Charlotte Church Photoshoot for EP2
Recent shoot with Charlotte Church for cover of her new EP2, which is out now. Makeup by the exceedingly talented Christine Bateman.
Design Challenge #2: Mixtape Mix and CD Sleeve Design – The Designs
Well, we have had a great response to our CD design and mixtape challenge. In case you missed it, we were using the opportunity to set ourselves a design challenge with a difference: to create a mix tape and design the cover. I can confidently say that music and design for virtually everyone in Burning ...
Design Challenge #2: Mixtape Mix and CD Sleeve Design
Following on from our previous studio design challenge and our design-a-day as part of the Cardiff Design Festival, we’re back with an open invite to partake in our next studio design challenge. This challenge has been inspired by cleaning out our store cupboard. Not your usual place for inspiration, but they do say it comes from ...
Blogging 101: Making your blog work for you
This post is a roundup of my top tips for making your blog perform to the best of its ability and getting the most from your blog. Maybe you want your blog to be smarter or perhaps you are looking at it and wondering why nobody is visiting, or maybe you just want to feel ...
Advice for surviving wind, rain and snow photographic shoots
Originally posted by Alex/Gareth on his blog here. There are extra challenges that the snow and rain can throw at you – but like good boy scouts, you should be prepared. Don’t let bad weather get the better of you or your shoot. Living in the UK we have been exposed to the second wettest ...
Back From Print: Spiros Wedding Brochure
We kick off 2013 with a new category on our blog called Back From Print. One thing I love about running a design agency and being involved with the creative industries is the amazing work that is returned to us, after what can invariably be a labour of love between ourselves and the client (and ...
Blogging Tips for Business [video]: Part 1
Welcome to our first instalment of Blogging tips for Business. Blogging and social media are dark arts that most of us do not have the time to develop our skills at, but for businesses these are crucial (and free ways) to helping shape your online presence. To complete blogging newbies, then even the term blog ...
Design-a-day at the Cardiff Design Festival
Todays word Each day during the Cardiff Design Festival 2012, we will be putting out a word or phrase that is to be the starting part of your design imagination. You have a time limit of 20-30 minutes per day to deliver. Submit these to the flickr group and see what everyone else has done (or email ...
Burning Red at the Cardiff Design Festival 2012
It’s that time of year AGAIN! It only feels like yesterday that we were involved in the Cardiff Design Festival in 2011 and 2010! Well, we’re back and we have 3 (yes three!) events that we are very excited about. We have the good-ol’ design fightclub that is Design Wars. We’ve also got a podcast ...
Focus and the art of getting sh*t done!
Update June 2012: Originally i posted this on my personal site a few months ago, but reading back it still rings so true. We’re already halfway through 2012, and some of my mantra has slipped, so time to get back on the proverbial horse … hope you enjoy – and if you find useful, have ...
Design Challenge #1: Ginger Beer
As a busy design studio we have so little time to do ‘pretty things just because‘ … so, i thought it would be nice to start a regular studio challenge. Inspired by other designers / photographers (think local designer Renato Pequito with his lovely daily 20min challenge / the 365 flickr-ites ) – i thought ...
Back from print: Thomas Carroll’s ‘The Scene’
Great to see a piece of recent work land back from the printers. Nothing embodies a studio like utilising everyone’s skills and abilities to bring it together. The Scene is the first issue of the new Thomas Carroll Magazine and was produced with media partners, Blanket. From a studio point of view, this first issue ...
Recent Shoot: Charlotte Church
Looked what popped through my mailbox this morning – new photo we did for Charlotte Church last week ahead of her imminent release of new material during the summer months. Catch up with dates from her website: www.charlottechurchmusic.com (fyi – Literal screenshot off iphone ….) Thanks to everyone taking part in the shoot, was a ...
Behind the scenes / meic advert recording
Recording session at Associated Minds for some voiceover and radio advert material featuring Beatbox Fozzy. Thanks to @P_leezy for production skills! Radio adverts will be hitting the airwaves shortly.
Behind the scenes filming for advocacy interview video
A few behind the scenes snaps from our recording session with Roxeanne. The purpose of the video was to explain to children and young people (as well as professionals) the purpose and aims of the new advocacy helpline, meic. Thanks to Subjective Realities for helping with the video & sound recording.
Meic launch / Wrexham 14th May 2010
Meic is the new helpline for children and young people in Wales from the Welsh Assembly Government … launched officially on Friday 14th May. We made our way up to Wrecsam for the launch of Meic, hosted by Radio 1′s Aled. It was great to see our things in print, video, on buses, TV etc…. ...
Big Red Cow Pie!
We took a trip down to Y Fuwch Goch on Womanby Street to try out their new Pieminister menu yesterday, as as you can see had no problem polishing some pies off!