Nice words...

Following on from the post below regarding my design for this year's Christmas e-greeting for Hong Kong-based dispute resolution specialists, Contract Dispute Consultants, I received a rather nice email from the firm's Managing Director, David Feehan:

"... Just a quick note to say thank you for your hard work again this year. The Xmas card has again been very well received and I think it helps us as a company to project a professional image. This wouldn't be possible without your help and input.

I look forward to working with you in 2010 which I hope will be a very productive and busy year for us. My best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."

What a nice way to end the year - looking forward to 2010 already!

Season's Greetings from Hong Kong

This year's Christmas e-mail greeting for Hong Kong-based Contract Dispute Consultants portrays a festive scene featuring the Stonecutter's Bridge, a high level cable-stayed bridge which connects Nam Wan Kok, Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island. To see the emailer click here.

It's all about you..

My Collection is a completely new gift product service which uses customers' own photographs (digital images or conventional prints) to create high quality, personalised desktop or wall displays. Aldred Design has created the main brand identity, stationery, marketing material, hanging banners and a new website to launch the product. My Collection has also recently opened it's first high street gallery in Shipley, West Yorkshire.

Greenhill Action Group Logo

Greenhill Action Group has recently been re-formed by residents of Micklethwaite, Crossflatts and Bingley who are opposed to the proposed plans for a 450-home development on a greenfield site adjacent to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The group intends to act as a spearhead for objections and an information resource for all interested parties who are against the advancement of the latest planning proposal. Aldred Design created the new logo which will appear on correspondence and on the Greenhill Action Group website.

InSite keeps clients in the picture

The branding and design for a new company e-newsletter, InSite, has recently been completed for Hong Kong-based commercial and contractual consultancy, Contract Dispute Consultants. The e-newsletter is intended to keep clients, potential clients and key industry players abreast of developments at the consultancy, against a background of increasing activity and workload in Hong Kong and the region.

Aldred Design also created the original logo branding for the consultancy.

Around & About Yorkshire at Christmas

A special Christmas issue of the Around & About Yorkshire series of DVDs is available now at selected outlets. Design and artwork for the DVD covers and disc itself were produced by Aldred Design.

New brochure has touch of sparkle

A 28-page brochure featuring their new season range of exclusive tiaras and bridal accessories has recently been completed for Warren York International through client Photography Works. All model and product photographs were staged by Photography Works; brochure design, layout and copywriting was by Aldred Design.

Pop-up banners for whiteboard books

Mimic Books brings children’s books into the 21st century primary classroom. Conceived by a teacher to be used by teachers, Mimic Books is the online resource for digital children’s books, designed for use on interactive whiteboards in the school environment. To bolster the marketing platform already provided by a new website, client Ichicoo Design briefed us to design three pop-up banners for use in school presentations and at education roadshows. The 80 x 215cm banners were designed to co-ordinate with colours and elements featured on the Mimic Books website.
A 4-page leaflet was also produced to promote the company's services and online packages.

Get elevated!

A new identity, company stationery and vehicle livery has been created for 20m which offers elevated digital photography and is based in Frankston, Victoria. The pole-mounted camera allows 360-degree panoramic shots to be taken from up to 20 metres above ground level, especially suited to real estate agents and clients who wish to show elevated views without having to resort to expensive raised level platforms or aerial photography.

Park Homes Identity

Harden Park Homes, near Bingley, in West Yorkshire has been given a fresh identity and has had new marketing literature created. Working with client Mathew Imison Photography, Aldred Design created a new logo and business stationery for the secluded park home development which is situated in 80 acres of private forest on the edge of the village of Harden.

A small marketing leaflet has also been produced to send out to prospective homeowners. A new website is currently under development.

Shining opportunity

A prospectus pack for mobile car valeting franchise Platinum Valeting has recently been completed. The pack includes a 4-page A4 brochure and double-sided A4 insert and will be used to promote the company to potential new franchisees.

Holiday Farm Identity

An illustrated identity for Bunkers Hill Holiday Farm has been created for client Mathew Imison Photography. The identity, which shows the farmhouse itself, has been applied to standard items of business stationery and will also feature on a new website for the holiday farm.

