Archive for the ‘Brand communications’ Category

Design Bridge Student Awards 2013 – the results!

Another fantastic response to this year’s DB Student competition. The work was at such a high standard we have three winners: gold, silver and bronze, plus three runners up. This time we were also lucky to have Design Week Editor Angus Montgomery as our guest judge. Check out the winners and runners up here!

Apple’s maverick approach to Naming

Our Naming expert Andy Kirk discusses Mavericks OS X – Apple’s move away from its long-held tradition of naming its operating systems after cats. Where did the name come from, and does it fit with the brand?

Friday Favourites

A paper barbecue, really useful outdoor advertising, a melted ice cream van by the sea, and the story of Design in a Nutshell, all on Friday Favourites.

Friday Favourites

House Industries’ alphabet blocks, Coke’s ice bottle, Ben & Jerry’s city flavours, and illustrators collaborate for the Cartoon Network – all on this week’s Friday Favourites.

Friday Favourites

A hand cut paper leopard, a Coke can that splits in two, edible jelly letters and playful signage for the National Trust, all on Friday Favourites.

At the Bar with King Adz

Our Thursday night talks ‘At the Bar’ invite talented individuals to inspire and enlighten. Recently we had the chance to meet ex ad man (hence the name), artist and author, King AdZ, who specialises in creating content for the youth, street, and creative cultures. Robin, designer at our Amsterdam studio writes about the highlights from the talk.

Friday Favourites

Si Scott’s pen and ink illustrations, Hälssen & Lyon’s calendar made of tea, food cut in half, manipulated portraits and fur made of paper, all on Friday Favourites.

Friday Favourites

Zim and Zou’s leather animals for Hermès, beautiful Objects of Use, ghostly installations made of thread and the History of Type, all on Friday Favourites.

Friday Favourites

The sound of new Heinz Beanz, famous quotes as typographic artworks, embroidered newspapers and a Pantone book for beer, all on Friday Favourites.

Shortlisted for two New York Festivals awards

We were excited to hear that two of our projects have been shortlisted for New York Festivals International Advertising awards. Our identity and retail branding work on Dress2Kill was shortlisted in the Design competition, as well as our 25th Anniversary book, 25 Stories. Results are out on 2nd May – fingers crossed!