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Inside the New Thain Creative Rebrand
Tue 29/11/11

The new signs have a few people wanting to know why? First, Graphic Designers are a bit weird but have to be in order to be effective creative problem solvers. However the best graphic designers are seeded in an artistic background of some kind. Myself, I grew up drawing all of the time, filling up my school notebooks, tests and other important papers with random sketches all over the sides. I wanted to include art and creativity in the brand, in a new way.

As I drove around I noticed paint shops and art stores will often have a swooshing paint stroke, I wanted to take that idea and re-imagine it with a contemporary look and feel. I also liked the idea of a paint stroke on the side of the building with no other purpose than to remind people of creativity. I really liked the simplicity of a single brushstroke as a textured form. That is why I spent hours trying to come up with an very wisp-full yet textured paint stroke. I envisioned people not really understanding why they are looking, but feeling drawn to anyway.

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Thain Creative's New Signage - Process
Sat 12/11/11

1. We wanted to give Thain Creative a new look for the new office. Something fresh and our own, but would still work in a small city like Barrie, ON.
2. Watercolour was used to develop brush strokes that would be the new look for the signs.
3. Scans of the brush strokes were made and we used photoshop to correct the colour to match the existing brand colours.
4. The old signs were removed and stripped and the new vinyl signs were printed at MSI and applied to the preexisting signs.
6. We used careful ladder control to maneuver the signs into position.
7. We sat back and watched oncoming traffic stare at the new signs...

In hindsight it didn't go as easy as we had hoped but... it was fun and we had a good time. Enjoy!

Artwork by: Thain Lurk
Photos by: Thain Lurk, Michelle Brennan
Special Thanks to Adam Mitchell and MSI Group

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Signage for New Office
Fri 21/10/11

After weeks of long nights, Thain has finally come up with the idea for his new signage. About time! The new imaging is colorful, contemporary, and imaginative. This weekend the new signage for the office front is expected to go up for your viewing pleasure a 164 Dunlop St West.

Meet Up, Barrie New Entrepreneurs
First Meet up - The Barrie New Entrepeneurs
Fri 21/10/11

Have a hard time remembering how to spell ‘entrepreneur’ correctly? I did, but not anymore…

Michelle and Thain have started a meetup.com networking group. This group is for entrepreneurs in the Barrie area who want to get together to network, share their ideas and promotions, also to have a good time while at it.

The first event was held yesterday, October 20th at Moxies Bar and Grill. There were six Entrepreneurs that came along and ended up staying well after the scheduled meet time. We had good conversation, food, and drinks. We can agree our first attempt at hosting an event was a success! The next event we are hosting will be at The Local Gastropub located at 37 Dunlop St West at 7pm.

Join our group, hope to see you there!

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Thain Creative gets a Makeover
Fri 21/10/11

Thain Creative gets a makeover and office space with a view (the Barrie Firehall). In September Thain brought on a partner, Michelle and together re-launched Thain Creative.

Soon after partnering, a new office was opened, located at 164 Dunlop Street, West the new home of Thain’s creative talents. In the month since the office has opened, we have made lots of new friends and had many new interesting experiences. Oh and Thain got a new Bluetooth...

Announcing the seperation of Idea Fresh and THAIN
Fri 17/09/10

We are going to be setting up the Idea Fresh Blog as an independent site of THAIN, this way we can be less diplomatic and really showcase Idea Fresh, creative. We are currently working on developing the new blog and will be changing the full design and format. -T

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THAIN Brand from 2005 - 2010
Wed 19/05/10

This is a special look at the creative logo design process for the THAIN brand that has taken 5 years of design evolution to achieve.

V2. The Thain Creative brand started out with a very urban look, the three rings where symbolic of the creative mind, I did a vector silhouette of myself and combined that with a very techno looking custom type face. The final look was fun and fresh for a freelancer during this time period.

V4. Next, Thain Creative, opened a studio, we wanted a logo that was fresh, contemporary and modern. At the time multi-colour marks where the trend so we came up with the pixel, a landscape with grass and blue skies in a pixel.

V5. Trends die hard. Our new goal was clean and stand the test of time. We started by trying to find a Ambigram type mark, then we tried to incorporate the pixel from the previous logo into the mark. Then we dropped the creative and the pixel. Finally we looked at the roots of design and went with a simple type mark. Enjoy!

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Sorlie Arts
Fri 19/03/10

Andrew Sorlie from Sorlie Arts asked us to help him rebrand and come up with a fresh logo to better showcase his professional HD video company.

Creative Director: Thain Lurk
Media: Branding

Chuck Norris, Mark Plewis, Code Norris
In Honour of the Code Norris
Mon 15/03/10

I would like to take the time to personally introduce the CODE NORRIS to the world. In the website development world there are those that are code ninjas and there are those who are code samurais, but there has never been a code norris, until now...

Mark took valuable hours out of his life to help get this site up and running. He also went above and beyond the call of a favour and took the time to explain and teach. I felt it only fitting to Honour him with this very prestigious title and this post. Some day the shadows of darkness may creep on your website but the code norris will always be there to defend.
-Thain