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Branding 101 – Logo Design

By Khalid Mokhtarzada at 10:27 am on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 // 0 Comments

Branding 101 - Logo Design

Logo Definition:
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization (a logotype or wordmark).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo

You Have One Shot
Choosing a logo for your company can be [...]



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Branding 101 – Typography & Fonts

By Khalid Mokhtarzada at 11:14 pm on Monday, June 28, 2010 // 1 Comment

Branding 101 - Typography + Fonts

Typography refers to the choosing and arranging of type in order to convey a message. Typography is an old art, dating back to somewhere around 1800 B.C but real growth in typography didn’t take place until the invention of the Gutenberg press in the mid-15th century.
Today, typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book [...]



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The Shawinigan Handshake

By Pierre Monké at 4:58 pm on Thursday, June 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

Jean Chretien

Not too many people can boast that their hometown is the same hometown of a former Prime Minister. Whether you liked him or not, he definitely scored himself celeb status. So much, that he has a handshake named after him!

Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996 by Jean [...]



Opinion

Make My Logo Bigger

By Khalid Mokhtarzada at 10:51 am on Monday, June 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

Make My Logo Bigger!

We love all our clients, even the ones who are adamant on having their logo bigger on their creative.

To all of those wonderful clients that recommend the following:

“Make my logo bigger!”
“Fill up the white space.”
“Make the call to action (CTA) more prominent.”
“Can we focus on this? and this? And that? And how about this?”

This video [...]



Opinion

3 Cool Movies this June

By Pierre Monké at 11:40 am on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 // 1 Comment

Karate Kid - Remake

The Karate Kid (yes, the remake)
The only thing cooler than Karate is Kung-Fu. After watching thousands of hours of Kung-Fu movies (no exaggeration) with my dad, I’ve mastered the skill of recognizing the tenants of a good Kung-Fu movie. This movie has them all, and Jaden Smith whom I’m a big fan-boy of.
- No-skilled foreigner [...]

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Fly Your Face in Space!

By Pierre Monké at 10:45 am on Friday, June 11, 2010 // 0 Comments

Nasa - Face In Space

Tired of online relationships, speed-dating, lingering at the produce section to find your next match? I know I have; so I decided to turn to NASA to help me find true love. I sent a picture of myself to NASA to ship off during their September 16th, 2010 Mission (STS-133), in hopes of securing an [...]

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News

WikiLeaks and the US Military

By Khalid Mokhtarzada at 10:23 am on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 // 0 Comments

WikiLeaks + The US Military

The Internet has enabled civilization to push the boundaries of communication beyond what we could have ever imagined a few decades ago. The Internet has and will continue to be a forum for free speech, exchange of information and culture, and most importantly, a digital organic-like entity that will continuously make the playing field a [...]

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