About a week ago, Team Armadillo Studios was approached by Darren Harmon and our friends at WMS Communications to help with a new project. Darren was looking for a fresh new look for his band’s web site (http://harmonband.com) to coincide with a headlining gig at a local Calgary-based charity. So, armed with a tight timeline and a great new client, the team at Armadillo Studios set about revamping the band’s main site in time for the big show.
For the past three years Team Armadillo has been showcasing our undying Calgary pride by putting together a collection of tongue-in-cheek Stampede Themed Desktop and iPhone wallpapers. So with the 100th edition of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede officially kicking off in a few days, we couldn’t help but take another run at our annual tradition.
So Team Armadillo is back with four brand spanking new designs (including the always popular Twitter design for the #yyc crowd) and we also have iPhone/iPod Touch compatible designs. Similar to previous year’s editions, the designs leverage Veer’s amazing Calgary Font and elements of GoMedia’s Western Vector Pack.
So for your enjoyment here are The 2012 Armadillo Stampede Wallpapers!
Download: Zip File All Formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
Download: iPhone
Download: Zip File All Formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
Download: iPhone
Download: Zip File All Formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
Download: iPhone
Download: Zip File All Formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
Download: iPhone
A very special thank you goes to Jamie, Dan, Nathan & Louis for their great suggestions this year. We changed them up a bit, but to thank you we’ll be send you a batch of our brand spanking new stickers!
Armadillo Studios Inc., is very proud to announce that we are not only a major sponsor, but acting as the online technical support for the 1st Annual Calgary Seniors Walk. The Calgary Seniors Walk is being put on by our good friends at the Canadian Legacy Project, a great Calgary based non-profit that we have been working with for a few years. As you can see from the event’s web site, it’s sure to be an exciting event:
The 1st Annual Calgary Seniors Walk will take place on Thursday, August 30th on Stephen Avenue Mall in support of the Golden Age Club (www.thegoldenageclub.com). This unique walk event will take place during the lunch hour and will cover the four blocks on Stephen Avenue Mall in downtown Calgary with the goal to raise awareness and much needed funds for The Golden Age Club. The Golden Age Club offers a variety of social, recreational, health and outreach programs for Calgary’s seniors population.(Read More…)
In the past, we’ve talked about the emerging trend of web fonts. In particular, our posts during SXSW 2010 were glowing with the potential of this new trend. But oddly enough, up until our last couple of projects, Armadillo Studios has made a concerned effort to take this latest trend with a side of caution.
Why?
Well let us explain.
Being that Team Armadillo is unapologetically proud to be Calgarian, we thought it was time to do something a little special for Stampede. So what better way to celebrate the greatest outdoor show on earth, then to create a new set of Desktop Wallpapers.
So for everyone’s enjoyment here is the 2010 Edition of our Calgary Stampede wallpaper collection. (By the way these new wallpapers predominantly feature Veer’s custom Calgary Font and GoMedia’s Western Vector Pack.)
Download: Zip File with 1920×1200 & 1600×1200 formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
Download: Zip File with 1920×1200 & 1600×1200 formats
Download: 1600 × 1200
Download: 1920 × 1200
If you have any other slogan suggestions, feel free to leave a message in the comments. If they’re funny enough, we’ll make another batch of wallpapers.
Happy Stampede Everyone
Armadillo Studios and Eco Living Inc are proud to launch www.ecolivinginc.ca – the online home of Calgary’s newest Developer of Multi-Family homes.
Earliet this year the owners of Eco Living contacted Armadillo to help develop a brand new web site site, one which would be easy to update, accessible on mobile apps and would allow them to showcase the different elements of their business model. The main goal of the new Eco Living Inc site was to develop a contemporary HTML/CSS based web site that stood out against the local competition, through simplicity and ease of us.
Leveraging Eco Living’s existing branding development, Armadillo constructed a WordPress powered site built on a simple and intuitive layout design. The color scheme reflects the earth-tone nature of the company’s logo and their commitment to Eco Logic developments. In addition, we also incorporated a simple photo sideshow in the sidebar, which will allow the Eco Living team to update their web site with photos of their latest products once they become available.
We are proud to launch this new site and look forward to seeing Eco Living’s business grow.
With the advent of online collaboration, it’s amazing at how fast a simple idea can go from a random thought to online collaboration to web site launch. Take our newly launched yycPhotobook web site as an example.
After being approached by Duncan Kinney, of yycBlogs fame, to take on the task of designing the layout for the new collaborative/crowsourcing photobook project – yycPhotobook we quickly went to work on establishing a home base for the project. Utilizing a simple black, pink, and white color scheme and inspiration from Italian outfit loveleft’s stunning use of typography, we have created a simple informational site to spread the word to calgary’s growing photography community.
Armadillo Studios will continue to post entries on the progression of the project, from the initial meeting to the development and publication of the project. So check back shortly.
