We just helped BJS announce their drive to arrive in the US, with an online launch campaign based upon the great American road trip.
So whether you’re on a dusty drive through Death Valley or an ocean-sprayed cruise along the Pacific Coast Highway – keep your eyes peeled for their iconic home delivery trucks.
Thanks to the Head of PE and Games, Richard De Wet, for sending us a snap of their newly liveried minibus… fresh (and a little muddied) from ferrying their sporty kids to and from another competitive match.
It’s the first of their fleet to be put into action, with several more on the way, all with varying copylines to reflect the breadth and depth of Dulwich Cranbrook’s incredible culture.
Most of us love our sofa, most of us love dogs, and most dogs love sofas.*
And in the most recent social media campaign we produced for BJS, we decided to combine all the qualities that we love about dogs with all the qualities that customers love about great home delivery.
*Even if they’re not allowed on them.
I found an old art-bin I used as a student many moons ago. It contained a pack of dry transfer lettering from WHSmith – which was a brilliant budget alternative to Letraset (the posh stuff that all the pro’s used).
For a 12 year old who went from scrawling letters in felt-tip to ‘scribbling’ uber-smart type in neat, pencil-ruled lines – it was wonderful stuff.
And after all these years, it’s probably the reason why Helvetica is still my favourite typeface.
Since Dulwich Cranbrook’s relaunch, we’ve been helping to spread the word about their new Senior School and Open Mornings with some good old fashioned ‘OOH’ posters (Out Of Home advertising).
And just like spotting our vehicle livery on the road or flicking-through our ads on the printed page – we still get a buzz (and an ‘ooh’) from seeing our work in action and out in the real world (and not just the digital one).
Our friend and Co-founder of BJS Home Delivery, Tony Pearson, had an accident in 2022 which left him paralysed. During rehab, his physio told Tony that where there was a flicker, there was chance of improved movement.
So to tell the story of his journey, Tony has become a motivational speaker and coach – to promote the power of the mind and encourage others to take small steps towards their goals… because where there’s a Fliqer, there’s hope.
We’re supporting a good friend’s fundraising club night in aid of Fighting to be Heard – a secondary breast cancer charity.
The night will feature DJ’s Clint Boon, Craig Charles, Dave Haslam, Across the Tracks and Adverse Camber, with 100% of ticket sales going to the charity.
For more info and to book tickets, please visit Skiddle.com here.
Lift Nutrition & Wellness (Faye’s other business) are proud to announce a new sponsorship deal with the mighty Winton Wanderers U11 Lionesses.
Arduous but fruitful negotiations have ensured WWFC remain within UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations (FFP) whilst helping Lift to extend their global exposure with an agreement to sponsor and supply the half-time oranges.
Congratulations to our friends (and clients) at the Fox & Barrel in Cotebrook who, amongst an incredibly competitive field – won Best pub in Cheshire at the Taste Cheshire Food & Drink Awards.
The judges praised their amazing food, incredible drink… and sublime branding.*
*Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
It was an honour to help Dulwich Cranbrook relaunch their brand, delivering a new identity, website, brochures, signage, wayfinding, outdoor media and a press campaign – all in time for the beginning of the new school year.
A big thank you to all the children who contributed to our strategy workshops (which were more like playshops!) and especially top-marks to those who took part in our fun-packed portraiture shoot. Take a look at our case study here.
Designers are always busy, always. How’s work?.. Busy. What you been up to?.. What haven’t I been up to. Sounds great, who have you been working with?.. Can’t say as it’ll break my NDA.
Thankfully, despite these tightened times, we’ve been pretty busy too, honest. So we took a well-earned break in the beautiful city of Dubrovnik. If you find yourself there and have a head for heights – head for the city walls to clear your, well… head.
I (David) have a touch of OCD when it comes to clean surfaces and visual symmetry. The four chairs surrounding our round studio table are positioned at three, six, nine and twelve o’clock. I like a nicely striped lawn too.
So the destructive results of our Daughter’s newly renewed passion for football would usually send me into a flat spin – but I’m just happy to be a football Dad again. Sod the lawn.
