It seems everyone is getting into the Olympic spirit. I’ve just completed the design for my son’s school Sports Day Medals in the last 30 mins. They are going to be pressed into little gold medals for the schools Mini Olympic Games 2012. I can’t wait to see if my son win’s something so he gets a medal!
Tags: 30 Minutes, half an hour, Medal, Olympics 2012, School sports day
Metal textures for Photoshop by Rafi at GraphicsFuel
An excellent set of 5 tileable metal textures. These patterns are fully layered PSD files available in 3000×2000 px resolutions. The set also includes 600x400px JPGs for repetitive pattern convenience. Thank you Rafi!
Even more free metal pattern textures for Photoshop available at: Webtreats. They are offering a free download of 8 beautifully crafted, tileable pattern textures. Stock up now!
Tags: Awsome, Free Downloads, Metal Texture
While researching ideas for an Alice in Wonderland book cover for a new project, I came across these wonderful photographs by Elena Kalis. They have such a magical quality. This treatment allows Elena to recreate the dreamlike fantasy of Alice and the weird and wonderful story that unfolds around her. This shot would be a fantastic book cover.
For Designers, I’ve found a great website for free fonts. Font squirrel have made a selection of some well cut fonts which you can use for commercial use. http://www.fontsquirrel.com
Tags: designers, Fonts, free fonts, squirrel, Typeface
ThirtyFifty is a successful, locally based wine tasting company. Way back in January 2011 we started on new concepts for a new visual identity and website which had been developed some years prior to my involvement. Jane and Chris didn’t feel like their old logo or the website were doing them any favours. Neither the logo or the home page design engaged potential clients or revealed a great deal about the company’s character or the vibrance of the wine tasting business.
The success of a wine tasting business is really going to come down to the experience it delivers. This should not only be on the day of the presentation but right from the moment the client sees the website. ThirtyFifty wanted to present themselves as providing fun and informal wine tasting classes and presentations, counter balanced with a solid educational foundation. So the new site has a brochure front end which covers the types of courses available, venues and the process of booking and the second half is all about the wine industry covering news, facts, interviews, book reviews, wine knowledge and podcasts. The free wine knowledge available on the site is extensive. Chris Scott delivers the UK Wine Show Podcast every week, interviewing people involved in the industry. You could say, Chris makes the wine industry his business in every sense.
We went through three stages of development for the ID before we were all happy with the mark, the tag line and the colour palette. A small research panel were involved in the decision to write the name in full as opposed to using numerals. And as far as creating an original and distinguishable mark for the company writing the name in full differentiates ThirtyFifty from competitors in the market place.
Once we had a visual identity we could run it out onto the website, favicon, information sheets, stationery and gift vouchers.
Tags: Art Direction, Communications, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Portfolio, Promotion, Publicity
Danceforce Website comments:
I have received so many compliments from customers on my lovely new website. Stella has designed a beautiful site which is user friendly and inviting to look at. She provided a friendly, efficient service and I am very pleased with the result.
Carol Winter
The Danceforce Website is live http://www.danceforcekingston.com
Promotional postcards produced to publicise the new site will be given out to new and existing students at the school. Site Designed by Creative Communication, built by Andrew Heaps and Photography by Roger Brown.
