Design pour culture
Vizou est une ressource créative spécialisée dans le développement d’outils de communication pour des industries culturelles. Nous offrons aux artistes ainsi qu’ à leurs promoteurs toute une gamme d’options : développement de design et de contenu pour site Internet, matériel de promotion imprimé, pochette de disque, dossier de presse, illustration et photographie numérique. Veuillez nous contacter pour une estimation ou pour en discuter votre projet.
Design for culture
Vizou is a creative resource specializing in the development of communications tools for cultural industries. We offer artists and those who promote them a full range of options : web site design and content development, print promotional material, album cover design, presskits, illustration and digital photography. Please contact us for an estimate or to discuss your project.
Springing into Spring.
Well, finally Spring is showing signs of making an appearance here in cold, cold Québec. This is what my backyard looked like the second week of April, though, so I’m not holding my breath. They’re jumping on the trampoline, which is still 2 feet below the snowline, illustrating that there is still about 6 feet of snow on the ground. Last night was the first barbecue (hamburgers) and sitting in the sun on a lawn chair. May is in two more days, so we’ll see… although I heard something on the radio today about it snowing tonight. Sigh.
Chants de vielles
Le festival Chants de vielles (Calixa-Lavallée, Québec) aura bientôt un nouvel site internet pour mettre en valeur tout ses qualités! Le site aura des vidéos et photos, la programmation et horaire, un lien pour réserver en ligne ainsi qu’autres fonctions. Les infos sont actuellement sur le site de la compagnie de disque Roues et Archets. Lancement du site en mai 2008.
Echo Hunters
Je travaille actuellement sur le nouveau site web des Echo Hunters, fantastique groupe montréalais composé des gars qui ont joué ensemble depuis plus que vingt ans. J’ai fait le design de leur deux albums Twenty Years et le tout nouveau Cabin Fever. Ils jouent un style folk-roots-blues qui rappelle par fois Crosby, Stills & Nash; Creedence Clearwater Revival… des superbes harmonies, du “groove”, intensité qui envoi des souvenirs des années 70 (mais les meilleurs!). echohunters.com
Bad, bad Dunkin Donuts!
Last week, while I was in Vermont, I had an opportunity to catch up on several years’ worth of back episodes of the few TV show I liked (back when we got TV), Law & Order, for instance, and Home Improvement (I know, I know, but I like it). I also caught up on what has been going on in advertising and was shocked to see Dunkin Donuts latest campaign “Order In English”. In case you haven’t seen this ad series, it features all sorts of people at a coffee shop counter attempting to order coffee with names like “Latte Vente” (i.e. Starbucks) and other such names, usually in Italian, Spanish or French. They can’t pronounce it and are frustrated. The entire campaign basically says to Americans that : a) it just isn’t normal to try to say anything in a different language; b) they should object to being “forced” to order in anything other than English. Now, I live in Québec where the official language is French, which puts a whole new spin on this unfortunate idea. continue…
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