Canadian Digital User Experience and Design agency Teehan+Lax started an experiment in 2005 inspired by the findings of the ‘Design Index’ study carried out by the UK Design Council. They wanted to test the theory that companies that value good design and a high level of user experience will be more successful, profitable and thus out perform the stock market average.

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Stanley Gibbons – stamp dealers and publishers since 1856 and more recently recognised as the home for autographs, collectibles and alternative investments, has recently taken a radical new approach to their advertising after collaborating with Guernsey design agency, Betley Whitehorne.

The agency has produced a series of adverts for Stanley Gibbons’ investment arm, highlighting the high return potential of collectibles such as signed photographs, documents and personal items from celebrities and historical figures such as Winston Churchill and Marilyn Monroe.

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I have just seen these amazing film poster redesigns by Olly Moss. They are incredibly simple in their look but completly sum up the film in one basic shaped illustration image. I have included a few above for your viewing pleasure.

What a cool watch, it has LCD screens inbetween the braclet links! I want one, but it will probably cost an arm and four legs. It was designed by Hiranao Tsuboi.

He has the ability to look at everyday objects in a completely new way. Only a real design talent could breath new life into mundane objects such as umbrellas and light bulbs.

Joe Ferry, Head of Design at Virgin Atlantic,

Via: Creative Review Blog

The Conservatory Restaurant at Moore’s Hotel in Guernsey has recently undergone a complete facelift, and opened its doors earlier this week to a stylish, modern interior. To reflect these improvements, Betley Whitehorne has designed a new corporate identity which will feature on all advertising material, marketing literature and hotel signage.

Very tasty.

The Verbarius clock, designed by the same people as the amazing Optimus Maximus keyboard, tells the time the way people do. Rather than using numbers it spells time differently every minute. For example it might say either forty-five minutes past four, or fifteen minutes to five, or four forty-five, or a quarter to five. It’s multiligual and looks rather sexy in a minimalist way.
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Betley Whitehorne are proud to have launched the Run for Charlotte website which aims to help raise money for The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust who treated young Charlotte, you can read more about her story and how you can help on the website.

Did you know that 3 in every 1,000 of Guernsey residents has been treated in the last 5 years for brain tumours, epilepsy, haemorrhages, blood clots or other neurological disorders at The Wessex Neurological Centre Trust at Southampton Hospital?

This model is wearing this year’s wedding dress, made out of 2009 peacock feathers. Made in Nanjing, China, it took the factory’s eight workers 40 days to sew it and is worth roughly a million pounds.

The London Olympic committee has revealed that the logo for 2012 was actually an April fool. Unveiled in June 2007 the logo was greeted with mixed reaction but mainly disgust by athletic design purists. Its new-rave/80’s throw back style was a departure from the classic five colour ring pieces that we are normally accustomed to. Apparently even the team at Wolff Olins didn’t know they were part of the biggest joke since pre-buttered bread. Read more

Another one of those ideas that you wish you’d thought of! Simple and obvious just like the packaging.

Started with the simple idea of creating a new bottled water brand that is kinder to the environment and gives back a bit – we found that it shouldn’t be bottled at all, but instead, boxed. So we looked to the past for inspiration in the century old beverage container and decided to keep things simple, sustainable, and beautiful.

www.boxedwaterisbetter.com