Author Archives: Kathleen


Design Dinner Take 1

Friday, May 18, 2007 – 1:45 PM

I met with a couple of designer friends last night at 6 Acres to break bread, talk shop, and get inspired. It’s a very informal event, and I hope to hold it regularly. Chris from Free Agency Creative and Kevin Broome both came out, and a lively conversation ensued.
To keep the conversation grounded in design, [...]

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Terasen Gas Goes Live!

Monday, March 5, 2007 – 2:03 PM

It has been an exciting couple of days here, as we just launched the new Terasen Gas website. As with most design projects, there were a lot of challenges: a complex information architecture (IA), detailed corporate graphic standards, and a large collaborative team (read: a large team to approve the design!)
Links, links everywhere

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Fun Times at Web Directions North 07

Friday, February 16, 2007 – 1:53 PM

Well, it was so much fun at WDN07 that it’s taken me this many days to recover! No seriously, being my first conference, I was struck by how friendly everyone was, not to mention their passion for the industry. Web standards, fine art design, and clever coding to name only a few of the excellent [...]

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Web Directions North: This Week!

Monday, February 5, 2007 – 11:10 AM

I’m excited to be attending the Web Directions North conference this week! There are a wide variety of topics, and the roster is top-notch. Of course, I’m also stoked about the two days of skiing in Whistler :)
Agile application development has been a big topic of discussion at Habañero lately, so I’m very interested to [...]

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Collaboration Gives Galvanize A Fresh New Look

Tuesday, November 14, 2006 – 2:40 PM

The UE group recently launched Galvanize.ca, a website redesign for the company-formerly-known-as the Kirschner Cameron Group. Galvanize came to us with a new logo and brand identity, as well as a solid idea about who they are and where they want to take their company.
Collaboration starts and ends with our clients, and it’s also a [...]

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