Ayoko Design Win A Business Makeover Contest
Nominate your favourite business or enter your own business to win
THE AYOKO DESIGN BUSINESS MAKEOVER CONTEST!
THE PRIZE ~ $10,000 value!
New logo design ~ $500 | New website ~ $3000 | New mobile website ~ $500 | New blog ~ $500 New web graphics ~ $2000 | 500 business cards with QR code ~ $100 | 100 rack cards with QR code ~ $200 | Newsletter template ~ $200 | Magazine ad with QR code ~ $500 | Business design consultations and marketing plan ~ $1500 | Product and head shot photo shoot ~ $1000
WHAT THE PANEL OF JUDGES WILL BE LOOKING FOR
The winner of the Ayoko Design Business Makeover Contest will be a role model for all entrepreneurs, possessing vision, creativity, entrepreneural spirit and will best illustrate a strong committment to business growth in a progressive direction.
LINDSAY BRZUSKIEWICZ
With a Bachelor of Human Ecology Degree from the University of Manitoba and accompanying major in Clothing and Textiles, Lindsay’s Brzuskiewicz’s talent in design, skilled-eye for fashion, and keen vision to see past today’s styles to focus on tomorrow’s up-and-coming trends, has made her a trusted source of information and highly-regarded professional among her staff and colleagues in the Fashion and Design Industry. Lindsay’s notable career in this industry began with Nygard International where she was employed as a Merchandiser and thrived with the creativity and flexibility her position allowed in creating and maintaining style charts, preparing garments for fashion shoots, and establishing relations and negotiations with mills and makers. Drawing from this experience allowed Lindsay to further evolve her skills with Palliser Furniture. With a position in the EQ3 Division that focused on setting up EQ3 Stores across the United States, Lindsay performed visual presentations to train employees, and worked closely with clients to establish design ideas. These skills contributed to her expanded knowledge base when she became an established member of the Ricki’s Head Office Buying Team, overseeing the selection and development of their product line to ensure quality control and efficiency, while building strong vendor relations.
As owner of Pure Design • Build, a home building and design company that works with clients in designing everything from floors plans and general contracting, to interior design, decks and landscaping, Lindsay strives to continually bring fresh, innovative, and cutting-edge ideas to her clients to make their vision tomorrow’s new reality.
JOSEPHINE PULVER, Ba, BID
Josephine Pulver is the principal designer for Josephine Designs, an interior design business providing consultations for residential, office and commercial design. As an instructor of decorating and interior design at the Red River College, Josephine currently teaches sustainable development, level two decorating as well as computer aided design in the Residential Decorating Program.
Prior to teaching Josephine worked on many different design projects in Winnipeg, Manitoba including Redwood Hearing Center, Yurkiw Chiropractic, Matheson Dental Center as well as numerous residential projects. Josephine has also participated as a decorator and designer in the annual Parade of Homes.
Josephine holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Winnipeg and a Professional Interior Design degree from the University of Manitoba.
SYLVIA BOCK
Sylvia Bock has a double major in English and Pyschology from the University of Winnipeg, and holds a Fashion Design Diploma from George Brown Community College in Toronto. Sylvia worked for several years in the fashion industry in Yorkville Toronto, and was Fashion Coordinator / Forcaster in Womens Ready-to-Wear Eatons western Division. She was also a designer of women’s sportswear in Vancouver, BC.
Sylvia purchased Blue Moon, a vintage clothing and furniture store in Winnipeg, and began to design furniture for her store that were made in Mexico, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Canada and the US. She currently carries a unique line of furniture made by skilled craftsmen and seasoned professionals that is sold throughout North America.
Syvlia has also designed many restaurants and commercial spaces, including the doors and most of the furnishings in Segovia. She has also worked with many prestigious design firms such as Avro Ko on PFChang’s Irvine, California location, as well as others in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Texas.
Sylvia is currently involved in the filming of a documentary on the furniture and interior design industry with Merit Motion Pictures.
WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED MAY 1, 2012
The top 3 finalists will be posted on the Ayoko Design Blog.
The winner will announced and posted online as a Featured Business on the Ayoko Design website and blog.
No purchase necessary. It’s FREE to enter!
TO QUALIFY
The business must be a full time enterprise,
must have been in operation for at least 1 year,
must be based in the city of Winnipeg
HOW TO ENTER
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE CONTEST APPLICATION
Contest Entry Deadline is April 1, 2012
ADI Giveaway ~ WIN A Kid’s Picnic Photo Shoot & Sweet Luxe Gift Basket $500 Value!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Enter our Giveaway contest HERE by Sunday, March 11, 2012, and you could WIN a Kids’ Picnic Photo Shoot from Erin Alexander Photography valued at over $400, AND, a Luxe Sweet Impressions Gift Basket full of delicious and adorable home baked (and 100% nut free) treats valued at over $100!
TO ENTER:
Submit your NAME in the comments section below.
ADI Featured Business ~ My Secret Garden
Hands down, Bonny Fraser is without a doubt the most talented and creative floral and event designer in the entire world. World-class! It might have something to do with her being a former Air Canada flight attendant who has traveled the world, but I’m more inclined to think there’s just something in the water here in Winnipeg. This town seems to be chock-full of world-class talents, and I am lucky enough to know several of them.
