Artifact Type: Business Card
Title: Ross Wemp Photo Business Card
Year: 1973
Designer: Margrit Kapler
Studio: John D. Weatherseed Associates
Client: Ross Wemp Photo
Size: 55mm X 177mm (open)
Condition: Fine
Collection: Canada Modern Archive
Donated: Kindly gifted by Margrit Kapler
Ross Wemp was most well known as the founder and president of Ross Wemp Motors and Ross Wemp Leasing, operating out of Toronto and the GTA for well over 40 years. Outside of his automobile career Ross had a passion for photography, which he maintained right into his later years. Ross was a personal friend of John Weatherseed and it was through his practice that this piece was produced in the early 70s. It’s not known what sort of photography work Ross undertook, and if this was anything more than a small sideline. Ross died on May 15, 2020.
The design of this single sided business card was tasked to Margrit Kapler. Margrit had a knack of introducing hand drawn illustrative elements into some of her work, and paired these with her Swiss design sensibilities. This simple card, printed onto a cream vellum stock, folds in 2 positions, allowing the camera lens to shorten and the little red birdie to come closer to the photographer.
