GoKetoUp
Lucid Accounting
How Sound Music
Investment Revenue Realty
Twitchy Pixie
Apollo Dart
MTGS Group
Pace Chemicals
Burnaby Pro
Hillside Winery
Portfolio: Web + Interactive
Donkey Ink Design works with the Drupal and Wordpress content management platforms.
Portfolio: Ink + Paper
Signage to business cards. Menus to package design. The hardcopy brand assets.
Pace Trade Show Banners
David Doig + Associates
Fusion Fight Gear
Pace Eco Program
Off The Rail Brewing
Burnaby Pro
Flabby To Fit
Hillside Winery
Jordan Doell
Project Industries Clothing
Chocoatl Chocolatiers
Project Industries Lookbook
Portfolio: Logo + Brand
Logo deliverables for use across all mediums, from storefronts to websites and everything in between.
Alwynds Property Management
Goketoup
Lucid Accounting
Twitchy Pixie
Canapa
Hillside Winery
Flabby To Fit
MTGS Group
Gift In Time
Bildlist
Clinica Holistica
Project Industries Clothing
About Donkey Ink Design
What's your deal? What’s with that name? What's with the vans?
I started in design in 1998. I was fortunate enough in the beginning of my career, while working for various agencies, to have contributed design services to projects for clients like NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, Nero AG, Hewlett Packard, Dish Jeans, and Future Shop (now Best Buy). These were great experiences and I took what I learned with me when Donkey Ink Design became my full time gig in early 2002. Knowing I couldn’t do everything on my own, I’ve since fostered working relationships with other local talented print/interactive designers and developers.
As you can imagine, due to the varied assets and online/traditional design skillsets your project may require, sometimes your project will just require me; other times it may call for me and other service providers; then other times it’s just me again. This reliance on what I call the DID collective is also why you’ll see the words “we” and “us” instead of “I” used here and there around this site.
Oh yeah, and the name. Right.
“Donkey Ink Design,” often shortened to “DID” throughout this site, started as a joke at school in the late 90s and was born after some travel companions and I discovered some wild donkeys in Death Valley, Nevada. (The longer, more detailed story is reserved only for my clients *grin*). Though I had every intention of changing the name to something more “media-ish” at some point, not long after I struck out on my own, I realized both my current clients and prospective ones found it quite easy to remember the silly name, so it stuck.
As for the vans, it’s simple. I think old school vans from the mid-late 1960s through the early 1980s are very cool. My love of them began when my folks gave me the Little Van Goes toy when I was a tyke and continued when they bought and customized their own van in 1981. Since then I’ve coveted vans like others covet muscle cars, and they started showing up on my websites and promo material in 2008.
Process
Listen. Collaborate. Plan. Execute.
Your business wasn’t established overnight, it took a lot of thought and careful planning. Your business came about through a process. Your brand presence and the assets chosen to represent it should be established the same way.
As a client, whether you’re looking for a business card design or whether you’re looking at launching a new brand across multiple traditional or interactive platforms, you should be want to be involved in a process that engages you. Remember, you’re the one with the message; your designer or design team is only there to help you successfully get that message to your audience.
I’ve put together some documentation that outlines the collaborative processes Donkey Ink Design undertakes while producing the best designs and/or user experiences possible. I like to know what I’m getting (and getting into) when I am making an important business investment and I assume you do too.
Download my process documents here in PDF format.
To learn about my approach to pricing have a look at my blog entry, “An Open Letter To My Future Clients” over on the Spring website.
Services
Performance. That’s what you’re looking for. Here's how I can help.
Whether you’re paying to see your favourite band, or paying to produce marketing assets for your business, you’re looking for a top-notch performance. Well I’m not currently touring in a band, but when it comes to interactive and graphic design, I’m here to perform–and to produce work that performs for your business. Any number of services might be necessary to achieve your marketing goals. A project may require a variety of different tasks to execute successfully, and may require any combination of print and/or interactive deliverables. The following services are available to assist you in establishing a well planned, powerful marketing presence in whatever medium you choose.
Interactive Services
Website Concept + Strategy, Wireframing/Prototyping, User Interface (UI) + User Experience (UX) Design, Drupal & WordPress CMS Design + Development
Print Services
Logo + Brand Asset Production, Signage, Business Cards, Stationery, Brochures, Catalogues, Newsletters, Posters, Trade Show Assets
Cross-medium Services
Photography, Copywriting
Clients + Feedback
I’m grateful to have worked with them, and some even offered humbling praise!
A & A Customs Brokers Ltd.
Assurance Auto Transport
Boston Pizza
Credit Unions of BC
Cushman & Wakefield LePage
Dish Jeans
Finalé Editworks
Future Shop
Granville Entertainment Group
Hasson & Wong
Hewlett Packard
Hillside Winery
Manex Resource Group
Nero AG
Pace Chemicals
Shields Harney
Teligence
Vancouver Canucks
Assurance Auto Transport
Boston Pizza
Credit Unions of BC
Cushman & Wakefield LePage
Dish Jeans
Finalé Editworks
Future Shop
Granville Entertainment Group
Hasson & Wong
Hewlett Packard
Hillside Winery
Manex Resource Group
Nero AG
Pace Chemicals
Shields Harney
Teligence
Vancouver Canucks
Contact
Don’t be shy, get in touch!
Donkey Ink Design is located in Vancouver, Canada and I work with clients from all over North America. I’d be pleased to discuss your requirements for online or offline design and development.