We here at VOLTAGE want to wish every one a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and sincere thanks and appreciation for all your support. Many and most of you deserve a great deal of thanks for the encouragement and most importantly - the work you’ve sent our way. THANK YOU VERY MUCH from VOLTAGE
We decided to save some paper this year and post the christmas picture online…enjoy : )
The VOLTAGE studio lair was recently featured on This ain’t no disco! A website devoted to design / ad agency interiors and studio spaces! We were also featured on Boulderspace.org - a local design blog. We thank them for the features! Take a look at the studio shots - and these panoramic views of the office - thanks to Nhat Meyer - photographer extraordinaire!
WHAT DO YOU GIVE SOMEONE WHO ALLREADY HAS EVERYTHING?
The Gift of Giving provides a means to give a universally appealing, heart felt, deeply considerate gift every time to everyone and anyone. Through The Gift of Giving website, you can give a charitable giftcard that is later directed to a charity selected by the gift recipient. Put simply, The Gift of Giving is a conduit for charitable giving in gift packaging.
THE BRAND
VOLTAGE worked with Frank Callahan, the mastermind behind the new gift giving idea, to develop the brand and bring the concept to market. Beginning with the Identity and Brand language VOLTAGE developed a strong graphic look that is simple and straightforward. The objective was to communicate this new concept as quickly and directly as possible. Combining strong headlines and graphic quotes with powerful imagery and collages of the many different charities became the solution.
THE WEBSITE
The Gift of Giving Website had to communicate directly and quickly and this was accomplished through a simple interface and design. A strong use of imagery create the online giving atmosphere and quickly communicate the wide variety of charitable opportunities. The website was also unique in it required many custom features not typical to a regular e-commerce site. A custom backend was built enabling users to track their gifts, maintain an address book, select different gift options on purchase, customize a gifts and direct multiple gifts to different recipients.
THE GIFT BOX AND BROCHURE
To create a memorable gift giving experience VOLTAGE designed a custom giftbox that included a Giftcard, Notecard with a personal message from the gift giver, and Company Brochure. The box opens like a gift - revealing a step by step process of discovery, ultimately revealing the colorful giftcard.
Looking for a unique gift to give - Try www.thegiftofgiving.com. A gift that truly makes a difference.
VOLTAGE Advertising and Design has just completed a new identity for the Louisville Arts Hub. A consolidated effort by the many arts organizations and groups in Louisville to promote their various activities, classes and performances. The website which is being developed by VOLTAGE Advertising and Design will be the central location for information regarding the many artistic groups located in Louisville, Colorado and offer course calendars, event notifications, and recent news.
The simple and bold graphics are intended to promote the actual activities and has been designed to act like a hub - and bring the many artists and groups together under a common graphic language. Louisville’s non-profit arts groups involved in the Hub along with the Boulder County Arts Alliance are The Art Underground, Centerstage Theatre Company, Coal Creek Community Theater, Louisville Art Association, and the Louisville Cultural Council.
1. THE GHASTLY ONES
Enough political mumbo jumbo - let’s get into the spirit of Halloween! Yes, it’s that favorite time of year again and every night our 3 yr. old asks if he can go Trick or Treating that night. It’s tough explaining to a 3 year old that there is only one night at the end of the month where if you knock on someones door with a mask on - they will give you candy, and that you probably won’t get the same reception on any other night in October. So to get into the spirit of things we often play the Best Halloween disc ever . . . A haunting we will go by the ghastly ones! A full disc of screams and spooky noises all blended with some of the baddest surf guitar ever recorded. I don’t know where I got the disc, it was years ago, but have noticed they’ve since put out another album and have a cryptic video on youtube. Happy Halloween! Check out the typography on this Showbill! Amazing .
2. THE GO! TEAM
If all the political contentions got you down - try a dose of The GO! Team. Positive vibes all the way around. They’ve put out a plethora of great videos over the last couple years!
LadyFlash, The Wrath of Marcie, Milk Crisis, Doing it Right, Doc part 1, Doc part 2,
3. PACKAGE AS PRODUCT
We are working on a number of packaging projects and this unique package/lamp was insipiring. The actual packaging is the lamp. You take out the bulb and cord and re assembe to create your lamp. Pretty Ingenius! Check out the pics - or the designers website for more info : David Gardener
4. VOLTAGE ENDORSEMENT FOR PRESIDENT
5. HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!
VOLTAGE has designed Daybreakers new album. “See the world from here” is a great new recording from Chris Howard - who is Daybreaker. Full of sunshine filled eclectic pop - this new album is a great edition to Daybreakers work and we were thrilled to design the packaging for the CD. Trying to reflect Chris’s sound and upbeat tempo - VOLTAGE created a colorful look for the insert, disc, and traycards. Chris was pretty stoked - see the comments below.
“I can’t begin to describe how grateful I am to have worked with Eric at VOLTAGE on my new CD artwork and design. Eric is not only a blast to work with but he is always willing to go the extra mile to make the project turn out “right”. Eric is the most talented and creative person you could imagine trying to interpret whatever “vision” you have. He listens to your ideas and then gets creative and comes up with something special - something that has everything you wanted but looks nothing like what you could have imagined by yourself. His vision exceeds yours and that’s an amazing talent. “
- Chris Howard aka DAYBREAKER
Check out Daybreakers new album on iTunes.
