Monthly Archives: April 2008

Creative opportunities will never die

Creative opportunities will never die

So. You’ve picked the music, pre-selected your outfit for the occassion and asked everyone to be happy and to ‘celebrate’ your death. Then you turn up in a mahogony box with brass fittings… so last year darling!!! This article on the BBC website just goes go prove that there is a place for design even [...]

Date Posted - 28 Apr 2008 | Posted By - Ian Mumford | Comments 0

Green Printing Part III – FSC Paper Types

Here we go then. We know we want FSC approved stock and we’ve chosen to use vegetable inks but how green do we need that stock to be? There are actually three types of FSC certified paper: There’s 100% FSC which is paper made by a certified mill. Then there is FSC Recycled. This must [...]

Date Posted - 11 Apr 2008 | Posted By - Jacqui Sanwell | Comments 0

Green Printing Part II – Inks

So, you’ve been mulling over the green issue for your printing and you’ve managed to get a favourable price on FSC approved paper but is that enough? To be even more environmentally friendly you may want to ask about the inks that are used on your printing. Traditional printing uses inks that are petroleum based [...]

Date Posted - 10 Apr 2008 | Posted By - Jacqui Sanwell | Comments 0

Green Printing Part I – Paper

We are experiencing an increasing demand for “greener” print, so for those of you that are considering moving into this area, here is a mini guide. The Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) was set up in 1993 and is an independent body, to certify that forests are well managed, sustainable and being constantly renewed. The FSC [...]

Date Posted - 09 Apr 2008 | Posted By - Jacqui Sanwell | Comments 0

Recent Posts

  • It's kicking off in the studio this Christmas

    Peace and good will to all… well, that’s the general theory this time of year isn’t it? Unfortunately, no one passed this message to the ‘troops’ in the studio at Escape Towers this year. Downtown Basra eat your heart out. There we’re no car bombs (we just couldn’t do it to our lego creations) but [...]

    Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 Read More

  • Supporting INSPIRE-ing Businesses (sorry, couldn't resist)

    For a number of years we’ve been supporting a local business awards scheme, the INSPIRE Business Awards, which are organised by one of our lovely clients, Destination Basingstoke.  This year was no exception, and a few weeks ago saw the culmination of a year of hard work from all at ‘DB’, as the awards evening [...]

    Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 Read More

  • New stuff: Honeywell F124 banner

    Its very early days, but we’ve started working with Honeywell. They’re based here in Basingstoke so our local-ness (pretty sure that’s not even a word!) is helpful when there’s a tight deadline to hit. This was the case with our first project for them, a pretty straightforward roller banner design for a show they were [...]

    Date Posted: 10 Oct 2011 Read More

  • Doing our bit for 'ch-ch-charidee mate': The Breast Cancer Care Fashion Show 2011

    Back in July I posted about our involvement with Breast Cancer Care and our charitable creative donation to help them out with the look and feel for their annual fundraiser… The Fashion Show. Time fly’s when you’re having fun and although (at the time) October seemed a million miles away, it soon came around, culminating [...]

    Date Posted: 07 Oct 2011 Read More

  • Beringer Tame website shortlisted for 'best recruitment website' award at the MARA's

    We just want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone that took the time and effort to vote for the Beringer Tame website in the ‘best recruitment website’ category of the MARA awards. The fantastic news is that all those votes have ensured the site has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category! [...]

    Date Posted: 04 Oct 2011 Read More