ABOUT

Doug Panton is a professional artist and designer. He has achieved accolades in both practices and continues to receive assignments that require the design complexity of a multi-faceted project outcome––these creative pathways have enabled him to experience and expand his competency in a hybrid manner. With this varied industry experience in the advertising and publishing industries, Doug has applied this experience to further develop his interdisciplinary nature as an artist/illustrator. 

EDUCATOR:

Areas of Expertise: Illustration, Digital Media, Communication Design, Illustration-Digital Hybrid

2008 - 2015 OCAD University Faculty of Design Associate Professor, Chair First Year

2002 - 2015 OCAD University Faculty of Design Associate Professor, Illustration Program 

1999-2001 Sheridan College Instructor, Illustration Program

EDUCATION:

Masters Design Communication University of Hertfordshire UK

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Daigneault & Panton Inc. Illustration & Design, Toronto

Position: Creative Director/Partner

DPI specializes in design communication, strategic brand development, and design strategies. Combining an intuitive commercial sense for marketing and business. This has enabled them to home in on key issues and identifies practical solutions that make their work beautifully presented and strategically true to the vision required. Their work has uncovered powerful visual answers that resulted in enhanced marketing opportunities for their clients.

Client List Includes:

Corporate: Levis Canada, Christie Brown, Chapters Bookstores, Ralston Purina, Ceiba-Geigy, Nutra-Sweet, Budweiser, Molson Brewery, Labatt Brewery, Upper Canada Brewery, Creemore Brewery, Air Canada, Tourism Canada, Honda Canada, Ralston Purina, Amstel Beer, Seagrams, Kimberly Clark, Ontario Hydro, Lactancia, Ontario Milk & Marketing Board, Radio Bureau of Canada, Canada Post Corporation, S C Johnson, Winterlude Ottawa Tourism, The Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Ontario Lottery Corporation, Microsoft, UpCountry Canada, The Canadian Schizophrenia Society, The March of Dimes, The Canadian Cancer Society, Bayer Canada, Bell Canada, Alliance-Bell (Atlantic), Bank of Canada, Canada Life Insurance, Toronto Dominion Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, The Royal Bank of Canada, Ink Design, Bazooka Design Montreal, Landis, N.Y., The Weston Foundation, The Dalglish Foundation, Tim Horton Foundation.

Publishers: Oxford University Press, Thames & Hudson U.K., HarperCollins Publishers, McMillian’s Publishers, McGraw-Hill (New York), McGraw-Hill (Toronto), Kids Kan Press, Scholastic (New York)

Periodicals: U.S.A. Today, Barron’s Weekly, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Magazine, American Lawyer Magazine, Boston Business Journal, Harvard Magazine, DownEast Magazine, Readers Digest, 3x3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly, McLean’s Magazine, Canadian Business Magazine, The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, Financial Post Magazine, Canadian Homes Magazine, Weekend Magazine, Saturday Night Magazine, Toronto Life Magazine, Outdoors Canada, The Montreal Gazette, Charted Accountant Magazine, The Cleveland Daily News, Global Brief Magazine, The Walrus Magazine,  

Oxford University Press, Toronto 

Position: Art Director/Designer/Illustrator

The Anthology of Canadian Literature