It may have only just turned October, but Jersey and Guernsey Gas have launched their Christmas cooker campaign aimed at encouraging customers to purchase now (and enjoy the benefits of vouchers to spend at The Energy Centre, where a vast selection of potential Christmas presents awaits). Making Christmas all wrapped up!
The campaign is supported by print advertising in press and lifestyle titles, commercial radio, digital, POS and DM.
Here’s a great video from Red Bull which celebrates the Red Bull Academy World Tour 2011. It showcases many different musical styles from around the world. The film mixes different animation techniques reflecting the cities the Music Academy is touring through, using a combination of 2D, 3D, stop-motion, photography, illustration, and CG.
Now in its 17th this year’s issue of the Grammar Schools magazine, The Grammalogue, has been published. The magazine is written by the students and designed by Betley Whitehorne. This years theme of the magazine was particularly enjoyable for us, the theme of creativity! The magazine showcases an abudance of creativity amongst the students and across a wide range of subjects. Here are just a small handful of article spreads from this years extensive issue. Read more
When I first saw this I thought what a good idea. I soon realised the idea was much deeper.
Japanese artist Atsuhiro Hayashi created this ‘Polar Ice’ to show the real life situation faced by many arctic animals as the polar ice caps melt. The silicon cups can be bought from Monos.
The Men of the Trees in Guernsey has just launched its new identity and website, both created by Betley Whitehorne.
The charitable Society was founded in 1935 to promote the overall importance of trees and conservation, not just to Guernsey but for the benefit of the entire planet. Trees.gg provides a useful platform for the local group to present new initiatives and inspire support from a growing number of younger conservationists who are keen to act & contribute.
There is a fair amount of friendly ‘banter’ concerning the great Apple vs. Microsoft debate here at Betley Whitehorne. Everyone has their stance ranging from mild preference to extreme fanboy-ism but I think that we can all agree with the parody above! I’m a relatively new convert to the joys of using Apple products and have been impressed with Xcode the Apple IDE/development environment. It feels very well put together and has seamless elements that are fiddly with other IDE’s and environments. I’m looking forward to getting to grips with Xcode 4.
I remember reading about this crazy bike thief in the press a few years ago. He allegedly stole the greatest number of bikes in world history. I recently saw a video made by two film makers who were captivated by the complex character of Igor Kenk and his slightly insane story and even crazier bicycle ‘collection’. They shot alot of film with the view to making a Graphic novel in a cut-up/rough style. This style draws influence from late 70’s punk ‘zines and FV Disco which grew out of Yugoslavia in the ’80’s as a result of easy access to photocopiers but restricted state run print presses. The result is a raw film and the associated Graphic novel.
‘Tilt shift’ photography is a particular photographic style enjoying a recent resurge in popularity where the tilt of camera movement can create a selective focus, often to simulate a miniature scene, reminiscent of a toy town.
This style of photography has now been used in a series of ads created for leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, by Betley Whitehorne.
