Watch The Vancouver Club’s Master Barman Jonathan ‘Johnny’ Richard make one of his award winning signature cocktails: the Smokey Pear.

Wintertime flavours mingle elegantly in this seasonal beverage which has become a holiday favourite with Club Members. Johnny handcrafts key ingredients for his cocktails and never fails to impress guests with his creativity and tasteful pairing.

Join Johnny in Bar III this Christmas for a seasonal beverage that is sure to warm you with holiday cheer.

See more at vancouverclub.ca

Established in 1889, The Vancouver Club has deep roots in this young, vibrant city. The Club is a place to dine, play, relax and connect with other professionals who are shaping the very fabric and creative energy of the West Coast.

The Vancouver Club case study, The Still Brandworks and Philip Ireland, General Manager of The Vancouver Club talk about the process of finding a new brand identity for the club.

The Club holds the party of the year, twice every year. This season’s Extravaganza ’54′ was a nod to the golden age of another famous club.

stillbrandworks.com/vancouverclub
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Shot by. Benjamin Taft & Chris Saunders
Agency: Syrup

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The Canadian Olympic Team began competing in the modern Olympic Games in the early 1900′s. Over a century of stories, themes, and iconography influenced this comprehensive rebrand which included brand strategy, brand architecture, marks, typography, colour, graphics, photography style, writing style, brand guidelines and launch video.

Director/producer: Ben Hulse
Videographer/editor: Benjamin Taft
Audio designer Toby Hulse
Additional b-roll and editing by Cory Ransom

The new brand was unveiled on June 6th, 2011. Over the coming months the new strategy and aesthetic will begin to appear on web, in print, and on merch.

Fast Company did a a nice writeup about it. Visit brand.olympic.ca for more info.

Director, editing and motion design by Benjamin Taft.
Agency: The Still Brandworks

Avigilon’s cameras allow a level of detail that their competitors can not match. At 20 megapixels, these cameras can replace up to 50 traditional analogue cameras. To highlight this, we produced a film piece for trade shows and the web. Since their high megapixel count cameras perform best in large, open spaces, the piece follows a scenario at a stadium. The resulting campaign focused on the level of power and sophistication that their end to end system allows for while offering unparalleled. simplicity and value.

Avigilon advertisement, soccer version:

Made in Canada manufacturing film by Benjamin Taft and Adam Bognar
Agency: The Still Brandworks

In an industry where production is almost exclusively outsourced overseas, Avigilon’s local factories help it to achieve an unparalleled level of quality. We produced this film piece to highlight these facilities and the integrated design, prototyping and manufacturing process it allows for.

Beyond the stereotypical daily reporting on violence, AIDS and safari tours, Swedish based directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft set out to capture the creative street vibes of South Africa. On their first stop to Capetown and Johannesburg , they meet up with the heavy metal band Ree-burth , The Soweto Style setters Smarteez with their colorful street savy fashion to video gamers label 2bop to the limpop music genre innovator Gazelle and many many more.

Welcome to a road movie by Stocktown presenting another perspective from the young creative forces around big cities in Africa.

Follow us on Facebook & stocktown.com/africa
Press contact: teddy@stocktown.com

Screenings
Basel African Cinema August 12th, 2011, Basel, Switzerland.
Victora & Albert Museeum,  June 24th, 2011, London, England.
Cinema Africa Festival, March 26th, 2011, World Premier, Stockholm, Sweden.
Africa In The Picture Festival, October 8th, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
UR, (31/10, 22.00 SVT1, 2/11, 13:00 SVT2, 4/11 15:00 SVT2), Sweden.

Were on CNN! Aslo featured on chef Marcus Samuelson’s blog, This is Africa, One Small Seed blog, Cultureclimax, Soo Ambitious, YES!, 2Bop, Kingsize magazine, CinamaAfrica

STOCKTOWN X SOUTHAFRICA PART 1
Filmlength: 28min, english subtitles
Worldpremier: 26 March 2011 Cinemafrica festival Stockholm
Directors: Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft
Editors: Benjamin Taft, Dimitris Vulalas, Ivan Spee
Graphics: Robin Ekemark
Music by : Daniel Savio, Dirty Paraffin, WillRock
Sound design: Jakob Myrman

Background:
In 2003 the first Stocktown documentary was produced. A collage of streetculture and urban inventionsfrom Japan, USA, Australia and Europe. Now we proudly present a new upcoming Tv series from Africa, where we will seek out the same creative forces in Africa´s four point of the compass. An inspiring and surprising adventure that will turn your view of the continent upside down! Stocktown is a trademark run by the Swedish organization Roots dedicated to documenting urban culture worldwide.

“Movie uncovers South Africa’s underground youth culture”
CNN

“…such a great vibe, love the beats thrown down by Durban natives, Dirty Paraffin”
Another Africa

“They are young, full of talent and they represent Africa in its 21st century. Far from the stereotypical vision you may have of Africa, Stocktown is about future, evolution and dynamism of the Motherland.”
African Digital Art

“It’s good to see other people taking note of the creative buzz in Africa!”
Afroklectic

“They are young, full of talent and they represent Africa in its 21st century. Far from the stereotypical vision you may have of Africa, Stocktown is about future, evolution and dynamism of the Motherland.”
Echoes of Concrete

For more info follow us at stocktown.com/africa & on on Facebook.

Stocktv presents trailer from best off live sessions from our stocktown beta live studio with Menage A Tugg, La Raza, Elena burlesque talkshow, Highlife and more. These live sessions are brought to you by the crazy minds of the Stocktown crew. Stocktown started out in the late 90´s documenting all aspects of street culture via documentaries, pirate tv-stations and various exhibitions. Based in Sweden but always collaborating with people world wide and breaking new boundaries.

Target Audience interviews at festivals:

Editing: Benjamin Taft
Video by myself and Adam Bognar
Music by Ulrich Schnauss – A Letter From Home

We shot videos, interviews & still photos that was published in blogposts such as this over at the puma.com blog