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Creative Island II

Kevin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:51:08 +0000

Image taken from www.itsnicethat.com

Whilst on the subject of books (just in time for christmas you might say?), John Sorrell has compiled yet another coffee table book of the most “Inspired Design from Great Britain”, strangely enough entitled: Creative Island II. There are some quite amazing pieces inside including two from ourselves: The Grand Tour project for the National Gallery and everyone’s favourite sausage, Mr. Singh’s Bangras. There is also some insider insight into how these ideas came to fruition.

On sale on Amazon for £16.97. Bargain.

Really Good Book Explained

Helen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:25:58 +0000

This week Rockport Publishers sent us a copy of their Really Good Packaging Explained book which is the second in a series following up upon Really Good Logos, Explained. The book showcases the favoured designs of four of the world’s most eminent voices in packaging design. The Partners features in the book a staggering four times with Stanley Honey, Casa Loreto, 96 Degrees Coffee and Mr.Singh’s Bangras. It’s a lovely book to have in your collection, bursting at the seams with excellent examples of packaging design from last few years.

Stanley Honey

Casa Loreto

96 Degrees

Mr Singh's Bangras

Canned gold

Helen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:42:56 +0000

This week saw the welcome return of our Creative Partner Greg Quinton. Whilst we’ve all been sitting gazing longingly at the sun through the studio window, Greg has been sunning it up in Cannes at the Cannes Design Lion awards (although he’s adamant that the majority of the time was spent holed up in a board-room furrowing his brow over the judging). Greg’s welcome home was made even sweeter when he returned with not only a Gold Cannes Lion for Office Games but also a Bronze Gold Lion for Mr Singh’s Bangras.

TP packaging on TheDieline.com

Kevin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:39:58 +0000

The World famous packaging blog; The Dieline, has featured two of our lovely pieces of work up on their site: the world’s first branded sausage, Mr. Singh’s Bangras, and the slow cooked goodness that is the Klein Caporn range of pasta sauces:

Go check it out here.

You can find out more about Mr. Singh’s Bangras, from this blogpost from Miranda.

Singh for your Supper

Helen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:32:45 +0000

Michael Johnson wrote on his Thought of the Week “One of the ironies of life in design consultancy is that the projects that can take months, sometimes years and push the boundaries of brand identity can remain resolutely ignored by design juries.” I agree, and sometimes it’s hard to fathom how judges select the things they do.

Paul, Donna and I have spent a year and a half working on the strangest but most interesting project I can imagine. The brief: find an unforgettable way of packaging gourmet Indian sausages. The solution: the world’s first branded sausages. We think Mr Singh’s Bangras are great and it’s been disheartening to see something we believe in so much remain largely ignored for so long. So when it scooped a winners trophy at the Design Week Awards on Tuesday night, we were over the moon. Bring on the Bangras!

Mr Singhs Bangras

Sausage photography by Ben Monk, food styling by Sarah Stott.

The Tuesday triple

Kevin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:45:11 +0000

Now that the dust is settling (and the energy drinks are kicking in finally) after last nights celebrations, we are delighted to announce that Design Week awarded The Partners with a triple win at their annual awards ceremony last night, hosted at The London Hilton on Park Lane.

The Office Games poster produced for Richard House Children’s Hospice to advertise their new fund-raising event in the City, won in the Poster category. The innovative edible-henna-tattooed Indian sausages; Mr.Singh’s Bangras, won in the Branded Packaging category. The utterly charming website for, small London cleaning company, www.eagleclean.co.uk also ‘cleaned up’ with a win in the Digital Design – Commercial category. Along with the three wins, The Collaborative Art Catalogue for the Jerwood Foundation received a commendation in the Print Design category; the Deloitte News Wall was shortlisted in the Digital Design – Information category and both The Connaught and Wolf Theiss also made the shortlist for the Identity Programmes category.

A busy night all round. We’d also like to issue a big congratulations to our client The National Gallery who were inaugurated into the Design Week Hall of Fame. Congratulations!

Design Week Awards – Newsflash!

Kevin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:15:18 +0000

Newsflash straight from the floor of this years Design Week Awards – we’ve just heard that we’ve bagged three prizes: Office Games won Best Poster, Mr Singh’s Bangras won Best Branded Packaging and Best website for Eagleclean. No doubt there will be loads more information tomorrow, so keep your eyes peeled! In the mean time, congratulations to everyone there!

Design Week Benchmarks

Kevin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:50:44 +0000

Last week saw the annual Design Week Benchmark awards take place at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.

As well as sore heads the next morning we also managed to come away with a category win, 3 commendations and a category shortlisting. All in all, a very successful night for us and our clients. The results were as follows:

The Connaught – Winner (Leisure)
Bangras – Commended (Food)
Thrislington Cubicles – Commended (Manufacturing)
Office Games – Commended (Not for Profit)
Wolff Theiss – Shortlisted (Professional Services)