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snow

Love our traditional winters, in Creemore, it feels like living in a snow globe.

When spring comes it's all that sweeter.  

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One of my signs for the local law office

categories: Stuff
Monday 10.22.18
Posted by shane durnford
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committees

When I was a kid, my mom would tell me to stay away from the deep puddles. Even though I hated getting "soakers" I couldn't help myself from testing the waters. Without fail I would venture too far and cold spring water would spill over the top and into my rain boots. 

Committees remind me of those puddles.  No matter how harmless they appear, you can still get a good soaker.  And as with with finding yourself in waters that are over your boots, there is no pleasant way out.  

 A logo created for the Blue Mountain foundation for the Arts.

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categories: Logo
Monday 10.22.18
Posted by shane durnford
 

Hand lettered typeface

Burger Night logo

Burger Night logo

A cafe in historic Creemore Ontario wanted to provide a new feature to their cafe and establish a new tradition to celebrate the end of the work week.

The hand lettered vintage style script projects a casual, comfortable wholesome quality.

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Promotional postcard

 

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burger night t-shirt front

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Burger night t-shirt back

Sandwich board

Sandwich board

Bank Café, Creemore

Bank Café, Creemore

tags: Logo design, Branding, hand lettered typeface
categories: branding, Logo, Design
Friday 06.30.17
Posted by shane durnford
 

Carved home sign

This gable end sign was designed and crafted for a newly renovated historic home circa 1911.

The design was inspired by the 1920's art period and featured blue birds and apple orchards that accompany the home in its country setting.

The sign is hand carved (300 hours) and crafted from High Density Urethane (HDU) a waterproof material that will nicely weather decades of Canadian weather.

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Tuesday 09.06.16
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Website for the Great American Sign Co.

Just completed a website for the Great American Sign Company, a custom sign company in New Jersey specializing in Premium Quality Dimensional Signage.

They required a new website that would reflect a refined brand that aligned their products and services with a new target market.

Visit their Website

categories: website
Tuesday 12.15.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Vintage style ticket

A vintage style ticket designed for a Hundred Mile Store in Historic Creemore Ontario.

Thursday 11.26.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Natural Food Genie

A light and fun logo for Crooked Tree's Monica Roe. 

Thursday 06.18.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Crooked Tree fine foods

A logo and branding for new artisan food product that utilizes a cashew and almond  base for it's delicious gourmet line of spreads and crackers. An Indonesian folk story about a cashew tree was the inspiration for the business name and visual branding.

The logo's C T momogram was inspired by the gnarly branches of the cashew tree and speaks to the artisan quality of the product.

The mandala design was created as a support image for the primary logo, its patterned lines incorporating the seed of life, cashew fruit and almond.

Created in Photoshop and Illustrator using a Wacom tablet

 

categories: illustration, Design, branding
Thursday 05.07.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Mountain Vista Vetrinary website.

A clean and fresh website for a Veterinary hospital in Collingwood Ontario. er.fkh4rf,4nf4

Visit Site

categories: Design, branding, website, web
Thursday 02.26.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Heart Reins - Equine Assisted Therapy

Therapy that includes equine activities or an equine environment to promote physical, occupational, and emotional growth in persons with personal, emotional and mental disorders.

The identity needed to express ease, flow and freedom while appearing grounded.

The colours represent the crown, throat and heart chakras.

 


categories: branding, Design, Logo
Thursday 02.26.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Bridges Tavern sign design

A prohibition look to a casual but refined tavern housed in a century grand home on main street Thornbury Ontario. 

categories: Signs, Design, branding
Wednesday 02.25.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

Vintage style Pharmacy logo

Creemore Village Pharmacy

A local Pharmacy required a distinctive identity, to represent its traditional values and established roots in a Ontario Historic Downtown.
The the panel was inspired by traditional apothecary labels and contours of classic show globes that were hung outside Apothecaries and Pharmacies since the time of the Romans.
Classic Lettering and traditional embellishments adds refinment and historical authenticity.
Colours are comfortable, grounded and warm.

Overall, a solid, trustworthy and established image that can be  applied to multiple mediums from signage to labels.

 


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categories: Logo, Design, branding
Wednesday 01.14.15
Posted by shane durnford
 

vintage style postcard

Promotional postcard for Bridges in Thornbury created in a prohibition era flavour.

Monday 12.29.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

Media Entertainment logo

A new Canadian documentary film producer required a grounded, fresh and distinct identity that would translate well into a short animation.

Concept 1: The thought process started with the name Maplerock. Research revealed that trees are traditionally referred to as keepers of the story, as they witness the passage of time and events.

Warm and grounding but it needed to be fresher and more contemporary.

Concept 2: The second image simulated overlapping beams of stage lighting, forming a maple leaf. 

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Concept 3: A story also unfolds or is formed from a single event, its many facets and characters shaping an overall storyline. The animation would be a single piece of red paper folded into an origami inspired maple leaf.

 
Saturday 11.15.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

Cheese Gallery sign design

An established premium cheese shop in Thorbury Ontario felt they weren't connecting with passerbys and were seeking signage that was more engaging and fitted to their business, location and building.

The challege was create a street presence with a small hanging sign (restricted by local bylaws) on the large blank face of their strore front.

The solution was in the sign hanger, it was designed to utilize and visually activate the broad empty storefront creating movement and interest.  The the form and materials respected the building's (and village's) historic beginnings, anchoring the design in the charm of this early Ontario Village.

The sign shape was kept simple so as not to distract from the form of the sign holder and their (established) logo.

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categories: branding, Design, Signs
Tuesday 08.12.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

Creemore Power Company

A smoothie bar with the name that represented their product and reflected the history of creemore's former Power and light company.

 

The initial logo design incorperated both, the second represented a fresher version of motion and blender.

Thursday 06.12.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

Italian Restaurant Identity

An Italian restaurant offering an upbeat dining experience with a  twist on the ordinary.

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Friday 06.06.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

Mountain Ash Farm rack cards

  

Rack cards and invites created for Mountain Ash Farm near Creemore Ontario.  

The format was in keeping with it's grounded, early Ontario heritage

categories: Design, branding
Friday 02.21.14
Posted by shane durnford
 

logo and sign

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A grand, gothic revival historic home in Collingwood Ontario. Dignified and charming architecture with minimal embelishment.

The Capitalized T reflects the dramatic verticle nature of the home's architecture. The pin line and playful decoration compliment the static form of the capital T.

The logo is a natural for traditional stationery, embossing stamps, embroidery and etched glass.


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Thursday 02.20.14
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Architect's Logo

Monday 08.19.13
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