art director & graphic designer & instagram @globeandmail / she/her IG: mingwng
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Give the gift of meme this holiday season. Follow #SecretCanada on Instagram.
Come for the laughs, stay to learn which provinces actually respond to FOIs within 30(ish) days! (Hint: Not a lot of them.) instagram.com/secretcanadafo…
Some of the close calls from the past BC election were decided by a handful of voters – think the number of people who can fit in an elevator, or riders on a midday bus theglobeandmail.com/canada/b…
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Secret Canada took 2nd prize for outstanding investigative reporting at the international Fetisov Journalism Awards! We are so proud of this project and are grateful for the recognition. File those FOIs friends. (The SecretCanada.com database is being constantly updated)
⚡️The winners for the 2024 #FetisovJournalismAwards have been announced!
Learn more: fjawards.com/events/awards-c…
Huge congratulations to all the awardees!👏🏆💐
@BramEbus @juantorres @tinayingxu @higabyramirez
@satopol @xavieraldekoa @arago_la @nickturse @NicolasPelham @tom_cardoso @robyndoolittle @amiham_singh @mniang48 Katarina Hoije, Peter Waldman,@Fab_Fed @katiemcque @LynzyBilling @BirSchuelke @NaomiConrad @arafatul @will_coldwell 👏👏👏
#FetisovJournalismAwards2024
When I was designing the brand identity for #SecretCanada, I mocked the logo up on a tote bag to show that the brand has legs. Never did I think we would actually make one. Big props go to @robyndoolittle for championing the idea (and fulfilling the sold out SC tote orders.) /1
Made out of recycled materials, this classic tote is roughly 15” x 16”, and features art from long-time First Person illustrator, @montadrew.
It's that time of year again. If you're waiting in line at the #AritziaWarehouseSale2024, why not revisit our feature from last year
ON QUEUE Every year, Aritzia draws long lineups to its #AritziaWarehouseSale in Vancouver. During a time of rising inflation, it's a small glimpse into what's driving consumer habits.
theglobeandmail.com/business…
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📢New fellowship alert!📢
The Narwhal is excited to offer a new art and design fellowship for early to mid-career illustrators and/or designers who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour.
Deadline to apply: June 30, 2024 (11:59 p.m. PT)
thenarwhal.ca/2024-bipoc-art…
Last month, hundreds lined up on the opening day of the Hello Kitty Cafe in downtown Vancouver, the first ever in Canada. I wrote about the adorably inescapable global dominance of #HelloKitty, as she marks her 50th anniversary.
theglobeandmail.com/life/sty…
Hello Kitty expert Christine R. Yano had great insights on what makes the Sanrio cat so successful, from the disarming power of kawaii to HK's intentional, aestheticized blankness, which I couldn't stop thinking about when I saw this seating at the cafe
When Yano curated an exhibit at @jamuseum for HK's 40th, and she was struck by how much it meant to fans to see their cherished childhood items on display.
“As an anthropologist, that’s what moves me,” she said. Even if the item is corporate and mass-produced, "it says a lot."
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In our Freedom of Information Journalism category, the winners are…
🏆 @tom_cardoso @robyndoolittle @CarysMills @amiham_singh @_mingwong_, Globe and Mail
The project: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Congrats, Globies!
#cajawards
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Can't wait to celebrate all of these amazing projects at the NNAs. Special 🍾 to the #SecretCanada team —
@tom_cardoso @amiham_singh @CarysMills @_mingwong_ @hyfen @daniwebb_ @RenataDAliesio
— who leaned all the way in on a project about our country's broken FOI system.
🎁For all 89 of you viewing this tweet, here's a gift link to my emoji feature on why so many people interpret emojis (like 🙃) differently
theglobeandmail.com/gift/1fe…
How it started: How it’s going:
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
ALT A screenshot of a Twitter poll from 2019. The poll question is 'What does this emoji (upside-down face emoji) mean to you?' 'Being sarcastic/ironic' had majority of the votes.
ALT A 2024 online survey form with the question 'How do you most often interpret this emoji?' and an image of the upside-down face emoji.
Some emojis may be universally understood, but others are major material for misinterpretation
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Especially looking for people outside of Ontario! (Obviously love my fellow Ontarians, but hoping to get more stories from other parts of the country too 💛)
Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up and I want to chat with ppl about the first time they celebrated the holiday in a new way. Maybe your first away from home, or as a vegan, or with a new partner and their family. Gimme your tales for a Globe article!
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…