Studio Robazzo
2001 Douglas St. V8T 4K9 Victoria, BC, Canada

Puzzle Lab was featured on CTV Vancouver Island tonight! Check it out, we're on at 7:40 https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/video

Robazzo founders Tinka and Andrew were in the Times Colonist this morning for the launch of Puzzle Lab, our new line of algorithmic wooden puzzles!

We're in Victoria News today about the launch of Puzzle Lab; check it out!

Nobody can argue that 2020 has been a strange year. With more time at home and everything going virtual, we thought it would be a good time to launch something new and exciting in the analog realm! After much anticipation, we are very excited to introduce you to our covid creation: Puzzle Lab Our unique wooden puzzles feature beautiful artwork and organic lab-grown piece shapes that make things a little tricky! Best of all, each puzzle is sustainably crafted at our stu...dio right here in Victoria. To find out more or to place an order, check out www.puzzle-lab.com

You haven't heard from us in a while, and that's because we've been busy working on a very exciting new venture! Earlier this year, we were inspired to combine our love for beautiful aesthetics, generative algorithms and digital fabrication into a unique and thoughtful product line. Stay tuned for the official launch, coming very soon! ... Can't wait? DM us for more info See more

Major progress after a few interesting hiccups; the feature wall for The Urban Systems Victoria office is almost complete! The undulating shapes of each fin were generated with a custom algorithm that turned sound waves into physical form. Shoutout to our team Ana & Rika for all your help!

Excitement is brewing as we're on-site this week putting up our first parametric installation in almost a year! This one-of-a-kind feature wall was designed by @aazzoazzo using an algorithm that generated its undulating profiles using sound waves. Here are some sneak peek photos of our dry-fit in the White Void the other day, stay tuned to see the finished piece!

After a covid-induced hiatus of hands-on design work, we're back at it! This feature-wall-in-progress represents the marriage of our parametric & digital fabrication skills with our graphic sensibilities through colour, form and repetition. Stay tuned, the project will be installed next week!

Over the years, we've come to understand that there are three key pillars to creating a strong brand. They are: 1. The brand authentically represents you and your values 2. The brand message speaks to your target audience... 3. The brand looks and feels crisp, clean and professional It's super important to consider all three; this handy diagram shows what happens when you focus on checking only two of those boxes. Stay tuned for more tips from our co-founder Tinka! See more

Logo design for Spotlite360, a new supply chain management company powered by blockchain technology.

This adorable illustration of the Wise Victoria Mortgages building by our talented intern @ana.myerscough will appear on the new @esquimaltmarket shopping bags!

Our team has been busy this summer branding a new financial tech company called ctrlpay. ctrlpay makes it easier than ever to collect outstanding invoices, which is reflected in the logo logic: getting paid is as easy as the push of a button. We opted for a bright primary colour palette to reflect ctrlpay's people-first approach and to appeal to potential customers in a friendly and inviting way. ... The complete project will be added to our website portfolio soon, stay tuned! See more

I learned something interesting while reading a book the other day; the word "logos" in Latin translates to "meaning" in English. So, more than just a pretty symbol, your logo is quite literally the visual embodiment & representation of the meaning behind your business or venture. When branding yourself, step back and work to really understand the WHY behind what you're doing, instead of jumping right to WHAT it will look like. ... If your logo is driven by meaning, it will show! This has been your Tuesday Tip from @tinkaborovinka

It's always a pleasant surprise to see our design work in the real world Victoria-based? Make sure to check out Cube Food Box on Pandora, which is now open!

We're thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of the Robazzo family, @ana.myerscough! Ana is a passionate student of interdisciplinary design at @nscaduniversity in Nova Scotia and is joining us as a design intern for the fall semester. Ana's passions include kiteboarding , painting , talking and coffee .

A sunny hello from the Robazzo squad! We are so so lucky to have an incredible business mentor who not only helps us navigate the crazy world of entrepreneurship, but also offered to take us out on a gorgeous end-of-summer team building adventure day on his boat We celebrated the end of a fantastic summer internship with Michelle, and the beginning of the next chapter with our new intern, Ana!

We're throwing back to the sleek brand identity & website we designed for Maya Health Clinic two summers ago! Maya Health is an extension of the established Fernwood Yoga Den in the heart of Victoria's quaint & iconic Fernwood neighbourhood. This multi-faceted wellness clinic offers treatments in a variety of disciplines, from acupuncture and Registered Massage Therapy to reflexology and craniosacral therapy.

