26 Dec 2019
putting our stamp on the Royal Mail Year Book.
Once again, we were delighted to have contributed to Royal Mail’s flagship philatelic products this year.
publishing
4 Feb 2019
Empress — from a few words to a visual language.
Our work on Empress Litho with Supple Studio shows the creative symbiosis of copywriter and designer flowing in a less than usual direction.
31 May 2016
fairytale ending at the 2016 D&AD Awards.
Delighted to report that ‘Grimm Bros Inc’, our Business Fairy Tales, picked up a Wood Pencil (in book) at the D&AD Awards earlier this month.
3 Jul 2015
‘The Three Little Capitalist Pigs’.
This is the second book in our best-selling ‘classic fairy tales that mean business’ series, illustrated with some aplomb by Andy Goodman at Five-Bar Gate.
13 Jan 2015
new work – Royal Mail Year Book and Year Pack.
Before 2014 is but a dim and distant memory, here’s a sampler of Royal Mail’s Year Book and Year Pack, both published in November, for which we provided a variety of words.
16 Oct 2014
new work – ‘Guy’s Tower: 40 years on’ book.
A book to celebrate and explain the astonishing four-year refurbishment programme of Guy’s Tower, just next door to The Shard in London Bridge.
6 Jan 2014
from idioms to idiots 2014 calendar.
It all started with a slightly skewed phrase that popped into my head one day for no reason… ‘A leopard never changes his spats’.
12 Sep 2013
wired for words.
What a 17-year-old book on the language of technology means today.
On Saturday mornings, I’ll often be found in Leamington’s Oxfam Books and Music on Regent Street.
11 Jan 2013
Mark my words.
On Wednesday afternoon, I skipped along to IPC’s offices just behind Tate Modern, to hear a talk by my old mate, the commercials director Mark Denton.
5 Dec 2012
pick a (Christmas) card.
At this time of year, when the print edition of Design Week was still around, I’d often be found rounding up the best and the worst of the Christmas cards on offer.