Goodwin Studios
got Creative:

A History

Jude Goodwin

Owner, Creative Designer, Web Developer, Project Manager

Jude Goodwin is co-owner and founder of Goodwin Creative Ltd. She is a company designer, developer and projects manager. Jude has been in the graphic design business since 1975, publishing websites since 1995, and has a deep understanding of what makes a good website good. Also published cartoonist, editor and writer, Jude brings many skills to every project.

Jude’s first design company, Skyline Graphics, was formed in 1986 in Vancouver where she produced architectural renderings on a drafting table set up in her Kitsilano basement apartment.

After marrying in 1988, she renamed her company Goodwin-Hanson Graphics and began working on a Mac computer system. Quickly she set aside her waxers and rubylith in favour of the amazing new tools provided by Desktop Publishing.

In 1995 Jude launched her first website for the Canadian Bridge Federation (cbf.ca) and remained the CBF webmaster for 20 years.

Of course the world of design has gone through incredible changes over the past few decades and Jude has been riding the wave. In the first decade of the internet, designers had to be programmers as well. She coded all her clients websites as well as designed them. Today, a designer can create whatever design she thinks might be wonderful using Photoshop and simply upload the files to a programmer’s ‘desk’ where they are magically turned into a full working website within a few short weeks.

Jude has graphic design experience and a historic knowledge and understanding of design and code, how they grew together and how they work together today.

The third incarnation of Jude’s design company, Goodwin Studios, was officially formed in 2002. In 2018 the company morphed once again in Goodwin Creative Ltd. when she joined forces with her daughter Sky Goodwin and incorporated.

In 2023 Jude retired from the day-to day running of Goodwin Creative, while Sky took up the reins.

In other areas, Jude is the founder of the popular online social calendar What’s On! Queer BC, as well as Editor in Chief of two successful blogs, Gifts for Card Players and Great Bridge Links. She’s has a degree in Creative Writing, is the mother of three and grandmother of six, is a seven-time finisher in the Squamish Test of Metal race (two bronze and one gold in category), a singer and silver-medalist with the Sweet Adelines Peace Arch Chorus, and Life Master bridge player.

She’s also an award winning poet. You can read her here.

Or visit her on Instagram

Check out our online course:

Logo Design 101
Tools for the Entrepreneur

Where veteran logo designer Jude Goodwin shares her secrets from a 30+ year career in design and web development.

Goodwin Studios had the honour and privilege to work with these awesome clients over the past 20 years.

2012 & Earlier

Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dogs :: www.carda.ca

Spectacled Bear Conservation :: sbc-peru.org

Xaxli’p Community Forest :: www.xcfc.ca

Squamish Valley Rod and Gun Club :: www.svrgc.org

Garibaldi Graphics :: www.garibaldigraphics.com | Landing Page

Solutions Pest Control :: pestsolutions.ca (updated 2015)

Coast Range Concrete :: www.coastrangeconcrete.com

Elaho Clinic :: www.elahoclinic.com

Squamish Trails Society :: squamishtrails.ca

Sandra Bars Barsi Design :: barsidesign.com

Mike Charuk (Landing Page) :: mikecharuk.com | Landing Page

Adrienne Boots :: adrienneboots.ca | Landing Page

Polar Geoscience :: www.pgeo.ca

Garibaldi Pumice :: garibaldipumice.com

Dee Beveridge :: www.deebeveridge.com

Sea to Sky Counselling :: www.seatoskycounselling.com

Newport Auto :: www.newportauto.ca (updated 2014)

Squamish Soccer Association :: squamishsoccerassociation.com

Cascadia Consulting :: www.cascadiaconsulting.ca

Jude Goodwin :: www.judegoodwin.com

Fran Solar, Artist :: www.francessolar.com

Squamish Youth Triathlon :: www.squamishyouthtri.ca (updated in 2013)

Team Squamish :: www.teamsquamish.ca

Rockandel & Associates :: www.growpartnerships.com (updated 2014)

Build With Concrete :: www.buildwithconcrete.ca (no longer in place)