Official opening at The Lawn, Burley in Wharfedale

'The Lawn' in Burley in Wharfedale had it's official opening ceremony today. The refurbishment / new-build development, for local authority housing organisation Incommunities, includes 19 shared ownership and 10 rental apartments. Aldred Design produced the 8-page sales brochure pack for the development.

Horsforth Sports & Fun

A website promoting three community events: The 10th Annual Horsforth Sports & Fun Day; Horsforth Healthy Living Week; and Horsforth Children's Festival has recently been completed by Aldred Design. The website presents an extensive amount of information in a clear and simple manner and was developed with help from Ichicoo Design. The website forms part of a suite of marketing communications for the three events, which also includes an 8-page programme, posters, flyers, banners and badges.

St Peter's Church, Addingham

Two information panels for St Peter's Church in Addingham have been designed for client, Ichicoo Design. Continuing the theme of 'Creating A Christian Timeline for Addingham', the history of the church is documented from it's earliest origins in the village. A timeline across the base of each panel highlights significant points in the heritage of St Peter's as well as the other denominational churches in the village. The information panels are mounted on specially built stone plinths and are fully laminated to protect them from the elements.

Underneath the arches

Mathew Imison Photography recently commissioned Aldred Design to create a new identity and apply it to items of business stationery. The chosen design features a stylised section of the Hewenden viaduct, an imposing stone structure which is clearly visible from the client's offices.

Around & About Yorkshire DVD - Spring Issue

The Spring issue DVD in the Around & About Yorkshire series for Saville Creative Communications has just been completed and is now available in selected outlets across the county or by going to The Dalesman website.

Aldred Design produced the design and branding for the outer cover and the on-body design for the DVD itself. A4-sized posters for use in shop windows were also produced to promote the new issue.

British Blinds website launched

The new website for British Blinds has recently been completed.

The updated site offers both residential and business customers a greater depth of product information on blinds, shutters, awnings and curtains, and includes a Gallery section where visitors can browse through the latest innovations and contemporary designs. There is also improved interactivity for customers wishing to arrange a meeting with their local British Blinds expert, in the form of an online Design Consultation Request. A dedicated Promotions area allows customers to keep up-to-date with the latest sales, offers and incentives from British Blinds.

The new site also features improvements to the navigation, 'drop-down' menus, panning images, 'roll-over' information boxes, and a section illustrating the benefits of motorised blinds with links to four short informational movies.

Websites for the sister franchise companies, Scottish Blinds and Irish Blinds are due to be launched in the coming weeks.

New lease of life for The Lawn

The first project for new client Incommunities has recently been completed.
The Lawn, a 19th century Victorian mansion house in the Yorkshire village of Burley-in-Wharfedale, has been carefully converted to offer fourteen high quality apartments for sale on a shared ownership basis. The development also includes a new build, three-storey block of one and two-bedroom apartments, for sale to the over-55s.

An 8-page sales brochure with pocket features floorplans, show apartment photographs, architectural drawings and a location map.

Softer look for British Blinds

As part of a gradual overhaul of company websites and marketing collateral, the logo for blinds franchise company, British Blinds has been given a facelift by Aldred Design. The updated logo incorporates a softer, more contemporary looking graphic roundel and logo text in a single colour to aid legibility. Sister companies, Scottish Blinds and Irish Blinds have had similar transitions made to their respective identities.

Farsley Church Guide

Recently completed, a 24-page, A5 guide to the church of St. John the Evangelist, in Farsley. Beginning with the origins of the church in Farsley district the guide goes on to provide visitors with a comprehensive history of the building itself and it's most interesting features, and relates the stories of some of the notable people that have been connected with the church throughout it's almost 170-year history.

Produced for Saville Creative Communications the brochure is richly illustrated with photographs old and new, and a plan of the church. The guide is available at the Church itself or through Pudsey Civic Society.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Hong Kong based legal company Contract Dispute wanted a Chinese New Year greeting that could be emailed to all clients and colleagues. A range of design options was presented but the idea above won out as the firm favourite. Let's hope the Year of the Ox brings greater fortune than the year of the Rat.