It wouldn’t be a proper event without any posters, and for that we took inspiration from the barbecue itself. A special thanks to Jess, Basille, Dom and photographer John, for helping to ‘cook up’ a real treat. All items featured in the posters were burnt for real, on a barbecue. If there is one thing that I have learnt – apart from the fact that burning things is super dangerous – iMac’s take a really, really long time to burn. Keyboards and mice on the other hand are super quick!

A challenge within the field of design is to simplify information so that it can be easily recognized, understood and remembered. However, we are not always responsible for the content. Some information can be useful, some can border on being patronising.

Here are a few images I have collected which baffle me as to the expectations of intellect of the general public. Admittedly these are often put in place to cover legal backlashes, but that aside they are rather amusing. This label on the back of a packet of peanuts for example, has to say ‘may contain nuts’ due to the chronic sensitivity of some nut allergy sufferers, the others however are just ridiculous.

The poster made its debut at the fantastic Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco last spring, but you can still buy it here.

So, The Partners is getting into the spirit. Overnight these posters have appeared around the studio in preparation for today’s big event. Very simply they read ‘Please God…’ at the bottom. Please God indeed…

Kick off at 3pm. See you all on the other side.

(Thanks to Sam G for the poster design. Nice work fella.)

This week Creative Review have launched their 2010 annual.

Showcasing the “finest creative work produced worldwide during 2009″ the annual is jam-packed full of the best examples of visual communication.

If you should happen to stumble upon page 86 of this fine publication then you’ll be sure to find a example of The Partners work there.

Our Five-A-Side poster to promote the football fundraising event for the children’s hospice Richard House Hospice has made it into this year’s annual.

Congratulations to the team!

The Partners has once again teamed up with Richard House Children’s Hospice, heading back into the City to flex their fundraising muscles with another fantastic event, the Richard House five-a-side football tournament.

Aimed at naturally competitive City workers the idea highlights the rivalry that exists in the office and encourages them to bring that to the pitch. In total 20 teams competed with Baker McKenzie becoming the champs in a stunning 3-0 win.

The Partners has designed a logo, posters and other promotional material for the five-a-side event.

So it wasn’t a surprise to us, that the day that we planned to hold our annual summer party, the weather would play it’s part and decide that we would have ‘torrential rain’ and be five degrees lower than the rest of the week, then clearing up for Saturday and Sunday.

We would not be beaten! Come rain or shine, we had worked long and hard (booked caterers, ordered the beer and had invited too many people) to cancel, so we pushed on regardless.

Luckly for us the rain went quickly and the sun rose in the sky – okay, it might have been made from foam board but it all gave us hope!

You can view some of the pictures from the night on our Facebook page.

And here is the ever-so-frighteningly accurate invite that we sent out back in spring:

For more: http://theessentialist.blogspot.com/2009/01/saks-fifth-avenue-spring-2009-campaign.html