Beautiful object from GF Smith

We recently received this great piece of print from GF Smith to

show off their Colourplan range which glow currently use for

some of our stationery. Stunning in its simplicity and finish,

we have come to expect nothing less from the paper merchants

as they have worked with many design agencies on their

promotional material over the years.

If you like what you see there is a exhibition celebrating 111

years of Graphic Design from GF Smith currently touring Art

schools around the country. The exhibition features

Promotional work from the 60's up to the present day and

features work by Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Bill

McKay and SEA Design.

recent logo trends

There seems to be a growing trend for logo design which

implements varied textures and gradients creating a deeper

richer logotype. This almost breaks into a realm of CGI with the

current SKY logo looking as though it is made of glass reflecting

and changing colour at will. Whether things continue to move in

this direction or revert to more minimalist tendencies you simply

have to admire the craftsmanship involved.

Uefa EURO 2012 Branding

I have to say I am quite perplexed by the new branding for the EURO 2012

tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Brandia Central have created a colourful

and fun brand inspired by 19th century wycinanki, an art of paper cutting

popular in both Poland and Ukraine. Areas of this work really well, I love

the stadiums illustrated as flowers as an idea. The only question I will raise

is, beautiful and bright as the brand is, does it suit the world of football?

The end of a great realtionship

On hearing that Fallon have lost the Sony account I thought we

should take some time to appreciate those iconic adverts they

made for the BRAVIA range of televisions. This was "balls" the

first from the series as I'm sure most of you will remember.

What a beautiful use of colour. Enjoy.

Bonus mailer pictures

This post has been long overdue. I had an overflow of nice

imagery taken for a recent Glow mailer and thought it would be a

shame for them to go unseen. The mailer was to encourage

businesses to communicate and I was thinking about how I could

have some fun visually and ended up getting creative with my

scalpel and some card. Take a look and see what you think.

Blog is back up and running

Hurrah, the glow blog is now back up on it's feet!

Virgin still red hot for me

Have you seen the new Virgin Atlantic advert? It is full of everything I have come to expect from Virgin, one of my ‘I love’ brands for many years. The advert, a £6m campaign celebrating Virgin’s 25th anniversary, takes us back to the company’s inaugural flight to New York in 1984, a time of yuppies, the Rubik’s Cube, brick-sized mobile phones and the miners’ strike. A sexy Virgin cabin crew enter to the sound of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood classic ‘Relax’ with the message ‘still red hot’. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZghtOR-Drc

Richard Branson describes the Virgin brand as one of the premier ‘way of life’ brands in the world. He says: “Whether you’re in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, India, Europe, Russia, South America or China, the Virgin brand means something. The Virgin brand is about enjoying life to the full. By offering customers excellent value for money in so many areas of their lives, we aim to make them happier.” http://entrepreneur.virgin.com/

It’s an ethos we share at glow.

Lisa Lavis, Managing Director, glow