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Showing posts with label layout. Show all posts

Saturday, November 9, 2013

EVERYBODY IS WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND

The craziness has begun! Weekend/late night overtime is happening. I've had the Loverboy tunes a-pumpin' in the office, so you know it's getting real. 

I wanted to share some progress with you lovely interweb people, to eradicate any notions that you think I'm sitting around on my behind munching on nachos (I might also be doing this...). 

The very first project I dabbled in at Informa is now fully underway and due in a week (cue mini scream). The 150-200 page Show Guide is coming together. If you riffle through old pages on this blog, you'll be able to see some of the early stages, if that's of any interest. I put together 30 or so pages today. Luckily I had prepared some of my stylesheets ahead of time! Still lots to be done but for now — here is a sample of some of the sections.

Be well, friends!














Sunday, September 15, 2013

A SPLASH OF CORPORATE CREATIVITY

I've been having quite a bit of fun creating things at work! The projects I'm currently working on have allowed me to get a little more experimental, which I love!

Of course, in the end it's all about pleasing the client!

The brief was to produce two invites  - one for an Interior Design lecture themed "mixed-use spaces" and another for an Architectural lecture with the theme of "water sustainability in Architecture."
Not the easiest concept to visualize. I really liked the idea of taking elements/textures of a space - or of different spaces and unifying them into one. Composite images seem to be a common output for my work, so I started there. I really liked the outcome, because it was softer and less hectic than the original "swatch" idea. But I was out-voted so we went with the swatch option (see final spreads).



I'm still waiting for content, so these are still a work in progress. I wanted to add some colour, but it had to blend in with the white border around the cover swatches. I really liked the colour combination of grey + turquoise (sampled from one of the swatch images). To blend in with the white, I added a gradient. By accident I applied the gradient to the text, and decided to go with it.  

The turquoise colour was found to be a bit too "feminine" and a white version (without a gradient) was preferred. We also had to fit 5 bios in, so the inside spread layout had to be reconsidered. 



Here is the white version with a more masculine colour (and 5 bios inside).



Next up, we have the Architectural invite with the water theme. The end result was very simple. 
I found a superb stock image (which I will buy tomorrow). The inside spread isn't quite there yet. 
I don't think the current bio arrangement will go over well.  I will post whatever I come up with! 






Sunday, September 1, 2013

CATCH UP!

It seems I've been so busy at work that I've forgotten to post.
I also haven't been doing too many relevant projects to share on here.

However! I thought I may share some bits of what I do all day at work.
My client/company puts on all kinds of trade shows and conferences across Canada.
I work for the Construction and Real Estate team, which may help put these projects into context.

I am their first (and only) in-house designer. It's a bit intimidating to lead all their creative needs by myself, but it has certainly helped build confidence in my work. It has certainly been a welcome challenge to take things that have been done the same way for 25 years and try to give it a facelift, without getting too 'designy.'

I will try to get some samples of their past collaterals to share. For now here are a few examples of what I've created for them.


WEB ADS















BROCHURE COVERS





























SHOW GUIDE COVER – about 30 million of them and still ongoing!





































SHOW GUIDE INNARDS (ongoing)








































EMAIL TEMPLATES





























INVITE MOCK-UPS (ongoing)























LOGO REVAMP



















EXTERNAL PRINT ADS