Winnipeg, Canada

We’re delighted to have senior designer Susan McWatt FitzGerald, MGDC back at Circle—after a year of maternity leave. Following many months of searching (we concur that access to quality daycare in this country is seriously lacking) Sue’s been able to find convenient in-home care for wee August… three days a week for the time being. Welcome back, Sue!

Winnipeg, Canada

Yes, today marks 33 years since the birth of Circle Design Incorporated (we actually started as Circle Graphics back then, and share our illustrious April Fools’ birthdate back in 1976 with this little company called Apple Computer :-). We also continue with gusto…

1976 was an interesting and memorable year in many ways, locally and around the world—in South Africa, anti-apartheid riots began in Soweto; Israeli commandos pulled off the Entebbe Raid in Uganda; in China the Tangshan earthquake killed 242,769 people; in the UK punk enters the mainstream; in the U.S. Jimmy Carter was elected as president; and out in space, the Viking 1 orbiter lands on Mars. 1976 also saw the introduction of the first laser printer by IBM (the Model 3800); The Band’s farewell concert The Last Waltz; the deaths of blues-singer Howlin’ Wolf, artist Alexander Calder, and revolutionary Chairman Mao; and the births of chanteuse Martha Wainright and Brazilian footballer Ronaldo. Here in Canada, the Eaton’s catalogue and Time magazine’s Canadian edition were discontinued; the Summer Olympics were held in Montreal (highlighted by 14-year old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci’s perfect scores and five gold medals); René Lévesque’s Parti Québécois wins a majority in the Quebec elections; and the CN tower went up in Toronto.