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  Portfolio. Some examples of our work
  Our clients’ requirements are as diverse as they are. Start-ups usually need an identity, stationery, print collateral and a small web site. More established SMEs often need their existing identity refreshed and/or new information or marketing material to support their more mature business operations and objectives.  
     
BER driver profile Bradley Ellis Racing
Identity, brochure and web site design

BER: a father and his son who have to spend most of their money on team fees and running costs. A client with a limited budget still needs a professional, high quality service. We see it as our responsibility to help them spend their money wisely.

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DWT collateral Dealing with Technology 2005
Exhibition and collateral deign

This global trading room information technology event required design for a wide range of items, from exhibition information panels to printed direct mail pieces and givaways for delegates.

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  Expand logotype and symbol   Expand Consulting LLP
Identity, stationery, template and web site design

This established specialist consultancy (providing research, business development and decision-support services to the global financial markets) needed a refreshed identity, new stationery with Microsoft Office templates, and a new web site.

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  FISITA collateral   FISITA
Corporate information and marketing collateral

We’ve been working with the London hub of an international network of engineering societies to consolidate and steadily improve their communications collateral, designed around an existing identity.

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  BitParts exhibition catalogue   Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
Identity, catalogue, leaflet and invitation design

At the end of November 2002 FACT’s project managers came to us with an interesting project, a limited budget, a very tight deadline ... and an uncompromising attitude.

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  La Ferme de l'Eglise web site.   La Ferme de l'Église
Web site design

A new holiday business in a picturesque area of mid-western France needed a seductive web site to draw potential customers to the riches of the region, and persuade them to rent one of the beautiful gîtes.

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London Interior Furnishing Team brochure London Interior Furnishing Team Limited
Brochure and web site design

A fresh, minimal look for this small, vibrant company, captured the spirit of their approach to their business.

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  Media Information Solutions Web site   Media Information Solutions Limited
Web site design

We have had a long association with MIS as a supplier of hardware to our business. Long-term cajoling persuaded them to have a serious review of their presence on the internet, which started with a little soul-searching.

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  Shining Stone information sign   Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service
Sign design

We were asked to design a metal sign to locate a sculpture. This unusual project led us to a quarry in the Forest of Dean to select a one tonne rock.

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Reports and reviews
Image of Expand strategic report
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Newsletters
Image of FISITA newsletter insidetrack
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More about what we do
Corporate identity
Corporate, brand and product identities with associated implementation and usage manuals if required. This includes:
 logotype and symbol design
 stationery and form design
 guidelines for staff and suppliers
.

Information
Technical and sales information in a range of formats, including:
 CD-ROM
 directories
 presentations
 product datasheets
 promotional material
.

Publications
Publications with a range of complexity, from monthly newsletters for public bodies to bespoke fabrication in unusual materials, including:
 binders
 newsletters
 reports
 yearbooks
.

Signs and displays
Whether for short events or permanent display, internal or external use, one-off bespoke displays or to fit an existing structure, including:
 banners
 complete stands
 exhibition panels

 signs.


Templates for Microsoft Office
The visual appearance of a design should not be compromised when used with Windows-based PCs. Accordingly we routinely prepare templates for:
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 Microsoft Word.

Web sites
No matter how complex, whether static or database driven, a web site should work on all types of computer and be easy to use. We design web sites with these broad aims in mind, and work with specialised programmers and database developers to deliver them.

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