Just a dedication to a man who created so much for the world and specifically our “graphic design” and media industry. iSalute you sir.
Sir John A. Day
I posted an illustration a few months back of Sir John A. Macdonald (view here) that was the beginning of a much bigger project for the Historica-Dominion Institute to develop an entire campaign. This included a print campaign, (posters, brochures, buttons and t-shirts) as well as a fun scrollable website (in English and French) to help educate Canadians more about their first Prime Minister. Spotvin was hired to create all graphics and site design, including the 1 minute intro Flash animation at the top of the page. This was one of our first projects that really utilized what we do best; illustration, print and web. Have a poke around the site as there is plenty of useful videos and information about Sir John A. including a downloadable party hat. Those are always fun, I’m wearing one right now……you’ll never know. GO TO SITE
Design by Spotvin, Build and Coding (ie. nerdy goodness) by Accent Media
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AVLIC
We’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had the chance to post any of the recent projects we’ve completed. This site was for the Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada (AVLIC) which is a non-profit, professional association for interpreters whose working languages include a sign language. We’re happy with the outcome, very clean and easy site to navigate. Have a look see. avlic.ca
Design by Spotvin, Build and Coding (ie. nerdy goodness) by Accent Media
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Memory Project DVD Site
Our latest web project has been launched for Toronto’s Historica-Dominion Institute called The Memory Project DVD Site. This acts as a microsite to an initiative where DVD’s are sent to schools across Canada and feature Veterans telling their war stories. I’ve been on a WW2 kick as of late so it’s been really great and educational to work on such an amazing project. Check the site out at www.memoryproject.com/DVD
Design by Spotvin, Build and Coding (ie. nerdy goodness) by Accent Media
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Windsorite DOT Awesomeness
Ma boy Owen at Windsorite.ca was looking to redesign his incredible website a few months ago and I offered to help im out. If you haven’t been to his site yet, please do yourself a favour and take it for a stroll here, it’s a wonderful resource for all things Windsor. It includes a traffic and construction guide as well as all breaking news for all major happenings, the photos from last weeks “Independence Day” storm are amazing.
He was looking for a fresh new layout where the page was broken up in different areas making the most important content stand out, I believe we were successful. He has also added plenty of coding magicry and designy goodness, which makes this site one of the most user friendly and informative sites in our city.
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Spotvin Studio Shapin’ Up
We’ve been busy here at our new studio painting and adding some small touches. Still not complete, but here are some photos so you can see our progress of sweetness.
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New Studio Space
Here is a sneak peak at the new studio space, we’ll upload video and pics once we’ve finished all the little touches. It’s unique but we love it!
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Open House Article
Here’s a link to a recent story that was written about the open house we had at The House (where our studio is located). There are a few photos of Spotvin’s new digs, we are still moving stuff around, we’ll post some pics of the studio soon.
** To clear confusion, I (Shane) am part owner of The House, which has many businesses in it (including ours).
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Open House: Spotvin 2 yr. Anniversary
You may or may not know, but I also have a second business (well, kind of) called The House, and it’s the building where my Office Supreme-oh resides in. It’s an old 1915 Victorian home located downtown Windsor, Ontario at 131 Elliott St. W. My partner Rino Bortolin has a cafe and pub downstairs on the main floor, which also has my apparel store. For the past year I have had my studio on the second floor but am exited to share you all of you that we’ll be moving to the attic. A giant space with skylights and lots of Spotvin-y goodness character. This means we now have three offices for rent on the second floor and are gearing it to creative class and solo-preneurs to set up House in. We’ll be having an Open House next Thursday, July 14, from 2-8pm to celebrate my businesses 2nd year anniversary, Rino’s Kitchen Pub Grand Opening and the availability of the new office space for rent. There will be music in the garden patio, art, food, and delicious adult beverages (also known as wobbly pops), so, if you are in the neighbourhood please stop by and join us for the festivities. Below is the graphic I designed to promote the event in an email blast.
Border City Brawlers Website
What do you do when some bad ass roller derby ladies ask you do design a site for them?….you do it!, no questions asked. I’m kidding, we weren’t bullied, we were more than happy to provide our services to launch a new site for Windsor’s newest derby league, The Border City Brawlers. A big part of the fun was being able to take all of our own photography to use throughout the site, which you can see on their flickr page. We especially like the header, it turned out quite nicely, note the slight shimmer on the helmet. Also, thanks to Accent Media, who did all of the programming and building of this unique project. View the site here
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