After hours and hours of studious beavering we are proud to unveil the new BeWILDerwood website that launched today.
There’s still some polishing to do, which will all be done over the next few days and weeks, but there is loads of new functionality, information and images to hop, skip and jump through.
So, why not go straight over to the site now and have a play in our wonderful new look world, and let us know what you think.
‘IBML the Movie’. A diverse collection of product photography, video, music and script – all combining to create a ‘Must See’ for potential brand licensees the world over.
Those clever chaps at Purple Circle have shown that reduced budgets need not be a barrier to creativity and effectiveness. At a rather splendid shin-dig in Manchester last night a prestigious Roses design award was presented for their spiffing annual report for Nottingham Community Housing Association.
The Roses promote excellence in design and once again we’ve been able to communicate NCHA’s message in a compelling manner to those who count as well as helping push it to a wider audience.
‘Prudence and thrift’ is a a pocket-sized, ration-book-style format taking it’s influence from WW2 Britain. It’s the latest in a long line of awards we’ve won with NCHA since we started working with them in 2000.
If you’ve ever worked with Purple Circle, you’ll know that we put return-on-investment at the heart of everything we do. It has to be pretty – but more importantly, pretty effective; or it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on.
And it looks like the major bid we copy-edited, designed and produced for Trent Bridge was worth every penny and more; as the England Cricket Board have just announced that Trent Bridge has secured The Ashes Tests for 2013 and 2016.
As well as investing millions in its facilities over recent years, the ground has a firm strategy for future development and growth – both as a club and a force in the local community. Indeed, that strategy – and the major matches it needs to attract as a result – is central to its future. Our job was to capture the essence of this vision in a beautifully presented bid document that showed – both in look, feel and tonality – that Trent Bridge means business.
We’re absolutely delighted to have played our part in today’s brilliant news and huge congratulations go to everyone at Trent Bridge. Some serious success for some seriously hard work… And this is just the beginning…
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I say! Purple Circle has been nominated for a prestigious Roses Design Award in the Corporate Literature category for our retro-styled 2010 NCHA annual report. A spiffing piece of news featured in the latest issue of The Drum, which you see here.
And that’s not all folks…
This piece is the only nomination in the Annual Reports category of the Cream Awards, which takes place a month after The Roses in November.
The theme of ‘Prudence and thrift’, realised in a pocket-sized, ration-book-style format, was a tactile and interesting yet cost-effective way for the Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) to show how they’d made their funding go further during straightened times. Hopefully they’ll get a couple of awards into the bargain too.
It actually means ‘small house’ in Hungarian, as well as being a rather magnificent furniture restoration business based in London. Sourcing unique, mid-century seating and other pieces from far and wide – in particular Eastern Europe – Kicsi Haz’s master craftsmen breathe passion, personality and new life into the homewares of yesteryear.
Our job was to do the same with their branding.
Starting with a characterful new logo, we created a consistent, quirky brand identity across business cards, letterheads, mailers and a brand new website. Why not have a little peek here (go on – it’s Friday afternoon after all).
We’re pretty chuffed with these cute little business cards too – white-foil embossed onto 540gsm Colorplan and die-cut to be ever so slightly smaller than your average business card. Quite literally, a kicsi haz!
If you’ve been wondering what Vickie has been getting up to since she flew the Purple Circle nest… she’s become a client! After leaving us at the end of last year, Vickie has been travelling to and from Northampton – and Africa – as Marketing Manager for Riders for Health: a charity which makes the effective delivery of healthcare workable and cost-effective for African Ministries of Health, no matter how remote the destinations they need to reach. Here she is on her latest trip to Nigeria, where she was delivering marketing training to colleagues who work out there.
We’re currently working together on an awareness-raising brochure, so watch this space!
The first piece of production in a rebrand project is always exciting – especially when it’s a whole suite of shiny new signs in a smart new office complex.
Clive Ranger is a chain of specialist diamond jewellers based in Cardiff. And when you’re dealing in one of the world’s most luxurious commodities, you need to look as polished as the products themselves. Read more …
The Driving Standards Agency staff magazine is one of our most looked-forward-to projects every two months; and this edition was no exception. Every issue, we base our choice of illustration style on the cover story or overall theme. Read more …
