Tuesday Coffee Break: Vol. 6
The Tuesday Coffee Break posts were started a few weeks ago, in an effort to share findings that have caught my eye in the world of art, film, food and fun.
So it's Tuesday again -- and I'm thinking we deserve a little coffee break, hey?

Hard to believe that another Share DDB has come and gone. Our annual agency art auction / fundraiser was held last Thursday at Granville Island to raise money for the James Lee Foundation and Covenant House -- and I'm thrilled to say that I am now the proud owner of this Chairman Ting x Company Policy painting, which was created as part of a live exhibition at the event.
Image by Maurice Li.
For more photos from Share DDB, visit the DDB Canada Flickr set. My colleague Sarah Chung also got some great shots.

Inside Job came out last year, but the documentary is still just as relevant today (if not more so). Selected for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Inside Job addresses the 2008 economic crisis, the resulting global financial meltdown and how it unfolded. It features an impressive list of interviewees who provide behind-the-scenes insight -- and while Inside Job takes a very top-level approach, it's a compelling film regardless of how familiar the viewer is with the US financial sector.
For those who have not been following the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York and Boston, I highly recommend watching this film.

Here in Vancouver, night falls much earlier now. The skies are grayer and we're required to bundle up more so than a week ago. In other words, it's ramen season.
Ramen (ラーメン) is a Japanese noodle dish, and it's my favorite form of comfort food. This past weekend, Matt and I went out to Motomachi Shokudo in the West End to fight off the rainy weekend blues. It's been one of my go-to neighborhood restaurants since our friend Maurice told us about it.
Other great ramen places in downtown Vancouver include the Benkei chain and Kintaro restaurant.

For fellow iPhone users who love snapping, editing, and sharing photos in real time, Phoster is a dream. It's Instagram's more design-savvy big sister -- and while it doesn't have the same built-in dashboard, internal community or open API, it's just as easy to share images to numerous social channels (including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram and Tumblr).
Phoster currently features 37 free design templates, and is also accesible on the iPad. In addition to the clean aesthetic and pop culture references, users may also add filters and various treatments to their final posters/images. Fantastic fun.
