Pantone Colour of the Year 2015

Posted on Feb 10, 2015
Pantone Colour of the Year 2015

The 2015 Pantone Colour of the Year is Marsala 18 -1438. We decided to explore its potential and use it as inspiration for a new Pinterest board. We found hints of Marsala everywhere. It will be interesting to see what impact Marsala has on our work this year.  

The SG Peleton Ride2Work

Posted on Oct 29, 2014
The SG Peleton Ride2Work

On Wednesday 15 October the gang met like minded cycling commuters in town for the 2014 Ride2Work and the launch of the new Pedal Power Allara Street Civic Cycle Loop. It was a cold and windy start to the day and only the committed were there. Just as well the free breaky of fruit, baked […]

Spectrum at the 2014 ACTSmart Business Sustainability Expo

Posted on Oct 6, 2014
Spectrum at the  2014 ACTSmart Business Sustainability Expo

Last month Bill was invited to be a guest speaker at this year’s Expo. Three Canberra business leaders who’s firms are exponents of energy and water efficiencies, and better waste management, were asked to discuss and answer questions about their experiences and approach. Bill, Maryke Booth from Shop Basics and Philip Buchanan from Serco covered […]

Helen’s Heroes Ride to Conquer Cancer

Posted on Oct 6, 2014
Helen’s Heroes Ride to Conquer Cancer

In 2012, Ray lost his wife Helen to cancer. Ever since Bill’s mate and his kids have been fundraising to help research to find a cure. Spectrum recently helped Ray with a couple of his fundraising initiates… See Helen’s story HERE If you’d like to help Ray out go HERE

Clever anti-littering poster design

Posted on Sep 2, 2014
Clever anti-littering poster design

We recently stumbled across these great poster ads online for The City of Toronto Livegreen’s organisation. With the tag line ‘Littering says a lot about you,’ they raise awareness whilst simultaneously insulting those that decide to litter the streets. We love them! You can view all the poster designs here.

Downing’s Bicycles

Posted on Jul 21, 2014
Downing’s Bicycles

Cycling kit design Our client is a master bicycle mechanic in the northern suburbs of Canberra. He has decades of experience and an extraordinary expanse of knowledge across vintage cycles to modern bike technologies. Downing’s Bicycles wanted an elegant design solution for his new cycling ensemble. He wanted a kit befitting his station, experience and […]

Infographics – Tour de France at a glance….

Posted on Jul 7, 2014
Infographics – Tour de France at a glance….

Cycling Infographics We’re getting more and more requests to create groovy infographics these days – they’re a fantastic way of getting a complex story, idea, facts and or concepts across to the reader quickly and in an interesting manner. We’re all keen cyclists in here [there’s often days when we’ve all ridden into work – […]

Annual Reports

Posted on Jun 23, 2014
Annual Reports

Annual Reports It’s that time of the year again when we’re all starting to rev up for the annual report season. 1.    How to choose a report team. Don’t worry – we’ve got this. We’ve been producing annual reports for 20 years now and have been part of IPAA award report teams in that time. […]

World Cup 2014 Posters

Posted on Jun 18, 2014
World Cup 2014 Posters

Cool World Cup Posters Brazilian artist and graphic designer Cristiano Siqueira illustrated a series of individual team posters for ESPN ahead of the World Cup in Brazil to celebrate each of the 32 teams participating. The strong use of colour embodies the passion and excitement which only the World Cup can stir up. Here at […]

Transforming the face of The Cyclery

Posted on Apr 22, 2014
Transforming the face of The Cyclery

As part of 2014 The Rotary Rides 5 Peaks Challenge we worked alongside Pedal Power and event sponsor The Cyclery to design a series of promotional material. We gave The Cyclery’s Fyshwick store an eye-catching window display to support their sponsorship 5 Peaks Strava Challenge initiative. The bold artwork was designed as part of a larger […]