And the Award goes to…

It’s a hat trick for the team at Acura Style! Monday evening, at a gala in New York City, the magazine won three 2012 Pearl Awards for excellence in custom publishing. That puts an impressive 28 awards into the Acura Style trophy case.

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Nov 7 2012 • Michelle PalmerPhotographyacuraawardscontent marketingdesignwhat we doNo CommentsShareShare this

Holy Opus!

On June 28th, the 9th Annual Magnum Opus Awards honoured the best in branded content. And once again, Totem came home with an impressive collection of awards, from print to web to illustration.
Acura continues to be a force to reckoned with, winning four awards. And all the hard work of The Home Depot team paid [...]

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Jul 27 2012 • Christina GeorgeawardsNo CommentsShareShare this

Hardware: Totem’s Pearl Awards Affirm Multi-channel Content Expertise


The Custom Content Council’s Pearl Award winners were recognized last night in New York City, and Totem and Transcontinental were big winners! We took 13 awards — four of them Gold — in a wide variety of categories, from digital and social media, to art direction and design, to overall content in print and online.

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Nov 8 2011 • Christina GeorgeCentury 21GEICOHardwareHome DepotRougeSocial Mediaacuraawardsbranded contentdigitaltranscontinentalvideoNo CommentsShareShare this

We Get Awards: Acura Style Magazine Earns a Gold Eddie

Totem’s Acura Style magazine took a gold Eddie Award last week at the Folio Awards in NYC. Congratulations to the entire team, and to our client in California.

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Nov 7 2011 • Christina GeorgeacuraawardsNo CommentsShareShare this

Awards: Totem takes 3 at the W3 Awards

We’re pretty excited about this one!

Totem just picked up three wins at the 2011 W3 Awards, run by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The W3s honour creative excellence on the web.

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Oct 14 2011 • Guy Leshinskiawardsdesigninteractive marketingtotem newsvideowebNo CommentsShareShare this

WIZARDS OF OZZIE

The Oscar nominations weren’t the only awards news this week. Totem won big Tuesday night at the Eddie & Ozzie Awards. They’re the industry’s biggest and most prestigious contest celebrating the best in magazine editorial and design excellence. We took home three award, including two silver and a gold.

Congratulations to all the teams!

Eddie Award
SILVER, Custom, Circulation less than 6 times a year, Single Article
CAA Magazine, “Cities of Song,” June 2009

Two Ozzies
GOLD, Best Use of Illustration, Custom
GEICO Direct, “Hunting For Treasure,” May 2010

SILVER, Best Feature Design, Custom
Acura Style, “Road Food Memories,” June 2009

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Jan 28 2011 • Kevin ChiaGEICOawardsdesignlifestylemarketingtotem newsNo CommentsShareShare this

W3 awards for Totem website

With last year’s re-branding project we went from Redwood to Totem in what seemed like the blink of an eye, but which in fact took over a year of self-analysis, soul searching and perhaps a little therapy. That work, in turn, informed the new website we launched to reflect the new “us.”

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Jan 21 2011 • Christina GeorgeawardsdesigndigitalwebNo CommentsShareShare this

Transcontinental’s Isabelle Marcoux: one of Canada’s most powerful women for 2010

Isabelle Marcoux

We’d like to send all our congratulations and kudos to Isabelle Marcoux, who this week was named one of Canada’s most powerful women for 2010.

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Dec 3 2010 • Christina Georgeawardsmarketingtotem newstranscontinentalNo CommentsShareShare this

Totem Wins Big at Magnum Opus Awards

Just a quick post to trumpet Totem’s achievements at this year’s Magnum Opus Awards. We’ve been entering a selection of our work in these awards since their inception in 2004. We appreciate the rigour that these awards receive in terms of evaluation in the context of journalistic intent and effectiveness.

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Jul 19 2010 • Christina Georgeartawardsbeautydesignillustrationmarketingtotem newstypographyNo CommentsShareShare this

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