
Justin Lortie
Design Director, Chief Design Officer, Co-Founder, Creative Director
About
Co-founder and design director of Wedge, working across brand identity, packaging and creative direction.
SourceIn their own words
The opportunity is to see oral care as part of a beauty, wellness and self-care ritual, transcending tradition and norms.
nHA is the hero, the reason this product exists. So the hierarchy is simple: the name, then the proof.
We kept the No List and brushing instructions, because with nHA the method is part of the performance: spit, don’t rinse.
The logo is drawn, not typeset. We gave it unusual terminals, narrow joins, sharp apertures.
You have to say everything twice, so you decide what’s actually worth saying.
Where most have a founding father, Diana’s has a founding mother.
That difference became our opportunity to create a brand with an insatiable energy, ferocious care, sense of nourishment, and beautiful vibrancy that only a mother can give.
Bill’s work brings a craft, bold charm, and warm quality. His work brings that feeling of stepping into an authentic fish market.
The original Diana’s Seafood logo was likely created by her or someone close to her in the ’70s – a name in all caps, a fish icon, straight to the point. There was something honest about it.
We embraced that spirit more than anything, as well as the deep blue, bold uppercase lettering that nods to fishing boats, the hands-on work, and the legacy of a fishmonger’s family.
Articles & interviews20
- Inside Wedge Studio: Meet the Team Behind Award-Winning Design
This profile looks inside Montreal-born agency Wedge after it secured its third consecutive DIELINE Studio of the Year title at the 2026 DIELINE Awards. It highlights the agency’s award-winning packaging and identity work for Cocolab, Equip, Snapple Spiked, and Clearstem, while introducing team members including strategy director Marco Patricio and associate design director Capucine Labarthe. The article presents Wedge’s work as clean, bold, well-tempered, and driven by project and client needs rather than design trends.
- New Instagram Logo Divides Creatives, Exposing a Bigger Design Debate
Montreal and Los Angeles-based studio Wedge created the complete brand world for Bastét, a new oral-care company launching with nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste. The identity combines Egyptian-goddess-inspired naming, a custom engraved-lettering wordmark, Daubenton and Nimbus Sans typography, and bilingual retail packaging designed for both shelf presence and beauty-counter appeal. The visual system positions oral care as a high-design beauty and self-care ritual while accommodating future flavours and SKUs.
- The Best Packaging and CPG of 2026: DIELINE Awards Winners Revealed