We spent a great couple of days working alongside photographer Mark Howe at Dulwich Prep Cranbrook in Kent, as part of the brand project we’re undertaking with the school.
We shot both reportage and campaign-style imagery with a particularly talented bunch of children who loved the camera (which is always a relief) and we can’t wait to put the results to good use in the coming months.
Faye joined her amazing friend Kate, on a bright and blustery fundraising hike up Moel Famau – the highest hill in Flintshire, Wales.
Kate is one of the founders of Fighting to be heard, a charity set-up to raise awareness and support those living with incurable secondary breast cancer.
To find out more about their inspiring stories, please visit their site.
After a competitive creds pitch win, we’re dead chuffed to be working alongside a prestigious Kent-based school on a particularly ‘studious’ strategic brand repositioning project.
Aside from the visiting lecturing that we do, it’s lovely to add another string to our bow and expand our repertoire within the education sector – and as usual, we’ll try our best to be the teacher’s pet because we always do our homework!
As a Happy New Year gift from Telling Stories, we sent our resident health guru (Faye) to run a health and nutrition workshop for the ladies at BJS Home Delivery.
Faye’s session helped kicked-off ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ – an initiative that BJS are now implementing to run regular talks and events which focus on wellbeing in the workplace.
After more than a decade of Telling Stories, we’ve managed to create a set of A–Z letters from the many logos we’ve designed.
Unsurprisingly, we had plenty of A, B and C’s but not so many X, Y and Z’s!
We just about managed it though – so perhaps see if you can spot a few whilst perusing our brand case studies.
Our wonderful CEO (Chief Elation Officer), Ember, knows all about it – shaking off the mud from a hard day and sprinting full pelt into the next… because you never know, there may be an amazing stick just around the corner.
So we’re doing the same by looking forward to a great New Year with some brilliant new brand challenges for 2023 – we’re off to the park, see you there!
Our very own resident health guru, Faye, has recently completed a gruelling three-year Naturopathic Nutritional Therapy Diploma and has therefore added lots of additional ‘clever-clogs’ letters to the end of her name.
And because running one business isn’t enough for some people, Faye has also now officially launched Lift Nutrition & Wellness, so if you need a health lift – why not take a closer look here, here and here.
In 2007, we created an identity for a friend who moved from Newcastle to New York. They promptly joined a Newcastle United supporters group that met-up at outrageously early times to watch the games together, but they didn’t have a banner to unite behind.
So we designed a double-sided flag logo that mirrored the teams black and white stripes alongside the ‘stars and stripes’ flag. Fast forward 15 years and the logo has now been adopted by over a dozen other US-based supporters groups – which is very canny, like… man.
For once, we haven’t waited until the 11th hour to complete 11 years of Telling Stories – our retrospective newspaper containing 11 of our favourite projects.
However, this is a limited run and they aren’t eleven-a-penny… so if you’d like a copy, just join our mailing list and we’ll be in touch.
The Fox & Barrel in Cotebrook is a renowned Cheshire pub that has been helping relax and replenish weary travellers for over 250 years.
To celebrate the launch of their exclusive new Hide restaurant – we’ve helped Dicky Cotterill and his lovely team to reinvigorate their brand and website.
So now, this wonderful pub looks as good as their delicious food tastes – full case study here.
We began Telling Stories in 2011, but we didn’t make much of a fuss about our 10th Birthday in 2021, which came and went without much, well… fuss.
However, turning 11 is different. 11 looks cooler. 11 sounds cooler. 11 is the name of the coolest character in Stranger Things – and 11 is hidden within in our name, too.
So to celebrate, we’re producing a newspaper containing 11 of our favourite stories from 2011–2022… join our mailing list and we’ll keep you posted!
More smiles per gallon with BJS – as for a 2nd year running, our brand work has been short-listed in the MTA 2022 Livery of the Year Awards.
Whereas last year it was the Construct IT truck livery which drove away with the top prize, this year it’s the turn of BJS Home Delivery’s nationwide fleet of location-based map vans.
