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Magpie Studios 6 June - 10 August
“Ours is a simple approach: listen to our clients; understand their audience; solve their problems. We've learnt that it's easier to make yourself understood when you speak in black and white. It helps to move beyond the grey areas and deliver a message loud and clear (or quiet and clear, if the brief requires). But there's more to it than that. We're avid collectors of all things visual. We're passionate about creative colour – the bright idea that catches the eye, connects with an audience and makes a message memorable.” Magpie Studios
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Client: Magpie Studio Project: How to -Turn a problem on its head The website you’re currently browsing through was launched to coincide with our first year in business. To mark the dual celebration - our birthday and web launch - we sent friends and clients a hand-printed, letterpress announcement.
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Client: Magpie Studio Project: How to - Turn a problem on its head The limited edition prints worked both ways up, initially as a birthday announcement from the three Magpie partners (the three Ms) and then turned upside-down, as a web announcement (the three Ws). We commissioned six different sets of letters, with each set featuring on it’s own edition of 25 prints.
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Client: Gavin Martin Associates & Colournet LTD Project: Deliver a great idea Having joined forces in 2010, Gavin Martin Associates and Colournet wanted to raise their new profile without breaking the joint bank account.
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Client: Jackson Gilmore Project: Cook up a successful rebrand Jackson Gilmour are a family run, award-winning catering company. With a prestigious client list that includes HRH the Queen and a staff of chefs with more than a few Client: Royal Mail Michelin stars between them, they needed a rebrand that Project: How to-offer Spread the of word expressed their as one the best in the business. Our solution is inspired by the typographic beauty of the original King James Bible. A modern take on the 400 year old book resulted in a pocket-sized Bible with extracts relevant to the stamps. The stamps were then tipped-in by hand to form a crucifix.
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Client: Gavin Martin Associates & Colournet LTD Project: Deliver a great idea We suggested making use of an unused canvas - the humble proof bag. Used by printers to deliver wet proofs to their clients, the bags were screen printed with a life-sized collection of eccentric objects.
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Typocircle Speakers 01 - Magpie Studio
Client: Robert Horne Project: Fire the imagination Paper manufacturer Robert Horne were keen to catch the eye of the creative industries with the launch of their latest paper, Imagine.
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Client: Robert Horne Project: Fire the imagination True to the paper’s name, we wanted to create a promotional campaign that would fire the imagination of a design-savvy audience - to suggest that with imagination, anything is possible.
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Typocircle Speakers 01 - Magpie Studio
Client: Robert Horne Project: Fire the imagination Paper manufacturer Robert Horne were keen to catch the eye of the creative industries with the launch of their latest paper, Imagine.
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Client List Action on Addiction All Change Apple Arts Aimhigher BAFTA Bedell Cristin British Heart Foundation Cambridge Occupational Analysts Channel 4 D&AD Endemol Gavin Martin Associates GDR Creative Intelligence Glue Helen Brown Massage Houses of Parliament ICE Coalition: Jackson Gilmour Jamison Consulting Kalideen Acupuncture Kingston University Knight Frank Land Securities Langlands & Bell Logica Magpie Studio Marussia Beverages Morton & Peplow
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National Arts Learning Network Nike Running One Blue Sphere Pinks Academy Prison Radio Association Ralf Obergfell Robert Horne Group Rollasole Royal Mail Stamps and Collectibles Royal Mint Sandhurst Shrubs Sarah Grundy Shift Silverlining Furniture Streetcoaching Susannah Fone Acupuncture Tate Britain The Delfina Foundation The Mainstone Press The Milton Agency The Neon Birdcage The Print Lounge The Vegetable Bar The Women’s Institute University College London University of the Arts London Wembley City
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Client: Royal Mail Project: How to - Spread the word At the end of each year, the Royal Mail releases a set of themed Christmas Stamps. We were briefed to design and produce a limited-run display piece to showcase the stamps, depicting scenes from the King James Bible. The piece needed to compliment the miniature works of art, without overpowering them.
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Typocircle Speakers 01 - Magpie Studio
Client: Jackson Gilmore Project: Cook up a successful rebrand Jackson Gilmour are a family run, award-winning catering company. With a prestigious client list that includes HRH the Queen and a staff of chefs with more than a few Client: Royal Mail Michelin stars between them, they needed a rebrand that Project: How to-offer Spread the of word expressed their as one the best in the business. Our solution is inspired by the typographic beauty of the original King James Bible. A modern take on the 400 year old book resulted in a pocket-sized Bible with extracts relevant to the stamps. The stamps were then tipped-in by hand to form a crucifix.
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Typocircle Speakers 01 - Magpie Studio
Client: Royal Mail Project: How to - Spread the word Our solution is inspired by the typographic beauty of the original King James Bible. A modern take on the 400 year old book resulted in a pocket-sized Bible with extracts relevant to the stamps. The stamps were then tipped-in by hand to form a crucifix.
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Client: Royal Mail Project: How to - Spread the word
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Typocircle Speakers 01 - Magpie Studio
Client: Jackson Gilmore Project: Cook up a successful rebrand Jackson Gilmour are a family run, award-winning catering company. With a prestigious client list that includes HRH the Queen and a staff of chefs with more than a few Michelin stars between them, they needed a rebrand that expressed their offer as one of the best in the business.
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Client: Jackson Gilmore Project: Cook up a successful rebrand Focusing on their unique offer as a chef-led catering firm - we devised a brand language reminiscent of cookery books and recipes. Add a dollop of typography inspired by copper pot hallmarks, a twist of the diagramatic language of family trees, a tablespoon of very luxuriant print techniques, heat at a high temperature and enjoy.
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Client: Magpie Studio Project: How to - Illustrate our love for all things shiny We chose to illustrate a familiar festive favourite, The Twelve Days of Christmas - a well-worn song that encourages audience participation. We kept hold of the famous five gold rings though (one for each member of staff), highlighting a magpie’s love of all things shiny. The simple omission made both the poster and the company name memorable.
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