Category Archives: Design

Here you’ll find comments on good design, design techniques, designers, indeed anything to do with design. As the name might suggest.

Slightly Different’s Newsletter Wins IMA Award

The awards cabinet is looking good!
The Slightly Different Newsletter has won An Interactive Media  Associations Outstanding Achievement award, only one of two awarded in this category (e-zines/newsletters), out of 33 entries. As the IMA spokesman, Aaron Warner said:
“The Outstanding Achievement award is the second highest honour bestowed by the IMA and is an extremely challenging award [...]

Slightly Different Scoop Another IMA Award

Best In Class Award for our Cornwall & Devon Media website
The Interactive Media Awards are run by The Interactive Media Council.
The Awards are designed to elevate the standards of excellence on the Internet and to recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.
The Best in [...]

Do typefaces really matter?

We certainly think so…
I recently discovered an interesting article the BBC wrote as an introduction to typographic culture. Having both a professional & personal interest in typography I was intrigued to read what they had to say about it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10689931
“ The typeface matters because of its power to create a sense of recognition and trust, “Everyone [...]

Client Focus – Phillips Frith – 18 months on….

Brand integration in action

In February last year we launched the new brand identity for Phillips Frith, a well established firm of accountants based in St Austell.
With a very traditional, customer-centric outlook on accountancy, which was far removed from the glass and chrome corporate nature of their competition, they were keen to be seen to be [...]

Client focus – Devonshire Cottage Holidays

On The Map In Devon

Following on from their massive success with CornishCottageHoildays, a holiday cottage letting company specialising in holiday cottages in Cornwall, the company has branched out.
Given their many years of experience they have decided to open up a new site which promotes self catering holiday cottages in Devon.  The site has the same [...]