Fingers crossed we can achieve the double!
With the help of photographer, Paul Husband – we’ve directed a really enjoyable photoshoot with Dicky Cotterill and his brilliant team at the Fox & Barrel pub in Cotebrook, Cheshire.
We can’t wait to show-off Paul’s dramatic images alongside our new brand work for this outstanding country pub… alongside the launch of their brand new top-secret venture.
Absolutely nothing to do with work and just because we can, here’s a snap of The White Buffalo playing at Newcastle Riverside… it’s great to be ‘living’ live music again.
We’re working with a very cool bunch of lovely people to create a very warm and welcoming place to eat, drink and hide from the outside world.
So keep your ear to the ground as we’ll be able to reveal more, very soon…
Since launching AskMarc 18 months ago, Marc Owen has been sharing his refreshing mix of advice and action to businesses of all shapes and sizes.
So it’s lovely to see him gain recognition for doing things a little bit differently by winning the Northern Enterprise Award for Most Innovative Emerging Business Consultancy of 2021.
What can we say that hasn’t already been said about 2021.
Nothing, really… other than to wish you a joyful, restful and peaceful festive break with your friends, family and loved ones.
*May not be true… or anywhere close.
It’s been a few years since our Daughter arrived on the scene – and as time became increasingly valuable, something had to give… which turned-out to be my lecturing role at Chester University.
Fast-forward a few years and it’s been a real pleasure to tentatively get my educative-eye ‘back in’ with Preston University (UCLAN) – and help-out on a course which has such a thoughtful and ideas-led approach to design.
Irlen Syndrome is a little-known perceptual processing disorder where the brain has difficulty handling visual information… And as it’s Irlen Syndrome awareness week – we thought we’d tell you a little about the condition that our Daughter was diagnosed with at seven years old.
She struggles with reading, depth perception, light sensitivity – and sometimes she just can’t sit still! There are ways to manage it though, and a natty pair of pink-tinted glasses help vastly reduce her symptoms. If you’re curious to know more, please visit the Irlen UK website.
We’re really chuffed that our truck livery design for Construct IT has won the Motor Transport Awards 2021 Livery of the Year.
For a young business in an established market, amongst such esteemed company – to win such an award is pretty remarkable.
And aside from the award, the fancy London ‘do’ was a nice opportunity to get dressed up and let our hair down.
The final frontier… No, not that space.
Space to breathe, space to think, space to switch-off.
We managed to steal a week away from the office to enjoy one of the most outstanding areas of beauty we have on our doorstep.
The Lakes… Keswick, Buttermere, Grassmere. Wonderful.
It’s been a long time since we’ve entered any work into the design awards circuit and 2021 has been no exception.
However, our client, BJS, has… entering the BJS Haulage and Construct IT livery into the Motor Transport Awards, and happily both have been short-listed for the big prize.
For us, it’s actually just nice to be recognised by industry specific judges who commented that “a lot of thought has gone into this”… That’s all we need to hear.
It’s not easy moving bricks, blocks and tiles up and down the country… in fact, the construction haulage business is pretty heavy shIT!
So in helping create a stand-out brand in a seriously safety-conscious industry, we literally had a bright idea – to ensure the Construct IT livery could be easily seen on even the dreariest of drizzly days.
See the full case study here.
The Anne Duchess of Westminister’s Fund supports charitable projects that focus on people’s mental and physical health and wellbeing, living in disadvantaged communities or providing learning and training.
To reflect the recent evolution from the original charity (ADWC) to a newly named fund (ADWF), we were asked to redesign their website, highlighting the change whilst creating a more user-friendly experience.
To have a look please visit the ADWF site here.
Hot on the heels of the BJS Haulage brand launch, we’ve helped the team reappropriate one of our motorway junction designs to support Pride History Month.
We’re sure there’ll be extra bonus points available for spotting this gem up and down the UK motorway network.
BJS have expanded their broad offering of logistics-based delivery businesses by launching a dedicated general haulage service.
