Tuesday, 31 January 2012 00:00

Very exciting. After picking up the Marketing Design Award 2011 in the financial and insurance category with the LV= Little Book of Protection as a standalone piece, the full project has now been shortlisted for the Money Marketing Business Campaign of the Year 2012.

The winner will be announced on the 22nd of March.

Wednesday, 09 November 2011 16:45

We love our client F.Hinds. Which is just as well, because we spend the best part of a year with them producing their Christmas brochure.

In fact, no sooner has the dust (or snow) settled on the previous festive season then we’re up and running with the next: reviewing Christmas sales figures, helping with product selection then, over the coming months, busy designing, paginating, shooting and printing 170,000 copies of the 48 page A4 brochure - all ready to hit the stores by November.

Not forgetting the small matter of 2 million A5 brochures to be inserted into national press.

Plus there’s also point of sale to complement the new brochure’s look for F.Hinds’ 100 plus stores.

This year’s brochure draws on F.Hinds' rich heritage as a family run business with expertise and advice from F.Hinds buyers and store staff to convey their wealth of knowledge and to give a personal feel to buying your Christmas gifts.  For the first time this year, the brochure had a ‘double cover’ to clearly define the two distinct section, jewellery and watches.

Anyone for a Christmas carol and a mince pie?

Wednesday, 21 September 2011 11:03

Cruises are now more popular with UK holidaymakers than ever and Fred. Olsen is one of the leading operators in the sector. mark-making* has been working with Fred. Olsen for over five years, producing an ‘A-Z guide to cruising’ for their passengers.

With cruises taking in a huge number of destinations, from the Caribbean to the Canaries, the Mediterranean to the Norwegian Fjords, plus remarkable journeys around the world, there’s loads of vital information to convey.

The simple, easy to understand guide explains all aspects of life on board and is updated twice a year.

Sunday, 11 September 2011 00:00

Lafarge is an international supplier of building materials operating in 78 countries worldwide. So as you can imagine, the company creates plenty of news!

We produce a 16pp quarterly newsletter distributed to the 1300 employees working in Lafarge’s UK cement plant. Although the newsletter largely works to a templated layout, every issue has a unique centre spread that forms the main article each time.