Utah Web Design Blog

We recently completed a new logo for Sidekix! A toy company that makes little stuffed animals that zip into a ball, and can be clipped together or onto a backpack. WAY FUN! Next up – Business cards and website. Which stuffed animals would you think would be cool for them to develop?

Red Olive was invited to be part of the Art Institute of Salt Lake City Professional Advisory Committee (PAC). This committee meets twice a year and reviews the schools facilities, curriculum, and student work to determine how well they are meeting professional needs and trends within the Graphic Design community and/or what they can improve in.

Thinking about getting into the design biz and need to learn how? Take a look at Art Institute of Salt Lake City. Great resources at this school, a library any designer would kill for. A top notch computer lab and access to printers I only dreamed about in school. They are adding new resources everyday based on the needs of the students. The teachers really seem to care about the students, if you put in the extra work you will get extra opportunities to do some great work. Check them out and tell them your friends at Red Olive send you.

A lot has changed since I graduated from the Art Institute of Colorado, but so has this industry. Thanks guys for letting us be involved.

Logo Lounge — a prestigious compilation of logos from around the world — chose four of Red Olive’s logos to be included in their upcoming 2011 Master Library Collection. We are both honored and stoked to say the least. The award and recognition is for our logo & brand identity for The Mini Brochure, Rock Cosmic, neScience and Speculate.

Back In Black
We just got a new shipment of the new Black Red Olive mouse pads. If you would like one let us know or feel free to stop by the office any time and we will load you up with all other types of swag. Also finally getting our new portfolio book, 8 months in the making, from the printers tomorrow, check it out while you’re here.

Red Olive Swag Request Form

The Salt Lake City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in the local community joining more than 1 million breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Red Olive was asked to design all the collateral for the 2010 race including registrations brochures, invites, posters, newspaper advertisements, billboards, and banners. This has been a great project for a great cause, look for update on our blog after the race on May 8th, Brad, Melissa, Justin and Sarah from our office will be participating in the race.

Vince and Brad made an appearance on KUTV 2 News this morning with Casey.  A PR gig to help promote the upcoming Utah Addys Awards,  we had a little fun with the other creative agencies in Salt Lake.  This years project was creating ad campaigns to control the negative press surrounding  Tiger Woods, Balloon Boys Dad, and John Gosslin.  Brad was on team Manic Project, and Vince headed up team “Butt crack of dawn”.  If nothing else watch video #3 “Vince Spin Move”. “Oh what an entrance”  Vince refuses to admit it but, he’s not an ambi-turner, he can’t turn left.  

Red Olive Design is a proud supporter of the  American Advertising Federation of Utah , we help out at events, compete in the various competitions, frequent the luncheons, and donate hosting and support for the website www.utahadfed.com  

Empower Kids, Inc. is a non-profit organization that helps put safety programs into Utah schools to help protect children against abduction, bullying, and sexual predators.

Red Olive was honored to help further the cause by donating our creative talent on the Empower Kids new logo.

Red Olive design, a utah website design firm located in South Jordan, crafted a stunning new look and feel for the wonderful staff at Mity Lite.

Mity lite is the leading manufacturer in lightweight tables, folding chairs, stacking chairs, etc.  They came to Red Olive with a goal in mind, and that goal was to enhance their web presence so that they looked like the leading manufacturer.

Here are the three logos we designed that will be in the newest LogoLounge V book. The book will be published summer 2009.

Heres the letter they sent us.

Subject :       Congrats from LogoLounge

Congratulations Vince, your work has been chosen.

Congratulations on having your work selected for LogoLounge Book 5, the content is exceptional and the judging was extremely competitive.

The judging for LogoLounge Volume 5, has been completed. We are excited with the exceptional quality level of work selected for this fifth volume. This was an incredibly competitive judging session with over 33,000 logos entered for consideration. We are also very pleased to inform you that your work has been chosen for inclusion in the new book by an international panel of judges. This years panel included,  Andreas Karl of Karl Design, Von Glitschka of Glitschka Studios, Michelle Sonderegger of Design Ranch, Sarah Moffat of Turner Duckworth, Jamie Koval of VSA Partners, Vince Frost of Frost Design, Bronwen Rautenbach of The Brand Union, and Alex de Janosi of Lippincott.

Congratulations on having your work selected for LogoLounge Book 5, the content is exceptional and the judging was extremely competitive.

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Thanks LogoLounge.  V

Just another reason to head to the web when you are looking for deals – print coupons are big time. Dannon’s line of Light & Fit® products are on sale with a quick link and printout of their online coupon – a generous 1 dollar off coupon that has recently been brushed up by our tenacious gaggle of Utah graphic designers.

We kept it in line with their Light & Fit® look but with an added bit of flash element and cumbersome image positioning. I like the way the sunburst shine emanates while rolling over some of the buttons — although I am easily distracted by shiny things.

We expect to find smaller versions of this placed intermittently throughout the web with fitness sites that Dannon coordinates this promotion with. It’s basically going to be bannered along margins of lucky partners in various web ad campaigns.  

Red Olive® is happy to see their little touches on a national scale.