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TP packaging on TheDieline.com
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 … Continue reading
plinky-plonky music
So you might have heard of and seen one of these Yamaha TENORI-ON machines (in fact Nathan blogged about Little Boot’s rendition of Hot Chip’s Ready for the floor a while back now) the new instrument that mixes musical beats … Continue reading
Posted in Interactive, Music, Technology, User Experience
Tagged 2009, Art, Blog, Creative, Design, Flash, Global, Interactive, Music, play, ted
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Twitterholic
I have to say that there’s a lot of stuff written in the press about Twitter: the micro-blogging service that is a bit like Facebook status on steroids without the nonsense of having to admire baby or pet photos — … Continue reading
An experiment in collaboration
Last summer we had the delightful opportunity to join forces with London arts and culture charity, Jerwood Foundation, to produce an innovative catalogue to accompany an exhibition running at the London based venue, Jerwood Space. The event, ‘An Experiment in … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Exhibition
Tagged 2008, Art, Blog, Catalogue, Charity, Collaboration, Culture, Design, exhibitions, Free, Jerwood, London, play, ted, Tools
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hello
To the lovely person at Ogilvy that’s spamming our blog. Why not introduce yourself? The Ogilvy Group, Inc. OGILVY-WW-CBLK (NET-199-229-0-0-1) 199.229.0.0 – 199.229.219.255 Ogilvy & Mather(UK) NET-OGILVY3 (NET-199-229-190-0-1) 199.229.190.0 – 199.229.190.255
New Generation or Next Generation?
Scour across the interweb and you’ll read lots of comments on blogs about the new design for massive super-global brand Pepsi: people love it, people hate it, but what ever you think, they’ve probably spent long and hard coming up … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Brand Identity, Branding, Brands, Logos
Tagged Blog, brand, Branding, Comment, Design, Global, People, Pepsi
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Davidoff Black & White
We haven’t shown much of our work (in fact, we haven’t shown any at all yet) on this here blog, so I thought it was time to buck the trend a little bit. The plan is to try and showcase … Continue reading
Want it!
Fashion is all about timing. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE just launched this years ‘WANT IT!’ campaign with graphics created by Shepard Fairey (creator of The Obama Poster) on the day of Obama’s inauguration. We also know how long it takes to … Continue reading
so while we’re talking about music…
I came across the Tenori-On via Ian at Crackunit. What is a Tenori-On you say? ‘Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON. A 16×16 matrix of LED … Continue reading
Selling out?
With Ben & Jerry’s under Unilever and Howies under Timberland perhaps it was only a matter of time before we saw reports of Innocent (the bastion of independent spirit) merging with corporate brand giants. This week Marketing magazine reports on … Continue reading →