Desalu Creative: Purposeful Design

If we were in charge of publishing Santa's list we would streamline it to highlight the heroes that are continuing to make a positive impact in our world. We humbly extend our special gratitude for those who took action for positive change in 2020.

Reflecting on 2020, we’re so grateful for the projects we’ve had the pleasure to work on with purposeful design at our core. Here are just some of the collaborations that bring us smiles: We were able to acknowledge our LGBTQ+ history for Pride with UJA Genesis. We’re grateful to UJA Genesis for sharing their space with us to talk about our history, present, and the future of our LGTBQ+ Community. Thank you UJA Genesis. In collaboration with the Hospitality Trai...ning Action Centre 75, we’re proud to have built a new virtual training centre to support hospitality workers that were laid off as a result of COVID-19. We were able to provide skills training and important resources helping them re-enter the workforce with a supported foot forward. From a pre-existing clinic in Greek Town Toronto to a brand new space called Theo Eye Care, we were able to help build Pam’s brand vision of her new optometry clinic come to life! Thank you Pam and Theo Eye Care for trusting us with your first practice and we wish you the absolute best. We’re so very proud to work with Purpose Co. and their initiatives, especially their Online Together training program. We’ve designed a series of workbooks to better support the training practitioner workforce through COVID-19 and beyond. Another Purpose Co. project we’ve had the pleasure to support is their new LaunchPad program. For this project, we created thoughtfully designed content to enable training on themes including anti-racism and social justice. We’re thankful to have contributed to our community in this important way. A heartfelt thank you to Youth Employment Services (YES) for letting us have some fun breathing new life into your thank you cards. We pride ourselves on taking care of the little things. Looking back at all these projects, we can clearly see the traces of light that we know will be reflected in the new year. With that, we want to thank everyone who has supported our journey. We wish everyone a warm, healthy, and happy holiday. We hope for a brighter new year. - DESALU Creative Team. See more

Join Derrick today at 12pm as he talks inclusive branding + design as one of the LGBTQ2S+ Panelists on the Mindful Marketing Strategies Webinar!

We’re acknowledging our LGBTQ+ history for Pride with UJA Genesis. Thank you @UJAGenesis for giving us the space to talk about our history, celebrate how the LGBTQ+ community has become more inclusive, and talk about the work still left to do. #desalucreative #ujagenesis #pridemonth #prideflaghistory #prideflag #lgbtq