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Design Education – The Next Creative Generation
Date:: 08/05/2013

Are you born with a creative mindset or is it taught?

In 2012 we heard that the government was strongly considering the removal of design-related subjects from the school curriculum with the introduction of the new EBacc. The concern was that at its very worst this could result in the death of UK creative industries, which currently employ around 2 million people.

A talk entitled ‘The Next Creative Generation’ at Cheltenham Design Festival addressed this topic and encouraged debate amongst attendees, all of whom are engaged in some kind of way in the UK creative world. Speaking at this talk were Sir Christopher Frayling – Professor at RCA, Tim Lindsay – CEO of D&AD and Adrian Shaughnessy – writer for Eye, Creative Review and Design Observer (Chair) – three extremely passionate and inspirational personalities. (more…)

We’re very proud to be supporting The High Tide Foundation
Date:: 28/04/2013

The High Tide Foundation is a registered charity, created and driven by port related businesses to provide opportunities to the young people of Teesside. We’ve been working with the High Tide team to support the foundation, develop the brand and increase awareness.

You can follow High Tide on twitter at @hightidetees to keep updated. We’re currently working on the website which will be live very soon at www.hightidefoundation.co.uk, but in the meantime watch this video which was created to be shown in schools and inspire.

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PD Ports Multimodal Exhibition Stand in action
Date:: 23/04/2013

We’re proud to be working closely with PD Ports to support their brand development, both internally and externally. We have worked in partnership on a range of brand and marketing communication projects, including the design and production of the new exhibition stand for this years Multimodal Exhibition.

There’s more to come on this soon but for now here’s some photos from the stand design and production project. (more…)

The visual story of our Cheltenham Design Festival experience
Date:: 17/04/2013

We booked our tickets early for the Cheltenham Design Festival and couldn’t wait for the event to come around. When it did we were not disappointed.

We took the road trip down and soaked up every bit of the atmosphere, enjoyed some networking with other creative thinkers, and helped celebrate how original thought can change the world. The promise of inspiration was delivered in style through the diverse mix of studio events, auditorium presentations, and interactive discussions sending our team back up north full of ideas, feeling motivated and brimming with creativity. (more…)

It’s time for our road trip to Cheltenham Design Festival
Date:: 10/04/2013

So, we’re setting off on our exciting road trip tomorrow to the Cheltenham Design Festival.

We’re going to be posting inspirational insights, photos and comments from some of the speakers and workshops we’re taking part in and you can follow us on http://live.betterbrandagency.com or on Twitter to keep updated with the team down there.

To whet your appetite the Cheltenham Design Festival team have been out on the streets of Cheltenham and Gloucestershire to ask the question:

Who cares about the future of design?

Performance Engineering Solutions launch new website
Date:: 05/03/2013

Sheffield based Performance Engineering Solutions (PES) have launched a new website. PES is a high performance engineering design business, with a multi-disciplinary team of design and performance engineers which delivered design engineering, reverse engineering, research/development, analysis, testing and manufacturing services.

PES is based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Sheffield alongside some of the world’s most advanced organizations in the research and development of advanced manufacturing technology.

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Performance Engineering Solutions - New Website

Better support Looka’ Teesside – Creative, digital, music and film festival
Date:: 26/02/2013

We’re very proud to be supporting and sponsoring the upcoming Looka’ Teesside festival.

The event, held from 1st – 2nd June 2013, is a two day festival celebrating all the amazing creative talent of Teesside. From art to music, fashion to digital, design to drama, this event will showcase the very best that the region has to offer.

Looka’ Teesside will transform Stockton-on-Tees into a hub of activity with live music, street performances, pop-up galleries, fashion shows, arts and crafts fairs, film showings and much more! Take a look at the Looka’ Teesside website for more information - www.lookateesside.co.uk

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Looka’ Teesside is a two day festival celebrating Creative, Film, Arts, Fashion, Digital and Music talent in Tees Valley.

Odyssey’s brand evolution launched with new identity
Date:: 18/01/2013

Odyssey Systems was founded over 25 years ago with the vision of providing affordable telecommunications solutions based on business key requirements.

To support their growth the team at Odyssey approached Better to work with them on evolving their brand and marketing communication. The project focused on refreshing the brand identity and applying this, along with a new brand style, across all their marketing channels both internally and externally. (more…)

A ‘nice’ addition the Better Library
Date:: 10/12/2012

We had an exciting delivery this morning to the Better Studio. Since ordering this a few weeks ago we’ve anticipated it’s arrival and when it landed weren’t disappointed.

The It’s Nice That Annual 2012 is a stunning and inspirational limited edition collection of creative work posted on the It’s Nice That website over the last 12 months. (more…)

The Queen’s Speech Poster featured on FPO, a division of UnderConsideration.
Date:: 28/08/2012

We are very proud, and of course very excited, to hear that our recent Queen’s Speech poster campaign has been featured on FPO (For Print Only).

Launched in 2009 — and now in its second version as of March, 2012 — FPO (For Print Only) is a blog dedicated to the visual stimulus and the detailing of the development and production of printed matter: Annual reports, books, business cards, stationery suites, collateral materials, posters, packaging and anything else where ink meets substrate.

Our unique and hand-crafted limited edition posters and commemorative downloads are inspired by some of the most inspirational, quirky and amusing quotes from the speeches that HRH Queen Elizabeth II has delivered during her 60-year reign.The design combines typographical techniques with the delicate monochrome illustrations of true British icons. Each poster has been screen printed, by hand, in black onto 100% recycled hand-made paper and then individually stamped, signed and numbered. (more…)