Artovermatter
Design for Social Good
we value
Diversity & Inclusion
we care about
Social Issues & Social Justice
we love working with
Community Leaders & Change-Makers
We believe in using our Creative Powers for Social Good
About
Who we are
Artovermatter Creations is an unapologetic, inclusive, social-focused creative collective founded in 2007. Through collaborations and teamwork, we offer custom creative solutions to social enterprises, local businesses, universities, startups and non-profit organizations in our communities. Our services include corporate and campaign branding, art direction, communications design, publication design, user experience and interface design, marketing collaterals design, website design and development. We also provide training and web maintenance support to our clients.
Team
We are a passionate creative team with a big heart and vision who aspires to solve real problems through design and bring a positive social impact in the communities we are a part of. We work alongside a network of curated talents to bring you innovative design solutions. With backgrounds in newspaper production and editorial, magazine publishing, and web development since 1998 - talk to us about typography, lettering, pre-press, illustration, packaging and anything design related, as well as Geocities, ICQ, GIF (not JIF), frames, and the Y2K scare.
Mel Sutjiadi, RGD
(pronouns: they/she)
Creative Director + Code Ninja
Mel has been a visual designer and web developer for 15+ years. They founded Artovermatter in 2007 and loves working on projects that have a social impact. Mel is passionate about social justice, diversity & inclusion. They also mentored and taught web development at Canada Learning Code, co-organize Creative Mornings Calgary, TechSoup's NetSquared Calgary (Net2YYC), and a member of the RGD Ethics Committee.
Whitney Larson
(pronouns: she / her)
Creative Director + Business Development
Whitney is a seasoned art director & designer with 17+ years of experience. Her specialties include publication design, art direction, identity & branding. In a nutshell, visually telling a story in a unique way and designing the hierarchy of that information to communicate to a specific audience is what she loves to do.
plus we work with other
amazingly talented humans!
Services
What we do
Branding
- Logo Design
- Brand Development
- Campaign Design & Strategy
- Event-based Branding
- Graphic Design
- Custom Illustrations
- Packaging Design
- Advertisement, Poster, Signage Design
- Communication & Collaterals Design
- Annual Report Design
- Magazine & Publication Design
- Various Promotional & Marketing Materials
Digital / Interactive
- Motion Graphics
- Video Production
- Apps / Web Apps Design
- User Experience (UX) Design
- User Interface (UI) Design
- Custom Icons & Illustrations
- Landing Page Design & Development
- Website Design & Development
- WordPress Customization & Development
- Mobile-Friendly / Responsive Design
Clients
Some of our Past & Current Clients
Public, Health & Education
- Centre For Gender & Sexual Health Equity
- Rural Health Services Research Network of BC
- Health Action Network Society
- 4Homeopathy Canada
- Liu Institute for Global Studies at UBC
- BCGEU
- Langara College
- Fraser Health Authority
- Ministry of Health, BC
Media & Publications
- CBC Vancouver
- The Voice Newspaper at Langara
- News Photographers Association of Canada
- 24 hours Vancouver Newspaper (SunMedia Corp./Quebecor Media)
Non-Profit & Communities
- Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia
- Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
- Fresh Roots
- ShEvalesco
- Giving Tuesday - Vancouver Chapter
- Passion to Lead
- Canada Learning Code
- Camp Qwanoes at Vancouver Island
- River Market at Westminster Quay
Startups & Technology
- Plazus Technologies
- Blockchain Development Agency
- Counselling Match
- DomoMi Rentals
- Spendit.com
- GrowLab / Highline VC
Events & Films
- Out On Screen / Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- TEDxSFU
- TEDxKids@BC
- Rare Earth Media
Businesses & Retailers
- Turtle Valley Bison Company
- Deepwater Agriculture Corp.
- JOEY Restaurants
- Duradek Canada Ltd.
- WestBlue Construction
- M3a Architecture
- Pacific Ferries & Tour
- Choice Communication
- La Galleria Fine Foods
- Asian Family Foods
- Art and Stone
- Twelve Stone Art