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A laptop on a wooden table showing a #HalfTheStory learning platform screen with a row of team member avatars.
A billboard sign for AREF in green.
A black blade sign with the white Tributes wordmark mounted on a concrete building.

We design the logo, colour and type of a brand as one system, then mock it up on real applications, from business cards to web pages, before we hand it over.

Shaun Ford & Co's ampersand

Shaun Ford & Co already had a logo they trusted when they came to us in 2022, and they wanted clarity about where the brand could go next. The ampersand was already the focal point, so after exploring a few directions we tightened what was working instead of replacing it. The colour palette grew from their portfolio of interiors, which tend toward earthy, muted tones.

Shaun Ford & Co

The refined ampersand, with previews on business cards, letterhead and desktop and mobile screens.

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Ava Industries' name and logomark

Ava Industries' tagline, "created by doctors, for doctors", already carried the strategy, so our job was to make it readable in the identity too. We set the name in title case instead of all capitals, which makes it feel approachable. The logomark is a spiral of abstract forms in shades of the brand's purple, suggesting patient records that are always in use, and each brand colour has a full tonal scale so the system holds together in a marketing deck or a clinical interface.

Ava Industries

Ava's spiral logomark in the brand's purple, drawn in horizontal and vertical versions.

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Mockup of a purple hardcover notebook with a white elastic band and patterned belly band, branded with the 'Ava' logo, on a gray background.

Designed for what Tributes prints on

Tributes prints and engraves products for a living, so their logo had to look good printed on bags, shirts and merchandise as well as on a screen. We designed a mark with movement in it, welcoming and a little unconventional.

Our guidelines cover how each part of an identity behaves as well as how it looks, so the client's team can apply it without us. Springboard Performance's mark, for example, is black and white by default and takes its colour from the event photography beside it.

A person carrying a white canvas tote bag printed with the Tributes wordmark beside a waterfront.
A person looking down in a cream and black cap embroidered with the Tributes wordmark.

Selected work

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  • 2026

    2026

    Alberta Real Estate Foundation 35th Anniversary Assets

    Brand implementation, Visual identity

    Brand implementation, Visual identity

  • 2025–2026

    2025–2026

    University of Calgary Alberta Post-Secondary Global Learning Toolkit

    Platforms and applications, Portals and member experiences, Content management systems, Interface design, Visual identity, Brand implementation

    Platforms and applications, Portals and member experiences, Content management systems, Interface design, Visual identity, Brand implementation

  • 2025

    2025

    Strata Capital Partners Brand Direction

    Brand design, Visual identity

    Brand design, Visual identity

  • 2025

    2025

    Calgary Arts Development Calgary Public Art Guide identity

    Visual identity, Brand design

    Visual identity, Brand design

  • 2023–2024

    2023–2024

    Alberta Real Estate Foundation Brand identity

    Brand design, Visual identity

    Brand design, Visual identity