12/10  |
...but I did not shoot the sans serif What would Christmas be without a game or two? Well, this year, we've created a fun game which combines lightning fast reflexes with typography – intrigued? Even more exciting, we've just had our iPhone version approved by Apple, so get over to iTunes and download the free app! – compete with others around the world and don't forget to give it a nice review. Don't worry non-iPhone owners, you can Shoot the Serif too! |
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Train to gain We have just designed and produced the CIPR 2011 Training brochure and Excellence Awards Call for Entries. This comprehensive training brochure is one of the company's most important pieces of print collateral, with the Excellence Awards considered to be the most credible in the industry. Building on this, we're looking forward to supplying an accompanying family of printed comms reflecting this level of excellence. |
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School’s in The new King Edward's School website has just launched, having worked closely with the school to design a good looking site and bespoke CMS system that gives the client full control in updating the content. The site boasts a unique interactive map showing an aerial view of the school along with bespoke videos of key areas. Although it's the first time we've created a school website, they (and we!) are very happy with the result. |
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2011 already!? It's that time of year again and our latest TTP calendar is being mailed out to you as we speak – don't forget to try our calendar competition! Also, our office will close at the end of 23rd December, and reopen on 4th January. If you have requirements during this time, please let us know in advance and we'll arrange cover. During the holiday, if you need to contact us urgently, please call our MD, Simon Hutton on 07831 539 478. |
11/10 |
A thousand words The final graphic at Newsprinters' Broxbourne site only went up last Friday evening at 9pm and we've already received evidence of the enthusiasm we wanted the project to receive. It has taken time to bring the inherent humour and personality of the people who work at Broxbourne to this enormous 'canvas'. To see the staff embrace their new working environment is everything we could have asked for. Read more... |
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One for the road InterResolve, the UK's only specialist injury claims mediator, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, have teamed up to provide a completely new product to market – MotorResolve. We have just created the new brand identity for implementation in a variety of promotional materials including brochures, folders and a website – using graphics and straplines that link messaging to 'the road'. Read all about it on 'Concise PR' |
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Show and tell Following on from our branding work, seanhanna salons asked us to look at developing a new look for their 2011 advertising campaign. We came up with a new typographic device 'show & tell' and a styling for the materials that still allowed the imagery to be king. After reviewing their entry submission for the 'London Hairdresser of the Year' awards 2010, which they have just won, we found our kings and queens! Read more here... |
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Where New York leads Ben Jackson, our resident technology guru, recently visited New York – apart from the usual holiday snaps of tall buildings and big apples, he got quite excited about the tech innovations currently going on there. If it's really true that where New York leads, London follows – then it's probably worth taking note of what might be to come. From QR codes to motion control (via Foursquare) – all will become clear in our latest blog. |
10/10 |
The Colour of Moneycorp We've just completed our second annual report & accounts for the Moneycorp Group. Our 07/08 designs were used to introduce the Groups' new branding, also by to the point. This year we've updated the design with a more impactful cover and ensured the company's vision and key financials are still easy to navigate, using the brand elements and divisional colours to deliver the messaging effectively. |
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The Broxbourne Supremacy We've had final sign-off from Newsprinters on our biggest interior graphics project yet, so we're now in the midst of photographic shoots, artworking, site surveys and material selections in order to get 50+ graphics into production and complete for installation next month at Broxbourne, the largest UK print factory. Read more about the concept and project in our blog: 'Where the interiors come to life...' |
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Bank Side Story We were approached by Better Bankside to create a new brand and website for 'Visit Bankside'. Our focus was to build on the existing 'Bankside' typographic style and the wealth of iconic destinations within the area to help increase the number of visitors. Working in partnership with Mediamixer New Media (who will be developing the CMS), we're now establishing both the brand and website design. Read more. |
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Beyond the Velodrome What do designers do in their spare time? Well, Carl has spent his creating the brand for the Save the Herne Hill Velodrome Campaign. Everything from logo to website, track banners to T-shirts, and it’s started to pay off. The campaign has had over £70,000 in pledged donations and has over 4,600 global Facebook followers. Stephen Fry has even tweeted about it too – that’s what we call time well spent! Read all about it. |
