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Used in advertising, editorial, brand and design systems
Clients include: Dwell, Toronto Life, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek,
Pentagram, The Atlantic, Esquire Black Book, AARP and Stanford

Used in advertising, editorial, brand and design systems
Clients include: Dwell, Toronto Life, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, Pentagram, the Atlantic, Esquire Black Book, AARP and Stanford


Used in advertising, editorial, brand and design systems
Clients include: Dwell, Toronto Life, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek,
Pentagram, The Atlantic, Esquire Black Book, AARP and Stanford

Image from Dwell Magazine about Designers Inspirations
Drawings of Designers Inspirations

Dwell Magazine. Art Director: Penny Blatt

Showing things that inspire some of the 24 designers of the year

Dwell Magazine. Art Director: Penny Blatt. Showing things that inspire some of the 24 designers of the year

A group of different sized, shaped and colored characters drawn by Ben Weeks
Variety of characters drawn in sharpie

ABC Book AD: Gabriella Rackoff


ABC Book AD: Gabriella Rackoff

ABC Book. Art Director: Gabriella Rackoff

A grid of black clouds for New York Times Magazine where one has  a rainbow about depression's upside


Performance Enhancement, New York Times, AD:Joon Mo Kang

Performance Enhancement,

New York Times, AD:Joon Mo Kang


Performance Enhancement. New York Times. Art Director: Joon Mo Kang

Forest Young for RGD with Frontier

RGD Design Thinkers Magazine by Frontier, CD: Paddy Harrington

RGD Design Thinkers Magazine by Frontier,
CD: Paddy Harrington


RGD Design Thinkers Magazine by Frontier, CD: Paddy Harrington

A series of hand drawn lettering for Pen Canada on "Bad Words" in dictatorships.
A series of hand drawn lettering for Pen Canada on "Bad Words" in dictatorships.

PEN Canada Annual Report,

Bad Words, ADCC Gold Winner

Studio: Soapbox

CD: Jim Ryce, Gary Beelik

A chalk mural at Juniper Park with many small drawings and the headline text "Come Play at The Park"
A chalk mural at Juniper Park with many small drawings and the headline text "Come Play at The Park"
Chalk mural with many small drawings
A chalk mural at Juniper Park with many small drawings and the headline text "Come Play at The Park"

Chalk Mural for Juniper Park, now TBWA Toronto.

Assisted by Ian Turner. Photography by Sarah Blais
Copywriter Christina Gliha. Creative Director: Barry Quinn

Chalk Mural for Juniper Park,
now TBWA Toronto.

Assisted by Ian Turner.
Photography by Sarah Blais
Copywriter Christina Gliha.
CD: Barry Quinn

Chalk Mural for Juniper Park, now TBWA Toronto.

Assisted by Ian Turner. Photography by Sarah Blais
Copywriter Christina Gliha. Creative Director: Barry Quinn

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Chalk Mural for Juniper Park,
(now TBWA Toronto)

Assisted by Ian Turner.
Photography by Sarah Blais
Copywriter Christina Gliha.
Creative Director: Barry Quinn

How do you get financing for your startup - illustration by Ben Weeks for Stanford on Angel Investors
illustrations showing angel investor concept themes

How Do you Get Financing For Your Startup
Stanford Magazine. Design Firm: Pentagram

Designer: Shigeto Akiyama. Art Director: Luke Hayman

How Do you Get Financing For Your Startup. Stanford Magazine. Design Firm: Pentagram. Designer: Shigeto Akiyama. Art Director: Luke Hayman

illustrations showing angel investor concept themes
illustrations showing angel investor concept themes

Command Performance, HHMI Bulletin,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Editor, Mary Beth Gardiner
Art Director: Jennifer Lee. Agency: VSA Partners

RBC youth branch out-of-home illustration: a young woman drawn as an astronaut, by Ben Weeks.

RBC Youth Programs, Owned Branch OOH. Ad Agency: Grip Limited. See Icon Design work for RBC Investor Services ->

RBC Youth Programs, Owned Branch OOH Ad Agency: Grip Limited. See Icon Design work for RBC Investor Services ->

RBC Youth Programs: Owned branch out-of-home illustration.
Ad agency: Grip Limited. See Icon Design work for RBC Investor Services ->

  • Brush Pen drawn Lettering
  • An image in brush pen for the ADC "It has never been in Marketin's Interest that we artists and consumers should be able to think, because anyone who thinks can be creative and creativity is always subversive." -Toscani.

Art Director's Club Poster, Lettering: Ben Weeks.
Photography: Paul Weeks. Design: Underline Studio.
Words: Oliviero Toscani. Free Download

Art Director's Club Poster,

Lettering: Ben Weeks.
Photography: Paul Weeks.

Design: Underline Studio.
Words: Oliviero Toscani. Free Download

Art Director's Club Poster, Lettering: Ben Weeks.
Photography: Paul Weeks. Design: Underline Studio.
Words: Oliviero Toscani. Free Download

Lettering of Canadian Phrases

Canadian Colloquialisms for The Canadianist.
Letterpress by Everlovin Press. Designer: Tom Froese

Canadian Colloquialisms for The Canadianist. Letterpress by Everlovin Press. Designer: Tom Froese

Honda Fit Illustration by Ben Weeks
Honda Fit Illustration by Ben Weeks

Honda Fit Canada-Wide Launch. Agency: Grip. CD: Barry Quinn. Designer: Mark Buchner

Honda Fit. Agency: Grip.

CD: Barry Quinn.

Designer: Mark Buchner


Honda Fit. Agency: Grip. CD: Barry Quinn. Designer: Mark Buchner

Poster, front

Ben Weeks Has Many Loves - Designed by Underline Studio
Claire Dawson & Fidel Peña: Creative Directors. Emily Tu: Designer
Andora Graphics: Printer. D&AD Winner.

Ben Weeks Has Many Loves
Designed by Underline Studio
CDs: Claire Dawson & Fidel Peña

Designer: Emily Tu
Printer: Andora Graphics
Data Support: Kate Noyes
D&AD Winner


Ben Weeks Has Many Loves - Designed by Underline Studio
Claire Dawson & Fidel Peña: Creative Directors. Emily Tu: Designer
Andora Graphics: Printer. Winner of a Communication Arts Award,

Design Edge Canada Best in Show and D&AD Pencil.

Ben Weeks Has Many Loves - Designed by Underline Studio
Creative Directors: Claire Dawson & Fidel Peña: Designer: Emily Tu
Andora Graphics: Printer. D&AD Winner.

Smoke Signals - Winner of AOI Silver
Smoke Signals - Winner of AOI Silver

Work for Noise at ATTIK Huddersfield. Inspired by views drawn from the window in the train. AOI Silver Winner

See a short film on my illustration work
(Directed by fellow mixed indigenous Canadian Artist Mark Bennett)

Ben Weeks

Toronto Based, Working Globally. EST. 2005

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Toronto Based, Working Globally. EST. 2005

© Ben Weeks 2005–2026, All Rights Reserved.