

Branding, CASE STUDY, Illustration, Photography, Print
Fabmedia Studios is a provider of creative marketing and brand solutions including consultation for clients across the disciplines of print, interactive, and motion media. Creative Director, Arlen Nielsen, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECUAD) and the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS), is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator who is passionate about content and narrative-driven visuals. Fabmedia Studios began in 1996 to be a creative partner and bring clients’ visions to life through carefully crafted print and digital implementations.
Notable clients’ include: Macy’s West, J. Walter Thompson, Tonic 360, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Thompson River University, Sierra Wireless, Kerkoff Construction, Langley Community Music School (LCMS), the Queer Arts Festival, and many more. The studio’s client list crosses Canada, the United States, as well as England and Ireland.
The power of good design is, quite simply, amazing! Carefully crafting a successful solution is never easy, and it requires someone who understands the development process intimately. Regardless of your preferred style—be it minimalist, maximized white space, wild splashes of colour, experimental typography, eye-catching photography, illustrative, or simply clean, crisp, corporate imagery—we will collaborate with you to craft a unique design solution that delivers the message to your market audience that uniquely sets you apart from the competition.
Whether starting a new project, a commissioned work of art, purchase a print, or just want to receive more information, we would love to hear from you! Send an email to hello (at) fabmedia.com or use the contact form below.
COLLABORATING FOR CREATIVE OUTCOMES
Every organization, every brand, must be relevant, compelling, and make a strong impression.
Set yourself apart from the crowd with a unique brand identity that allows you to stand tall and shine..
Design is more than aesthetics — it allows you communicate effectively with your audience.
Make first impressions matter and captivate your audience with consistency, credibility, and clarity.
Have something special to say? Say it with style, spirit, and swagger with an illustration as unique as you.
We can craft something using traditional or digital methods for editorial, architectural or product renderings.
Why use 6900 languages, when one can speak to everybody? Photographs communicate in a way
that no other medium can, allowing one to experience joy and sorrow, or wonder and sympathy.
Every organization, every brand, must be relevant, compelling, and make a strong impression.
Set yourself apart from the crowd with a unique brand identity that allows you to stand tall and shine..
Design is more than aesthetics — it allows you communicate effectively with your audience.
Make first impressions matter and captivate your audience with consistency, credibility, and clarity.
Have something special to say? Say it with style, spirit, and swagger with an illustration as unique as you.
We can craft something using traditional or digital methods for editorial, architectural or product renderings.
Why use 6900 languages, when one can speak to everybody? Photographs communicate in a way
that no other medium can, allowing one to experience joy and sorrow, or wonder and sympathy.
Shaira (SD) Holman | artistic director
— QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL —
Before starting anything, we need to know exactly what you want, need, and where you want to go. The best way to do so is to have you complete our creative brief questionnaire. This gives us the foundation and roadmap needed for your project.
This step of the process is crucial and allows us to become more engaged with your desires and specific needs over the course of the project. This, in turn, makes the final product far superior by syncing our ideas together with the creative brief.
Through the examination of colour palettes, typographic pairings, textures, etc., and the addition of our creative juices, we start to bring abstract ideas into focus. After we present the concepts to you for review, we revise and evolve the design based on your feedback.
Once the final design is approved, we move into the production phase. Whether for print, interactive, or motion media, the process is all the same. Our goal is to leave you over the moon impressed upon completion and delivery of your project.
The camera may not be as “flexible” as other art-making tools, however, the innovations within the realm of photography has helped broaden the art, design, and communication fields profoundly.
The photographic image contains the language that allows one to state a message that is understandable by everyone throughout the world without using any words. Tears. Joy. Moodiness. Confidence. Beauty. Any and all emotions are here to be witnessed and expressed. As a visual medium, the story you want to share can be realized with the photographic medium.
Grace Kwok | manager, resource development
— CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION —
Dashelle-Cadoo loves to play and lets any squeaky toy know who’s the boss. Usually found lounging on his favourite chair, Dash loves snuggling, taking quick naps, and can sometimes be caught rolling around on the sofa whenever he’s not trying to negotiate new treat deals with everyone he meets. A strict work schedule means that Dash has his paw on the ball and can be usually be found barking orders from his pillow. Besides being truly indoxicating upon first sight, he is one hot-digity dog.
Arlen is an award-winning brand and communications designer, photographer, visual artist, and illustrator. He provides functional design in the areas of print, interactive, and motion media for a variety of clientele ranging from small to medium sized businesses. Arlen’s skillset includes: an easy going nature; banana peeling; and exploring various methods of communicating through art and design. He finds inspiration in fairytales, folklore, and mythological storytelling, and enjoys the performance of the process of making.
This girl holds all the cards on the table and she knows how to play games. Whether it’s a pat on the head, managing snuggle time, or making sure all bananas are distributed in her favour, Kita makes sure your project is done to the utmost quality and completed on time. Kita is our Master Controller—when you need colour accuracy, grammar checking, or proper management of your bananas, this is the dachshund you need on your team.
We strive to make everyone we work with an integral part of our team. You, our client, are the indispensable piece of the project. Even though we do all the heavy lifting, you are the one, the secret ingredient, that helps guide us to the final destination. Everything works so much better as the ideations come alive, and you, the client, are that much happier knowing that not only is your project is in good hands, but this project will set you apart from your competition.
Fabmedia Studios — a design and illustration studio that specializes in strategic branding and marketing for print, interactive, and motion media.
Find out more about us and what we can do for you and your business, please the form below or send us an email at hello (at) fabmedia.com.
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