If you have ever thought a lawnmower to be a rather mundane piece of garden equipment, you may have to think again, thanks to artist Osman Khan.

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Tired of cutting up your own rugs into various shapes and typefaces? Well put down your toe nail scissors now, an answer is here. Graphic designer John Agelii creates hand-cut typographic rugs that provide a literal statement to your home/studio/rug museum. They come in a variety of colours, typefaces and shapes but what really excited me was that you can order custom made rugs from his website. Read more

Following on from Paul’s post about the Harrod’s High Life chocolates, another example of staggering excess comes this time from Japan.

The bling-bling diamond phone

Jewellers Tiffany and Co have launched a limited edition range of diamond encrusted mobile phones, with a price tag of 13 million yen, or £83,000 sterling.

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Guernsey has successfully played host to the 2008 Yorkshire Guernsey Dancesport Festival, featuring many of the world’s top ballroom dancers.

Now in its 4th consecutive year, the event is organised by GADA (Guernsey Amateur Dance Association) and sponsored by Yorkshire Guernsey. Read more

After an incredible run of pitch wins, our creative and strategic approach delivered another new client. Betley Whitehorne were appointed as the agency to promote the launch of the new Smith Street Post Office, for Guernsey Post. Guernsey Post’s marketing manager, Paul McCormick, wanted to promote the differing levels of products and services available from the new branch. The chosen headline reflected this, whilst also highlighting their new location, ‘You’ll be amazed how far we’ve come, by just moving across the street’. Read more

It’s official - the 2008 Awards for Achievement is now open for business and looking for applications from the ’stars’ of Guernsey’s business community.

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Betley Whitehorne have recently branded Strategic Management Consulting Limited, an independent provider of strategic planning advisory services for offshore Trustees in the fiduciary sector.

The eye-catching work involved the creation of print literature, stationery and website to promote and provide details of the services offered.

In times of market slow down and recession the marketing budget is often the first one to be cut, but is it the correct thing to do? It’s often stated that companies who keep an active advertising campaign running come out of the other side the strongest. So, can quality design really help your business during difficult times, and the good times? Several recent studies, including one supported by the British Design Council suggest that it can. Read more

Monday saw the launch of Riders Offshore; a motorcyclists’ e-commerce dream. If you’re a keen rider the site is a great place to buy motorcycle helmets, visors, jackets, trousers, boots, gloves and a large range of other motorcycle accessories. Designed and developed by Betley Whitehorne for Riders, the site freshens up their image and replaces the Visors Worldwide site with an expanded product range that caters for a wider audience.

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Cymbolism is an online experiment that lets you associate colours with words. A random word is selected with a brief description and you can click the coloured box that you feel most closely captures the essence of the word. I think the palette from which to choose is rather limited, being primarily bright colours but it’s an interesting idea and I like the way previous results are displayed using coloured bars at the bottom of the site. Being able to view results by gender, age, geo-location etc would also make it more valuable as a tool.

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