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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

Pecha Kucha as an opener for Design Vancouver Festival was a brilliant choice. 2000+ people gathered in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. I haven’t been in that space since Rupi Kaur was here for her World Tour, so good memories. Follow their account for event photos, they are slowly making their way through my feed. #DesignEducation #DesignConference #typography

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

#sundayfunday 1,700+ https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

#weekendvibes Joyce Croft ex-NASA JPL UNIQUEWAYS MORE THAN AUDIO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAI0owoG9Xw&list=PLDqONWkmiDPQ&index=3&t=2s

S02 E08 In-person, Joyce Croft | Thomas Girard | UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday On Amazon. Son of Greg Girard: The Definitive Edition https://www.amazon.com/Son-Greg-Girard-Definitive-Thomas/dp/1990741274

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

“I travel a lot but when I’m not travelling I try to pack all of my meetings in a few days so I can have some completely open days to do focused intellectual work so my day started at 930 taping down on the gallery floor my next exhibition to make sure there is enough room” - Paola Antonelli on UNIQUEWAYS - https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL - #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Website update! https://thomaskgirard.com

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes Affiliate RGD https://rgd.ca/members/profile/onthomas

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

It’s interesting - I’ve hit backlash for self publishing so much (which was inspired by Rupi Kaur) but seemed to dodge that bullet when I self published the memoir Son of Greg Girard and launched at Massy Books back in 2024, and received acclaim. There is a screen shot of a Google Knowledge Panel that propagated specifically for the memoir. A lot of my identity when shrunk gets reduced to scholar and author - usually that means author of the memoir. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @vancouverwritersfestival

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

I’m at the Design Vancouver Festival closing party, a cosy gathering sprawled outside in a public venue here in my home base of Cambie Village. My go-to cafe is next door to this event, feels like a full circle moment. From seeing this event open at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to is close here in Cambie Villsge, I can’t help but think how much design has grown and evolved and in a way grown up in Vancouver. New faces and voices reveal themselves, and show that with a bit of resilience we can really make this community go places. #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice @designvanfest

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday 1,600+ views https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday 1,600+ https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday New episode up! On Spotify! Paola Antonelli! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2V9xnCgRdlc3UFc4p2bZMM?si=IUvhydviRG6dNHWJEOCy6Q&utm_source=copy-link

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#mondaymotivation Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

#sundayfunday Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator, 1,700+ views) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes On Amazon. Son of Greg Girard: The Definitive Edition https://www.amazon.com/Son-Greg-Girard-Definitive-Thomas/dp/1990741274

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

Sitting on the hardwood floors in the library nook and putting pencil to paper is one of my recent joys. With only physical books sitting beside me (no digital) I find myself in a modality where new kinds of brainstorming happen. The ideas aren’t always the best, but moving between a library space, and a MacBook / iPhone space, and an iMac recording space allows my head to think different. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

FF Sitting on the hardwood floors in the library nook and putting pencil to paper is one of my recent joys. With only physical books sitting beside me (no digital) I find myself in a modality where new kinds of brainstorming happen. The ideas aren’t always the best, but moving between a library space, and a MacBook / iPhone space, and an iMac recording space allows my head to think different. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @ingramspark

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Greg Girard - Global News https://globalnews.ca/video/12026495/this-is-bc-a-snapshot-of-five-decades-of-photography/

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

Son of Greg Girard: The Definitive Edition - a rereleased memoir - is a tangible thing! Gratitude for a great wraparound cover illustration by Barry Ekko, an illustrator who has done work for Creative Mornings and Vancouver Opera! Get your physical copy on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Son-Greg-Girard-Definitive-Thomas/dp/1990741274

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday With Barry Ekko! Book cover illustrator!

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

Sitting on the hardwood floors in the library nook and putting pencil to paper is one of my recent joys. With only physical books sitting beside me (no digital) I find myself in a modality where new kinds of brainstorming happen. The ideas aren’t always the best, but moving between a library space, and a MacBook / iPhone space, and an iMac recording space allows my head to think different.

