Design a page to show granted wishes, and a page to upload wishes.
Solution:
On both of these pages the user needs to be able to sort through photos, music, video, and stories. The design is easy to understand and ultimately makes navigation the information easy.
Designed for Northern Army.
Chicken Farmers of Canada: MP Contest
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Challenge:
Design a recipe contest webpage for MPs.
Solution:
The goal was to create a visually appealing website for MPs to enter recipe information for a contest. The page breaks the content into dinstinct sections, making the information easy to read.
Designed for Northern Army.
MAD Awards
Challenge:
Design a voting website that was going to have 500+ images to vote on.
Solution:
The simple design of this website keeps the focus on the images that the user will be voting on. It's easy to navigate and was ultimately a great success.
Mexicali Rosa's
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Challenge:
Pick a small business and redesign their website.
Solution:
Mexicali Rosa's was in need of a site redesign. By using a rich colour scheme, and large feature images, the site becomes more appropriate for the atmosphere Mexicali Rosa's has at their restaurants.
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Parallax
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Challenge:
Design a website using embedded web fonts.
Solution:
The concept for Parallax was created for a mockup of a site using web embedded fonts. The site also uses a lot of CSS3 styles that were designed with progressive enhancements in mind.
Carve Snowboards
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Challenge:
Design a functional site for a snowboard company.
Solution:
Carve Snowboards was created to be a clean, crisp, and modern website. The minimalist design makes the content easy to navigate.
Booster Juice
Challenge:
Redesign the Booster Juice logo.
Solution:
The new logotype is more modern and has an organic feel that speaks to the target audience while still promoting the healthy identity of Booster Juice. People naturally like it when things come together, and as a result, the way juice fits under booster will make people feel better about themselves and this product.
Rockstar
Challenge:
Redesign the Rockstar Energy Drink logo.
Solution:
Rockstart Energy Drink right now has two logos that they use: their wordmark, and a star with the R in it. With this new logo the R is already in the wordmark. The bold type still matches their brand.
RhinoMart
Challenge:
Redesign the RhinoMart logo.
Solution:
RhinoMart is an online wholesale shopping company. By creating a clean and simple logo, it works well in an online environment. It won't distract the user from their shopping experience, but is still memorable enough to make RhinoMart distinguishable from it's competitors.
Carpentree Café
Challenge:
Create a logo for a college café located in the trades building.
Solution:
The name carpentree café is appropriate because it's relatable to the environment it would be used in. The logo works with the name and promotes a relaxing location for students to hang out and get something to eat.
Versature Referral Program
Challenge:
Create a coupon for Versature that customers can use to save when upgrading.
Solution:
The coupon matches the branding of Versature and lays out the information in a way that's easy to understand. This coupon can also be sent digitally.
Designed for Northern Army.
Font
Challenge:
Create a font.
Solution:
I designed this font sticking to the grid a lot. The characters look like they're from the same family because they shared the same qualities (basic lines and rounded corners). This font should be used mainly for headlines but is still legible at small point sizes.
Absolut Freakshow
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Challenge:
Illustrate a poster for an Absolut Vodka ad.
Solution:
This illustration was an excercise in using Corel Painter. In it's abstract form, the shape of all the monsters makes up the shape of the Absolut bottle found in all Absolut ads. The vivid colours are successful in bringing attention to the poster, making it stand out the traditional Absolut bottle ad.
Infographic
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Challenge:
Create an interesting infographic with strong typographical hierarchy.
Solution:
For this infographic, I kept a consistent colour scheme of blue for men and pink for women. The main focus of an infographic is the information, and because of this conscious colour choice, it is easy to understand the which information relates to which gender at a quick glance.
About
Hello!
My name is Darcy Aubin and I'm a graphic designer. I specialize in web design and development. I'm currently available for work.