09/10
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Bearing fruit Brand consultant Carl Ison, formerly creative director at Fishburn Hedges, has joined us to enhance our brand solutions offer. Having worked on some of our recent pitch wins, his big-brand experience has already borne fruit. Carl says: "I'm pooling my knowledge and experience at an exciting time at ttp, helping to evolve client brands and develop communication of core messages, both vital for business success in challenging times." |
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Missen you already We've also just appointed a new Account Director, Michael Missen. His creative CV from corporate to retail sectors includes MoMA New York, Smithsonian Institute Washington DC, Seven Continents Toronto and Liberty London. He combines both a wealth of business savvy and a passion for design and interactive communication. He describes himself as 'maverick by style and nature' - so we think he'll fit right in! |
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Site and sound Young musician Sam Hutton’s musical career is on the rise and so he asked us to build a new website to showcase his work. We went one step further and created a new brand to give all his output – from cover artwork to merchandising – a professional, unified look. His new site is packed with videos, lyrics, gig listings and more and implementation includes his social media sites as well. |
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Forecasts and projections Sorry to be the ones to break it to you, but winter's coming and the nights are drawing in. But don't give in to hibernation just yet - fancy bringing your brand to life on a huge scale? Check out how we can use our digital animation expertise to partner with Projection Advertising, creating exciting campaigns that will have your target audience double taking. For more comment, read our latest blog: "Dragging politics into cool". |
08/10 |
Bad news for the ladies Sorry girls, but Glenn, our resident Canadian heartbreaker (and Project Manager) finally tied the knot with his new wife Claire this weekend. Design is very much a priority for the new couple as his new wife is a Designer/artworker - so we're expecting the patter of tiny Pantone swatches some time soon. For interesting design themed baby name suggestions please feel free to |
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Reporting on Acas TTP were appointed after a credentials pitch to create a new look for the 2009/2010 Acas Report and Accounts. Using bold typography and an engaging iconic graphic style, already well received on other ttp designed marketing materials for Acas, the large (92 page) document is clear and easy to navigate. Its main distribution will be through the Acas website as an accessible PDF, conforming to the latest regulations. More here and for info on our work with accessible PDF's, read our latest blog post. |
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Auf wiedersehen pet A couple of months ago we launched the newly designed website for Aggmore, we're proud to say that we've now gone multi-lingual and have just completed the German version. With clients enjoying more of an international reach, translation across media is key and recent work has included translating and typesetting in Chinese. Give us a call if you'd like to discuss how we could help you to talk your client’s language. |
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Sustaining the economy We've just completed another brochure in a series of high-level positioning statements for the EPSRC. Based on the theme for the need of a more sustainable economy, it aims to highlight the challenges businesses face to be productive yet aware of their environmental and social impact. The materials also emphasise the role that EPSRC research and funding can play in addressing these issues. |
07/10 |
Institution or institutionalised? Every year we create an interesting and unusual branded calendar to send out to our clients. But in these environmentally conscious times we'd like to find out if it's still appropriate. Although 2011 still feels miles away, we're already thinking about our next one – so we'd really appreciate your opinions. Do you receive and use our calendar? Have any suggestions as to how could we improve on it? Let us know what you think. |
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CPD gives you wings When you think of a butterfly you probably think of colour and beauty but for us it symbolises a final stage of development – which is why it features on the CIPR Professional Qualifications Brochure. Having developed the marque for the CIPR's Continuous Professional Development (CPD) we are active in ensuring all members are aware of the benefits and strive to achieve the status of Chartered Practitioner. |
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A lesson for us all Hot off the press is News International's compact Learning & Development directory, a handy guide that introduces and details all the courses on offer to NI employees through their extensive L&D programme. The design is in keeping with other materials produced by us for the group with colour coding and tabs ensuring the finished article is user-friendly and inviting. We also created a digital launch page which links to the online version. |
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Bringing things into Fokus We've just completed the identity for a new Dubai based private equity company 'Fokus Capital'. Costs were a key consideration so marketing materials required in-house use of PowerPoint. We have developed a set of clean, practical branded templates that enable the team to produce consistent, branded communications in print and screen. Remember, whether using Powerpoint or a professional DTP package, content is king. |
