Ecentric Arts

Ecentric Arts

contactus@ecentricarts.com

http://www.ecentricarts.com/

416.644.5000 x.221

317 Adelaide St. West., Suite 300

Toronto ON M5V 1P9

About the Guest Speakers:

Keith Durrant and Leslie Horan came in on January 21st/2011.

Keith: Has over 2 years of interactive experience. He graduated from York University,

receiving a BA degree. He is in charge of the business side of things at Ecentric Arts

Leslie: Studied Fine  Art at Queens University, receiving a BA degree as well. She now

is the Creative Director at Ecentric Arts. 

What is Ecentric Arts

There are 3 main owners of the company, one being Keith, who is in charge of Business.

The other two owners are in charge of Technology and Creativity. 

The company began in 2000 and now carries 25 employees.

List of their Previous Clients

 *Majority of their projects are built in a particular way so that clients can update content by themselves. They also provide training before hand. 

1: http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/teens/home/splash.aspx

This project took over a year to create. It is for kids and teens to find out important

information they do not like asking individuals in person. Games are also included in this

website, where the user reaches various obstacles to learns new intriguing information

about particular topics.

2: http://www.osler.com/

3: http://www.nbs-enb.ca/

I was really intrigued in looking at their flash video on the home page. This is because the

animation slowly spreads to cover the whole page. It was also nice to hear that a previous

student taking Web Design created their new logo.  

4: http://www.textilemuseum.ca/

They created the gallery using zoomify. The zoomify tool in their gallery is very effective 

in revealing texture details. 

5: http://www.munkdebates.com/home.aspx

The whole purpose of this website is a debate, a blog. The feel of a blog is very present in the

whole design due to scattered text and images. The scribbles on the far right remind me of

Nuite Blanche branding. 

6. http://www.toronto.ca/tmp/

I really enjoyed looking at the colour scheme for the Toronto Museum Project website. What

I found really interesting was people profiles at the bottom, which you are able to access. 

7. http://groupofseven.ca/

I enjoyed viewing the gallery because it shows the painting and the photograph 

of the actual landscape side by side with interactivity for the user to move the painting and

photograph around at the same time. 

8.http://bbnc.cciorg.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=276

I enjoyed looking at the graphics created for images, plus, the colours are gorgeous.

*Note, these were just a few companies they showed and spoke about for a period

of time. 

Future Web Design Issue:

We always have to be up-to-date with all legislation's/rules and so on. This is because it can

affect our website of being accessible to the wide public due to the accessibility Ontario act

that is being taken place. All websites will need to be updated for all individuals to have the 

ability to hear and see clearly online.

In Conlusion:

All in all said, they both are very nice people to talk to and appreciate art very much. They hire many individuals who have a Fine Art background, which shows their appreciation and value for art. I later approached Leslie; she is a very nice and approachable lady to speak to.