21 February 2019
We enjoyed the surprise February sunshine this week when we got to spend a day working outdoors on a project for Coed Cadw/The Woodland Trust. Our client needed a variety of materials to help them facilitate an event at their national head office. These included roll up banners, printed materials and… a wooden fingerpost! Our woodwork skills were put to the test and we had great fun building the prop which helped our client have a successful day.
12 January 2019
We have recently completed a new website for Horizon, an organisation offering sexual violence support services in south Wales. Horizon wanted to offer an online counselling and appointment booking service. We worked alongside them to design and create the resource they needed. Building a robust site which gave the client the ability to manage their online services through a bespoke CMS system, as well as being a welcoming and easy to use site for their service users was of primary importance. We are delighted to see the site being used successfully by both.
6 November 2018
Someone recently contacted us asking “do you do Christmas cards? I need to send some branded cards to my clients and contacts this year”.
And that started us thinking…
Yes, it makes sense to send a Christmas card to clients and contacts, everyone loves to receive season’s greetings, but what about the rest of the year? What should our caller have been doing to make sure their organisation and services remained noticeable all year round?
In the spirit of the forthcoming season of goodwill, here’s our top 12 tips to ensure that whatever your sector, your communications are always building relationships and creating connections. More
3 September 2018
The Federation of Small Businesses needed a set of graphics to highlight 10 key features of a campaign about Generation Z (those born after 2000) and entrepreneurship. The research from the University of South Wales focuses on the next generation of entrepreneurs and how they are different from the generations that have gone before them. The graphics had to work individually and as a set and be suitable for online and social media use, whilst keeping within the organisation’s corporate guidelines.
The client told us: “This looks fantastic! Thank you so much – it’s exactly what I was hoping for.”
14 August 2018
A 6-month project to design and produce high quality packaging for Correct Hearing Ltd has been completed with the delivery of custom-designed packaging and a range of printed leaflets to support the Nottingham company’s new Total Care scheme. Designed to hold the customer’s new hearing instruments and accessories, the bespoke inner box and card enclosure fits perfectly into a sturdy outer box with magnetic closure which also holds the customer’s information booklets.
2 July 2018
Chwarae Teg’s Agile Nation 2 is a programme developed to help improve the position of women in the workforce in Wales. After passing the programme last year, Louise has taken the plunge and become a fully-fledged Chwarae Teg Mentor herself. This means Lou will be able to pass on her business knowledge and experience to other women, helping them to build their confidence and grow their careers. Find out more about Chwarae Teg and its programmes.
21 June 2018
We are delighted to have completed installation of new decoration for the Woodland Trust’s Wales offices. Full-height wall graphics featuring seasonal treescapes now decorate each room and these are complimented by unique signage which will feature timber from Welsh estates. The project also included the design and installation of branded office furniture and a contemporary hot desk space.
The client told us: “I would like to add my congratulations to you all for a brilliant job done within the challenging deadline that I set, so many thanks to you all. It looks fabulous and an office I will be proud to show visitors and my colleagues from outside Wales.”
8 May 2018
Science Made Simple wanted more than just infographics for their latest “Food from the Oceans” campaign. Based around research from the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors about sourcing more food from the oceans, the project required an undersea “colouring in” scene for a factsheet and a printable classroom poster to get school children more interested in the subject. Also required was an information leaflet with a number of complex infographics which was an interesting challenge to work on.
The client told us: “They look absolutely brilliant! I think that the work you have produced is better than imagined and everyone is very very happy.”
17 April 2018
It was lovely to take time out after a client meeting in London to visit the new Design Museum. The stunning new development on High Street Kensington is something to behold with both permanent and temporary exhibitions exploring the history of design. We visited the thought-provoking “Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18” as well as the permanent “Designer – Maker – User” display where it was interesting to find out more about the thought processes of the world’s greatest designers. Our favourite was the display wall of product design classics including telephones, record players, clocks and computers. The point being that we now carry all of these with us thanks to them being incorporated into a single pocket-sized device.
6 February 2018
We were invited along to the FSB’s Celebrating Small Business Awards at Cardiff’s Holland House Hotel today, and to top off a great day, Ceri’s business card was pulled out of the prize draw hat. Big thanks to Welsh In Business for supplying the bubbly prize and also congratulations to all of the “real” award winners whose small business efforts were so rightly recognised.
