Hi readers! We’re very excited today as we’re warming up to the launch of some of our services in more a global fashion. Starting in June, talonX is going to be offering a wade variety of services in Canada, Germany and the USA. We’ve partnered with some fantastic individuals to give us the ability to start giving our clients more. What does this mean for current clients? Nothing but good stuff! Our current hosting, maintenance and web technologies are simply getting better and you’re receiving all the perks just like a new client. Our web dev, graphic design and animation skills are cranking up. We’re also integrating 3D design, advertising, videography and even more services, primarily coming to the Calgary market first and then growing into our other offices (with locations coming soon). But that’s not all, we’re also planning on bridging our nice design skillzzz into the Ruby world […]
New Perspectives – The Other Side
An interesting TED talk we stumbled across. On the topics of design, web and innovation — things we pride ourselves on, we learn that it’s not about creating or being creative for the sake of doing so, but rather the opposite.
Calgary Celebrity Hors D’oeuvres
We’re please to share our recent participation in the Alberta Theatre Projects annual Celebrity Hors D’oeuvres event. This fundraiser included a top cook off between local chefs and talent as well as a variety of fantastic prizes donated by local talent ranging from a lunch with Dragon’s Den Brett Wilson, to your own Calgary named street sign and of course, yours truly donating a entire branding package including logo, business cards and stationary! We’re thrilled to give back to the Calgary community especially as it’s given us so much, and we’re excited to start a new project with a member of the theatre community in the not-to-distant future. For those interesting in our Calgary charity participation next year, we encourage you to visit atp.vonality.com where the auction took place. Unfortunately it’s all over for this year, but we’ll be sure to return next year, if not just for the fantastic […]
talonX at the Anvil Awards
As talonX grows we’ve started to enter into the general design community. This was our first year submitting work for the judgment of someone other than our clients. We opted to include two works not chosen by our clients, but rather that tickled our fancy. The first was for one of our larger clients, Quintera Drilling and was one of the logos that just clicked for us. A simple, clean, monochromatic logo that blends the letters simply with the purpose of the company. > The second piece was a print advertisement that without a doubt toed the edge of acceptable in the recruiting world… likely one of the reasons a more conservative and professional ad was chosen, but nonetheless was a fun project to work on. There were a ton of fine entries and the event was incredibly inspiring. We look forward to participating again next year!
Logo Design for the Modern World
One thing we’ve found time and time again which is key developing a solid, and long lasting logo for a business, is being able to envision the logo in the real world. Concepts, ideas, sketches can only really reveal part of the potential a great logo has to truly represent a brand well. Well we’ve taken it to next level and have started to offer a plethora (that’s right a PLETHORA) of photo-realistic logo mock ups that help our clients envision what their brand will look like in the world, perhaps a week away, maybe a year, or maybe a decade. brands, the best logos and our happiest clients are those that took some time to understand their design, to look into the depth of the concept and to envision it truly as a brand of the future and see it how other might see it. We’re always happy to […]
Print Media Evolution
It’s an exciting update today — we’re pleased to announce that we have partnered up with some local and international print locations to produce high quality and varied print media for our clients. We’ve gone beyond the standard business cards and are delivering multiple materials including: Plastic Suede Silk Cotton And more… We’ve also branched into special folder, brochure and other design styles guaranteed to stand out. With special spot foiling, gloss and layering we’re keeping the print design boutique, upper scale and ahead of the curve. If you’re looking for a way to stand out, here’s your chance. For current clients, you are welcome to stop by our office and see samples of the print products! While our mock ups tend to look pretty flashy, there’s no substitute for the real thing. What was the thought motivating this expansion? Business is about standing out — not in the overly […]
Calgary SEO Updates
While we haven’t been pushing particularly hard on the SEO train, we’ve had an increasing number of requests for search engine optimization services. We’re thrilled and delighted that word has spread about this offering and wanted to offer our readers a little bit more information about SEO, and exactly what’s included when you choose to work with talonX for this style of service. SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) is the process and strategy of boosting a site’s ranking in search engines (such as Google). There are a ton of methods to improve ranking that range from very ethical (known in the industry as ‘white hat’) to very unethical (known in the industry as ‘black hat’). In general, search engines tend to frown upon black hat methods as they tend to reduce the value of websites in general rather than add value. White hat SEO methods tend to provide a lot […]