Other things we love and do …

We love shopping….
It really is an undeniable fact. But if we can do it as a job, why not. Yes, we also provide retail merchandising, consultation and purchasing for some of our clients.Yes, shopping with someone else’s money is way more fun !

We love handmade …
When we are not designing on the computer, we are usually getting our hands dirty. Glue sticks, fancy paper, die-cutting with the “Big Shot”, embossing, cutting cardboard or sewing. It is hard for us to say no to a project that involves a little or a lot of handmade elements.

We love good coffee …
Yes that is reason why we end up having clients who are coffee roasters, coffee equipment specialist and a husband who runs an Espresso Bar. We work quite a bit out of coffee places, as they provide the inspiration and environment we need to create unexpected results ! Caffeine is the key ingredient in our success.

We love travelling …
Seeing new places, experiencing new things and meeting new people inspire us. We continue to travel the globe to get a wider view of things and get rid of what we call “pigeon hole” ideas. This enables us to provide innovative and yet well-thought, well-executed solutions for our clients.

We love our gadgets…
From our DSLRs, to great lenses, to tablets, to Macbooks, to iPhones, iPads, to reading blogs like Mashable we are love being geeks cos’ Geeks rule the world !

We love gardening (who are we kidding ?) …
Well maybe … once a year. When winter turns into spring, we are eager to take out our shovels and plant new flower beds, but would rarely have time to maintain it. But the good news is we have only 2 seasons in Toronto, winter and July, so it makes our life a little easier.

Published on January 28, 2010 12:35 AM.
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General Contractors’ Section

AFTER :
Key concepts – a good clean up of a dated logo, putting the building industry in “perspective”, accessible, true blue representation of Labour entities.

BEFORE:

Published on April 19, 2012 2:49 AM.
Filed under: hobbies

Creating an awesomer BUNCH …

Bunch Family - Logo revamp

We have never really done a before and after post on identity design.
So this will be our first.

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AFTER:
BUNCH FAMILY’s New Wordmark/ Logo
Key Concepts : Parent-Child relationship, Connected, Inter-linked letters, more grown-up and “sane” version of Bunch.

Check out Bunch Family Inc’s awesome blog for articles on cool-social-urban parenting.

 

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BEFORE :

 

 

 

Published on April 19, 2012 2:32 AM.
Filed under: hobbies

Art of Words

Art in the form of words, story telling, blogging & writing …

Recently rediscovered that the ancient art of writing and speaking with it’s modern incarnations on the internet. Loving all the video blogs, podcasts and readings online. Visual stimulation is only as good as the stories behind them. Check out this list of truly talented and creative people who are so good in their “art of Words”. It really is a skill to be able to speak, articulate and write an idea that paints a picture that is as vivid as the real thing. That is one skill we would have to hone and harvest from within.

Check out:

Scoutie Girl blog – with Editor, Tara Gentile, giving advice to a group of Etsy DIYers on her own philosophy of giving creative business a “kick start”. A great snippet to “refresh” that creative brain and reconnect those juices. Check out this inspiring video blog.

Crafty Pod is a podcast by Diane Gilleland interviewing and reviewing issues that crafters and artists care about

Firefly Creative Writing is a Toronto based workshop run by Chris Kay. I listened to her first Audio Workshop and was truly inspired. She also has some great links to other great writing / literary sites.

Published on July 11, 2011 5:58 PM.
Filed under: books, hobbies, Readings Tags:

Web-campaign – Mother’s Day & Earth Month

This is the rotating web banner we did for Pistil Flower’s Mother’s day and earth month campaigns.

Published on May 29, 2011 1:25 AM.
Filed under: web banners / imagery, web presence

In the words of Timmy Douglas

To be precise, it should be Doctor Timmy Douglas.
The quote : “Courage my friends; tis’ not too late to build a better world” has been made beyond life size (21 feet long to be exact) at the newly opened HEALTH for ALL Family Health Team – the Markham Family Medicine Teaching Unit facility in Markham-Stouffville Hospital. They have approached us to create a feature wall for their Waiting Room bearing the words of the good doctor Timmy Douglas. Of course we jumped at it.

Working with the colour palette of the waiting room chairs, existing wall colours, we picked a deep ocean turquoise colour for the base of the feature wall and designed letters of varying fonts to emphasis on the key words in the quote. By further playing with the thickness of the CNC-cut acrylic letters, and finishing in both matt white and brushed aluminium, the quote finally came to life. According to our client, people from other departments and hospitals have been visiting the facility just to see this wall …. we are very honoured.

Part of this project also involved colour consultation for the Doctors’ and Residents’ offices and also design of their logo wall in the waiting area.


Published on May 8, 2011 12:52 AM.
Filed under: environmental graphics, signage

Starting a new business

Whitchurch-Stouffville Start-up brochure

The new year started off with the completion of a project for the Economic Development Office of Whitchurch-Stouffville. It is an informational brochure that helps new businesses navigate through the resources available for them to start a new business in town. It showcases a map with approximate driving times from neighbouring towns in the GTA and Toronto’s downtown, as well as contact information of important department offices.

Published on February 8, 2011 11:38 AM.
Filed under: business development, design, printed matter

Greetings

Here is a belated New Year Greeting to all our friends and clients.
Yes, we have been so busy that this greeting didn’t make it to the blog until 13 days into the New Year. Work Hard & Enjoy 2011.

Published on January 13, 2011 12:55 PM.
Filed under: holidays, misc

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