One great thing about what we do as brand and interactive designers is the variety of clients and projects we get to work on, each very different needs, goals, and audiences. One day it’s a brand and collateral aimed at investors or a website for a Japanese bistro, the next it’s a complicated website for a large engineering firm. Enter Chatwin Engineering.
With over 25 years as a leading engineering and planning firm in BC, Chatwin hired Industrial Brand to completely revamp its online presence to more accurately reflect who they are as a company. Their old website had become dated, cluttered, and ineffective. The outdated technology was cumbersome and the content wan’t easily updatable. It was time for a fresh start.
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Posted by Mark Busse on May 26, 2009. | No Comment
After an absence in last year’s competition, Industrial Brand teamed with Best Buy Canada Ltd. for Canstruction 09. After months of designing, planning and visiting to grocery stores, the design was finally executed over the two day build on April 25th and 26th. Based on this year’s theme: “From Caveman to Spaceman: Throughout History”, we decided to build a honeybee because of it’s importance to man and role in food chain. Integral to the world’s food production through pollination, honeybees have made their way into the news due to their recent decline in population. With this in mind we concluded that the honeybee best represented the event’s theme while communicating the message of hunger as a global problem.
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Posted by Alex Leynes on April 28, 2009. | 1 Comment
We really enjoy working with architects. The simple fact that we speak the same language of design and work in the creative field, often immersed in a similar processes makes it all the more appealing. Last year we were fortunate to be asked by Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects to recreate their online presence. Their goal was to showcase their studio, some of their recent projects, and the ideas behind them via a clean, modern web interface.
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Posted by Mark Busse on March 20, 2009. | No Comment
Dr Charles Barber (March 30th, 2008)
I remember a day when the CBC was led by patriots,
intent on serving the Canadian identity, advancing the
Canadian cause, and helping define the Canadian
people.
I also remember that the CBC was founded by
Conservatives who saw in our public broadcaster an
engine of Canadian growth and accountability. So it
has been for 75 years.
But now? The CBC has debased itself — again — by
destroying its own radio orchestra. This is a
disgrace. It is an embarrassment. It must be reversed,
and the CBC returned to its first identity. I am one
of many, many Canadians who call on our Conservative
Prime Minister to re-assert the CBC’s cultural
identity, and to reverse this ridiculous and reckless
decision.
Anyone who wants to find commercial radio knows what
it serves, and where to find it. The CBC is ours.
Canada’s.