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Mercury has evolved from a production-oriented studio to a full-service animation house capable of producing feature-length family films, so we sought to create a similar transition from a technical and impersonal planet-themed identity to one that softens and personifies the company. Having a significant portion of their work come from family programming of their own creation also provided an opportunity to introduce a more whimsical design evocative of childhood and nostalgia. The use of a child launching a paper airplane silhouetted against another planet is symbolic of potential, dreams, aspiration, creativity and imagination, and creates an even stronger connection to Mercury’s tag line: Imagination Advanced.
As part of the new identity, we created a full brand strategy platform, online styleguide resource with templates and brand elements as well as consulted on a number of internal initiatives as part of the new rollout. Congratulations Mercury Filmworks on a successful 10 years!
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We’ve enjoyed collaborating with our friends at Mercury Filmworks as their design team for many years and were proud to develop and launch their new identity as part of their 10 year anniversary celebrations. Using elements of the pre [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 28th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Design, Industrial Brand, News | No Comments »
For years, British graffiti / guerrilla artist has operated in anonymity. With “art” like spreading doctored versions of Paris Hilton’s album in UK music stores, erecting a life size sculpture of a Guantanamo Bay Prisoner [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, July 14th, 2008
Categories: Learning, News, Pop Culture | No Comments »
A hearty congratulations to IBC Brand Director Matt SamyciaWood for being awarded the MGDC certified professional designer designation by The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada [GDC]. Considering Matt has a Masters of Design and has bee [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 27th, 2008
Categories: Associations, Design, Industrial Brand, News | 1 Comment »
I met fellow Vancouverite Stewart Butterfield (of Flickr fame) briefly a few years ago and various friends of mine know him well. So for me it wasn’t such a surprise that Butterfield’s recent resignation letter to Yahoo was a li [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Categories: News, Vancouver | 2 Comments »
PicLens have just notified us of the recent additions to their free software. You can now browse, watch videos, and shop online in 3D. Well… sort of. For those who aren’t aware of PicLens we blogged about it here.
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Categories: News, Tips | 1 Comment »
Applied Arts Magazine announced its latest list of winners today, and Vacnouver’s Rethink Communications cleaned up. As usual. 44 of their submissions were chosen as winners—including the Graphex 2008 invitations they designed for G [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Categories: Associations, Awards, Design, News, Uncategorized | No Comments »
After reading this article from Times, I went straight to my pantry, opened up a new can of Pringles and saluted Mr. Baur for his accomplishments. Thanks for thinking of others who prefer to have their chips uniformed.
Posted by: Steph Co on Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, News | 2 Comments »
I stumbled on a great piece on ABC news that analyzed the US potential nominees for President (back when there were 3…. ohh wait… Hillary still things that she’s in this thing!) according to the typeface they chose for the [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Categories: News, Typography | No Comments »
Milan, 20.04.2008 – Wolda, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, announces the distinguished panel of 30 independent judges that will select the winning entries for its ‘08 inaugural edition, see www.wolda.org/judges. This unique three- [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Categories: Awards, Design, News | No Comments »
Our Creative Director, Ben Garfinkel, is a lucky boy indeed. At approximately 11:30 pm on Sunday, April 27th, he and his wife Andrea welcomed their first child to the world: Lila Rose Bellamy Garfinkel. There have already been hundreds of [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Categories: Industrial Brand, Inspiration, News | 3 Comments »
For those who love Facebook, get ready to fall even more deeply in love or hate it with a passion. This Sunday, members will have to ability to use Facebook Chat. It works exactly like the other online messaging systems (AIM, MSN Messenger, [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Categories: Interactive, News, Technology | 2 Comments »
Maybe it’s all the issues of design mags in there, or maybe it’s a new twist on the creative process but early this morning Mark took his laptop and locked himself in our one and only washroom and he’s STILL there! I wonde [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Categories: Fun, News, Tips | 1 Comment »
After much feedback, evaluation, planning—including a healthy dose of debate and discussion—the all new GDC.net website has launched at long last, with a section devoted to the GDC BC Chapter. Having served with a number of my GDC colle [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Categories: Associations, Design, News, Websites | 1 Comment »
Vancouver, BC has been chosen as the official host city for the annual SIGGRAPH conference in 2011. This is a huge win for the city and is the first time the conference will venture outside the United States. The conference should prove a s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Categories: Associations, Events, News, Technology, Vancouver | 1 Comment »
Championed by Toronto designer Bernard Hellen from Traffic Marketing + Design, the Forestry Stewardship Council of Canada has recently released the FSCXpert™ program. An educational program and designation for individuals that are committ [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Categories: News, Sustainability, Tips | No Comments »