Inspired by our love of maps, we’ve helped create their brand-new brand – and you’ll now be able to ‘spot’ over 20 junction designs rolling up and down the UK’s motorway network.
View the full case study here, and you can visit their site here.
We can’t go into the mind-bending complexity of this project – other than to say that some very clever people, intricate management processes and highly technical production standards resulted in 4,000 utterly unique digitally printed Fedrigoni 2021 calendars.
What we can say is that we were given the number 27 and the word point to ‘illustrate’ – which became the selection of 27pt type… obviously.
Our worst fears became a reality as 2020 continued to challenge like no other in living memory, so we haven’t posted any work related news for an entire six months.
However, whilst juggling home-schooling and an almost ever-present Manchester lockdown, thankfully we’ve been surprisingly productive and hope to share more of our projects in the New Year.
COVID 19, BLM, Brexit… 2020 continues to cultivate division.
So we really don’t want to talk about our working lives at the moment – as it doesn’t feel particularly important right now.
All we would like to say is that during this crisis, let’s try a little bit harder to treat people the way we’d all like to be treated.
Marc Owen asked us to redefine the next stage of his working life – specifically, helping him offer his expertise and experience to a wide range of ambitious companies whilst avoiding the term ‘business consultant’ at all costs.
So whether it’s a peculiar time or the perfect time – perhaps you could AskMarc for a little extra help with your business.
We love creating strong narratives, especially when a really quirky film project comes along.
So it was great working with the expressive voice of Russell Richardson and the engineering nous of Audio Always to record the voice-over for a lovely short animation we’re producing.
And after shaking hands at the end, we all used plenty of soap and water – to be safe as well as sound.
When we renamed and repositioned Lime Creative’s brand identity to become Flood Studio, we created a constantly evolving logo idea that could support and sell their photographic talents whilst highlighting their sector specialisms.
We’re really pleased the team at Flood have fully embraced the idea, as they continue to create playful little photographic vignettes from time to time – which never fail to bring a smile.
We love a good map, and so we naturally loved receiving these snaps of our most recent campaign for BJS Home Delivery which hit the road just in time for their busy festive period – adorning dozens of their liveried vans.
Based upon the premise that All roads lead to home – the campaign celebrates their full nationwide coverage and highlights a multitude of UK locations by using some great maps, a bit of quirky copy and plenty of pins.
No politics, no sceptics.
No arguments, no judgements.
No angry debate, no hate.
No offence, no nonsense.
Oh, and no doubt…
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas film.
We’ve contributed to Fedrigoni’s 2020 calendar, being one of 366 design studios who were invited to submit a graphic idea based upon a given day of the year – we bagged 6th March.
As fans of The Big Lebowski, we nearly chose to celebrate The Day of the Dude, but in the end we couldn’t resist National Dentist’s Day as we do we have a particularly sweet tooth.
If we do one thing well, it’s being interested in all sorts of things.
So in keeping with our desire to constantly vary the projects and people we work together with – take a look at how our ideas-led approach can help lawyers, image-makers, automotive manufacturers and powder processors stand-out from the crowd.
Sempai is a digital lean management and training consultancy which helps ambitious manufacturers develop a culture of continuous self-improvement.
To accelerate their journey we’re helping Sempai develop their story, a key part of which is their new collaboration-based logo which has recently achieved a registered trademark – something we encourage all our clients to do in order to protect their brand.
A thorough strategic assessment led us to recommend that British Rema merge their three separate businesses under one common name – simplifying and transforming their organisation to create a monolithic corporate structure.
To join the dots between each division – we created their ‘know how’ proposition to underpin over 90 years of experience and specialist knowledge in powder processing, process equipment and rotary engineering.
An events venue with a difference, White Syke Fields in North Yorkshire has a lovely rustic charm and their historic farm buildings ooze personality and quirky originality. Events range from weddings and networking to foodie gatherings and ‘little explorers’ clubs.
We created an identity which feels a little bit raw, utilising textures and features from the environment to distinguish their unique event spaces – whilst helping guests to create distinguished memories too.