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator, 1,600+ views) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

Getting my steps in! Queen Elizabeth Park is just steps away from the UNIQUEWAYS podcast recording studio and I’m making a habit of walking up here more often. I feel like Alice when I come up here, in an over-the-top beautiful world that I happened to get plunked into and get to sample from and enjoy. Mel Robbin’s inspired me through one of her guests to get that huffing-puffing exercise in, so I’m trying! #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator, 1,600+ views) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

I’ve been fortunate enough to have my visibility supported by a permanent Google Knowledge Panel for several years. A Google Knowledge Panel or GKP is a search result in Google for public figures that includes a more rich search result with imagery and links to secondary sources or distinguished sources, pulling your content together from across the web. For an independent scholar to have this is pure luck, but hard work as well as I’ve monitored and optimized so this GKP would grow and get richer and more abundant over time. #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice @google

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

“Design is not neutral and is not born out of clean air it is born out of traditions, reactions against traditions, continuation of traditions and there’s no design without place and there’s no place without design so they are very much intertwined” - Paola Antonelli on UNIQUEWAYS - https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL - #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

#motivationmonday Joyce Croft ex-NASA JPL UNIQUEWAYS MORE THAN AUDIO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAI0owoG9Xw&list=PLDqONWkmiDPQ&index=3&t=2s

S02 E08 In-person, Joyce Croft | Thomas Girard | UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes PRINT / What Matters feature https://www.printmag.com/what-matters/what-matters-to-thomas-girard/

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 3w ago

#transformationtuesday New episode up! On Spotify! Paola Antonelli! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2V9xnCgRdlc3UFc4p2bZMM?si=IUvhydviRG6dNHWJEOCy6Q&utm_source=copy-link

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes With Barry Ekko! Book cover illustrator!

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

FF Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator, 1,600+ views) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Greg Girard - Montecristo Magazine https://montecristomagazine.com/magazine/summer-2026/five-decades-through-the-lens-of-photographer-greg-girard#gsc.tab=0

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday 300+ episodes! Looking back on UNIQUEWAYS with Don Norman! https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/uniqueways-with-thomas-girard/id1632267449?i=1000649501950

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

FF Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Books arrived! Unboxing! https://www.amazon.com/Son-Greg-Girard-Definitive-Thomas/dp/1990741274?

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

TBT New episode up! On Spotify! Paola Antonelli! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2V9xnCgRdlc3UFc4p2bZMM?si=IUvhydviRG6dNHWJEOCy6Q&utm_source=copy-link

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

Taylor bop

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

Evolving AI in my creative process and academic journey has been a continuous cycle of change. I remember starting off with Lensa creating otherworldly portraits of myself, then being in an academic world that emphasized ethics in AI, while still trying to use it for writing and research, then moving into a place now where I sometimes feel like it’s trying to gaslight me! I last talked publicly about this topic on a panel at the Vancouver Convention Centre a few years ago. Glad to have my brain picked on the topic! #DesignEducation #DesignConference #typography

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2h ago

#wednesdaymotivation Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator, 2,100+ views) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

Design Vancouver Festival (DVF) closing party!

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes New episode up! On Spotify! Paola Antonelli! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2V9xnCgRdlc3UFc4p2bZMM?si=IUvhydviRG6dNHWJEOCy6Q&utm_source=copy-link

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

“I also add objects to the collection but truly what I do in life is trying to make people understand how important and wonderful design is and when I talk about design I mean everything from furniture to video games and even emojis and the at sign” - Paola Antonelli on UNIQUEWAYS - https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

Gary Vee talks about how it’s not the algo and you can change things. On LinkedIn etc. So, after a long dry spell where I actually forgot about adding connections on LinkedIn Premium, I started adding people again. Mainly past UNIQUEWAYS guests. 48 new adds over the last couple days. Coupling that with posting like a human, authentic.. is an interesting experiment. Will report more on this. #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice @uniquewayspodcast

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

#sundayfunday Joyce Croft UNIQUEWAYS MORE THAN AUDIO! (ex-NASA, 500+ views) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAI0owoG9Xw&list=PLDqONWkmiDPQ&index=3&t=2s

S02 E08 In-person, Joyce Croft | Thomas Girard | UNIQUEWAYS WITH THOMAS GIRARD

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Greg Girard - CBC North By Northwest (extended) https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7325986

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#weekendvibes Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! (Museum of Modern Art, Senior Curator) https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 1w ago

I’ve been hearing in the ether that the future is in the physical world - garage sales, craft fairs, farmers markets etc. and so in this spirit I’m heading to Vancouver’s Beaumont Studios to hear a talk by a local Vancouverite named Carson Ting. Ting did for work for FIFA World Cup shown here in Vancouver but also earned his way into the local spotlight, stage, speaking etc.. #UNIQUEWAYS #DesignPodcast #DesignLeadership #CreativePractice @creativepulse

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Thomas GIRARD, MA, CDP @onthomas@mstdn.ca

· 2w ago

#sundayfunday Prefer YouTube? Here’s Paola Antonelli! https://youtu.be/lOjRW-FINC4?si=5u2OdbKFTWNg9-OL

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