Communication Design

We learn what makes your business, organization or product unique to create a design that is relevant and effective. We analyze the target audience and how the design will be used to make it resonant. We work with your feedback to craft well-thought-out solutions to communications challenges. And we use the power of typography, colour, layout and other design elements to bring professionalism and creativity to all kinds of design projects.

Our services include:

• Multi-page layout design (books, manuals, reports, magazines)

• Advertising

• Conference/event design (print and digital)

• Visual content design (for websites, blogs and social media)

• Exhibit graphic design, posters

• Print collateral materials, posters and stationery

See our Communication Design portfolio here.

Art Direction

We offer art direction for print and multimedia campaigns, exhibits and events. Whether we are creating a visual strategy for an overall look and feel, selecting the most appropriate creative talent or offering ongoing support, we bring cohesion, direction, organization and polish to complex creative projects. We are innovative thinkers and problem solvers whose custom illustrations, commissioned photography and unique hand lettering add visual resonance and richness to designs and value to new and existing brands.

Our services include:

• Creating visual strategies for marketing or publication team implementation (technical publishing and commercial publishing)

• Directing illustrators, designers, production artists, videographers, photographers, web developers and social media experts

• Overseeing artwork completion and brand management

• Determining the best way to implement a campaign using different channels (print, environmental graphics, digital, web and social)

• Creating an implementation plan and digital files or templates for a marketing or publication team to use

• Creating brand standards manuals

See our Art Direction portfolio here.

Plain Language (Accessible) Design

We offer plain (accessible) design services for organizations, businesses, and governments who need readable, legible and understandable communications materials. Plain design follows the principles of plain language writing and focuses on the needs of the audience to emphasize user experience over aesthetics or novelty.

A plain-design approach is ideal for materials the audience must use or act on, including manuals, health care communications, legal information, voting information and maps. Plain design can also improve visual communication for audiences with language, cognitive or visual barriers.

Our plain (accessible) design services include:

• Audience analysis

• Plain (accessible) design assessment of existing material

• Plain (accessible) redesign

• Plain (accessible) publication design

• Information and infographics design

• User consultation and user testing

• Creating or revising documentation and style guides to reflect plain (accessible) design best practices

• Wayfinding and signage design

Please contact us to request a profile of our accessible design work, as well as instructional and public speaking experience on this topic.