06/10
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Going up Every year, Design Week compile their 'Top 100' – a league table of UK design agencies – and, ever the optimists, we went for it based on solid client relationships and our ability to deliver tangible benefits through great design. We're pleased to announce that we've moved up the chart five places since last year, particularly impressive against the backdrop of an economic downturn. We're here for the duration! |
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A site to behold Building on our knowledge and work in the private equity sector, we have just been appointed by Montagu to design their new website. Our success followed a 4-way tender and we will be joining forces with web developers and recurrent partners Skyron to offer a more cutting edge and results driven response to the brief. We hope to develop our relationship with Montagu and look forward to a prosperous partnership. |
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Adding more We have just completed our first project for Aggmore in the form of a new identity and website. They bring a unique approach to property fund management and wanted their site to reflect this. The site design had to be clean and distinct, making them stand out from their competitors and translating across the borders of their business, into Eastern Europe and beyond. The site launched this week and you can see it here. |
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What's the point? You can probably tell there's a theme of benefit driven design in our June newsletter. We've been delivering this for our clients over the last 20 years but now it's even more important to measure the success of this work. We've brought together eight case studies showing how we've brought real benefits to our clients through design. Make sure your communications have a point! |
05/10 |
Nikki's run Nikki Gay, our senior designer, completed her first Virgin London Marathon... and she even made it into work on the Monday! Find out how she got on and what she thought of the experience at: http://www.justgiving.com/Nikki-Gay |
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At your disposal Following an initial competitive proposal, new company 'Waste-a-Base' appointed us to create a logo, brief guidelines and stationery for their launch. The company's aim is to introduce land development waste producers, with suitable receivers, therefore reducing the amount of material entering landfill sites. This database will be an online resource, and Waste-a-Base will be working with TTP on upcoming collateral. Read more. |
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Sean Hanna After rebranding the award winning hair salon chain seanhanna, Sean returned to us with a brief to elevate the identity across stationery, marketing materials and advertising. To mark the launch of a new salon, his collaboration with TIGI haircare and the redesign of the salon interiors, we've created a more elegant brand that adds strength and individuality across the chain. Read the press release here. |
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The circle of life Last month we launched our 'Sketch' competition and we're pleased to say we had lots of great entries, however we've picked a winner which impressed us on several counts: 1. it looks great, 2. it depicts the eternal struggle fought every day in nature and 3. it was drawn by Annabel - age 2! Well done Annabel, your champagne is in the fridge – you can pick it up in 16 years (sorry!) See all the entries here (winning sketch at the end). |
4/10 |
Go Gay! Nikki Gay, our senior designer, is preparing for her first London Marathon on 25 April. She is running for a very good and personal cause – Hughes Syndrome Foundation. After suffering from clots on the lungs she was diagnosed with the blood disorder, Hughes Syndrome. Any supportive emails are welcome to egg her on or donations via her Just Giving page at: www.justgiving.com/Nikki-Gay |
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Prestige for L&G Property Legal & General Property have just launched a £1bn UK Property Income Fund and we are delighted to have designed and produced the brochure which will be sent out to all eager investors. It needed to convey the unique and exclusive opportunity the fund offered so we have used a mix of gloss and uncoated stocks to add a high quality element and successfully combined black and white fund imagery with conceptual photography. |
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Well, well, well Helping News International build on their internal communications, we’ve just completed a succinct little brochure for their Health & Wellbeing department that helps communicate key messages and services to their staff. The brochure raises awareness of the company’s health and wellbeing facilities while encouraging employees to take pride in their physical wellbeing and maintain a healthy work-life balance. |
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Sketchers We hope you're still enjoying your 2010 Calendar and the free pencil too. For those who've used it up already (or never actually got round to sharpening it) we've created a fun little online sketch app for you to practice with - check it out here. Feel free to get creative and email us the results - we'll be posting our favourites online and there'll be a prize next month for the best one. And if you need another calendar, just let us know! |
03/10 |
