Category Archives: Awards

We shoot, we score! Again!

OK, we admit it. We’re starting to feel just a soupcon of smugness about this little baby now. The 2008 NCHA Annual Report has already scooped a Fresh Award,  Communications in Business Award and a place in 2008′s Creative Review Annual. And now, to add to the list, it’s just taken Gold in this year’s [...]

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Our first DBA Award and it’s gold

I was at the DBA Awards last night with Michael and our client Simon Egan from BeWILDerwood. It as held at the Mermaid theatre and they promised us a Champagne reception and a mercilessly brief ceremony. And they delivered on both counts. The Champagne was genuinely flowing and there wasn’t any of the usual scramble [...]

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What a hoot!

Design Week’s very prestigious Benchmark Awards shortlist has just been announced and we’re on it! And the hopeful winner-to-be (drumroll please…) – our ‘Waste in School Education’ (WISE) identity for Nottingham City Council. Find out more about our WISE owl and his adventures by clicking here. And keep your fingers crossed on December the 1st [...]

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Nottingham Creative Business Awards 2009

Just recently I had the pleasure of judging the Nottingham Creative Business Awards, alongside fellow judge Lorna from Jupiter. In case you’re not familiar with the awards, the main aim is to celebrate and recognise the best of Nottinghamshire’s talent in all creative disciplines – from architecture, to fashion and textiles, to performing arts, and [...]

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DBA Design Effectiveness Award

We now have even more proof that if you spend your money with Purple Circle you get a better return on your investment. Creative and effective. Fur coat with the knickers. Our BeWILDerwood project has won a 2009 DBA Design Effectiveness Award. They are judged by the likes of Paul Sternlieb Marketing Director at Heinz, [...]

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BeWILDerwood video

If you want to see why BeWILDerwood won the accolade as the best children’s adventure park in the world, watch this video and you’ll see some of the magic. Look out for our graphical touches throughout! Share this:

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DMU Graphic Design Competition

Earlier in the year we set a project for the De Montfort University graphic design students to create a poster entitled ‘Inspire Me’. The purpose of the project was to pass down words of wisdom to first year students in the form of a creative poster. Jordan Rzymski scooped the £100 first prize, a placement [...]

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Purple Circle bangs the drum for East Midlands branding excellence

Purple Circle, the Nottingham-based branding and graphic design studio has won yet more awards for its branding excellence. At the recent Drum Marketing Award ceremony, the company scooped not one but two awards, including the much-coveted Grand Prix Award, the award given to the most outstanding campaign nominated. Share this:

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Partnering to build your Brand

You might think that working in the charity sector during a recession isn’t the recipe for award winning design. Purple Circle have worked with Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) for a number of years – reflecting their brand values in their annual reports. Over the past 5 years we’ve won 10 awards with their annual [...]

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We’ve won an ‘Oscar’

The lovely Tom and Simon from BeWILDerwood have just returned from Los Angeles with their very first THEA award for the children’s woodland adventure park in Hoveton, Norfolk. It’s the equivalent of an Oscar in their industry and is a worldwide competition. Share this:

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