Optimec provide measurement and inspection technology for the world’s best contact and intraocular lens manufacturers. So if you wear contacts, there’s a good chance they’ve been quality tested with Optimec’s inspection equipment.
Based upon the proposition, Driven by precision – we’ve helped Optimec to refocus their sales and marketing activity, firstly to promote their latest technological advancements but also to celebrate their 40th year in business. We’ll post a full case study here on our site shortly.
We’ve really enjoyed helping Chester-based law firm Jolliffes rejuvenate their brand to better reflect their forward-thinking legal expertise – built upon over a century of hard-earned experience.
Taking Sun Tzu’s The art of war as our inspiration, we’ve created a visually rich and playfully copy-led identity to express the many reasons why Jolliffes have got their legal skills down to a fine art. Visit their new site here.
There’s been much consternation here in the UK due to the threat of short-term panic buying and the damaging side effects it could cause, all thanks to Brexit… the rift that keeps on giving.
As we’re enjoying a really busy spell here this has got us thinking. If we’re in the midst of a panic buying period in the design world too – will we need to start scrapping for our favourite fonts when the inevitable hits the fan??
In fairness it’s been a while since our last misdemeanour, but we’ve again broken our own rule and failed to post something of interest at least once each month.
We’ve given ourselves detention and a good talking to.
And who said it had to be boring?.. That was the challenge – to create an engaging campaign that raised staff awareness of information security in the workplace.
We created a series of fun weekly ‘guerrilla attacks’ offering bite-size advice from characterful animals which popped-up in various places – including behind the monitors, desks, bins and notice boards of our client’s UK based offices.
2018 has been quite a year with much contention, conflict and downright hostility flying around – sadly splitting our nation in two.
Perhaps we’re typical of our ‘breed’, but we believe that we work best when we work together. So let’s make the most of the little things that bring us all together… and kick Brexit into touch come the New Year.
We’re helping long-time collaborator Mark Howe to promote the work of Mermaids – a charity devoted to achieving a happier life for children and young people who feel at odds with their birth gender.
Mark’s great portraiture will be the cornerstone of an upcoming public awareness campaign, of which we’re happy to play our part.
Coupled with our recent brand work, we helped Fontaine Fifth Wheel launch their fresh lick of paint at IAA Hannover 2018 – one of the world’s most prestigious international automotive shows.
After a gruelling but productive week, the show team enjoyed not only record enquiries but also high-praise as the best stand ever produced by a Marmon Highway Technologies group company (of which Fontaine Fifth Wheel are part of).
Through our close working relationship with Grosvenor Estate, we are extremely proud to be a small part of an inspiring collective effort to raise vital funds for the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC).
The centre was instigated and heavily supported by the late 6th Duke of Westminster, Gerald Grosvenor – to ensure that seriously injured soldiers, sailors and airmen receive the best possible care. If you would like to support the DNRC, please donate here.
Specialists in truck and trailer coupling, Fontaine Fifth Wheel products enable HGV’s to excel across a variety of on and off-road conditions, including cornering – which is pretty useful in post-Roman Europe.
Coupled with the strategic proposition ‘Fit for the long haul’ – we created a sales-driven brand based upon clearly defined USPs and a long-term commitment to strong customer relationships. A full case study will follow but in the meantime please visit the new-look site.
After completing several stages of campaign livery for the BJS delivery fleet, we’ve now turned our attention to their heavy rollers – the HGVs.
Our cab design directly references the door-to-door nature of the home delivery business, whilst also pinpointing their West Midlands headquarters at the same time.
We’ve been Telling Stories for seven years now, which feels pretty special given that we didn’t know whether we’d even last seven months after starting up in the midst of a recession.
We’ve had our ups and downs but it’s been a roller-coaster journey that we’ll keep riding for a good while yet… Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way.
Having recently completed our well overdue renovation project, we’re now settling in and ready to push on with the next chapter in our story.
