Wask Studio - Hug Me Binder Clips

Introducing "Hug Me" binder clips.
These binder clips, with their reaching arms, are perfect for people whose papers need some consolation.

$10 at waskstudio.com

Merry Xmas From Wask Studio.

Wask is celebrating xmas with safety pins!
Buy our "Rudolph & Friends" safety pins.

$10 at waskstudio.com

Wask Studio - 1-Time Use Erasers

Introducing "1-Time Use" erasers.
Classic pink eraser shape, but super miniature! Comes with 40 pieces. For the minimalist in you.

$10 at waskstudio.com

Wask Studio - Unbreak My Heart Paper Clips

Introducing "Unbreak My Heart" paper clips.
These paper clips are heartbroken but turn into a complete heart once you use them on some paper.

$10 at waskstudio.com

New Brand - Wask Studio

Hey guys! I'm launching my new brand now - Wask Studio.

Probably all of my future products will be sold through here. :)

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Product design: recap + new beginnings!

Hey guys I wanted to make a little blog update about one of my side hustles that I've been working on, which has been taking up most of my time so I have a lot of neglected projects that are no longer getting my attention for now. It happens!

A little recap: here's an image of my first 5 physical products that I sold through dorotapankowska.com as well as here. I'm not counting the times I briefly had an Etsy shop and sold hand-made jewelry, or the times I've sold prints of my art/photography. I've had a fascination for physical product design for many years but I just don't know a lot about it. But that doesn't really stop me from constantly trying to learn more about it and find more ways to make my product ideas happen, because I have a lot of ideas.

So I'm starting a new brand soon where most, if not all, my new products will be sold through. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time, to have a separate brand with its own standalone name. I've learned from a lot of mistakes when trying to make all these previous physical products happen. I previously wrote about one of them here and I think having everything in one place will help tie everything together and I'll also be able to directly blog about my future mistakes (because many more will come!) on this new site.

So... keep an eye out for this upcoming project!

CBC Arts' Exhibitionists

Hey guys, you can briefly view my face and see my Animal Gifs on TV tomorrow at 3:30pm on CBC's show called Exhibitionists!

Lurzer's Archive & Applied Arts

Here are 2 magazines that my work was published in. The Applied Arts was from the May/June 2016 issue, but I just got my hands on a copy now. Underneath is my crayon business card project in Lurzer's Archive 200 Best Packaging Worldwide 2017/2018 edition. Woopwoop!

C4D Animation Experiments

So this summer I started learning a bit about Cinema 4D, and after doing many tutorials I experimented with some of my own random things. I decided to post them here so that I can track my progress if I keep learning it throughout the future! Keep in mind I didn't actually sculpt any of these models themselves, they were all free to download online.

An update on the life of Dori

Hi guys.
I've been a bit quiet lately! You might have gotten some blurbs into my life by following my tweets, but other than that I'd like to fill you in.

In late 2015 I moved to Paris for a new job. Moving abroad alone to a country whose language you don't speak isn't easy!

To read a bit about the experience, check out this interview from earlier this year on Format Magazine titled Why This Art Director Moved To Paris.

Paris was a lot of different things! The culture shock was way bigger than I expected. There were ups and downs, some things that I loved, many things that I hated. All in all, I had a lot of experiences that I'll hold dear to me. But you might have noticed I didn't do a lot of creative projects while I was there. There are many factors that contributed to that, and in the end I decided to follow my desire of wanting to return to Toronto to catch up on some personal projects while taking a break from a real job.

So that's what I did. I've been back in Canada since May, and getting settled into a whole new life all over again took a lot of energy, but I feel as though I'm finally catching up to where I want to be.

So here's to new beginnings (yet again!).

Blank Business Card - The simplest business card in the world?

Following my tradition of creating original business cards, this time I created the world's simplest business card, because it's completely blank! But don't worry, there is some information there. If you're bright enough, you'll figure it out. ;)

The business card reveals information when you look at it through a bright light.

It's made from 3 layers of cardstock, and the one in the middle contains a laser cut stencil that allows the light to pass through. Big thanks to Toronto Laser Services for helping me bring this idea to life just the way I imagined, and working through the problems along the way.

Lost in Translation.

I had the opportunity to take a trip to Tokyo earlier this year and it was my favourite thing ever. I've always been fascinated by that place but the real thing was beyond what I imagined. When I stayed at the Park Hyatt hotel, we picked out a couple of stills from the Lost in Translation movie that was filmed there and we attempted to recreate them. The film stills are on the left and our shots are on the right.

Living in Paris.

Here are some of my favourite photographs from my life in Paris.