By Jason Chappel, 20th Nov 2012
Firstly I would like to say a big hello to you all! After so many months of negotiation and anticipation, it’s so wonderful to finally be able to become part of the team here at Flourish, and to begin working with you all. I am really excited to get my teeth into my new role, and am relishing the opportunity to bring my skillset to Flourish’s current and prospective clients.
With a background in digital design, development and marketing, I hope to be able to bring the knowledge I have gained over the years to the team, whilst sharing in their creativity and passion for their work. As you can imagine, I’m quite the nerd and love nothing more than losing myself in a few hours of search engine optimisation. But who doesn’t!?
I would like to say a huge thank you to Fiona for the wonderful business and fantastic team that she has passed over to me. I am sure you will all agree that she has done a wonderful job, and that the work the team produces is outstanding. We wish Fiona luck as she moves into the next chapter of her life, and hope that she’ll pop back in to see us when the newest member of her family is born!
We will be keeping you up to date with everything that is going on in the studio, and I look forward to meeting some of you at the Blogging Workshop on Thursday.
Best wishes,
Jason
p.s. I almost forgot to say that I am not the only new member of the Flourish team! I will be joined on the odd occasion by my Cocker Spaniel Teddy, to give my partner Rosie a break from being on puppy patrol and as a change of scenery for Ted! He will be more than eager to greet everyone who visits the studio in overzealous puppy style, and you’re more than welcome to join us for a walk along the canal at lunchtime too…!
The Bonjour poster can be found at etsy.com
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By Chloe Charlton, 9th Oct 2012
Following the new homepage design for The Old Vicarage that Fiona shared with you recently, I am pleased to reveal the other page designs for the site. You can catch up with Fiona’s post here.
Tariff Page:
The pages on the current site were very busy and cluttered with information, which didn’t help the user experience. The new layouts have been carefully thought out to ensure that key information stands out and so that availability can be checked on every page.
The House Page:
As well as the functionality of the site we have also considered the small design details which will add to the overall experience. The little notes which feature throughout add a lovely personal touch and add to the welcoming, homely and personal feel.
Our Rooms Page:
I’m looking forward to seeing the site live.
Tagged as in From The Studio, Graphic Design, Uncategorized, Web Design, Websites
By Chloe Charlton, 4th Oct 2012
I took the opportunity to wander into Nottingham at the weekend and have a look at shop window displays for some design inspiration.
It’s amazing the variety and contrast you see across different brands and it’s obvious those companies who really put a lot of thought and effort into making their shop window displays stand out from the rest.
One of these which caught my eye was Ted Baker. Not only does it fit with the season with lovely, rich, autumnal colours, but it also reminded me of Robin Hood, strongly relating to the city it is in. I would be interested to know if the display is the same across the country or whether they had specifically targeted it for Nottingham. If anyone happens to pass a Ted Baker, I’d love to know!
From a design perspective I have taken lots of inspiration from the fonts and colours in this display. I love the splash of neon coral and it looks great with the Autumnal browns and greens. The fonts used are all so different yet compliment each other perfectly and add to the overall personality.
The brand voice is also very present, not something you see very often on shop windows. It is definitely targeting the student market which isn’t their usual audience so I was surprised to see this, but the shop window looks great and definitely lives up to the Ted Baker brand.
If you have noticed any inspiring shop window displays I’d love to hear about them.
Tagged as in Branding, Graphic Design, Inspirations, Powerful Branding, Uncategorized
By James Nixon, 18th Sep 2012
Following the 3 concepts for Career Circus that Fiona shared with you a few weeks ago, I am now pleased to reveal the final brand identity. Career Circus is a creative career development and talent management consultancy, which works exclusively with young professionally minded people. We have worked hard to develop a brand identity that focuses [...]
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By Chloe Charlton, 5th Sep 2012
There are lots of exciting new brand identity and website projects happening in the studio at the moment but we still love to get our teeth into those smaller design-for-print projects. This week I have been working on a gorgeous new showcard for Kate Lloyd Photography to market her beautiful baby photography. I had previously [...]
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By Dani McDonald, 24th Aug 2012
We love the response and feedback that we receive here at Flourish when clients walk through the door. “Isn’t this an ideallic location” (We’ll forgive the carpark just outside the front door ) The cottage that we work in has heaps of character and personality and personifies Flourish. We are an autumnal brand (spring side [...]
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By Chloe Charlton, 9th Aug 2012
Following the brand identity for Girls Love Pearls that Fiona shared with you a few weeks ago, I am now pleased to reveal the new website design. (You can catch up on the previous post here.) The existing website shown below was very busy which made it difficult to know what to click on first, [...]
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By Dani McDonald, 3rd May 2012
We had a fantastic time working with the lovely Matt Pereira on our video for the Branding Masterclass. It is worlds away from our vain attempts at creating a video with my dad’s camera! For the latest video we wanted to ensure the scenes reflected the spirit of the class, for example we decided to [...]
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By Dani McDonald, 4th Apr 2012
People connect to people’s passions and I am sure you’ll agree that Matt has done a brilliant job of capturing Fiona’s energy and enthusiasm for the class. As a keen photographer, I personally love the shallow depth of field as it gives the shot a whimsical feel, although the set up of the scenes gives [...]
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By Dani McDonald, 3rd Apr 2012
There are so many influential food photographers that I have been drawn to. Up until recently, food photography was never really an interest of mine but I feel I have turned a new leaf and found a new world of inspiration. The attention to detail in each shot is remarkable and, for me, selecting striking [...]
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