Announcing an all-new Pica Design website: www.picadesign.com
Pica Portfolio Tapestry
Featuring
• A new and expanded Pica Portfolio presentation
• Debating the Dots, our new company blog
• Before and After Case Studies
• Much more!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of G•O Logic Homes Online: www.gologichomes.com
We began working with G•O Logic to design their logo. We also helped to define their competitors and potential market, built their website, and helped with site launch marketing.
Pica Design, a graphic design company located in Belfast, won the highest Award for the Integrated Marketing Campaign category at an awards ceremony Thursday evening, November 1st at the Marriott Sable Oaks in South Portland. The award was given to commend the design of the Jetboil POP, Package and Catalog, a series of designs highlighting Jetboil’s innovative engineering and cutting edge outdoor products. Pica Design was selected by Jetboil in 2005 to create and manage the rebranding of their award-winning line of outdoor gear.
The Broderson Awards honor creative excellence in Maine advertising and graphic design, and encourage higher creative standards. Judges are selected from around the U.S. and Canada by the Broderson Awards committee. For more information about the awards, please visit www.brodersons.com.
For the first time in its 10-year history, AIGA Boston’s BoNE (Best of New England) Design Show toured New England. Representing all six New England states, the bi-annual event recognized the best in successful visual communication in our region. The Portland installation of the BoNE Show was held at the Portland, Maine City Hall Rotunda for two weeks, June 5 — 16, with a closing reception on Thursday, June 15th. This was the first public event hosted by the newly formed Maine Chapter of the AIGA. For more information about the chapter, visit http://www.maine.aiga.org or http://www.boneshow.org
Jetboil, Inc., of Guild, New Hampshire, engaged Pica Design to design packaging for a holiday coffee bundle, the Jetboil Java Kit, in retail stores nationwide for the 2005 holiday season. We also worked with Jetboil to develop new packaging for their Group Cooking System, and a point of purchase endcap display for Jetboil product inventory. The Jetboil combines the power of a 21st century portable stove with the simplicity of a travel mug. Named “Editor’s Choice” for 2004 by Backpacker Magazine and “Gear of the Year” by Outside Magazine, the product is available at more than 400 retailers nationwide. Click here to see examples of this work.
AIGA members living in Maine came together in the Fall of 2005 to petition the national organization to start a Maine Chapter. Rob Dietz was asked to participate on the board, as Communications Director. The first chapter events to take place were Monthly Movable Mixers (every third Thursday). These events are ongoing. Anyone who wants to learn more about AIGA Maine is invited. Mixers have been held at The Wine Bar, Domaine Gallery, Furniturea, The White Heart, and McCabe, Duval + Associates. For more information, visit www.maine.aiga.org or write to info@maine.aiga.org
Guyot Designs, of Half Moon Bay, California moved to Deer Isle and Josh Guyot and Sloan Russell (the folks who brought you the SplashGuard™ and the Gription™) met with us in September to discuss package design for two products to be launched in 2006. We were contracted to complete both packaging solutions, one for the Firefly (the wide-mouth bottle lid-with-lamp that turns your water bottle into a lantern) and the Bottles (the first stainless steel wide-mouth bottles on the market).
Rob Dietz was presented the award for design of the 2004 Belfast Area Chamber Guide at a ceremony on December 2 at the Daniel Stone Inn in Brunswick. The Golden Arrow Awards, a program of the Maine Public Relations Council established in 1990, honor excellence and provide a forum for exhibiting exemplary work and promoting public recognition of high-quality communications.
Hydro-Photon, Inc. awarded the design of their new brochure and product packaging to Pica Design. For examples of this work, visit our Portfolio section.