Squamish Test of Metal :: www.testofmetal.com (updated 2015)

Tantalus Dental :: www.tantalusdental.com

Squamish Days :: www.squamishdays.ca (updated 2014)

Mike Truelove :: www.miketruelove.com

Whistler Glass :: www.whistlerglass.com

Gifts for Card Players :: www.giftsforcardplayers.com

Pacific Alpine Institute :: www.pacificalpineinstitute.com

2013

Squamish Triathlon :: www.squamishtriathlon.org | Website Baker

Squamish Dirt Bike Association :: www.squamishdirtbikeassociation.ca | Website Baker

Squamish Community Foundation :: squamishcommunityfoundation.com | Website Baker

Healthy Harvest House :: healthyharvesthouse.com | WordPress

Squamish Youth Triathlon :: squamishyouthtri.ca | Website Baker

Howe Sound Minor Ball :: howesoundminorball.ca | Website Baker

AKO Collaborative Health :: www.akohealth.com | Squarespace

Ranger Mining :: www.rangermining.ca

Wigan Pier Restaurant :: wiganpier.ca

Paw In Hand :: pawinhand.com

2014

Alpine Hand Clinic :: alpinehandclinic.com | Squarespace

Fresh Ayre Daycare :: www.freshayredaycare.ca | Squarespace

Whistler Writers Festival :: whistlerwritersfest.com | WordPress

Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival :: squamishdays.ca  | WordPress

Karen Elliott :: www.karenelliottcc.com | Squarespace

Anna’s Interiors :: annasinteriors.ca | Website Baker

Whistler Sea Wolves Swim Club :: whistlerseawolves.com | Website Baker

Vince Oddy Books :: vinceoddy.com | Website Baker

Rockandel & Associates :: www.growpartnerships.com | Website Baker

Meadowbrook B & B :: meadowbrookbandb.com | Squarespace

Newport Auto :: newportauto.ca | WordPress

ACI Securities :: ACIsecurity.ca | Website Baker

Joanna Schwarz Photography & Music :: joannaschwarz.com | Squarespace

Many of these websites are ‘old’ by internet standards but many still serve clients very well. This is testament to Jude’s understanding of what makes a good website work.

2017

Garibaldi Graphics :: garibaldigraphics.com | WordPress

Summit Irrigation & Lighting :: summitirrigation.ca | Squarespace

Stephen Edwards Construction :: Coming Soon | WordPress

What’s On Queer BC – Relaunch using Squarespace with Time.ly calendar widget :: whatsonqueerbc.com

Backcountry Treks and Films :: backcountrytreksandfilms.com | Squarespace

Treeline Women’s Outdoor Community :: treelinewoc.com | Squarespace

Sea to Sky Literary Review :: seatoskyreview.ca | Squarespace

2016

Sea to Sky Bridal Makeup :: seatoskymakeup.ca | Squarespace

Baos Mechanical :: baosmechanical.com | Squarespace

Heart of the Village Massage Therapy, Design by Blonde Creative, Development by Goodwin Studios :: heartofthevillagemassagetherapy.com | Squarespace

Michael Lawrence :: michaelslawrence.com | Word Press

Love Buggy Bikes :: lovebuggies.ca | Squarespace

Carte Diem – Seize the Souvlaki :: cartediem.ca | Squarespace

Gifts for Card Players / Relaunch! :: giftsforcardplayers.com | Word Press

2015

Great Bridge Links (relaunch) :: greatbridgelinks.com | Word Press

C Campbell Agency :: ccampbellagency.com | Squarespace

GSK Chartered Professional Accountants  www.gskllp.ca | Squarespace

Shanti Counselling Centre :: shanti-centre.com | Squarespace

Canadian Bridge Federation :: www.cbf.ca | Word Press

Test of Metal 2015 :: www.testofmetal.com | Word Press

Cardinal Concrete :: www.cardinalconcrete.ca | Word Press

Coast Aggregates :: www.coastaggregates.com | Word Press

Solutions Pest Control :: www.pestsolutions.ca | Word Press

Buzzworks Creative :: www.buzzworkscreative.com | Word Press