So, many of you have probably popped up your Christmas trees already, we are a full week into December, but if you’re looking for something a little bit different on show, what about creating your own alternative tree? A combination of pallets, branches, wood, books, chalkboards, doilies, glue, nails and a hammer are all you …
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2016 Christmas Windows
The Coca Cola Christmas trucks have been on television, so we can now start talking about Christmas fully without getting in trouble! So whilst you’re running around going about your Christmas shopping, why not take a minute to appreciate the stunning window displays around you this year? Selfridges: A sequin adorned Father Christmas makes a …
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Digital design roles – who does what?
The term designer is bandied around, but is an umbrella phrase that has so many possibilities as to what specific design role is being referred to. From print and digital to furniture and signs, the scope of design is wide and varied and our digital world had added lots of new titles to the mix. …
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Trading Pixels For Print – A Trip Down Memory Lane
Trading Pixels For Print – A Trip Down Memory Lane We love all things creative at The Book (as you probably already know) and after some digging through our books from Uni we’ve found some which rekindled that creative excitement. Despite how much we love the digital age – sometimes you have to trade pixels for …
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5 Top Toy Success Stories of All Time
5 Top Toy Success Stories of All Time We’re sure every office reminisces as much as we do about childhood memories and our favorite toys. This article about how Lego is now the worlds biggest toy maker got us thinking about how toys don’t just rely on plastics for profit. We’ve put together 5 of our favourite …
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A Jack of Two Trades
Creatives often have more than one string to their bow but not many can match the skills of Dave Sharp, owner of Dave Sharp’s Art. Take a look at the video where he sings Come Together by John Lennon whilst also ‘speed painting’ an amazing picture of the artist! We’re always looking for multi-talented creatives. …
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3 Best Christmas Window Displays
Walking through the town centres across Manchester, Leeds and London at this time of year we are seeing plenty of creativity pumped into festive store windows. The best we’ve witnessed so far are the usual suspects; Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. Selfridges Harry Gordon Selfridge, as represented in BBC Drama ‘Mr. Selfridge’ was a department …
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Christmas Coffee Cups
As you may have already realised – we love creativity and everything design. Now we have reached the festive period and December 25th rapidly approaches there’s tonnes of creativity flying around whether it be from a global retail brands Christmas print campaign or a small boutique lone-wolf designer on Etsy. Instead of reviewing everything we …
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It’s National Freelancers Day!
Freelancers, the saviours of the marketing agency. Those super-heroes that step in at that critical time. When the project’s fast approaching deadline, you need some creative input, that back end dev just isn’t coming together, the agency needs an extra pair of highly qualified hands to get it all finished. And there they are. The …
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The 5 Best Creative Make-up Ideas For Halloween
As creatives, we look for any excuse to put our brains and skills to work and festivities (Halloween in particular) are the best time to exercise the creative flare inside us all. Halloween, above the trick or treating and scary movies, gives people (although they may not admit it) the personal challenge of, well… being …
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