The reign of Hale Please welcome our newest member of the TTP team, Karen McHale. She will be providing essential support to the account managers, managing director and creative team. She is a qualified graphic designer who has over five years' experience working as an office administrator within national and multi-national companies in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia – so we're pretty sure we're in safe hands. |
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Twin win After some busy pitching in February, March has seen the win of two websites for us – a new site for Aggmore (a real estate fund management company) and a website for The King Edward's School (this will be our first school site). Although the sites couldn't be more different from each other, the brief for each has been to create a completely new design and develop each site from the ground up. (NB. above links are to current sites). |
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Triple impact We've completed three new projects for EPSRC this month: their 2010 Strategic Plan, detailing how they will get the best outcome from investments in research; a major event, www.impactexhibition.org.uk, using social media to promote this RCA exhibition of scientists collaborating with designers; and the 'People Who Make an Impact' brochure, showcasing scientists' work and its impact on society. |
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A PDF less ordinary We all love PDF's – they're ideal for putting printed material online so people can download and print them. If you're expecting people to read a PDF on screen, however, it should be created with just that in mind, including making web links interactive and ensuring it's accessible to those with visual disabilities (just like we do on the web). Drop us a line if you want to find out more. |
02/10 |
Happy 20th Birthday! Probably the most widely used design tool in the industry: Adobe Photoshop turned 20 this month. Released in February 1990, it has been 'tweaking reality' in our photo's and images ever since. Today a report from the Home Office on the 'sexualisation of children' recommends (among many other things) that symbols be used to show when a photograph has been digitally altered – perhaps they should just use a '© Adobe' icon? |
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Special FX Having focused on Moneycorp’s top tier literature including the Annual Report and Accounts last year, we are starting to apply the new brand across their collateral and have just completed design of the CFX (Commercial Foreign Exchange) brochure for personal (as opposed to corporate) clients, the first of a family of brochures highlighting the company's various divisions and services. |
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EDF Energy - "Going the right way" We are leading a signage project on two EDF Energy sites, completely replacing all branded and wayfinding signs with sleek totem styles, as well as implementing new signage brand guidelines brought in at the start of 2010. Along with mapping optimum routes around the large station sites, we have also consolidated safety signage and incident assembly points, and created new building signs to keep messages clear for site users. |
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Congratulations! The winner of our 2010 calendar competition was Helen Davis – hope you enjoyed the champagne! Amazingly, from all the entries, she was the only one to get all 12 months right. The one that caught everyone out was February 14th - which wasn't 'Valentines Day' as most people guessed, it was actually 'Chinese New Year' (they're supposed to be chopsticks!) For the curious, all the correct answers can be viewed here. |
01/10 |
too tough? We hope you all received your 'to the point 2010 calendar' and have it sitting in pride of place on your desk (didn't get one?). We mentioned last time that we've also got a special online calendar competition – and it's closing deadline is today. However, although many of you have entered, so far, no one's got all the months right! Did we make it a little too tough? Yeah probably, so we're giving you all a second chance.... see below. |
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east is east After sending out our own calendars in December, we were approached by East Homes, part of the East Thames Group, to produce a calendar with a similar concept that they could hand out at the London Affordable Homes Show. Keeping with imagery that represented a date or event for each month, we came up with ideas that linked to their organisation and the home environment. Read more about it here. |
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golden brown We've been busy producing literature, display material, ads and websites for the EPSRC over the last year to help raise their profile and showcase the impact of their work. Much of this can now be seen at key events and recently at the London launch of the first of three new EPSRC manu- facturing research centres. The event was attended by the Prime Minister, Lord Mandelson and EPSRC Chief Executive Professor David Delpy. |
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easy as pi (now a piece of cake) Ok, we admit it, our calendar competition was a bit tricky, so we've decided to push back the deadline an extra week – we've also given you an easy clue for each month. In the competition form, replace the clues with the actual event (those who have already entered get a second try). Best of luck! |
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there's an app for that A final note for any of you iPhone users - you can now get our free app (via iTunes). This will keep you up to date with our latest comments/twitter posts and blogs. Give us a call if you'd like to create similar apps, video or web content for mobiles and smart-phones. |
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