Death is something we don't talk about every day, but we're here to tell you that Death is on the Table. Our friends and clients at RestSure are here to change that, with their groundbreaking Death of Cards! Designed by our team at Robazzo, the colourful 40-card deck is a compassionate and thought-provoking journey to help people navigate the end-of-life experience, whether it's their own or that of a loved one. ... To find out more, visit www.resture.ca See more

Studio Robazzo is 5 years old! Despite not being able to celebrate as usual with a sweet party, we have been happily reflecting on an incredible half-decade of growth, creativity and fun. It hasn't always been easy, but with the support of our amazing clients, team members, collaborators, friends, family and mentors, we made it this far! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who has been and continues to be part of our spectacular journey. We look forward to celebrating Year 6 with you all in 2021!

We're excited to introduce you to our summer design intern, Michelle! Michelle joins the Robazzo team as part of her co-op program in Interactive Arts & Technology at Simon Fraser University. She has a passion for the intersection of computer science and aesthetics, and if you ask us, she's on track to becoming an excellent website designer!

We're pleased to unveil another beautiful website designed by the Robazzo squad! Special shoutout to our team member Rika for coming up with the creative concept behind this stunning online presence. Vancouver Island Osteopathy is a holistic wellness practice with clinics in Comox Valley and Victoria. Their team came to us seeking a fresh and modern website to showcase their services and make it easy for clients to find out more as well as book online. ... If you have any kind of body pain, we highly recommend paying a visit to viosteopathy.ca and booking your visit ASAP! See more

It's a very special day at Robazzo Our brilliant co-founder Andrew "Azzo" Azzopardi is 33 today!! This handsome guy is responsible for all the coolest stuff we've ever done, and is an endless repository of beautifully outlandish ideas. From studying architecture and being a DJ in Toronto to moving west, starting a business, and becoming a self-taught parametric design & digital fabrication expert, Azzo's journey has been anything but boring. ... Join us in wishing our dear Andrew another glorious year of creativity and success!

Conceptual branded merch for the revolutionary HeardThat App The complete HeardThat website will be launching soon, keep your eyes (and ears) peeled!

PSA: Our talented friends at House of Jimbo are making couture masks for the apocalypse! They asked us to create a care and use guide for their customers in the same rainbow graphic style as the JIMBO logo we designed a few years back. If you don't already have a mask (or if you're still wearing those boring surgical ones), make sure to check these guys out!

We're celebrating another successful website launch, this time for our clients at Blue Anvil! Need skilled trades? Check out www.blueanvil.ca to see what this stellar new Victoria Labour Leasing company is all about.

Today is Thursday and we're throwing back to simpler pre-pandemic times While it's nice to work from home, we're starting to miss the creative wonderland that is our downtown Victoria studio! Fingers crossed it's not too much longer until we can get back to business

It's time for a (belated) Tuesday Tip from our co-founder Tinka! Today's advice: Just Be You We're talking about authenticity. Chances are, you are not the only brand in your industry and there are lots of other savvy business owners competing for your market share. ... While the quality of your offering is obviously important, the real selling point for most consumers (especially when it comes to service-based businesses) is an authentic connection with the service provider. This doesn't mean you have to come face to face (in fact, please don't until Covid is behind us! ), but it does mean that your messaging and visuals should reflect the human being(s) behind the brand. Besides being an awesome ___________, what sets you apart as a rad person that consumers would want to do business with? Think about this and how you might be able to work it into your professional identity, whether through branding, graphics, messaging & tone, or, ideally, a combination of all three. TLDR; Good branding is a key ingredient in business success when it authentically represents its people. Does your brand represent you?

Another brand, another bag We designed this identity for local non-profit, My Living City, whose mandate is to facilitate community conversation and action in making our cities more sustainable.

It's time for another Tuesday Tip from Robazzo co-founder Tinka! This tip is for the early stages of branding design, which can often be the most difficult because.. where do you even start? The first draft is obviously a critical piece of any creative process, but not for the reason you might think. ... When putting pencil to paper (or pen tool to artboard) for the first time, the goal is not to create a masterpiece of any kind, or anything that could be seen as a finished design. Rather, the first round of drafts represents the creative flow of ideas, and chances are that most of them will be absolutely terrible. Noticing what you don't like about the first draft is just as important as what you do like, and gives direction for the creative decisions to come in the refinement stage. After all, it's much easier to edit something that already exists than it is to edit an idea still in your head. Tune in next Tuesday for Tinka's next tip!

The branding we designed for @cubefoodbox looks great on these fictional take-out bags! Who else misses going out for lunch at all of Victoria's amazing restaurants?