We’ve recently revamped the Roy A Mcdonald and Lindale Logos.

They are owned by the same company but each company focusses on different aspects of business finance. We kept aspects of the old logos and unified the two through colour and type. More print work to come.

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.

Just a quick post to show off Orger Engine’s new business cards! Keeping in line with the look and feel of the Orger branding, we’ve created these standard size business cards for Colin at Orger Engines. If you’d like some new business cards, letterheads or any other corporate stationery for your business,
give us a buzz on 03 9761 0122!

Last month, Avalanche Creative were given the job of redesigning the Victorian Bar quarterly legal magazine. Distributed throughout The Victorian Bar, this 44 page magazine keeps its members up to date with current work issues and contains articles and ancedotes written by editorial staff and committee members. It’s actually quite an interesting read, even for those not in the legal field!

Judging from previous editions, we felt that what the magazine needed was a consistent visual voice – something that screamed ‘Vic Bar News’ from beginning to end.

With the end reader in mind, we went about setting a grid foundation for the magazine. We felt that a two/four column grid would be the most flexible for article lengths and would provide the easiest line lengths for a consumer to read. Then, using a combination of bright colours and friendly fonts, we began to set up a style for laying out articles and a consistent way to treat images. What we created as a result was a brighter, friendlier magazine that was easy to navigate and read.

The result is definitely something everyone is proud of –  the Victorian Bar have a refreshed newsletter that has been well received by its members, and Avalanche Creative have another great print job in the bag!

Our latest completed website is Clayton North Primary School, a government school in Melbourne’s South. Clayton North is a primary school known for its cultural diversity and prides itself in its great teachers, learning environment and facilities..

The website features an interactive flipbook in a scrapbook style which shows off all the school subjects and extracurricular programs. The website is also acts as an information resource guide for parents with downloadable PDFs and links. We’ve also embedded a google calendar in there so teachers can quickly update latest events and news straight into the website. It contains lots of useful information for current students/parents and prospective students alike!

The Clayton North Primary School website has been designed in wordpress, which is a simple yet powerful CMS system. This website, like all websites is SEO friendly, meaning it is built in such a way that makes it easy to find via search engines like google.

Have a look and tell us what you think!

http://claytonnorthps.vic.edu.au/

Hive are an established architect and building design firm located not far from us. While they’ve been around for a while, they’ve never really had a proper name. Michael (Hive Director) came to us looking for a plan that would help his company move forward, including a new brand – something that was memorable and significant.

After our initial meetings and talking to Michael, we came up with the name Hive, which signifies what Hive is all about  -

1. Physical building and working together to build a home/space
2. Pulling the right team together to make it all happen.

We were hesitant to go too far into the ‘bee’ analogy (yellow, stripes, etc), so we approached it loosely: using the hexagonal shape of a honeycomb cell and mixing it with strong type to give the logo a foundation. Alongside the logotype is the trademark ‘hive’ pattern, which is an interlocking pattern of the Hive logo used as a secondary branding tool.

While the project is still in progress, the team are happy and really excited about Hive’s new future.
Stay tuned, website to come

We’ve just completed the 08/09 Annual Report for the Victorian Bar.

This year features a very classic and sophisticated design with a spot silver ink on the cover and throughout the publication. The fine typography and delicate linework The silver really lifts the images throughout and gives it that very special touch! Andy also put his pen and paintbrush to work and created a series of illustrations to use throughout the annual report. If you look closely, you’ll see that they’re based on real staff members of the Victorian Bar. Can you guess which ones? ;P

Client: The Victorian Bar | Design: Ulrike | Illustration: Andy Warrington