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.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 7 2012 • Michelle Palmer • Photography • acura • awards • content marketing • design • what we do • No Comments •
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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 [...]
Jul 27 2012 • Christina George • awards • No Comments •
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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.
Nov 8 2011 • Christina George • Century 21 • GEICO • Hardware • Home Depot • Rouge • Social Media • acura • awards • branded content • digital • transcontinental • video • No Comments •
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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.
Read the rest of this entry »Nov 7 2011 • Christina George • acura • awards • No Comments •
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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.
Read the rest of this entry »Oct 14 2011 • Guy Leshinski • awards • design • interactive marketing • totem news • video • web • No Comments •
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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
Jan 28 2011 • Kevin Chia • GEICO • awards • design • lifestyle • marketing • totem news • No Comments •
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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.”
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 21 2011 • Christina George • awards • design • digital • web • No Comments •
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Transcontinental’s Isabelle Marcoux: one of Canada’s most powerful women for 2010
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 3 2010 • Christina George • awards • marketing • totem news • transcontinental • No Comments •
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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.
Read the rest of this entry »Jul 19 2010 • Christina George • art • awards • beauty • design • illustration • marketing • totem news • typography • No Comments •
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