Over a period of three years were were fortunate enough to commission the incredibly talented Bernhard Edmaier to provide photography for Pantheon’s annual report and accounts.

His aerial photographs capture the stunning beauty of the earth from the air which we thought was a nice parallel for the overview and perspective that Pantheon applied to their business.

The work was recognised in several investor relations awards as having added significant value to the communications with shareholders.

With her tenth wedding anniversary celebration approaching, one of our clients asked us to design a memorable invitation to mark the occasion.

The traditional gift for the anniversary is tin, so our solution was to create a beautiful piece of typography, etch it into a piece of metal and punch out the word ‘tin’ to replace ‘ten’ in the number list.

The invitation was framed and now sits in her downstairs loo!

A few years ago a friend happened across a job-lot of antique wooden printers’ blocks and her entrepreneurial spirt saw a business opportunity.

She wanted to use the beautiful letterforms to create striking typographic art and asked us to design a business card based around the name Ampersand.

Our solution was to emboss a condensed ampersand out of a weathered brown paper stock so that it looked like a wooden block itself.

A rubber stamp was also designed for use on invoices and parcels.

One from the archives…

My friend’s Mum is an avid ‘Countdown’ fan… she was also approaching her eightieth birthday!

Julie asked if we could come up with an idea that combined the two for her birthday card.

We did… with two vowels and four consonants.

It was my 13th wedding anniversary this month and someone reminded me how much they loved our wedding invitation.

So in the spirit of show and tell I thought I’d post a picture of it.

The H (for Helen) and D (for David) were picked out, along with an ampersand – specially drawn by the wonderful Mike Pratley, in the word ‘hitched’.

Other applications included ‘cherished’ for the order of service, ‘famished’ for the menu and ‘touched’ for the thank you cards!

The Lavender Trust were holding an event called ‘Reach for the stars’ to raise money to fund information and support for younger women with breast cancer. They asked us to help them with their event branding.

Our solution was inspired by the way constellations are mapped on astronomical star charts. We used a hubble-esque background and highlighted the word ‘care’ to chart our own constellation and to serve as an aspirational and relevant message for the evening.

All manner of “useful stuff” hides in our loft; Christmas decorations, best-forgotten school reports, CDs, all the unwanted presents that’ll be good for someone else and the occasional old piece of work too.

This was a cover for a book in which advertising types told of the moment they realised they were creative. Not particularly interesting reading, but it’s a nice cover!

We’ve recently been working on a property branding project for a luxurious villa in Tuscany.

Il Pozzo, which is Italian for “the well” is a stunning property near Pienza that has just undergone a huge renovation project.

We’ve created the branding, marketing materials and a responsive website for the client. You can read more about the project here.

Well done?

One of the perils of being a designer is that you often get asked to design things like wedding invitations and birthday cards for friends and family. Needless to say, I’ve done more than my fair share of freebies over the years!

This is the latest “favour”; all the brand collateral for the forthcoming masked ball at my daughters’ school.

We’ve just finished an identity for Roxbury – a new asset management business.

Their new logo is inspired by the mountain ranges of Roxbury, Connecticut.

You can read more about it here.