Patrick Belanger hails from Montreal where he graduated with a Professional Diploma in Graphic Design and took a post graduate course in Illustration and Airbrush Techniques. While he was at school, he did a practicum at a small print shop, which soon noticed his raw talent and employed him! From there he was employed as an assistant production manager by the multinational Grey Healthcare (a division of Ernst & Young) and never looked back. When this company closed, Patrick opened his own Graphic Design business called Atmosphere Graphic Design and travelled the world for 15 years in between assignments, exploring Australia, the Indian sub-continent and Far East. He moved to Vancouver Island and worked at 2 established Nanaimo-based graphic and web design companies as part owner and designer, and manager and creative director respectively, before opening n9ne creative in 2008.

As a design and conception company, Patrick supplies a one on one personal service to come up with a unique, optimal and perfect solution for you whether you want brand and identity development, interactive media and web presence development, print piece creation and production, digital imaging and marketing solutions. With 20 years’ experience in the industry, his vision of synergy and establishing personal relationships with his clients to establish their specific needs is what sets him apart. You are not dealing with a company – you are dealing solely with Patrick. As an accredited Certified Graphic Designer (CGD) from the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, and a Juno Award nominee, Patrick is a dreamer and will push past the boundaries of mediocrity into the inventive, with creative ideas and novel company and brand marketing solutions. What you envision will be transformed into creative graphical communication for print and for the web. Patrick will develop branding solutions that embody and define your business.
Patrick is a dreamer ... let him dream for you.

Feel free to contact Patrick: northisland.vibc@gdc.net

Tashia Potter lives on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in Port Alberni, BC. She is currently in her second year of the Graphic Design degree program at Vancouver Island University, choosing photography, Typography and Web Design as her favorite areas of practice. She finds great reward in being consumed by the intricate nature of these subjects, and the process of dissecting and manipulating the tiny details, to then be able to step back and see a whole picture in the end. Tashia is passionate about design and the role it plays in society, and plans to make socially responsible contributions to the field.

Tashia looks forward to working in the industry after graduation. She hopes to start as an in-house designer working in a design firm to begin to get a real life feel for the industry. Her dream job would include photography, design, as well as fashion into one all incompassing role, as Tashia is also a seamstress and spends her free time hand printing textiles. Tashia is extremely excited about choosing this career path and is enjoying every step of the education, which she says happens at every curve, she sees everything differently now.

Congratulations to our newest MGDC Patrick Belanger as a result of our June 2010 Portfolio review. The next portfolio review will be in October / November - details to follow.

About Patrick:

With over 19 years designing compelling brands and artworks, Patrick knows how to bring big ideas to life. Achieving honors and awards of excellence throughout is career, he has been involved as a designer and business owner with various local and international advertising agencies.

Patrick started his design career with Grey Healthcare Group in Montreal, acting as an Assistant Production Manager and quickly became owner of his own studio a few years later. Acting as a professional designer and working on major accounts such as Pfizer, Hoechst Marion Roussel and Wyeth pharmaceuticals, he quickly became able to contribute on many high profile projects and made a name for himself in the industry.

Currently established on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, Patrick is now the proud owner of n9ne creative. His main area of expertise are identity and logo design, branding packages, print media design, website design and marketing solutions.

In is spare time, Patrick has been practicing diverse art forms and media, from acrylic & oil painting to ink drawing and furniture making. Extracurricular interests and activities include cooking, hiking, architectural design, climbing and riding is motorcycle.

Patrick Belanger, MGDC
n9ne creative   250.797.2612   www.n9necreative.com