Mad River

Can’t quite believe how long it’s been since our last post.  The weeks and months have flown by so quickly that we were starting to wonder if we’d undergone some sort of alien encounter?!?  But then we just looked at the amount of work we’ve knocked out and realised that we couldn’t have been gone for long if that was the case.  So I’ll post a few updates now to keep you in the picture.

The nice people at sign-up.to have a monthly good design blog and have featured our work for Fudges this month.  You can check it out at http://www.signup-onlinemarketing.co.uk/blog/2011/05/05/good-email-design-spotlight-on-fudges/  Let us know what you think.

Check out the stand we designed and built for Mr Filberts at IFE.  We made him feel completely at home by recreating his Dellcombe Bottom environment, complete with Mac the dog and Duck the parrot!  The table and dresser housed loads of product which meant we didn’t have to pay for storage but the fun bit was watching peoples faces as we opened up and walked through the false door on the back wall!

Just some of the work in the studio this week keeping us up all night and on the hard stuff (strong coffee that is) all day.  Lily’s Kitchen are exhibiting at Crufts, we’re building a brand new exhibition environment for Mr Filberts that we’re launch at IFE this weekend (pics to follow next week), some great event and gifting activity for Clipper Teas, bicnics, journals, digital campaigns, competitions and loads and loads of really exciting stuff that we still can’t mention just yet for Fudges biscuits, a great Rugby 7′s guidelines project, materials for League Managers Association and RNLI lifeboat stations and not to mention a whole new rebrand for an amazing diet delivery company - Phew!!  And that’s just this week.  It always amazes me how we get through such volumes of great work – so this is a very public thank you from me to you lovely lot in the studio. I’ll buy in more cake to wash down all that coffee. xx

There was an air of spring about us this week (probably due to that one day of sunshine!)  so we’ve had a bit of a studio shuffle which has been great for clearing out the old and making room for the new.  Changing the view and clearing the landscape is always good in my book, particularly when you’ve got lots of lovely new projects in the pipeline like we have.  Can’t say too much now but keep dropping by the blog to see what’s new!

A few snaps just in of our newly installed display interpretation materials for RNLI’s lifeboat collection at their museum housed within Chatham’s Historic Dockyard .  This is Phase I of the proposed activity – next up will be the interactive stuff.  Yeay!

Now that the Clipper Market canopy has been built, we’re good outdoors, so just had a fun few days at Portobello Market and now heading down to the Southbank for the Real Food Festival this weekend. We’ll be serving a gorgeously spicy chai which really reminds me of Christmas and lots of hot chocolate (marshmallows optional) if you’re down that way, plus there’s also a great Christmas gift idea for all those who can’t function without a cup of tea and a biscuit.  The tea and biscuits pack is also available from the Clipper website, visit www.clipper-teas.com.  Sorry about my ‘shaky jake’ photography below!!

There’s been so much excitement about our new ‘Mac’ in the studio this week but, I think you’ll agree, he is pretty cute! Only 9 weeks old, very nippy and not keen at all on the rain, but totally adorable and currently trying to chew his way through Reuben’s slippers!

Mac is available for photo shoots, walks and cuddles so just pop in and say hi! But remember to bring a treat or two (Lily’s Kitchen are his favourites) it’s the only thing that stops him nipping for a few seconds!

The ultimate in doggy dining has opened it’s doors in London and is welcoming all it’s four legged friends for a free supper. For those who don’t know Lily’s Kitchen, it has won UK’s best pet food company 3 years in a row and serves ‘homemade’ style dog food that contains real ingredients (not the bones and feathers of most other varieties) and holistic properties for happy, healthy pets.  The diner is the first ‘pop-up’ of it’s kind serving the healthiest of meals for dogs who sit at tables or enjoy bedtime treats lounging on cushions and then after all that they can relax and enjoy a good old belly rub on the table. Open until late December we highly recommend all our canine friends a visit.  It’s 30 Pimlico Road, Belgravia, London, SW1.  For more information on Lily’s Kitchen visit: www.lilyskitchen.co.uk