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  • August24th

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    NEW Australian Mustang and Ford Magazine

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Branding, Print Design, Projects

    Australian Mustang and Ford Magazine

    Shhh! Just for Avalanche Blog readers, we have a sneak peek at the cover of a new magazine that Avalanche Creative is developing in conjunction with Performance Media Works! The new Australian Mustang and Ford magazine full of eye candy for lovers of Mustangs and Fords. It will feature some awesome car modifications, write-ups, event calendars, how-tos, specialist directories, and lots and lots of images for all you enthusiasts.

    Stay tuned!

    Australian Mustang and Ford Magazine website in progress.

  • August18th

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    Hollywood voted Orange!

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Inspiration, Random

    On the WaterfrontRockyThere will be bloodGodfather Part IIJackie BrownThe Blues brothersDirty HarryRobocopConvoy
    Throughout August’s hazy summer nights, the Alamo Drafthouse and Levi’s® will be taking the Rolling Roadshow to the people under the unified banner of ‘We Are All Workers.’

    Rooted by one of the nation’s founding principles, We Are All Workers hits the road with nine seminal screenings proving that everybody’s work is equally important. True to form, each screening will be in the location where the film was shot or set.

    Inspired by the spirit of the American worker, the Alamo Drafthouse and Levi’s® have curated an eclectic line up that ranges from the the birth of the oil nation in Paul Thomas Anderson’s THERE WILL BE BLOOD to the futuristic corporate nightmare of Paul Verhoven’s ROBOCOP. Championship contenders are crowned and humbled as Sylvester Stallone embarks on an an epic ROCKY-THON on the Liberty Steps, while Marlon Brando is washed-up ON THE WATERFRONT of the New Jersey docks. Law breakers are saluted as DIRTY HARRY takes to San Francisco’s Washington Square Park, Quentin Tarantino with JACKIE BROWN (schedule permitting), and Chicago’s finest, THE BLUES BROTHERS tear their musical mission from God across the country. Closing out the Roadshow is the the defining immigrant worker story of THE GODFATHER: PART II which will screen from the rooftops and chimney stacks of New York’s Little Italy.
    The American

    And this is a new poster for The American. George Clooney stars in the title role of this suspense thriller, filmed on location in Italy.

  • July19th

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    World Vision – Our newest family member.

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Inspiration

    sponsorachild 1 468x60 World Vision Our newest family member.
    In response to ‘World Visions’ call for 10,000 sponsorships by 16th July, we decided to add another child to our Avalanche family.
    The hardest part of the sponsorship process is choosing  one child over another, we wish we could have helped them all. With thousands of children to pick from, we refined our search by picking a child who shared the same date of birth as Avalanche Creative Solutions (22nd December). By luck only one child shared this date and her name is ‘Angie’.

    Angie was born in 2002 and comes from Honduras, her favourite subject at school is Mathematics. We would love to post her photo up on our blog, but for privacy and security reasons ‘World Vision’ don’t allow it. So you’ll have to take my word for it when I tell you how pretty and bright she is.

    We plan to keep updating this post with her progress as and when we get information from her village. Sponsoring a ‘World Vision’ child is easy and hugely rewarding for everyone involved.

  • July2nd

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    Growing a fertile partnership

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Print Design

    Avalanche has been building a great relationship with Plants Australia, a non-profit nursery  affiliation headquartered in Knoxfield, Victoria. Plants Australia came to the Avalanche team with a brief to develop their product catalogue, and for more than a year Avalanche has helped them produce an attractive and usable publication design. Avalanche and Plants Australia have developed a complimentary working relationship, combining effective design ideas with an informed perspective regarding product and industry knowledge. The Avalanche team has learnt a great deal about the nursery industry whilst being able to advise and educate Plants Australia on quality creative solutions.

    A number of key principles were brought into play with the catalogue design. Consistency of design and brand prominence were achieved with a consistent look to banner headings as well as judicious placement of rich colour images of product items and clearly defined text denoting product names and prices. High quality images and logical layout of colour highlighted text represent a great improvement upon the design Plants Australia had been using originally.

