Branding

Unsworth Vineyards

The Turyk family has long history of summers at Vancouver Island's Shawnigan Lake, and in the fall of 2009, became aware of a small vineyard and winery for sale in the nearby in the South Cowichan Valley. Translated from the local Coast Salish dialect, Cowichan or 'warm land,' is a unique terrior for growing curious new grape varietals. With a forty year history in BC's fishing industry, proprietors Tim & Colleen Turyk felt ready for a new challenge.

Venturi Schulze Vineyards

For those well-versed in the local wines of British Columbia, and specifically Vancouver Island, the name Venturi Schulze is known for achieving excellence through natural processes: they don't use pesticides, herbicides, or even irrigation. One of the oldest vineyards on Vancouver Island, they have been working diligently since 1988 to produce pure products: no pesticides, no herbicides, and no compromise in the vineyard or winery.

Enrico Winery

Enrico Winery is a new winery located in Vancouver Island's Mill Bay. They came to Hired Guns Creative in the spring of 2010 for a full branding package and label design for their first vintage, which was released in the summer of 2010.

de Vine Vineyards

De Vine Vineyards is a new vineyard located on a hill top on Vancouver Island's fertile Saanich Peninsula. They came to Hired Guns Creative for a full branding package including identity design, label design, print design, signage design, and website design.

Wine labels for DeVine Vineyards

Wine labels for DeVine Vineyards

Wine labels for DeVine Vineyards

Spyhopper Media

Spyhopper Media is a cutting-edge video production company that specializes in producing high-quality, unique and visually appealing projects. They believe that a video should be captivating and entertaining, while successfully conveying the client's desired message.

Local Nanaimo Videographer Jocelyn Matwe, approached Hired Guns Creative to create an identity that would help Spyhopper stand out from their competition. It had to be fun and appeal to corporate clients. Richard came up with the concept of a spyhopping "S" - and Jocelyn couldn't be happier!

Canecua Developments

Canecua Developments is a Canadian-led firm specializing in residential, recreational, vacation, commercial, industrial and agricultural properties in Ecuador. Their branding emphasizes that their professional but laid-back attitude.

Stay tuned for a custom redesign of their website... coming soon!

Sean Fenzl, Photographer

Nanaimo-based photographer Sean Fenzl has worked closely with Hired Guns Creative since the beginning of the company. His expertise in product photography - especially the area of glass - was hugely beneficial to both Hired Guns and their clients.

Sean and Richard worked together to create a brand based on Sean's signature. From there, they moved on to a business card design that has turned out to be very successful.

Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association

Hired Guns Creative was hired by the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association to create a new brand and a new website for their organization. The Association was flush with new staff, a new board and a new name - they wanted a new image to go along with all of the other changes.

The resulting brand and website have a very modern, urban feeling to them that is in line with the current direction of both the DNBIA and Downtown Nanaimo in general.

The website features an active events calendar, a Member Directory, polls, a customized email newsletter, and more.

Independent Schools Association of BC

The Independent Schools Association of British Columbia came to Hired Guns with two requests: present their organization to the public and help them solve a challenging communications issue.

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