Taking the opportunity to design not only our environment but also our whole work/life balance has been a privilege and is something we don’t take for granted. If you’ve got five minutes, we’ve written about our search for the good life here.
Hannah was looking for an elegant identity to demonstrate her creative talents – transforming interiors for both residential and public spaces.
We came up with Creating spaces and places – as her transformations are much more than just a fresh lick of paint. The resulting typemark and hw motif emphasise Hannah’s bespoke approach and positive use of negative space.
We’re currently in the thick of an interesting brand refresh for the European arm of a global truck parts manufacturer, but until it goes live we can’t really talk too much about it.
However, we can talk about the great CGI product rendering and animation work that Boardwalk Studio are producing for us. It’s been a fascinating learning curve and we can’t wait to show it off.
It’s par for the course we suppose, but after much wrangling of floor plans, drainage plans, lighting plans and plans of plans – construction work has finally kicked-off on our long planned studio renovation project.
Every time we open our mouths the budget opens our wallet, so from now on we’re keeping schtum.
If there’s one thing we impress on our clients, it’s our insistence that if you have a news page on your site – update it regularly or don’t have a news page at all. Our own rule is to add at least one story per month.
But for the first time in nearly seven years we’ve missed our monthly entry! So to mark/commiserate the occasion we’re filling the offending month with this confession along with a promise to try harder in the future.
The inaugural Deer Park Dash saw runners endure a challenging 10km circuit of Eaton Park to raise almost £12,000 for the DNRC and Alzheimer’s Society.
They say that life is a marathon and not a sprint… but alongside the Grosvenor Estate we moved pretty fast to encourage locals to lace-up their running shoes.
Lime Creative are a bunch of good guys who specialise in beautifully produced lifestyle product photography with an emphasis on ‘natural’ lighting… They actually shot our recent Kirkpatrick campaign so we’re obviously big fans of their work.
One good turn deserves another so we’ve helped the team reposition their brand offering with not only a new lick of paint, but a name change too – all to help potential new customers see the light (sorry). Take a look at the new site here.
After five years working in the historic Granary building, we’ve made the short move across to Broadway – a lovely tree-lined avenue situated behind Parr Fold Park in Worsley.
In the coming months you’ll probably find us despairing over delays, ballooning budgets and build issues as we embark on a new office conversion – and we’ll let you know how well it goes (or not) as the project progresses.
We’re happy to say that due to our brand refresh and ongoing relationship with Jesmonite, their days of being the ‘best kept secret’ of the building material world are fast fading.
So much so, they have been awarded ‘Material of the year’ at the London Design Fair – so it looks like the cat is well and truly out of the bag.
Read the Evening Standard article here.
They say the harder you work, the luckier you become – so Bee must have worked their socks off to achieve two outstanding accolades.
Congratulations to Paul Wardell who, with the help of his Bee race crew, has become the NGRRC Mini Twins Champion… and well done to the whole team for winning the Chamber of Business Awards Best British Small Business of the Year 2016.
See our brand work for Bee here.
Faye loves shopping… So when it’s time to refresh the Kirkpatrick product and lifestyle imagery, naturally she gets the gig to plan and art direct the shoot.
From products to props, every detail is planned with military precision – and you can see the results of Faye’s eye for style very soon.
David Appleton, a wonderful actor and all round lovely chap has narrated our very own brand film with character, warmth and clarity.
Once we’d settled on the script (probably version 101), finalised the storyboard and chosen the music, it was essential that we found the right voice to stitch the whole film together. David’s subtle Northern charm coupled with his quiet but self assured confidence is music to our ears.
We (David & Faye) are adopted Mancunians who have lived in the great city of Manchester for a big part of our adult lives now.
Personally speaking, Manchester is probably the only place outside of my home town of Newcastle where I’ve felt no bias whatsoever. Nobody cares what you look like, what you sound like or where you come from… only where you’re at.
Terrorism won’t change that.
We often give each other needle in the studio. Sometimes it’s about our taste in kerning, other times it’s about our taste in music (or lack of) – and we also regularly partake in acupuncture sessions with Phil Trubshaw.