    Plants Australia Magazine

    Plants Australia publishes their sixteen page catalogue five times a year, and the reader notices immediately exactly what horticultural or gardening products are available. Prices are easily recognizable as are product names, aiding the consumer in becoming familiar with stock characteristics and product range; and a seasonal thematic title – such as “Spring”, “Winter, etc – on the front page in large stylized lettering alerts the customer to purchasing opportunities. Brand recognition is reinforced on each page with the brand name signposted at the base of each page, superimposed on a red banner; and on the front of the brochure a clear brand banner is positioned at the top of the page.

    The new design aims to give the Plants Australia brand prominence in the market. For brand recognition to work effectively consistency in design is paramount. This has been achieved by applying good design principles, producing an attractive marketing tool in the Plants Australia brochure. Balancing the need to convey relevant information on products with a visually appealing and readable layout was made possible with the joint efforts and complimentary relationship that has been fostered between Avalanche and Plants Australia.

  • June23rd

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    Coffey Environments in good standing

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Marketing

    coffey aluminium easel

    - The aluminium easel for Coffey Environments.

    Avalanche aspires to unique solutions with useful and practical applications. Take for example the case of Coffey Environments: their mobile roadshow travels remote regions of Papua New Guinea communities keeping them up-to-date on local developments that impact on their lifestyle. Avalanche was able to provide a solution which greatly enhanced Coffey’s activities.

    Coffey aluminium easel in action

    – Coffey aluminium easel in action.

    The requirement was for a durable presentation system, and as Coffey Environments was conducting a two week roadshow moving through the Papua New Guinea highlands, durability was a priority. The two week roadshow would produced a great deal of physical stresses on equipment, and the display unit would need to withstand the harsh climate  and other physical conditions of the region. Typical physical challenges included variable transport like four wheel drive vehicles and helicopters, extreme humidity and heavy rainfall. Also the easel would need to be able to handle forty presentations, with up to four presentations a day. The importance of providing this information to highland communities is highlighted in the level of economic interest the natural resources of the region presents.

    Coffey’s information campaign focuses on the Frieda River Project, located in Sandaun Province, Western Papua New Guinea. FRP extracts copper and gold and is a large scale metal deposit. An Xstrata Frieda River Ltd study in 2008 estimated that mining would produce 190,000 tonnes of copper and 295,000 ounces of gold per annum. Highlands Pacific and XFRL are two businesses with a strong interest in developing exploration in the Frieda River Project. They expect that by early 2012 a feasibility study must be completed in order to help facilitate project financing. So clearly much rests on the nature of mining development and how it will be managed, including environmental values.

    Coffey presentation to PNG highland community

    - Coffey presentation to PNG highland community.

    To assist Coffey in its information program, Peter from Avalanche Creative conducted research and material acquisition and came up with a heavy duty aluminium easel prototype. The easel met the need of displaying 10 x A0 size posters. The fabrication needed to be durable and user-friendly featuring easy assembly, light weight construction and easy poster page movement.

    The easel system was a great success, with Coffey requesting another two units be produced for use on future road shows.

  • June9th

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    So what’s in a name?

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Branding, Marketing, SEO

    So what’s in a name: Getting a good descriptive domain name!
    Registering or owning a business name does not entitle you to own the same URL.
    A recent example in TheAge.com.au

    After a Tennessee police department let its website expire, the site was snatched up by Brian McCrary who uses it to gripe about speed cameras. The site shows a smiling cartoon police badge clutching greenbacks. It also posts gripes from those who’ve been caught speeding.

    So remember to keep your Domain registration up to date!

    In the great 90′s Domain grab, a whole load of Domains were grabbed by web prospectors or Cyber Squatters as we once called them. This has made it much more of a challenge to find ‘Good’ available domain names, but it’s important to know that you spend less to market and brand descriptive URLs.  Remember that you need to appeal to both Humans and Web Robots, so a good web address needs to be memorable, easy to spell, simple to say, hear and read, but most importantly your URL should be descriptive and relevant to your product or service.

    Just like any post gold rush, there is always a gem laying around if you know where to look.

    “I’m often amazed at some of the domain names that still haven’t been taken and equally frustrated by domains that have, but just sit there with a coming soon notice”.

    The key is to do a bit of creative thinking and make a mind map of descriptive terms, and then just test the availability on a domain shopping site. If your a location based business, then narrowing down your search by using the location name i.e. (AvalancheBoronia) will inversely widen up your opportunities.

