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A star role
It’s an interesting part of being a designer spotting where your logos pop up. The poster for Morgan “Super Size Me” Spurlock’s new film The Greatest Movie Ever Sold has to be a more unusual one, with our very own brand … Continue reading
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Hola? Can you hear us Colombia?
This week we were happy to play host to a couple of student groups in the NY studio. The first group were from Bucks University in the UK. They were on a field trip to the city, visiting a pretty … Continue reading
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Farewell Morton Street
This week we said farewell to our studio on Morton Street and TPNY are now happily working away in a bright and lovely space on 11th Street at University Place. Our friends Johannes Leonardo moved along with us, and our … Continue reading
Waiting for inspiration: ideas on getting creative
Last week’s Newsweek had a really great section on creativity, starting with a nice definition of creativity itself: ‘the production of something original and useful’. The main article ‘The Creativity Crisis’ focuses on the decline of creativity in America due … Continue reading
Dia:Beacon
At the weekend I made a trip to upstate New York and visited the Dia contemporary art museum in Beacon. It’s an easy 90 minute train ride from Grand Central, with some pretty stunning views of the Hudson along the … Continue reading
Just our type
Today we paid a visit to the lovely people at Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for some help setting some type for an exciting new job. It was great to get away from a computer screen for a … Continue reading
First Impressions…
We know “the first impression” is the most important. We know about the power of branding and the importance of the brand message. So when an upscale pizza house decided to open a restaurant in the West Village (which is now … Continue reading
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Tagged brand, Branding, First Impression, Google, maps, New York, Retail, Signage
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A studio with a view
We’ve seem our fair share of dramas unfold from our view on Morton Street in the last year, including two plane crashes (the most recent with a less happy ending than the first, unfortunately), a faked Airforce One fly-by and … Continue reading
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Tagged Application, Flash, Hudson River, Morton Street, New York, TPNY
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A bastion of Albion in Manhattan
Today we decided to initiate our newest TP New York employee, James, into the ways of the great British snack, so had a team trip out to the fantastic Myers of Keswick on Hudson Street. In their own words they … Continue reading
