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Git Repository Clean Up

by sam | Aug 20, 2019

After you have been developing a project for some time your local git repo becomes detached from the repository on ‘origin’. Having loads of local branches that are not needs because they have been merged in already. Or all of the remote branches that are no longer on the remote. There are a few commands you can run to clean things up a bit when you feel things are getting cluttered.

History of Porsche

by sam | Jun 16, 2016

The JBR Capital History of Porsche piece is a real peach of design and content. Just launched we hope it will become a little bit of viral history in its own right.

Our Partners Arobaze get a new site

by sam | Mar 13, 2016

With a little bit of help from our designers, and some of the photos we took from a trip, with Arobaze to the Cowes Festival of sailing.

Data is the new sugar? People are the new data, surely?

by sam | Feb 5, 2016

Essentially the article argues that we marketers are hooked on gathering data, which is true, but that this has become the end goal in many cases. In other words, like sugar, we are all addicted.

Ich Bin Eine Berliner

by sam | Feb 4, 2016

Sam was part of a week long trip to Berlin with the students from University of Worcester, visiting the many museums, studios and, er, pubs.

Goody Water Branding

by sam | Jan 19, 2016

A new Brand, identity and strategy for a fantastic product - A water filter like no other.

UCL EngINS.org, Live and kicking

by sam | Dec 30, 2015

The site (uclengins.org) has been live now for a few months, and is being used by students, academics and geeks everywhere.

Brand Research in an Exhibition

by sam | Dec 13, 2015

Our research work on brands is one of the finalists in an exhibition.

The Design Diamond

by sam | Dec 4, 2015

Simply stated this model we have created aims to convince design students and practitioners of the process of design.

HTML5 Banners for The FA

by sam | Nov 6, 2015

We have been busy creating a series of banners for The Football Association (The FA) to promote all sorts of things, from upcoming games to the joining of the supporters club. This has been a great opportunity to debate the pros and cons of the HTML5 Banner.

4 Playful Designs?

by sam | Oct 27, 2015

A student-led seminar for graphic design students on playful design. Here are our thoughts.

Adapt2 Digital Engagement Map

by sam | Oct 21, 2015

I have been privileged to be shown in person the Adapt2 DEM or Digital Engagement Map. I cannot emphasise how blown away I am by the progress made and how useful it would be.

Crystal Palace Vision

by sam | Sep 22, 2015

We have been helping out various parties with some strategic, high level creative thinking. The vision is of a sustainable, unified and supported Crystal Palace regeneration scheme, linking new and old activities in the most famous of London's parks. Exciting!...

Dr Men – Heroes and Heroines of Science

by sam | Sep 10, 2015

Designed as a set of Top Trumps, with 52 famous and infamous scientists from history.

Logos + Marks

by sam | Sep 6, 2015

A series of our own favourite logos from across the years.

Down Sizer Film Premiere

by sam | Sep 3, 2015

You are under review. Run.

Digital Brand Review on Medium

by sam | Aug 26, 2015

An explanation of the DIY version of the Digital Brand Review

Digital Brand Review goes Open Source

by sam | Aug 20, 2015

The Digital Brand Review is released under a creative commons licence.

Afri-Kokoa

by sam | Aug 16, 2015

Time for a new flyer set for Afri-Kokoa, but a reminder of the branding work we did last year. We thought we would share as its very different to a lot of the work we do and as a brand pretty much unique. We love emulating that African craft feel and learning about a...

True Story

by sam | Jul 27, 2015

We here have been doing a lot of navel searching just lately. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly we have finished a long-term job which has kept us busy for a few years. We learned a lot on this project but also needed the space for something new and to...

Voice recognition – we get closer to HER?

by sam | Jul 24, 2015

An interesting aside from this morning's news. IBM's Watson, arguably the pre-cursor but almost definitely the competitor to Siri is being used for one city rather than a device. This made me think (again) of one of the most underrated but important and haunting...

The FA

by sam | Jul 14, 2015

We have created quite a few banner campaigns for The FA. This one is our favourite of the set. Simple clean and to the point they lived on The FA site but most importantly on the network of sponsors and fan sites that go into promoting, in this case, the road to...

Timpani

by sam | Jul 14, 2015

A new brand and a new way of hosting and managing wordpress.

Timeport

by sam | Jul 14, 2015

Introducing a unique, fun yet educational visitor attraction & online world for children and their families.

Oddizzi

by sam | Jul 14, 2015

Oddizzi is an online travel guide and learning resource for kids. It is designed to be used in primary schools. Phenotype were brought in to create, dream up and execute a series of games for the first launch of Oddizzi.

UCL Engins

by sam | Jul 13, 2015

Engins, or Engineering Inspiration is, or will be a collaborative community for engineering news of all flavours. Owned, sponsored and by UCL (University College London) it is the reincarnation of The-Briefing which has run for many years. Our new logo works within...

Worcester Degree Shows

by sam | May 15, 2015

We have just help curate and manage the Degree Show for Graphic Design at Worcester University. As ever a stressful but incredibly worthwhile time. We thought we had better show off some of the students work as well as the branding we helped create. Check out their...

Sales enablement – a new term?

by sam | Mar 30, 2015

Clients struggle with being objective when analyzing their processes.

What makes a brand?

by sam | Mar 2, 2015

How do we describe a brand, and make it into a repeatable pattern? A do-it-yourself guide This is the main issue we have had to come to grips with and evolve with time. We take each channel that we find - Facebook, Search results, Site, Mobile etc. - and then find a...

Golly what a lot of interfaces!

by sam | Aug 2, 2014

In random timescale and order, here are some of the many interfaces we have designed over the years. Or at least the ones we are allowed to show.

Two technologies that have us really excited

by sam | Jul 15, 2014

We have passed the big wave of excitement that these technologies have brought these last few months. In actual fact as ever it's not the invention but the use of that technology that is exciting - often this happens some time after the initial buzz, so here goes...

TypeStackr

by sam | Jul 14, 2014

Description Typestr is a simple game, where – you guessed it – you get to stack type. Just place the letters on top of each other and get to the win bar. Each level features one of our favourite fonts. Perhaps you will learn something about their forms, find out some...

Tweet this

by sam | Apr 25, 2014

I was intrigued by this article found as ever on LinkedIn. What intrigued me was not the content so much as the way the content was laid out - pre-packaged for our sharing generation. For example: If you steal knowledge, it will be with you until your last breath....

It’s all about content: Which may have more uses than you think

by sam | Apr 8, 2014

One of our key recommendations when talking about a company's online content is heavily supported by this rather good article supplied by The Wall, a source of many sensible articles.

London is where it is at

by sam | Apr 1, 2014

There has been much press just recently, good and bad about London. The BBC Documentary Mind the Gap, though ridiculed on GoggleBox has been a very interesting and eye-opening documentary.

Think usability not just aesthetics

by sam | Mar 25, 2014

There is simply no point to having a beautifully designed website which is impossible for users to understand and find what they are looking for. The main definition of a ‘great website’ has shifted from pure aesthetics to usability, due in large part to changes in...

The death of the slideshow?

by sam | Mar 3, 2014

The rise and fall of the Slideshow, on a par with the rise and fall of responsive, is in my opinion what next for web design in 2014.

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