    “Brand creation is a big part of what we do at Avalanche Creative Solutions, we go through a long and painstaking process of name creation and then cross referencing with available domain names as well as Business and Trade mark searches. Sometimes we strike gold and sometimes we have to go back to the creative thinking stage”

    Sites like www.godaddy.com offer ‘Domain Auctions’ but this can be initially expensive. Look at premium domains – you will pay more initially but thereafter the cost to renew is exactly the same.

    Please let us know what you think about this article


  • July7th

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    Because We Care – Biodegradable Bags

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Branding, Web design

    Fact: In each year an estimated amount of 36,700 tons of plastic bags alone end up in Australian landfills, not including those that become part of the litter stream. It’s known that they may take as long as 1000 years to break down.

    becausewecare™ has a simple, convenient and environmentally sound answer in the form of a range of plastic like materials – Bioplastics – made from organic plant materials. The basic component is corn starch and you can’t tell the difference between our Bioplastic products and those made from petrochemicals. Better still, in a compost environment they break down within 45 days – about the same time as a dry leaf.

    Avalanche Creative has worked closely with becausewecare to develop an identity and voice for the company. We’re committed to fostering a cleaner environment for future generations (Andy’s a grandfather after all!) and like they say: “Together we can make a difference”

    Find out more at www.becausewecare.com.au or www.naturegirl.com.au or www.banthebag.com.au

    Logo Design: Andy Warrington | Web Design: Andy Warrington

  • March16th

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    Connor Maclean

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Inspiration

    connormaclean 600x370 Connor Maclean

    Avalanche has partnered with illustrator Nick Diggory to create a charity website for young Connor Maclean. Connor has an amazing story. Diagnosed with V.A.T.E.R. syndrome and Crohns Disease since birth, he’s undergone over 40 operations in his 10-year life. Still, you’d never know it from that bright smile and positive attitude. This website is really a platform for him to share his story, thoughts and his inspirational zest for life.

    Client: Connor Maclean • Design: Andy • Coding: John • Illustration: Nick • info@avalanchecreative.com.au

  • December21st

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    DigiBooks

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Packaging, Projects

    pink morris 600x370 DigiBooks

    Avalanche’s brainchild – the MyLife Digibook – Archival quality storage solution available in 6 different colours and styles~

    Whenever we think of archiving photos or art, we often request materials that are acid-free and of archival quality, guaranteed to last at least 100 years. But what about those digital files and photos? You know, the ones we just burn onto the first blank CD or DVD that we can find lying around. Sure, you’ve been warned to back-up your files many times, but have you considered the quality of the media you’ve backed up your work on?

    Unfortunately, not all CDs and DVDs are the same. Some CDs and DVDs only have a shelf life of 10 years, while others are guaranteed stable for 70 – 100 + years. Big difference, isn’t it? The CD/DVDs that we burn on our own computer don’t last anywhere near as long as commercially made CDs (think your artist’s favourite album) and unfortunately that includes the photos we burnt to disc in an attempt to preserve. Using high-grade archival discs instead can preserve those precious family photos or work files for years to come. They are a lot more expensive than that big 50 pack you got at officeworks for $10, but they are worth it.

    Avalanche Creative initiated DigiBooks – the new way to securely store & protect your digital photos. Not only do they contain 5 Archival CDs or DVDs guaranteed for 60 -100 years (depending on which pack you buy), but they are beautifully packaged in an e-book. You could buy an archival CD for $5, or you could get them cheaper in our digibooks! (And they look really good!)

    Client: MyLife Digibook | Developed by: Andy and Pete

  • October29th

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    IGA Kids Club Website

    Posted in: Articles, Avalanche Creative, Branding, Web design

    iga website 600x370 IGA Kids Club Website

    The IGA Kids Club website started over two years ago as a proposal to the Victoria state IGA / Metcash marketing heads. The proposal was put on the back burner, but we did get the opportunity to produce a flash game for the national site (this was little more than a few links at this stage) We created a version of a much loved classic ‘Space invaders‘ we called it ‘Fruit invaders’.
    I can remember spending all my pocket money on summer on the original game, at a dark games arcade!

    In March 08, we were asked to pitch for a national ‘Kids Club’ website (against about 8 other studios) So we spent some time working out our offer and creative solutions and finally won the project.
    The site is currently at the end of phase 1 and has attracted over 17,000 new signed up members since August 08 (not bad going in less than 2 months) The creative shopping list was sent over last week, so phase 2 will be hitting the Avalanche desks very soon.

    Watch this space for updates.

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