16 December 2015
As seems to be a developing tradition, the Designworld ‘Christmas party’ this year found us sipping cider on the waterfront in Bristol before listening to some loud music at the Academy.
Who needs mince pies and crackers!
2 November 2015
What happens when you need to create a piece of multilingual communication to be used overseas in a number of languages including Mandarin? A well known London based environmental organisation had just that challenge and chose Designworld to help them produce a large handbook on new European rules and regulations.
Creating technical material in a number of languages provided a unique set of challenges but we’re happy to say that our balance of experience and understanding ensured we were able to deliver the handbooks with a consistent brand and clear message.
31 October 2015
We were recently asked to help an international TV production company when they urgently needed some printing done. They needed a variety of large prints produced so that they could be filmed to appear in a segment on one of their sporting programmes. Happy to be reminded of some great performances from the Rugby World Cup, we were able to work with the files supplied and run out some great prints in the nick of time!
Following the merger of Torfaen Women’s Aid and Women’s Aid in Monmouthshire in July 2015, the organisation has been renamed as Cyfannol Women’s Aid. We are pleased to have been appointed to update the logo design for the new organisation.
Cyfannol means ‘holistic and integrated’ which describes the new organisation’s approach to managing their services and is reflected in the new logo design.
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Citizens Advice have a new corporate identity so it was interesting to produce some new printed items for Citizens Advice Torfaen using the new style.
Citizens Advice is a household name, respected and trusted. They help millions of people every year, but there are others they don’t reach and so they are refreshing their brand to bring it in line with their modern service. The brand is to help ensure that everyone knows who they are and how they can help – now, and in the future.
We think the new style looks great on these first items and we look forward to developing it onto various items – including a new pop-up exhibition stand – very soon.
“Ceri, I just received these, they look fab. You are a star!” Citizens Advice Torfaen
We were delighted to have been trusted to design and produce all of the branding and communication materials for the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists’ Annual Congress event. Held at the impressive Telford International Centre, the event was a great success and we were thrilled with the feedback we received from our client:
“I’m not sure what to say Ceri and Lou to thank you for your contribution to Congress this year… it is true that without you, we would not have managed to get the show on the road as smoothly, smartly and as on time as it was. You were just brilliant!!!”
In addition to the branding, Designworld designed and print managed the delegate packs and supporting material and also the stage banners and dressing and supporting roll-up banner stands.
Published prior to the General Election last week, we designed this report and a lot of infographics for Electoral Reform Society Cymru. Available in both English and Welsh languages, the original document contained a large number of tables which we developed from the raw data into modern, striking and easy to interpret infographics. As well as requiring the gravitas appropriate to a report which is aimed at policy makers, our designs needed to be attractive to a younger audience as they were also widely disseminated on social media before the election.
“Diolch yn fawr am eich gwaith! Thanks for all your work! :)” tweeted our client.
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Always interested in what’s happening on our doorstep, Designworld popped along to the old Cardiff Tramshed this weekend to take a look at the the plans which propose to transform this iconic building into a new creative hub for the city.
Originally built between 1900 and 1902 to store trams, the proposed venue will be able to host a wide range of events including live music, comedy, theatre, dance productions and exhibitions.
We loved being able to take a look inside the building which we’ve walked passed for many years on our way into the studio. Hopefully the proposed regeneration means we can enjoy it for many more years to come.
This week saw the launch of a new book called Post-War to Post-Modern: A Dictionary of Artists in Wales at National Museum Wales, Cardiff. Working on the design and typesetting of this book has been a rewarding experience and we were delighted to have been invited along to the launch and thrilled to see the final printed publication greeted with such enthusiasm and excitement. The book is available in both English and Welsh language versions and we are proud to have worked on both.
“I’m so glad you and Ceri made the time to be at the launch – thank you, again, and for the marvellous work you both did to make the books look so good. It’s the appearance everyone comments on!”
Today, it was with great delight that we received the first published copies of the book Post-War to Post-Modern: A Dictionary of Artists in Wales. This has been the long-term project of joint Editors Peter Jones and Isabel Hitchman to produce the first illustrated book with profiles of visual and applied artists/makersin Wales over the last sixty years.
Designworld were brought on board in mid-2014 to design the overall style, page layouts and cover and produce the final artwork. It has been a mammoth – but thoroughly enjoyable – job to typeset English and Welsh language versions of the Dictionary with over 800 pages in each.
The Dictionary is a major academic reference work with profiles of nearly 1400 visual and applied artists working in traditional and new media in Wales over the last sixty years. The hard-back book has over 300 full colour illustrations and a scholarly introductory essay by artist and art historian Dr Ivor Davies.
Beautifully printed, bound and published in Wales by Gomer Press of Llandysul this really is a handsome edition and is something that we are very proud to be associated with. We’re now looking forward to attending the official book launch on March 26th at National Museum Wales, Cardiff.
“Many thanks again for your colossal work to make the Dictionary look so good”
The Dictionary can be purchased online direct from Gomer
