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From the Team

Well look at that, Zine 0002 is finally here!

If you follow us on social media, you know getting this issue out in the world was quite the rollercoaster ride. Zine 0001 was all about creativity during a pandemic...and Zine 0002 was all about pandemic delays and challenges! Yes, this issue might be a bit late, but we hope you agree that it was worth the wait.

The theme for this edition was inspired by a submission we received for Zine 0001 (Quarant-zine). It was Hannah Drennan’s Harry Styles illustration. We had immediately fallen in love with the techniques and colour. While we decided not to include it in our first edition, we knew we would feature it eventually. As such, it became our source of inspiration for this second edition: Pop Culture. We were on a watermelon sugar high!

It’s one of the values we hold very closely at the Ottawa Design Club - being inspired by our community constantly, and allowing those experiences to influence our next steps. In this case, it was the impetus of Zine 0002.

We had a BLAST working on this issue. We received so many submissions and were left inspired, amazed and intrigued. Curation is always like a puzzle - finding pieces that fit together to create a coherent narrative. This issue has been curated by Rémi Thériault, Christine Mathew and us (Isabelle and Ariane). With our very different personalities, temperaments, and experiences, it was so interesting to discover how pieces resonated with us and how we connected differently to each artist and contributor. We loved the conversations it generated - for us, it was our favourite step in the process.

Our hope is that this little collection of pieces will do the same, foster inspiration, action, creativity in the goal of growing together as a community.

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— Isabelle & Ariane ”