Monthly Archives: January 2010

Is there life in the old blog yet?

The Internet is still growing at a jaw-dropping pace. The number of published websites have increased massively in the last decade with conservative estimates now putting the figure well in excess of 200,000,000 (200m) sites. For a commercial organisation, this will almost certainly mean increased competition. So today, a web presence alone may not be [...]

Diesel: Stupidly creative or just plain stupid?

Diesel: Stupidly creative or just plain stupid?

Diesel, the well known Jeans manufacturer has dived into 2010 with a new message for its admirers and onlookers. Be Stupid. Campaigns like this always intrigue me. Is it a little stroke of creative genius that gets bods like me talking about it, or is it… well… just stupid? For me, I like things that [...]

Colorstrology. What’s your colour?

Colorstrology. What’s your colour?

When I was explaining this in the office, Tony asked if this was a real word. “It is now” I confidently replied. The truth is,  colorstrology has been around for about 6 years. Most of us know that colour influences our emotional and mental state.  Yellow is often associated with sunshine and optimism, blue with [...]

The colour of 2010 is…

The colour of 2010 is…

Turquoise. Although the gang in the studio will know it as Pantone 15-5519.  Turquoise is a slightly greenish shade of Cyan and is based on the gem of the same name.  The name itself originates from the French for Turkish. Pantone say that “Turquoise inspires thoughts of soothing tropical water and a comforting escape from [...]

Put the kettle on and get set for a strong dose of Caffeine

Put the kettle on and get set for a strong dose of Caffeine

With many months already spent at the development stage, Google is set to release the latest and possibly one of its most influential updates to the world’s most popular search engine so far. Code-name Caffeine, there is much speculation as to what impact this next-generation architecture will have on the online community, especially those who [...]

Business as usual

It’s fair to say that the weather is a bit extreme and now the Health and Safety Executive rule our lives and our businesses, people are unable to get in.  Rest assured though, Operation “Day After Tomorrow” was put in place yesterday and every Escapee is still working on our client projects.  In case you [...]

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