ABS Population Milestone Animated Infographic
After producing the successful ABS National Health Survey animated infographic Spectrum was asked to produce another animation to celebrate the significant population milestone of 24 million Australians. From initial brief to a final animation was a very tight 10 days. This entailed meetings to determine ABS expectations, timelines, content and design direction. Spectrum presented a storyboard […]
Pantone Colour of the Year 2016
For the first time Pantone have selected two shades as the Pantone Colour of 2016. Rose Quartz PMS 15 – 3919 & Serenity PMS 13 – 152. These colours blend together a sense of tranquility and balance, evoking ideas about peace and order. We dare say that this year we will see many projects with […]
Cobblestones and smiles = Roobiax shenanigans
Bill recently took off to Victoria for his annual June long weekend pilgrimage to the Melburn Roobaix This a participation event where ‘winning’ is frowned upon and simply enjoying the cobblestones, cow bells and dressing up are encouraged. Pictured is ‘Maverick’ and ‘Goose’ from Top Gun – with their aviators on and Kenny Loggins ‘Danger […]
Australian Institute of Sport Prospectus design
The Commission approached Spectrum to develop a prospectus brochure with infographics to showcase the array of exciting sports and facilities in Canberra’s Australian Institute of Sport. We Integrated dynamic photographs and interlaced brand assets around a vast amount of illustrated information that the reader could grasp at a glance. See the full prospectus design.
We love a thank you!
Just before Anzac Day a client dropped off a thank you pressie…aww.! We’d managed to turn her bespoke one-off ‘magazine’ around pronto and she loved it! It was a fun gig but we only had a few days to go from an idea to execution and presentation. After the design was approved we had to […]
Movie Posters
Designing material beyond the expected, trying a new creative approach or not following a formula can often make a target audience get [re]excited about a promotion. Here’s a good example of what we mean. The Batman franchise has gone from the cheesy [which some of us liked] to the macabre [think Heath Ledger as The […]
Dirty Granny thank you
This was a pleasant surprise! We recently had a case of ‘Dirty Granny’ cider dropped off to the studio as a thank you for [another] job well done by the team. A number of these were emptied by week’s end! Thanx Polly! The name got us chuckling and the taste got us smiling!
Spectrum at the DHS Cooperative Procurement Programme Trade Fair
On 27 February Spectrum’s Sophia and Bill attended a congregation of talented agencies to show off our wares at the National Convention Centre – Canberra. We chatted to and laughed with a great array of government department representatives looking for a design agency to meet their creative and communication needs. With 200+ in attendance and […]
SG @ Amy’s Big Canberra Bike Ride
After designing the promotional material for Canberra’s premier community bike ride for Pedal Power ACT Bill took to a cargo bike with his daughter and nephew and rode the streets of the nation’s capital for Amy’s Big Canberra Bike Ride. 1300 fellow cycling enthusiasts took part to enjoy Canberra’s fabulous bike facilities and help spread […]
German street art
We’re not ones to condone graffiti per se but when it’s this clever and well executed it’s hard not to admire the vivid color and illusions of depth. Created by the German street artist 1010
