Forge Graphic Design News

Fresh Medical Forms

Mario Horta specialises in Reconstructive Foot & Ankle Surgery. They came to us to help make their patient information sheets clear and inviting to read. We created a series of inserts with spacious, easy to read text in a style that complements their existing branding.

Australian Graphic Design gets rebranded

App of the Month: Evernote

Evernote apps make modern life manageable, by letting you easily collect and find everything that matters. We use Evernote daily here at Forge, whether it be for collecting research or writing the draft for this very post.

The Fogarty Report 2014

The Fogarty Foundation was established by Brett and Annie Fogarty in 2000 to provide educational opportunities to West Australians in an effort to help them achieve their potential and inspire community leadership.

Every year, the Foundation puts out a report summarising their programs and events.

For the 2014 report, they wanted to dramatically update it’s look to make it more energetic and youthful. We used the Foundation’s logo concept of ripples, as it represents the positive flow on effect the Foundation’s work has through all its activities, and designed a bright and spacious layout that puts the images first. 

New Music: Tycho Awake

One of our favourite artists Tycho is releasing a new album: Awake.

Have a listen if you're into ambient, electronic music with analogue elements.

Live Music: THE SCIENTISTS @ Rosemount

Saturday 15 March 2014

35 years ago The Scientists were the only genuine rock & roll band in Perth… See the recently reformed legendary post punk band fronted by Kim Salmon at the Rosemount in March (Sean can't wait for this one!) 

Japingka goes in-depth   

The Aboriginal Art Gallery shares it's knowledge with the world 

Fresh from a successful website launch last year, Japingka have now expanded the site by adding a new in-depth article section where they can share knowledge of Aboriginal Art and it’s nuance’s.

More than just news articles, this custom designed section (by us and our friends at OM4) of the site focuses on long form articles, that go into detail for passionate long term customers or new customers looking to learn more. 

Want to get more done? Take a nap 

A new productivity test by 99U.com 

In an interesting experiment by 99U, at around 3pm they would stop work and take a 20min nap. They recorded their results daily and came to an fascinating conclusion... 

Rebranding a global company

McDonald Surveys comes to Australia and gets a new look

McDonald Surveys is an established company that previously conducted work throughout Europe and North America. They have recently made the move to Australia, opening an office in Perth and took the opportunity to refresh their brand identity with us.

App of the Month: Paper by 53

Do you have an iPad and want to “hand” write notes or sketch your brilliant idea? Paper is the answer. Mike uses it daily for work and used it to sketch the Nap Time article image. 

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Have a happy and safe holidays

We would like to wish you all the very best for the festive season and look forward to an exciting 2014 together!