Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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.


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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.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

recent logo trends

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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.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

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?

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Bonus mailer pictures

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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.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Blog is back up and running

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

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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

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