We were quite pleased to have the opportunity to work with Roland from St. Veronus’ to develop a wordmark for an upcoming Oyster Shucking night St Veronus’ will be hosting every Thursday night.
Spending time in St. Veronus, or speaking with Roland, one can get a sense of the general aesthetic. Classic sign painting, typography from the Coppi or Merckx era’s of cycling, early European branding . . . We are drawn to these things as well.
Roles:
Branding/Identity Concept.
Art Direction.
Design.
Since this Years’ Shifting Gears Workplace Transportation Challenge kicked off yesterday . . . what better time to post some more Shifting Gears related work. It has been nice seeing this campaign pop up everywhere. From posters on the streets, in shops and cafe’s to television, newspaper and radio ads — the Shifting gears word is spreading. It was a treat for us to work so closely with Clifford and the rest of his crew on this project.
As a sidenote: Page Design is rather happily participating in the 2010 Shifting Gears Workplace Transportation Challenge.
Role:
Art Direction
Photography
Copywriting.
We have just wrapped up a nice little branding/website/collateral project with our friends at Circle Organic Community Farm.
Not only were Andrew, Julie and Jonah a treat to work with . . . but they have promised to keep the studio well stocked with ground cherries this summer. What could be better than that?
Circle Organic is part of a growing movement (pun fully intended) of smaller scale, community-based farming . . . However, you probably don’t need to hear all of this from me when you can read all about them on their brand new site. CLICK HERE.
We’ve been working on the Greater Peterborough Cycling Map for the last month or so . . . this morning they showed up in the freight elevator at the studio. 10 000 of them. Pick one up, then go ride your bike!
This morning.
Jake was at the controls keeping the levels correct, and Clifford was at the mic, reading the same lines over and over again as we completed (very close to) the last task on this video project we have been working on for Peterborough Greenup/Peterborough Moves/Shifting Gears.
We need to thank Clifford for lending us his voice, and Jake for letting us into his home studio, and making sure everything sounded amazing.
We really need to get back on track with this blog . . . Plenty of new stuff in the mix. New work, new people, new year, new lunch spot. All of it is true, keep reading, you’ll see.
Way back in December, we had a Page Design staff party at the studio. Of course we set up a photo booth and let it roll all night. 100% of the shots are ridiculous. Here is one of Andy holding a bouquet of salad . . . I believe we were cleaning bits of salad off the studio floor the next morning.
The Christmas party was a good time, due in large part to two things: 1. The Food, prepared by local Chef, Anthony Lennan. 2. The Karaoke. In the right company, Karaoke will always be a hit. Believe it.
We have been busy lately. Here is a new branding project we did for Chris Vyn Fine Carpentry. It came out looking kind of nice, we think. We will be taking this to print in a number of different contexts over the next week.
Yesterday a small package arrived from the Peterborough Festival of Trees, we were able to glimpse the tickets we designed for the eight (or nine) different events connected to the Festival. It was a treat working with Rebecca Huels and Katie Kloosterman, from the Festival’s marketing and communications committee.
Keep an eye out for the Festival of Trees insert in your Thursday edition of the Peterborough Examiner. That insert is another project, art directed and designed from inside the Page Warehouse.
Last week we needed to put together some in house materials, which I’m sure we will post more fully on later, it was a fun process, putting a bunch of our recent work all on one page . . . here is a small sample.
In our last post, we mentioned some big news from Page . . . Well, here is a small taste: We have someone new coming on board. It has been coming together carefully, but today will mark this mysterious (they aren’t too mysterious) persons first day in the studio.
Tomorrow (or the next day) we will have the formal, internet meet and greet. So check back for that . . . This might not be the only new addition around here. Who knows? There may be some other people for you to meet as well.
We have starting an official Page Design squash ladder, The Eradicator Series. So far we have only had a few exhibition games, but things are about to get serious (in a not very serious kind of way). We’ll do our best to keep you posted on the latest stats.
We hinted at this on our twittermachine . . . We embarked on a full studio rearrange over the past couple of weeks.
Allow me to stress this point: There is never a good time to rearrange a workplace.
We figured we had some time to arrange the studio to best suit our needs . . . we had been planning this for a while, and the day we started moving things seemed like the perfect time. But with most things, everything changed within 24 hours and we were swamped, overwhelmed, convinced we had made mistake. The studio was in such disarray at a time we really needed order, it changed our environment for a few days . . . not in a positive sense.
What we like most about our space is the fact that it is big and open . . . One of the major hindrances of our space is that it is big and open.
Trying to find places to store things was becoming a nearly impossible challenge. With photography and video lighting, cameras, stands, backdrops, and misc. equipment, coupled with a print production area. We had to make a change, or else we would forever be living in maze of stuff. Also, we have freelancers in the studio working with us from time to time, and we were never satisfied with the only available space in which to put additional workspaces. Add to that, we just had a new office manager start with us and she needed a space in which to work some awesome office management magic.
It all seems so simple now, but it did take us nearly 11 months to get this dialed. What we did was create zones in the studio (with mysteriously invisible lines). We have a dedicated photography/shooting section, a storage section, a print production section, and workspace section.
We had a quick meeting with Chris Vyn from Chris Vyn Fine Carpentry (705 977 0665) and he banged out a shelving system for the storage section and very large workstation for the print production area. Chris insisted that we don’t tell anyone he built this stuff, but we balked at that request! He referred to it as rough and ready carpentry, a project he threw together super fast. Truthfully, what he built is absolutely perfect for us, both functionally and aesthetically, so he gave his clients exactly what they wanted . . . and man, did he ever build this stuff quickly and solidly. If you have a carpentry project, hire Chris right now. He is beyond good! Do it, 705 977 0665.
Sitting in the studio now, it seems silly we didn’t set it up right off the bat like this, but what can you do? Your needs change, our needs for this space were different in January then they are now . . . and really, it takes some time just being in a space before you fully realize how to best use that space. (Even though all those TLC and HGTV shows make it seem so easy). So until the next big change, this what our space looks like.
So there you have it, a full account of our studio rearrange. We have plenty more Page Design news to spring on you, but you’ll have to wait at least a week for that. Stay tuned!