"My inheritance is creative intuition and a deep sensitivity to taste, quality, and memorable experiences."
Joshua Duchesne is a creative director specializing in high-end brand refinement, blending strategy with aesthetics across multiple fields, including identity design, graphic design, art direction and brand philosophy
Joshua’s work emphasizes thoughtful problem-solving and elevated, bespoke solutions for discerning clients. His modus operandi is to understand and define a brands purpose in order to imbue meaning into a project's concept.
Concept Development
Creative Strategy
Brand Identities
Art Direction
Copywriting
Project Consultation
Advistory Partner
AIGA 365 Year in Design Award: Brand and Identity Systems
Print Magazine Award: Outdoor & Billboards
Communication Arts Design Award: Social Good
Communication Arts Design Awards: Shortlist, Identity Manual
RGD In-House Design Award: Brand Identity
Healthcare Advertising Award: Gold, External/Publication
Woolfitt’s Art Enterprises Drawing Award
YYZ’s Excellence in Writing in Support of Cross Disciplinary Curatorial Practice
Brand New, "The Year in Review: The Best in Supporting Identity Elements" (2023)
Brand New, "Pearson of Interest"
Brand New, "A Ster isk Born"
Design Professionals of Canada
World Brand Design Society, "Made by Emblem Helps Create New Brand and Culture for I Am Toronto Pearson"
World Brand Design Society, "Transforming the Look and Feel of the 2024 Canadian National Magazine Awards"
Association of Registered Graphic Designers "2024 National Magazine Awards’ brand identity by Made by Emblem"