We will be posting from time to time recycling information posters we received from ACTSmart, here is the first one…
Bill picked these nifty bikes up from the Oxfam store. They are made from recycled aluminum cans…this is just one way you could get creative and recycle your cans.
Bill was recently in Sydney and spied this AMAZING butcher….for those of you in Woollahra – we suggest you check this place out. Bill assures us there was a shop front display of Dunlop Volley’s when he walked pass. It was these old classic sneakers adorning and swaying in the front window that first caught his attention and upon further investigation he realised he was looking at a very different butcher…. Victor Churchill
We’ve just finished a fun poster competition for a Bike Festival to celebrate Melbourne hosting the UCI Track World Championships in April 2012. The poster comp is titled ‘Chasing Rainbows’. ’Rainbows’ being the UCI World Champion stripes the champion is allowed to wear on their cycling jersey for the rest of their cycling career.
The brief was to design a “vintage” style cycling poster. It had to display the UCI colours of blue, red, black, yellow and green and the UCI logo had to be placed in the bottom left hand corner. Besides from these specifications we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. We aimed for a vintage look and feel – with soviet revolution ‘propaganda’ style overtones with a subtle blend of vintage promotional bicycle branding of a bygone era. Here’s a look at all the entries. This is a great illustration of how big a difference you can get from an array of designers with the same brief.
We recently completed the branding for a new Canberra psychology business in Deakin ACT. ‘Think Psychology Solutions’ wanted something different – to set them apart from other practices. Creative, branding and collateral elements included logo, stationery and signage.
Their logo is based around ‘psi’ – the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet. This ancient letter form is synonymous with pyschology today. We adapted this to imply growth, hope and new beginnings.
Since 2010 we have been encouraging our clients to use carbon neutral papers. When you choose to use carbon neutral/Australian made papers, this gives you the opportunity to use the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) logo. This logo shows your target audience that your conscious of the impact your business is making on the environment.
We have just been informed that there is a new/smaller NCOS logo to use. This now means the logo will be easier to place on smaller, printed items like brochures and business cards.
In July 2010 the Australian Government introduced the NCOS. This standard gives consumers confidence when purchasing carbon neutral products, and guides businesses who wish to make their organisations carbon neutral or develop carbon neutral products.
If you would like to find out more about the NCOS click here.
If you want to discuss the option of using this logo on your next print run, or would like a list of papers this logo can be used on, feel free to contact us.
Our website is going through a bit of a revamp – here’s a bit of a sneak peek at what we’re working on… Stay tuned the new site will be live soon…hopefully
Remember these posters we designed for the International Day of People with Disability last year?
We received a request late last year from Deaf Access Victoria to adapt the posters to fit to a projector screen so the posters could be seen on to the side of Ballarat Town Hall. We just recently received these photos of the town hall projections at night – we love how the birds and flowers appear to be breaking out of the window!
International Day of People with Disability Posters projected on to Ballarat Town Hall
International Day of People with Disability Posters projected on to Ballarat Town Hall
Bill recently headed north to the Sydney Festival and to see ‘the stage show Annie’ (good fun apparently – but Bill was quite descriptive on Alan Jones’s acting ability!).
ANYHOO, while there, with family in tow, they happened upon (yeah right!) this groovy bike shop. An eclectic mix of bike porn, clothing (other than lycra), parts and accessories…they also have a cafe with great coffee!
Interested in more info? Be warned tho – they’re a little ‘hipster’ and some of the staff had a smirky snarl on their faces that only ‘to kool for skool’ Sydney urbanites try to pull off…. www.sableandargent.com.au
Spectrum Graphics created the entire summer and winter ensemble for team Suzuki a short while ago – and they’ve just had a great feature write up in a local sports magazine ‘PLAY’ - go team!
Team Suzuki featured on the cover of Play Magazine