During Bonny’s 25-year career with Air Canada, she visited international flower and garden shows, met famous floral and garden designers, and studied at The Chelsea Physic Garden and Paula Pryke Flower School in London, England. My Secret Garden officially debuted at the Wonderful Wedding Show in 2004, and won the Best Booth Award in 2005 and 2008. Shortly after opening her flower shop in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District, Bonny won The Exchange Biz Style Award.
The first time Bonny and I worked together on a project was planning the launch of Eco Luxe Event Design Group. Our goal was to showcase local businesses with eco-friendly and top quality offerings in the wedding and event industry. Bonny worked for months doing research and planning. She scouted out the most incredible location for our launch party, the recently renovated Birks store in The Exchange. She booked Chef Ben Kramer to prepare incredible organic appetizers for our guests, Banville & Jones to provide organic wines, Crystal Dreams to carve an ice sculpture of a tap to dispense local tap water instead of using bottled water, all perfect compliments to the eco-friendly products and services offered by Eco Luxe.
Bonny has since designed the flowers for all the special events in my life, including the grand opening of my design studio, and the launch of my new Greenvites line at the Wonderful Wedding Show. When I created 12 life-sized, green paper brides for my wedding show booth, Bonny made 12 beautiful hand-tied bouquets for my display. I was extremely pleased with the outcome of all my hard work, but when Bonny added her flowers to the display, it brought those crazy, C-3PO paper droid-brides to life… and me to tears! The flowers were spectacular and smelled wonderful!
I won the Best Booth Award that year, and a tip of the hat goes to my good friends Bonnah Rachul and Lisa Johnston who worked like maniacs with me to get that booth set up. Bonny’s flowers were the finishing touch!
Thank you, Bonny, for all your beautiful work, for trusting me to design the branding and logos that represent you heart and soul, for inspiring me to set even higher standards for myself and my own work, and for allowing me to work alongside a world-class talent like you. You have also given my children the opportunity to learn how to appreciate the beauty in nature, and recognize extraordinary works of art when they see them.
Bonny Fraser, Owner and Principal Designer at My Secret Garden was featured in the Winnipeg Free Press, Saturday, February 11, 2012
Flower Power ~ Natural Beauty Appeals to the Senses
ADI Style Tile ~ Divine Weddings & Little Flower Shop at the Wonderful Wedding Show 2012
AYOKO DESIGN inc.: Style Tile
TAMMY OUELLET, DIVINE WEDDINGS & PEGGY WIEBE, LITTLE FLOWER SHOP: Trade Show Booth Design
COLOUR PALETTE: Shades of green, white, silver and mirror accents
PHOTOS: BLF Studios
LIGHTS: Elite Lighting
STATIONERY: In So Many Words
CAKES: High Tea Bakery
My fingers were crossed this year at the Wonderful Wedding Show!
When I saw the beautiful booth design by Tammy Ouellett, owner and lead wedding planner for Divine Weddings & Events, and Peggy Wiebe, Master Florist, and owner of Little Flower Shop, I knew right away they were my pick to win Best Booth!
Tammy and Peggy have been colleagues and friends for a number of years and have worked on many weddings and styled shoots together. They combined creative forces to design a booth together for this year’s Wonderful Wedding Show, winning Best Creative Partnership Booth Display.
The booth design was inspired by High Style, Classic Glamour and Modern Romance. Mirrors were framed with rows of green carnations. The mirrored vases were filled with white roses, hydrangea and green cymbidium orchids. Designer linens from California were brought in to match the backdrop. Mahogany chiavari chairs and benches flanked the tables designed with ornate place settings with menu favour boxes, and individual mini wedding cakes. Grandier vases were topped with shades and adorned with hanging crystals. The romantic draped chuppah was detailed with ruffled edging to match a ruffled sweetheart ‘Table for 2’.
ADI Giving Back ~ Vintage Bling
Winnipeg Jewelry designer, Dayle Goertzen, of Vintage Bling, has put together a beautiful collection of heart inspired pieces.
February is Heart & Stroke Month, and Dayle has decided to make her Sweethearts for Heart & Stroke Month an annual event for Vintage Bling. In memory of her late mother, Norma Babcock, Dayle is donating a portion of her sales to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Each piece of this beautiful vintage heart inspired jewelry is one-of-a-kind.
To view the entire collection, and for a detailed description of each piece, visit Dayle’s Facebook page at vintagebling.ca.
ADI FEATURED BUSINESS ~ BOON BURGER CAFE
AYOKO DESIGN inc.: Menu Layout & Design, Plastic Gift Card Design, Temporary Tattoo Design, Graphic Button Design, Magazine Ad Design {Logo Supplied by Boon Burger Cafe}
PHOTOS: Erin Alexander Photography
I have been working with owners Anneen duPlessis and Tomas Sohlberg from Boon Burger Cafe, Canada’s First All Vegan Burger Cafe, since the restaurant first opened just over a year ago. They originally contacted me to design their very first restaurant menu. We have worked on several other design projects together since then including the design of the boon burger temporary tattoos, boon bills, the Lil’ boon meals kids’ menu, plastic gift cards, table tent cards, store signs, magazine ads, notepads and rubber stamps.
Anneen and Tomas always have lots of great ideas to work with. Our most recent project was their collection of boon burger graphic buttons. You can see more examples here on the boon burger Facebook page. They recently had a contest to see what great phrases their customers could come up with. These were so much fun to do, I want to go out and buy my very own button making machine!
Which one do you like best? My fav is bean there, boon that!
