Community Projects by Design Undergraduate Students
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NSCAD Design Lab2008-2009
- Website redesign for Just Us Development and Education Society, Wolfville, NS
- Promotional materials for the Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia, Halifax
- Website for annual gala fundraiser, Phoenix House, Halifax
- Complete redevelopment of visual identity, with application to signage, print collateral, and online presence, Kings College Cooperative Bookstore, Halifax
- Development of new visual identity for Christmas and Summer Craft Markets with application to promotional materials, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Halifax
- Development of a national publication dealing with family violence, YWCA, Halifax
- Redesign of the Waiting Area + Patient and Family Information Centre, QEII Health Sciences Centre Cancer Care Unit, Halifax
2007-2008
- Development of visual identity with application to the organization's primary awareness and fundraising campaign, Prospect Road Community Centre, Halifax
2006-2007
2005-2006
- Visual identity, Family Help Program, Halifax
2004-2005
- Visual identity, poster, space use study, interpretation and wayfinding for the Black Cultural Centre, Halifax
- Snozolin Room design (Design for Health), Veterans Memorial Hospital, Halifax
- Design of the Certificate of Excellence for its Millennium Excellence Award Program
- Poster and brochure for the XXX International Ethology Conference
- Identity for the “Municipal Pollution Prevention Program” for the NS Dept. of Environment and Labour
2003-2004
- Project direction, “Living Spaces”, with Design in Business Nova Scotia
- Website redesign, Dalhousie University School of Occupational Therapy
- Identity and website design, SHARP Conference hosted by Dalhousie University
- Product development prototypes for the Memory Disability Clinic at the Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial Hospital
- Logo for Tourism Industry Association Nova Scotia (TIANS)
- Poster and brochure to promote Dalhousie University’s Environmental Science Major
2002-2003
- Visual identity for the Clean Nova Scotia Foundation
- Poster for the Contaminated Property Conference 2003
- Logo and book design for the NSCAD Press’ Artist Talk publication.
- Web standards document for NSCAD website
- User interface for an online series of patient support modules for the “Bringing Health Home”, IWK/Grace Hospital in Halifax
- “14 Prototypes: Tools for Health,” for patients and staff of the Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital
2001-2002
- Identity for Acute Stroke Team of the QEII Health Sciences Centre
- Logo for Canadian Institute of Planning (CIP)
- Two brochures for the CRABapple Foundation of the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Apprenticeship Training Logo for the Province of Nova Scotia
- Tree ornament templates for annual Boston Christmas Tree for the Province of Nova Scotia
2000-2001
- Poster for the Network for Entrepreneurs With Disabilities
- Visual identity, forms and strategies for “Thousand Eyes - Watching Nova Scotia,” Museum of Natural History
- Corporate Identity for Live Art Productions
- Identity for Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
1999-2000
- Communication strategy for the Calgary Centre for Medical Product Development
- Communication strategies for the Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association
- A visual symbol for the local Stepping Stone Association
- Newsletter for the Dalhousie Faculty of Management
- Website and layout prototypes for the Nova Scotia Go for Green Fund’s Get Active! Go Green! Project
- Thousand Eyes, Identity, Fall Recording Form, Field Guide
1998-1999
- Communication strategy for HyPower Fuel Inc. in Alberta; a project coordinated by The MettNet Institute, a national network with its head office in Calgary
- Visual symbol for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Nova Scotia, to celebrate their 40th Anniversary
- Designed a journal “Self-Management Program for Chronic Pain” for the Department of Physiotherapy at QEH II Health Science Centre
- Identity proposal for Annapolis Royal Tourism, University of King’s College Campaign Office
- Web site for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in New York
1997-1998
- Visual Identity project for the Peer Leadership Program at Cole Harbour District High School.
- Information and fundraising brochure for Adsum House
- Logo for the Nova Scotia Department of the Environment Pollution Prevention Program
- Mural - “Smart City - Smart Move” for the Greater Halifax Partnership
- Visual identity for Halifax-based Terezin Studio Project staging the opera “The Emperor of Atlantis”
- A five minute interactive learning unit for children, addressing the theme “Halifax Explosion,” was developed by a team of four students for the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Graphic Communication class developed a range of graphic imagery for application at the Halifax Adult Services Centre
1996-1997
- Communication strategy for the TUNS Mechanical Engineering Program. Collaborative project with Mechanical Engineering students at TUNS
- Established the Consortium of Universities for Family Reunification in collaboration with California Polytechnic Institute at Pomona. Researched and presented a prototype interactive database to aid in family reunification in Rwanda and surrounding areas
1995-1996
- International poster competition – “Traffic Safety” – for the Alberta Motor Association. Grand prize winner and two additional prizes went to NSCAD students
- “Javaphone” design research and interaction design, for Nortel Inc., Ottawa
1994-1995
- “Annapolis Count Treasure Hunt”, a proposal for the Annapolis Royal Community Organization
- “Biodiversity”, a full-colour poster (18”x24”) for Caretakers of the Environment, Nova Scotia
- A full-colour cover for “A Student’s guide to Financial Survival,” Don Mills
- “The African Presence”, an internet project for the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
- “Sea and Air Acoustics”, a large scale wall chart for the Institute of Acoustics of Atlantic Canada
- “The McLuhan Probes”, a monthly electronic journal, produced by students in the Communication Design degree program, in conjunction with the Herbert Marshall McLuhan Foundation and distributed on the web
1993-1994
- Students in Communication Design Studio II and senior students from the School of Business at Acadia University cooperated in a research study funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and produced a variety of visual products
- A full colour poster (18”x22”) for the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian Mathematical Society
- A Visual Identity for Wild Card Productions, Chester
- A Visual Identity for the Annual Conference of the National Association of University Board Chairs and Secretaries in Halifax
- A logo design for Nova Scotia Regional Health Board
1992-1993
- Poster for the exhibition “Relics for the Future”, Nova Scotia Design Craft Council
- Visual Identity Program for St. Vincent Guest House, Halifax
- Poster for the Canadian Federation for the Humanities, Ottawa, to celebrate their 50th Anniversary
- Identity proposal for the local Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
- Redesign of the Journal Epilogue, published by the School of Library and Information Studies, Dalhousie University
- Two book jackets for McGill-Queen’s University Press
- Poster and brochure promoting New Year’s Countdown, City of Halifax
- Newsletter, brochure, cover and logo development the Nova Scotia Council on Higher Education