So we’ve created an identity for Phil that gets straight to the point of what he does… naturally.
Our successful strategic rebrand for Jesmonite has resulted in a significant increase in international sales enquiries – so we’re helping the team extend their global reach and, quite simply – simplify their conversations.
We’ve just completed and launched the first phase of a staged roll-out to provide a comprehensive selection of language options for website visitors – making it easier for international customers to understand the key benefits of Jesmonite’s premium decorative building materials.
As part of our commitment to build and nurture a strong brand culture for BJS Home Delivery (on the inside as well as out), we’ve helped the team to create their inaugural Stars of 2016 awards ceremony.
Trophies were handed out in recognition of the tireless effort and dedication provided by the delivery, customer service and warehouse teams – who overcome demanding operational and service-led challenges week in, week out.
Congratulations to the winners and the whole team.
Early last year two great storytellers, Bowie and Eco, passed away. Now, early in 2017, we have also lost John Berger – not only a great storyteller, but also a phenomenal theorist and critic of storytelling in all its forms.
Many of us who studied Art & Design have read his renowned book of critical reflection on the visual world – helping us form a stronger understanding of how, as practitioners, we shape the ‘media experience’.
John Berger helped us all to see more clearly.
2016 has been a mixed bag to say the least – a funny old year, a real roller coaster of ups and downs where it feels like the whole world doesn’t know whether it’s coming or going… It’s been exhausting.
So let’s have a laugh, take some time to unwind and drink in those precious moments with family and friends – oh, and enjoy the sprouts.
Dent manufacture innovative sensors which check thousands upon thousands of miles of thread running through colossal textile machines – all to ensure production doesn’t get tied up in knots.
To highlight Dent’s thoughtful and technologically progressive approach – we recently launched their ‘sense of innovation’ campaign at the world-renowned ITMA Asia expo in Shanghai. You can view our full case study here.
We’ve produced a 100 page product guide to support and promote the customer-focused rebrand, intuitive website and ongoing transformation of our long-term collaborators at Kirkpatrick.
Although many people prefer to view online, there’s plenty of us who still prefer the good old fashioned experience of ethically sourced, beautiful print. If you feel the same, why not request your own copy?
The Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM) are the only UK-based specialist manufacturers’ organisation for people who work with metal.
We worked closely with the CBM team to let Forgers, Fasteners, Press workers, Cold rollers and Sheet Metal workers know why they should join up, connect with their peers and benefit from the CBM’s cast-iron support network.
View the case study here or put your steel toe caps on and take a look at their site.
Ciarán Ó Braonáin is a highly skilled woodworker who hand-crafts bespoke furniture and specialist gun box commissions, as well as teaching woodwork courses from his workshop near Delamere Forest, Cheshire.
He thought it was about time his brand met the high standards of his furniture – so we’ve sanded the rough edges to create an identity which clearly defines his position as one of the foremost furniture craftsmen in England. See for yourself by visiting the website here.
Recently, long-time collaborator Mark Howe visited us to shoot our 2016 Dent Sensors campaign. Dent think-up, create and make bespoke sensing devices to ensure vast textile machines do exactly what they’re supposed to do.
If you’re familiar with our approach, you’ll know that our work often employs a ‘thread’ (idea) which runs through everything we do but in this case, Alice’s idea employs an actual thread which playfully interacts with a series of quirky illustrations – which we’ll be showing-off very soon.
The impact of Muhammad Ali’s words were far greater than his massive fists.
We’ve been making the most of the nice weather and popped across the Pennines to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park as they are currently exhibitiing an incredibly broad range of work by the renowned American artisit KAWS.
If you’ve not been, the YSP is a truly inspiring place to visit time and again, come rain or shine – and if you’d like to see the KAWS work inparticular, his impressive open-air sculptures will be exhibited for the whole of 2016.
When we first met Jesmonite, the team fully understood the creative potential of their product. However, their brand needed to work much harder to promote this highly specialised material – not least because of their remote Shropshire location.
