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Todd Macfie

@platform_design

Todd Macfie owns Platform Design, in partnership with Nina Palmer. I think I’ve had enough of this site for now. Good luck, be kind, move on.

 Calgary
platformdesign.ca
Joined June 2011
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Ruth Howard was tasked with helping create a symbol for the Black candidates. Her first idea of a white dove was turned down. She returned and presented a new drawing of a black panther which the county embraced as their new symbol.
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Update to see if this thing still is on. Tried Costco baby corns they tasted like chlorine. Absolute trash. Got food supplements from NE Calgary that also has the best damned nigiri in Canada — I’m not even going to tell you where. Top shelf. Adopted a dog. – at Calgary, Alberta
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Amanda Hu@amandalhu3 Mar 2023
Call to action for Calgary Board of Education parents and community members! It's time, again, to demand better air quality in CBE schools! Use our new writing tool to send a letter to trustees, admins and govt! #yyc #ableg #covid19ab #abhealth #abed kidsneedcleanair.com/
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New tree ornament! by @Jillhoff from @the_uncommons
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Nine (9) years later! happy holidays kids and cats and dogs and @camhoff
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TypoArabic@typo_arabic21 Oct 2022
It's done. It's here. It's 416 full colour pages of intense engagement with Arabic Typography: History and Practice @NiggliV @Uni_Rdg_typo @EmanuelaConidi @BornaIz @gerryleonidas @ISType niggli.ch/en/produkt/arabic-… #Arabic #typography #type #book #research #design #education
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📢 Join us Tonight to launch our Summer exhibitions Fri 22 7-9pm #free Robin Arseneault: Falling Off The Log Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau: The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum Gailan Ngan: From The Studio Floor Teresa Tam: Seasons End Liquidation Shop
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Opening this Saturday 14 May at Rotary Park - Crescent Heights Mini-Galleries exhibition by #SpanicArts @chcayyc
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Calgary parents! Tom Brown (famed miniaturist) and Nikki Martens (educator, awesome human) run a kids nature art program on weeknights in Calgary. Pls check it out. We missed last night ’cause fuckin’ covid. But they are the best. instagram.com/pleinairarts?i… #yyc #yycarts
A million years ago I did a canoe trip with FW. He's republished an excerpt on Outpost. If you are interested in escaping to summer trips, here it is: outpostmagazine.com/excerpt-…
Excerpt | Lines on a Map: Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration

Excerpt | Lines on a Map: Unparalleled Adventures in Modern Exploration 

Frank Wolf has trekked, kayaked, canoed, camped and cycled in some of the world’s coolest and most rugged places, including with Team Outpost. In this excerpt from his book, he follows an old Viking...

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Every email from my kids teachers today: “we look forward to welcoming you back, a sub will fill in for me [for undisclosed reasons].” Followed by 3 paragraphs of how online classes will work if needed. – at Calgary, Alberta
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Meanwhile our new School board trustee: HEPA is bad because of fiscal restraint, electrocution risks, and a false sense of security. She hit my shit list with quite a splatter. – at Calgary, Alberta
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Amanda Hu@amandalhu28 Dec 2021
ATTN AB parents/teachers: school is back on Jan 4 and we have no answers on safety measures given the rise of Omicron and @CMOH_Alberta's acknowledgement of airborne transmission. We need to make schools as safe as possible! Here's your call to action 🧵: #COVID19AB #AbLeg #AbEd
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Eiko Fried@EikoFried24 Dec 2021
In case you were wondering what paths 800 unsteered bicycles take when you push them:
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Naheed Nenshi
@nenshi16 Dec 2021
Thank you and Brampton City Council for your leadership on this, Mayor Brown. I hope all Canadian cities will join you and fill the vacuum of leadership we've seen from the federal government and opposition parties. @patrickbrownont – at Calgary, Alberta
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@patrickbrownont15 Dec 2021
We can’t allow the defense of the Charter & the foundational value of religious freedom to be on the backs of racialized communities against a provincial gov’t with unlimited legal resources. If Canada’s big Cities can fund the #Bill21 challenge then we level the playing field.
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Opportunity knocks! – work with us! Gallery Assistant & Bookshop Manager: Full Time, Permanent Position App. deadline: Wed 5 Jan at 6pm MST eskerfoundation.com/assets/G… Esker Foundation is currently seeking an organized and creative thinker to join our gallery team! #yycjobs #artjobs
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Also here’s a vicious little mink from the river – at Calgary, Alberta
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I’m supporting @gccarra tomorrow because I trust he’ll make the right decisions for our city in a somewhat perilous time – at Calgary, Alberta
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to putting through infrastructure (Manchester bike lanes; International Avenue cross-deerfoot connections) that are environmentally and socially meaningful. And fun! (+ a shit ton of other good thoughtful work) – at Calgary, Alberta
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Therefore: ✔️ @gccarra ✔️ @JyotiGondek ❎ referendum 🐮 💩 And: #FarkNo – at Calgary, Alberta
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