Sam Johnstone

SA M JO H N STO N E SA MJO H N STO N E.CO- H ELLO@SA MJO H N STO N E.CO EX PERI ENC E I’m a multidisciplinary designer living Virgin Mobile Canada — Multimedia Designer, 2015-Present in Toronto. Currently at Virgin Mobile Inkubate Art Exchange — Board of Directors,- Canada, formerly J Walter Thompson Canada & the board of directors for J. Walter Thompson Canada — Designer,- Inkubate Art Exchange. Upperclass Recordings — Web Design Intern, 2012 At Virgin Mobile I have created Oscar de la Renta — Intern, 2012 illustration campaigns and TV spots, École Parsons à Paris — Visiting Student in Communication Design, 2012 designed event graphics, motion graphics, I’ve lead photoshoots, Sputnik Design Partners — Graphic Design Intern, 2011 created identity systems and more. OCAD University — Bachelor of Design in Graphic Design,- At JWT I art directed photoshoots for Tim Hortons & Nestlé, designed identity systems for Air Canada, Tim Hortons, Walmart & BrandTrade, S EL ECT ED EX H I B I T IO N S The Drawing Show — Gerrard Art Space, 2016 and created digital, social, print and The Isolation of Samuel Morse — Solo Show at Album Gallery, 2015 interactive ads for Mazda, Listerine, Take Home the Unknown — South Asian Visual Arts Centre, 2014 Polysporin and others. Before that, I was a student at OCAD University in Graphic Design, and a Salon des Inclusivité — Black Cat Gallery, 2014 Swash & Serif — Ligatures YYZ, 2014 visiting student at Parsons École à Kinship — Gallery 1313, 2014 Paris, as well as an intern for Sputnik By the Pound II — Sleeping Giant Gallery, 2010 Design Partners, Oscar de la Renta and Upperclass Recordings. I believe that design is a cultural S ELECT ED AWA RDS & F EAT U RES practice. That design work should be Zeum Magazine — Interview, Digital Publication, 2016 judged based on how it contributes The One Show — Merit Award Winner, 2016 to our cultural landscape. I believe that every piece of design should Omit Limitation — Digital Feature, 2015 answer to logic, by either adhering to Lürzer’s Archive — Featured, Volume 5/2015 a practical foundation or subverting Adobe Creative Jam 2015 Toronto — Best Motion Design, 2015 one. I believe that design should strive to be beautiful, and that the search for Advertising & Design Club of Canada — Merit Winner, Directions 2015 beauty is not at odds with any other Communication Arts — Featured, 2015 Design Annual priority in the design process. And that beauty is found by listening and looking carefully. Applied Arts — Complete Design Promotion Winner, 2015 Design Awards OCAD University — Joubin-Selig OTSS Scholarship, 2012