Do you remember the circumstances when you first met someone? The date? The season? The occasion? This is my tenth year working at the studio, and to mark my decade anniversary, I’d like to share the story of how I met Shin Sugino. Toronto was gearing up for its very first Toronto Festival of Fashion (now known as Fashion Week) at the Metro Convention Centre. The year was 1985 and I was working as a gallery administrator at Jane Corkin [...]
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Can you beat the Akinator? This fun online game has been going around the office today. It’s like the robo version of 20 Questions. Some of you may have already tried it out, but if you haven’t get ready to be dumbfounded! Eden Robbins tried to get the Genie to guess Shin Sugino and look what it came up with… Ha! Not too far off, right? Other than that he’s pretty spot on, guessing Japanese and Arab characters as [...]
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I grew up in the suburban Mecca of Markham, Ontario, in the 1970s. My parents moved the family there in the summer of 1973 when McCowan north of Steeles was a dirt road. I turned five that year. Markham was a hockey town. I played from the age of seven to seventeen. The cultural scene was pretty much limited to the now-forgotten Towne Theatre on Main Street – the converted jail/town hall — and the annual Markham Fair, which is [...]
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Shin Sugino teamed up with Blade Creative Branding to shoot a motion and stills campaign for Upper Village 2 (UV2), Greenpark’s chic and fresh condo complex in Markham. Check out the final spot below! Behind the Scenes Gallery *Click the images to enlarge – |Evolve or Die|
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I noticed the other day that Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction is about to happen. Unfortunately I’m not in the market, but it reminded me of the opportunities I had in the past working with Canadian Art magazine. I was regularly asked to take a portrait to accompany a feature story, here are a few of my faves. John Massey: Sculptor, Filmmaker, Digital Artist We’ve all done a few of these shots where we showed some equipment in the frame, [...]
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Creativity isn’t just part of our job at Sugino Studio; it’s our way of being. When we step out of the studio doors, the creative juices keep flowing. Each of us, in some way, take our skills we apply at work into our personal lives. This past weekend Maciej Roszkowski, senior digital artist, was asked to take photos for an event. This is what he had to say about his experience: “Last week a friend of mine at fu-GEN theatre [...]
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At Sugino, we shoot a lot of food and beverages. Like our recent four day shoot for Diageo beverages. And we eat a pretty amazing lunch together nearly every day, from some of the city’s tastiest restos. Check out a wicked time-lapse we made using the iPhone app ‘Time Lapse HD Camera’. So cool!! So it’s no wonder we were stoked to see Saveur‘s top recipes of 2011 recently. It’s the magazine’s annual roundup of the editors’ favourites from [...]
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At Sugino Studio we love to share. Past blogs have offered you an intimate look at our toilet seats, Andy McLeod’s not-so-secret desire to be Vulcan and Eden Robbins’ JFK connection. We also love creative inspiration. And every once in a while we come across a piece of work that we think is particularly notable, and want to share. Watch. Think. Discuss. Enjoy! The Joy of Books, by Type Books: The creator Sean Ohlenkamp, from Lowe Roche, had enlisted the [...]
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