 In 1966 Stuart Ash of Gottschalk + Ash designed the keen Canadian Confederation Centennial logomark, a maple leaf comprised of 11 equilateral triangles to represent the 10 Canadian provinces and the territories. As seen below, I recently came across a souvenir plate with an appropriation of Mr. Ash’s original logo. Must confess, I do not think the addition of the bold black outline does the beautiful mark any favors but is it a handsome bit of history nonetheless. -Amy (Henderson) Collier
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MitchJuly 11, 2006
I have a really beautiful centenial bookmark from hallmark and scoutts canda if you’re interested in seeing it!
adminJuly 11, 2006
We’d love to see it Mitch. Please send a pic our way when you get a chance. Thanks,
-Michael
Todd FalkowskyApril 5, 2011
Anyone have the style guidebooks from this?
Shannon-leeMay 26, 2013
Hello
I have a set of playing cards they are called
Know Canada’s Transportation
Made By the walker press limited
They are identical to the ones called know Canada’s heros I think it was
I was just wondering if anyone could tell me anything about these cards
andrewJanuary 9, 2014
One of the most iconic canadian designs, and one of my personal favourites. The claim that 11 triangles represent 10 provinces and territories seems a bit dubious (you do the math) but the geometric pattern does successfully echo the structure of equally iconic geodesic dome from Expo 67.