This summer, Re:Vision has had the honor and privilege of working with the people at The Center For Small Government to fully overhaul and upgrade their brand.

The Center’s original logo was based on a bonsai tree, because government — like a bonsai tree — can bee small if we perpetually and aggressively prune both its roots and its branches (read more about the bonsai concept…). With the conviction that this underlying concept was strong enough to build on, we set about redesigning the logo.

Original Logo

New Logo

The goal of updating The Center’s brand and logo was to give it a cleaner, more modern design that could be applied across different mediums. Integrating warmer, more inviting colors based on the concept that the goal is the dawn of small government — a new day, if you will — and terrific illustration by David Simons, we created a fresh, new look that has since been applied to everything from t-shirts to printed materials to the new website.

And speaking of the new website… this summer (2009) Re:Vision successfully upgraded the website to rave reviews. The goal of the website redesign was two-fold: create a useful tool that The Center For Small Government could use to promote their ideas and advance their message, and apply the new brand look and feel.

Original Website

New Center For Small Government Website

Utilizing Wordpress, we created an infinitely more useful website that The Center can maintain and update themselves, allowing more current and relevant content to be published on a regular basis (previously, updating the site required someone to manually update static pages). Furthermore, it provided tools such as RSS feeds and social media links that continue to generate new traffic and reach more people.

Working with Michael Cloud and Carla Howell has been a terrific experience, and creating designs that support their work in the fight to make government smaller and accountable is extremely fulfilling.

David and I are so proud of the work we’ve done to support such a worthy cause. Please check out The Center For Small Government to learn more.

African Services Committee is a nonprofit group working to improve the health and self-sufficiency of the African community in New York City and on the front lines of the global AIDS epidemic.

Re:Vision has had the honor and the privilege of working with African Services Committee (ASC) for over six years. Since 2003, we have provided design and consulting services that are helping them achieve organization goals.

Our work with ASC has spanned both print and online media, designing an organizational brochure, annual reports, billboard campaigns, stationery and other print collateral, as well as provided the design for the organization’s web site.

The latest Annual Report (FY2008) has just been delivered, and its already receiving rave reviews (much to our delight!). We wanted to share a comment that just came in from communications Director Catharine Bufalino:

“The annual report arrived this afternoon and it has taken ASC by storm! People absolutely LOVE it. They love the colors, the images, and everyone mentions a different little creative touch they like most.

“Thank you again for taking things to the next level every year, and for creating materials that truly embody our growth in an ever-changing world. I couldn’t do it without you both and appreciate all that you bring to our work together that enables me to makes communications at African Services a success.”

The truth is, design really is a team effort. A collaboration between client and designer, and the best design comes from solid relationships built on trust, respect, and open communication.

So, we want to thank Catharine and all of the people doing good work at African Services. It is your committment, your thoughtfulness, and your trust that enables us to continue to deliver powerful design and visual strategies year after year.

A tongue-in-cheek video about how many people negotiate design fees. Worth a quick look, and will sound especially familiar to all you creatives out there!

We are proud to announce that Team Simons stock illustration and photography is now available on BigStockPhoto.com! Team Simons, the creative people behind Re:Vision graphic design studio in Boston, are now offering stock vector-based illustration. We’ve got over 30 illustrations online right now and are uploading more every week. If you need something you don’t see, contact us to make a specific request.

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Proud to be a part of such a patriotic event. Very family-friendly atmosphere mixed with a bit of righteous indignation.

A family owned and operated aggregate-based construction material supply company, Benevento Companies, launched their brand new and first ever website last week.

In addition to providing key company information and details of the services and products they offer, Benevento Companies is using the web as a tool to encourage and receive customer feedback.

We invite you to check out the Benevento site. To see more web design work by Re:Vision, check out our interactive design portfolio.

We’ve gone live with the new our new company website, and we’re inviting everyone to come and check it out.

The new site has many improvements both in design and functionality and over the next few weeks we will be updating our portfolio section in addition to testing the site

If you do have a chance to check it out please do, and swing back here and let us know what you think.

BrilliantTips (http://blog.brillianttrips.com) relaunched yesterday, having an immediate impact visitors overnight (literally). “Our ‘liked’ rating on stumbleupon went from 1% to 55% overnight,” said Rich Whitaker, president of BrilliantTrips.

This iteration of the blog has quite a few improvements and enhancements over the previous version, but still retains the look and feel that branded the site. The biggest update is the new design heirarchy giving visitors a clearer understanding of what’s available and how to access it. We’ve also made use of some great plug-ins to provide additional functionality to the blog.

The blog platform we used is WordPress, and the new design was based on an excellent theme developed by Michael Hutagalung. Starting with the underlying structure and functionality, we were able to design a well-branded, clean, crisp, and functional blog that helps the content shine.

BrilliantTips is a blog for travel trends, tips, and advice developed and managed by BrilliantTrips. Founded by veterans of the student travel industry, BrilliantTrips provides individuals and groups with international experiences that promote sustainable tourism and cross-cultural understanding. Check out their featured trips and their latest travel deals.

A billboard campaign promoting HIV testing, care and support for African immigrnats in New York City.

Love and Let Live is a public service campaign developed for African Services Committee, a non-profit organization based in New York City and dedicated to serving and supporting African immigrants. The multilingual print campaign targets newcomers and aims to promote HIV testing and caring for people living with the virus. It is part of an ongoing initiative to improve health in the African immigrant community through outreach and communication that fosters dialogue, challenges stigma, and promotes understanding and compassion in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

We were responsible for development of message and design, and worked hand-in-hand with African Services’ Communication Director. The response to this public service campaign has been overwhelmingly positive.

For more information click here.

We are proud to announce the launch of the Investment Parternships Services (IPS) website: www.ipsfundservices.com. In addition to the website, Re:Vision worked with IPS to develop, design and produce the IPS brand, logo, and supporting print collateral.

IPS provides administraton and consulting services to Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds.