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roe studios
communicate.
eMail: ben at roestudios.com
phone: 416 889 7946
My name is Benjamin Allison, and I’m a graphic designer in Toronto. I’m a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, and have been working in the field for nine years.
If you are looking for creative work, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Other sites of mine:
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york region transit
identity
An experimental identity for York Region Transit. It’s one of the identities I’m proudest of.
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valt x
identity
Valt X is a computer security solutions company. The symbol makes reference to storage media and vaults.
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on purpose
identity
On Purpose is a fledgling of a fashion company. The brand is all about making a statement through clothing. The figures represent humans, with the last one standing on his head. In so doing, he is setting himself apart from the crowd and making an “exclamation.”
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maranatha
identity
It takes a lot of trust to spill your guts to a stranger. The identity for Maranatha Counseling needed to communicate trustworthiness and safety.
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link
identity
And identity for an web-based, urban bicycle courier company. The “i” is the morse code for the same letter.
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evening effects
identity
Evening Effects is a landscape lighting company – bright the night!
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able pools
identity
Able is a pool cleaning company. When you look in your pool and go, “Ew,” you call Able and they come and take out the yuckies. There’s also an “ew” sound in the word pools. I thought it was clever.
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augen gold corp
identity
These guys are actually gold diggers! Typically, one finds gold by drilling into the earth and pulling out core samples – columns of earth that are a few inches in diameter and reveal a location’s geological composition at a variety of depths. In the logo we see that the final core sample hits paydirt.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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c4
identity
Caruthers Creek Community Church (or “C4″) wants to make an impact in the community. The four C’s have been arranged concentrically, implying ripples on the surface of a pond, moving outward from the central, catalyzing “C.” The outward radiation also references the namesake explosive, C4.
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xcopper
web
Caught speeding? Xcopper is one of Canada’s most popular “ticket specialist” companies, with former-cops, lawyers, and paralegals on hand to help you beat a traffic violation.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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shasha bread
web
Shasha bread makes organic breads, cookies, and offers a variety of other healthy grain-based products. The inspiration for this design is “mom’s kitchen table.” It’s wholesome.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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potentia
web
For companies and large organizations wanting to switch to sustainable energy, Potentia acts as a bridge between them and various energy providers. The website design views the planet as a small, fragile object, which is not simply fragile, but also manipulable, implying that we actually can make a difference.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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jib
web
Since May 2005, I’ve been employed as a senior designer at jib design & advertising. Here’s a website design I worked on a few years back.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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paul fenn
web
A website for a fellow creative; none other than the right honourable Paul Fenn.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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paul lawrence
web
The concept for this site is “life on pause.” The two “L’s” of Paul Lawrence’s name when enclosed in a square make the “pause” symbol. This is fitting since Paul is a photographer and the primary role of a photographer is freezing moments.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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cooper + henshaw
web
Cooper Henshaw was a market research team. The concept for their site is “filling in the blanks.” Paint by numbers? Oh yeah!
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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spar canada
ad
Spar is a POS solutions company. POS is short for “point of sale” – it’s also short for “piece of …” I love clever double entendres.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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red rain
ad
Red Bull dominates the energy drink market. This is ad uses the expression “alternative fuel source” in an unexpected way to encourage people to try something different.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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manifesthete
print
These are pages from a book I started back in school called Manifesthete. The word “manifesthete” is a portmanteau of the words “manifesto” and “aesthetics.”
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grid
print
An existential magazine for urban 20-somethings.
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enwave
print
Enwave is one of North America’s largest district energy companies, and is based in Toronto. It provides “greener” heating and cooling solutions to the downtown core. Here are some pages from their corporate brochure.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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oktoberfest
illustration
A fun poster I made for Oktoberfest 2008!
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enwave geothermal
illustration
Another project for Enwave. Here are two illustrations showing a geothermal heating and cooling solution being installing in some new homes in Ontario.
Project completed for jib as senior designer.
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tethering, with crows
illustration
An image that came to me one morning.
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allen froese
illustration
T-shirt artwork for a friend’s musical endeavours.
