roe studios.

communicate.


eMail: ben at roestudios.com
phone: 416 889 7946


My name is Benjamin Allison, and I'm a graphic designer in Toronto. I'm a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, and have been working in the field for nine years.

If you are looking for creative work, please do not hessitate to contact me.


Other sites of mine:

Between Two Points / B-Log: my blog

client: caruthers creek (c4)

project: identity


logo

Caruthers Creek Community Church or C4 wants to make an impact in the community. The four C's have been arranged concentrically, so as to reference ripples on the surface of a pond, moving outward from the central, catalyzing "C." The outward radiation also references the namesake explosive, C4.

client: on purpose

project: identity


logo

On Purpose is a hatchling of a fashion company. There will be many more exciting pieces to put in this space.

client: able

project: identity


logo

Able is a pool cleaning company. When you look in your pool and go, "Ew," you call Able and they come and take out the yuckies. There's also an "ew" sound in the word pools. I thought it was clever.

client: allen froese

project: promo


t-shirt / insert / alternate insert / launch site

Art work for a friend's musical endeavours.

client: personal

project: manifesthete


cover / page / page / page / page / page

These are pages from a book I started back in school called Manifesthete. The word "manifesthete" is a portmanteau of the words "manifesto" and "aesthetics."

client: evening effects

project: identiy


logo

Evening Effects is a landscape lighting company – bright the night!

client: york region transit

project: identity


logo / stationery / bus tickets

An experimental identity for York Region Transit. It's one of the identities I'm proudest of.

client: valt x

project: identity


logo

Valt X is a computer security solutions company. The symbol makes reference to storage media and vaults.

client: virgin express

project: corporate brochure


cover / page / page

The format might not be typical, but I thought the size and shape of an airplane ticket made for a unique presentation for the airline's financial report.

client: maranatha counseling

project: identity


logo / poster / website

It takes a lot of trust to spill your guts to a stranger. The identity for Maranatha Counseling needed to communicate trustworthiness.

client: memento

project: dvd packaging


cover / insert

I thought the original packaging for Memento was boring – my attempt drew on the theme of fragmentedness that made the movie so unique.

client: link

project: identity


logo

And identity for an online, urban bicycle courier company. The "i" is the morse code for the same letter.

client: grid

project: magazine


page / page / page

An existential magazine for urban 20-somethings.

client: personal

project: calendar


january / february / may / june

Each month features a new insight into the mind of a dsigner.

client: between two points

project: cd insert


insert / launch site

Melancholic art for my melancholic music!

client: personal

project: illustration


a dream

A bizzare image that came to me one morning.

client: personal

project: poster


danger

You are in danger.

client: personal

project: poster


i 290

A poem that's been "typografted" into one of my favourite photos.