"I Love Todd. And I love what he does and how he thinks. He's a firecracker, or even better, a firestarter. When Todd walks into a room, into a project, or into an idea he sets it on fire. As a creative junkie, he pulls ideas in every direction, tosses minds into wondrous places, and then after you are high in a creative cloud, he pulls on the string to bring you back into reality, enlightened and ready to go for it. It's Todd who knows how to mix the poetry with the concrete. It's because he finds inspiration in all sorts of corners: from the periphery where you least expect it and those places right in front of you, just outside the doorstep. That's why we love what he does, because we always see ourselves somewhere in his creative output. An idea, exhibition, event, or product that Todd develops is never really far-fetched because it is always rooted in Us; in our experiences, materials, colours, and shapes. Basically, Todd is our biggest fan and a big promoter of Us."
Cynthia Hathaway - The Netherlands
"Besides daringly driving off road racing cars dangerously fast right off the road, pumping up pop, rock and jazzy jams on top end boutique stereo systems, scouring kitty corners of the country collecting ceramic bric-a-brac and snazzy nic-nac crafts, lighting his JG Ballardesque glass walled crib with modern Neon-art, impressing gobsmacked dinner party guests with an astonishingly simple and mouth wateringly effective orange reduction, spouting off Tweetables at an alarming rate on a plethora of topics from a vintage Eames throne, lecturing, consulting, brainstorming, curating, rating, and curing, and not really making a lot of stuff because the world has enough stuff already, and all the while rubbing the design community this way and that ;o) Todd is the guy behind The Canadian Design Resource. The site for soaring eyes and Maple infused skies, unflagging patriotism for the flag, the musty must have scent of nostalgia in the old nostrils, and standing avant garde for thee in mukluks. No distinction between high and low, academic and street, corporate and personal, commercial and non-commercial, famous and obscure, cutting edge and cutesy wutesy. One stop Windows shopping for our identity, for our brand – old and new. 35,000,000 Canadians thank Todd."
Kurt Swinghammer - Canada
Mug Set
Client:
Metropolitan
Year:
Simple palette and pattern / 1999
