giveaway #2
Congratulations to our Buy Canadian First follower who won a signed 8" x 10" Valérydesignwrks Print as part of our second giveaway.
December 2008 ||| Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on Twitter! Win a 8" x 10" Valérydesignwrks Print! Anyone can win so tell all your friends on Twitter to enter!
To be eligible to win the 8" x 10" Valérydesignwrks Print, create an account on Twitter and follow our feed.
We'll randomly select one person from our 'follower' list on January 31, 2009. The winner will get an email with details on how to redeem the print!
If you're not on Twitter, set up an account. It's quick and easy and free.
November 2008 ||| Valérydesignwrks - Giveaway
Congratulations to Sharon Belliveau and Marnie Benney who each won a signed BatS print as part of our first giveaway.
Stay tuned next month for another great prize!
September 2008 ||| Mosaic Magazine
Valéry Goulet is happy to illustrate the front page of the Edmontonian Mosaic Magazine! We would like to invite you to check it out as a little article about her work will also be a part of the November issue. www.ilovemosaicmagazine.com
September 2008 ||| The 4th ROYAL BISON Art, Craft & Fair
Valérydesignwrks will be part of the 4th ROYAL BISON Art, Craft & Fair of Edmonton! Mark your calendar as a lot of brand new items will be on sale! For more information, please visit the ROYAL BISON website.
August 2008 ||| One of a kind show 2008
Our proposed illustration for the One of a Kind Reusable Shopping Bag Design Contest as been selected to be THE 2008 reusable bag for sale at the One of a Kind show in Toronto and Vancouver this year! Hourra!
August 2008 ||| Inbloomkids
Valérydesignwrks as a new partner! Sophie McDonald from Inbloomkids is now taking care of all the wholesale aspect of our products! Bienvenue Inbloomkids! www.inbloomkids.com
July 2008 ||| Good EGG industries
We are proud to join the Good Egg Industries team, which has as mission to support the Canadian independent craft community by bringing attention to the work of exciting, emerging craft artists and designers! Please feel free to visit their website at www.goodeggshop.com
June 2008 ||| The UPPERCASE directory of Canadian Illustration & Photography Talent
Valéry Goulet, founder of Valerydesginwrks, is proud to be a part of this book, which celebrates Canadian illustration and photography! Unlike magazine awards, annuals or traditional illustration directories that are little more than picture books, this publication delves into what fuels a creative life. Don't miss your chance to get it! The book is on sale at the UPPERCASE boutique.
June 2008 ||| École internationale d'été de Percé - Université Laval
Valéry has been selected to be a part of the «Classe de Maître en design graphique : introspection et création» which will be held at l'École internationale d'été de Percé, Québec. The class will be taught by Stefan Sagmeister.
May 2008 ||| Consumable Waste
We would like to invite you to visit the Consumable Waste exhibit from May 13th to the 24th at Latitude 53 where you will find my most recent illustration work along with other really nice projects designed especially for this show.
April 2008 ||| DeSerres
Congratulations to ADzif! The great art supply store DeSerres recently brought the ADzif wall applications to their stores! Valérydesignwrks' designs have also being chosen to be a part of their collection!
April 2008 ||| The 3rd ROYAL BISON Art, Craft & Fair
Valérydesignwrks will be part of the 3rd ROYAL BISON Art, Craft & Fair of Edmonton! Mark your calendar as a lot of brand new items will be on sale! For more information, please visit the ROYAL BISON website.
April 2008 ||| Research News Magazine
Valérydesignwrks is proud to have illustrated the cover and inside articles of the spring issue of the Research News Magazine, which is supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
April 2008 ||| Environmentally Friendly Illustrations
This month, Valéry will start to work on a great project. She will be working in partnership with Douglas Printing in Edmonton to develop a collection of illustrative products in line with the 10 principles of the FSC organization.
March 2008 ||| ACE Awards
Valéry Goulet, also Art Director at Optamedia, is really proud of being awarded by the Advertising Club of Edmonton. Optamedia won an ACE award for Best Visual Identity design and a Distinction award for an annual report design. Merci!
March 2008 ||| Trunkt
Trunkt.org offers one-stop shopping for design-savvy consumers and Valérydesignwrks is proud to be a part of it! Click here to see our boutique!
March 2008 ||| The Signature Awards
Valéry is excited about joining Oops! Design to be a part of the panel of judges for The Signature Awards, which is the most highly profiled creative awards program from the Advertising Association of Winnipeg.
February 2008 ||| Coup de Pouce Magazine
You want to learn a little more about the decorative wall aplications? The french canadian magazine «Coup de Pouce» is publishing an article on the topic and selected one of the decorative wall applications designed by Valéry as the part of the visual to support the article! See the article here.
February 2008 ||| Supermarket
Valérydesignwrks is proud to be on the online boutique Supermaket, which is regrouping a collection of superior quality products, apparel, art, and accessories with an emphasis on great design. To visit my Supermarket boutique, go to my Retailers section or click here!
January 2008 ||| Happy New Year!
We hope everyone had a great Holiday season and we would like to wish you all the best in 2008. We are now starting another intensive year and we will be back really soon with new stuff for you. À bientôt!
December 2007 ||| The UPPERCASE directory of Canadian Illustration & Photography Talent
Valéry is proud of being selected a participant of the Work/Life book project. This book celebrates Canadian illustration and photography. Unlike magazine awards annuals or traditional illustration directories that are little more than picture books, this publication delves into what fuels a creative life. Valéry Goulet, founder of Valerydesginwrks, is one of the 100 artists who were chosen to be part of the project.
| NOT SO NEW 2007 |||
We kept for you all the news from 2007 as nice things happened and some may be useful.
Click here to access them.
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