Since the rebrand, Jesmonite has made it all the way into the top ten trends at Milan Design Week and attracted coverage from a wide range of both design and business related publications… so we’re having a gelato to celebrate!
Cheshire is a wonderful place to work and live, but it’s also one of the UK’s best kept secrets. So Marketing Cheshire asked us to produce a short film to highlight the best bits – whilst being careful to avoid the pit-falls of the often misguided Cheshire-set stereotype.
With the help of Daylight Moving Image we created a narrative and tone-of-voice which really shows-off the good stuff, without actually showing-off at all… Take a Look at Cheshire here.
Umberto Eco’s work spanned all four corners of literature, creating seminal works in academic texts, fictional novels and children’s books. David Bowie was a musician, actor and cultural icon who created and celebrated difference in everything he did.
They were from different worlds and appealed to different audiences but both were prolific storytellers, and their influence will continue to echo through time as we continue to enjoy their enthralling stories for many years to come.
The bright sparks at Bee create and make pioneering exterior and interior lighting for some of the most renowned vehicle manufacturers across the globe – including Lamborghini, Bentley and McLaren to name but a few.
We’ve helped Bee to strategically reposition their business, creating a clearer brand story which not only celebrates the sublime finished products – but also the achievements of their unique people who make it all happen.
Take a look at our case study here.
We’ve been working with furniture delivery specialists, BJS, to promote the expertise, experience and dedication of their two-man home delivery teams – where moving large and often awkward items means that two heads are most definitely better than one.
The refreshed brand we have created helps them to stand-out from a generic distribution market by expressing their friendly and service-led approach – attracting some of the UK’s biggest retailers such as made.com and The Cotswold Company.
Since our rebrand of Kirkpatrick ironmongery, we’ve been busy working to create a website which can truly live up to the quality and reputation of an outstanding British company with a proud manufacturing heritage.
To help promote the launch of the site, we’ve developed a campaign based upon their 160th year in business, highlighting the fact that they are the only black iron manufacturer in the UK who pour their own metal.
Sometimes a complex communication problem can be solved with a simple idea – like our recent rebrand for Clovemead.
Clovemead offer a wide range of services across multiple sectors but struggled to convey both their abilities and commitment to quality. Once we pinpointed their problem, our answer was to make their brand work just as hard as their construction, minor works, fuel systems and signage experts.
A full case study is on the way, but until then please visit Clovemead’s new website.
We’ve been up and down the M6 more times than we care to remember recently, art-directing photoshoots for a wide range of subjects from the precision manufacturing of niche precious metal objects to the mass-production of automotive body panels, and plenty between.
From high-end to high volume, we have a wide variety of brand projects in progress covering all-sorts of market sectors to keep us on our toes – which is exactly how we like it.
The Design Council are a charitable organisation who promote design as a powerful and transformational tool, providing help and advice to improve business performance (and not simply to make companies look pretty).
We’re really pleased that our work for Jesmonite is now a case study on the Design Council’s website, which covers the bigger picture – their specific business challenges and our rationale for the rebrand.
You can view our own Jesmonite case study here.
Over the past 23 years, The Watergate Street Gallery in Chester have promoted an eclectic range of affordable art whilst helping to launch the careers of many talented and emerging artists.
Today, the gallery are extending their offering to include temporary exhibitions, artists talks and refreshments – so we’ve reframed their proposition with a fitting new identity and gallery signage.
We’re in the process of rolling-out a brand new brand for EcoGo, an ambitious product development company who design, prototype and manufacture highly energy-efficient electric wheel hub motors for mobility applications. Or to put it simply, they make little wheel motors to help people move around more easily.
View our case study or take a look at their website and a little animation at www.ecogo.co
Feathercast design and make beautifully unique and intricate objects and surface textures for a whole host of envy-inducing clients, including world-renowned artists, sculptors and interior designers.
We’ve just helped Emma Pearson and her team to relaunch their brand with an updated identity and website to better reflect their creativity, craft and expertise – which you can visit here: feathercast.co.uk
