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User Experience: Just Because it’s Pretty Doesn’t Mean it Works

We talk a lot about creating digital customer experiences here at Delvinia. It’s what we do. Understanding the customer is the first step in any project. And, once we’ve collected those insights, we have to apply that knowledge through the design process. That’s Andrea Reck’s job. She’s our Senior User Experience Lead. I recently sat More »

Posted in Experience Design, Information Architecture, User Experience.

Delvinia Wins Two International Davey Awards

Judging has been completed for the 7th Annual Davey Awards and two Delvinia projects have been selected by The International Academy of Visual Arts as Silver Award winners. The recent redesign of the Canadian Opera Company website at coc.ca and the No Friend Left Behind campaign, designed for Microsoft Canada, have been chosen as winners More »

Posted in delvinia, Experience Design, User Experience.


What Motivates Consumers to Interact with Brands on Social Media?

As you can image, our firm is very interested in how people use social and digital media and how it relates to a brand. Not to mention many of the brands we work with are asking the same big questions we are: What motivates the social customer to take action with a brand? What keeps More »

Posted in AskingCanadians, Data Collection, delvinia, Digital Culture, Experience Design, Social Media, Technology, User Experience.

Delvinia Wins a W³ Award (our Second) for Microsoft Canada’s No Friend Left Behind

Microsoft Canada’s No Friend Left Behind campaign, designed by Delvinia, has won a Silver Award in the 2011 W³ Awards, handed out by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The award is the second W³ win for Delvinia.  (We announced a win for the redesign of the Canadian Opera Company‘s website last week.) The More »

Posted in delvinia, Digital Culture, Experience Design, Social Media, User Experience.

Delvinia Wins W³ Award for COC Website Design

The Canadian Opera Company‘s website, designed by Delvinia, continues to garner international attention. The newly redesigned site, unveiled in March, has been honoured with a Silver Award in the 2011 W³ Awards, announced this week by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The W³ Awards, which received more than 3,000 entries this year, honour More »

Posted in delvinia, Experience Design, Information Architecture, User Experience.



Delvinia outlines 10 Tips for using 2D Barcodes in Direct Marketing cover story

In the latest issue of Direct Marketing magazine, Delvinia President Steve Mast—pictured on the cover wearing a custom T-shirt—offers advice to marketers on how to best use 2D barcodes as an effective communications tool. “Some say 2D barcodes are just marketing hype. But, they can be an effective marketing and communications tool for your business; More »

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Delvinia Wins Top Honours at 2011 Interactive Media Awards

The creative refresh of the Canadian Opera Company‘s (COC) website, designed by Delvinia, has been recognized with an Outstanding Achievement award in the 2011 Interactive Media Awards competition. The site was honoured in the Arts/Culture category. Since 2008, Delvinia has worked closely with the COC as its digital marketing sponsor, developing the opera company’s overall More »

Posted in AskingCanadians, Data Collection, delvinia, Experience Design, Press release.