Posts Tagged active
Soccer Nova Scotia Training Centre
Posted by Dean Gallant in recent work, web design on February 20th, 2013
We’ve launched a new website for the Soccer Nova Scotia Training Centre.
This impressive, year-round, world-class, multisport facility opened in October 2011. There are three indoor fields covered in a modern Greenfields V-Shape Synthetic Turf. Check it out!
snstc.ca
Canada Games Centre 2011-2012 Annual Report
Posted by Dean Gallant in book/layout on June 25th, 2012
I’ve recently completed work on the 2011-2012 Annual Report for the Canada Games Centre. It’s their first annual report, published as an interactive online .pdf.
For the design of this report, we continued a theme of that was established for the membership appreciate day at the Centre—using the idea of sports pennants to portray a feeling of celebration and victory.
The report is light on text and heavy on colourful imagery and photographs. Also, check out the fun infographics featured below.
Click here to read the full report online.
Canada Games Centre
Posted by Dean Gallant in banners, brochures, print ads, recent work on February 5th, 2012
The Canada Games Centre is Halifax’s newest fitness, aquatic, & recreation facility, established to integrate both the need for high performance sport & athlete development, while promoting recreation and wellness within the community. It’s run by a not-for-profit society who operate the centre on behalf of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It’s an impressive facility—with striking architecture. Some of the highlights include a 140 foot indoor/outdoor waterslide and an indoor running track.
Over the last few months, we’ve been hard at work designing brochures, rack cards, pop up banners, print advertisements, newsletters, posters and marketing/communications templates for the good people at this wonderful new facility. The vibrant colours extracted from the logo, combined with photographs by Geordie Mott at Wooden Shoe Photography really help these products stand out.
Samples below:
Canada Games Centre - brochures
Canada Games Centre - pop up banners
Canada Games Centre - print ads
Canada Games Centre - rack card
Volunteer Superheroes
Posted by Dean Gallant in 2011 Canada Games, posters, print ads, recent work, various on October 30th, 2010
This is a recent campaign getting lots of visibility around Halifax, revealing the Volunteer Uniform for the Halifax 2011 Canada Games.
My coworkers at the Games developed and directed the concept, photography was by local photographer Jeff Cooke, and I took care of the layout and produced artwork for billboards, transit shelter posters and various print ads, including a colour double page spread in the Saturday Chronicle Herald!
The ads feature nine current volunteers, with the idea that they are average people who—through volunteering—are transformed into modern-day urban superheroes, with the uniform as their outfit. We produced one group shot and eight individual variations.
Halifax 2011 Volunteer Uniform Billboard
Halifax 2011 Volunteer Uniform Reveal Poster
Halifax 2011 Volunteer Uniform Reveal Poster
Colchester Active Transportation Week
Posted by Dean Gallant in banners, recent work on August 22nd, 2010
Colchester Active Transportation Week street banner
This is a twenty foot long street banner for Move On Colchester Active Transportation Week. They wanted something they could reuse every year, without specific dates. We settled on sort of a variation or expansion of the Move On Colchester logo, which I designed in September 2009.
Eastern Kings Sport Council
Posted by Dean Gallant in logos/identity, recent work on March 1st, 2010
The Eastern Kings Sports Council is a group of volunteers who are committed to enhancing sport, recreation and physical activity in the region. They came to me for a logo and this is one of the rare occasions when I get it right on the first try. No revisions, they loved it.
Eastern Kings Sport Council logo
The mandate of the Sport Council is “working with communities, groups, schools and individuals in Eastern Kings to encourage participation in and promote the benefit of sport, physical activity and recreation in a supportive environment at all levels.” They wanted a logo which was modern, exciting, and will stand out on clothing.
Here are some notes form the design pitch:
- Vibrant colours suggest fun, movement, health & fitness.
- The abstract image gives a strong impression of motion and can be interpreted as a person running, a ball flying or any kind of activity.
- Representative of sport in general, without being specific.
Get Active Fundy
Posted by Dean Gallant in logos/identity on November 9th, 2009
“Get Active” is a community based physical activity initiative that encourages all citizens in the Fundy Region of Nova Scotia to be more physically active.
Get Active Fundy
They wanted a generic logo that would reproduce well in embroidery that they could then use for individual municipalities by adding place names, i.e. “Get Actve Truro”, “Get Actve Cumberland” etc…
Souris Striders Ski Club
Posted by Dean Gallant in logos/identity on November 2nd, 2009
A volunteer logo job for the local cross country ski club in my family’s hometown.
Souris Striders Ski Club
Move On Colchester logo
Posted by Dean Gallant in logos/identity on September 8th, 2009
New logo design for “Move On Colchester”. A community-based campaign aimed at advancing the wider use of active transportation in the Colchester region. Of the four options I gave them, they chose my preference and I’m very pleased with the final result.
Move On Colchester Logo
Some notes from the design pitch:
- Displaying a range of ages & demographics drives the message of broad community inclusiveness.
- Consistent movement from left to right is symbolic of forward momentum or achieving progress.
- Multiple colours of the individuals gives the impression of multiculturalism, while being non-specific.
- Vivid red is suggestive of movement, passion or a zest for life.