Eric Karjaluoto is a lucky guy. First off, he managed to meet Amea, who is clearly an amazing person. (She manages to live with an obsessive designer--need we say more?) Additionally, today Amea gave birth to their son Oscar Mark Wilbur Karjaluoto; Amea and Eric are both thrilled. Upon arriving Oscar noted that, "the visual treatments employed in the hospital felt a little overly cliché." Dad agreed with his observation entirely, and was thrilled, "A chip off the old block." To read more about the experience, click here.

Additional articles

• smashLAB makes TIME Magazine's "Design 100" Posted April 08, 2008
• Graphic Design Society of Canada features smashLAB Posted March 3rd, 2008
• Eric Karjaluoto joins VFS faculty Posted March 1st, 2008
• ideasonideas makes the Power150 Posted February 29th, 2008
• CommArts highlights two smashLAB initiatives Posted February 5th, 2008