ABOUT

I am the founder of studiochartreuse, a small graphic design and web design firm located in the heart of East Vancouver. With over 20 years of design experience, including 13 years as Art Director, I provide top-quality services and products to our community and customers.

As a multi-disciplinary designer with expertise in print, interactive, and environmental design, I understand the importance of creating strong, memorable brands that align with business strategy and design. I specialize in all areas of graphic design, from small print projects to large-scale websites and exhibit design.

At studiochartreuse, I offer personalized attention and solutions tailored to our clients' unique needs. My planning and design expertise allows me to oversee the entire production process, ensuring that every project I take on is delivered with the highest level of quality and attention to detail. No matter the challenge, I am committed to exceeding our clients' expectations.

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Lisa Edward | Art Director, Owner

As a graphic designer with over 20 years of experience, I have had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients and projects. My passion for mid-century modern design and the Bauhaus movement is evident in my work, which ranges from logos and branding materials to websites and packaging. I am constantly striving to improve and grow as a designer, and bring my creativity and attention to detail to every project.

Specialties: Direct knowledge of multiple design processes, including Art Direction, Graphic Design, Pre-Press, Website Design, Mail Chimp Integration, Exhibit Design and Project Management for small to large-scale projects.

Over 20+ years experience managing multiple design projects in fast-paced and demanding environments. Proven track record of delivering projects on time and on budget.

Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, WordPress, Gravity Forms, MailChimp, MS Office, Hosting Setup + CPanel

TESTIMONIALS

  • Lisa is a guiding light between strategy and creativity, inspiring unique and compelling designs out of very complex ideas that come from many sources of stakeholders. Whether she simply knows the answer or whether she researches the question, she inevitably finds solutions that benefit the client and our team, every time.

    - Larry Donen

  • Lisa is bursting with creative energy while still being highly disciplined and extremely easy to work with.

    - David Jones | Writer, Researcher

  • Lisa always had a wonderful way of expanding on an idea and giving it a creative twist. Her professionalism and ability to have fun made it easy to work with her, which really made a difference during crunch time.

    - Christine Unterthiner | Artist. Brand Creator. Art Director.

  • Very proud of Lisa Edward’s work on the IDB (Inter­na­tional Day for Bio­di­ver­sity) book­let and Logo. World class designer. Bringing design to one of the most important issue humanity faces: Biodiversity Conservation. Lisa Edward, DE’s design genius brought her con­tem­po­rary per­spec­tive to this crit­i­cally impor­tant con­tent. The result… high impact!

    - David Oswald | Owner, DE Design + Environment

  • Lisa worked with me on our 2013 TEDxRenfrewCollingwood project. She was creative, reliable and the end results were fantastic. She began by getting to know the project, researching our event and the extensive TED guidelines then came up with creative concepts which we loved. It was clear from the start she has a way of getting to the heart of what is required and creates designs with a modern feel. You will be making a fantastic choice when you work with her.

    - Gemma Scott | Core Organizer,TEDxRenfrewCollingwood

  • Excellent WordPress knowledge. Excellent graphic designer with great ideas.

    - Les O’Hara | Owner, The Contractor Huddle + Players U Sports Training Campus

  • We worked on a number of projects together over the past few years including a website redesign, corporate presentation materials, a financing package and business case proposal. All of which were creatively envisioned by Lisa and professionally managed. She has the ability to push the boundaries and also work in more conservative environments. I truly enjoyed working with her.

    - David Pfeifer | Principal, FMP Development Services Inc.

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Inspiration

Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated. — Paul...

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January 7, 2018

studiochartreuse

Branding studiochartreuse has been a project in the making for many years now. After 16 years in the...

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January 20, 2013

Barbara Kruger

My latest Pinterest addiction has been all things Barbara Kruger. I rediscovered her work last week and...

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November 18, 2012

Why Design?

Since grade 9 art class I’ve known that I wanted to become a graphic designer. My teacher Mr. Petrasko...

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October 30, 2012

IDSwest 2012

On Friday I checked out the 8th annual Interior Design Show West with my friend, Tanya Tweten (Promoter...

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September 30, 2012