OTAMI-ᐅᑕᒥ- is an independently owned Cree/Nêhiýawᐃᑘᐏᓇ graphic designᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒪᓯᓃᐏᐣ studio based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal with a focus on multilingual typography and visual identity designᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒪᓯᓃᐏᐣ.
OTAMI-ᐅᑕᒥ- expressesᐃᑘᐏᐣ itself by exploring nature, visual culture, art, literature, philosophy, and the aesthetics of everyday lifeᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ.
We follow a contemporary approach but based in Cree/Nêhiýawᐃᑘᐏᓇ traditionsᐋᓂᐢᑯᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ. We createᐅᓯᐦᒋᑫᐤ innovative, unconventional, meaningful, experimental and lasting visual concepts. We are extremely passionateᑭᑎᒫᑫᔨᒧᐏᐣ about strong typography-driven and graphic-based work, which is the main focusᓇᐦᐋᐸᐦᒋᑫᐏᐣ of our projects.
Collaboratingᐚᐦᑰᐦᑐᐏᐣ is our main way of working since collaborationsᐚᐦᑰᐦᑐᐏᐣ helpᓈᑕᒫᑫᐤ to build bridges between communitiesᐃᐦᑖᐏᐣ.
CURRENT MEMBERS
Sébastien Aubin - Creative Director
Allen’s Cruz - Lead Designer
Sita Singh - Designer
Michael Rattray - Administrator
PAST MEMBERS
Aziza Nassih - Coordinator
Dominic Hughes - Junior designer
Jasion Sikoak - Intern
Catherine Sasseville - Coordinator
COLLABORATIONS
Caroline Monnet
Jason Baerg
Jeffrey Gibson
Suzanne Kite
Amanda Strong
Raven Chacon
Tanya Lukin Linklater
Candice Hopkins
Sonny Assu
Jean Marshall
Jason Lewis
Julie Nagam
CLIENTS
rRemai
Art Gallery of Ontario
Daphné
Ociciwan - ᐅᒋᒋᐘᐣ
Contemporary Calgary
Plug In ICA
The reach
Vancouver Art Gallery
Banff Centre
McCord Museum
Cousins
Concordia University Press
University of Manitoba Press
Mackenzie Art Gallery
AGYU
Thunder Bay Art Gallery
Kitchener-Waterloo art Gallery
GRUNT
Trinity Square Video
BACA
The Reach
Urban Shaman
AGSM
ARP books
Contemporary Art Gallery
GLAM
ONF
ARSENAL
AXE NÉO 7
ISUMA tv
IOTA Institute
AGAVF
221A Gallery
Terre Innue
