Gone but truly never forgotten

Gone but truly never forgotten

You probably all know by now that Craig Killick left the Escape at the end of December 2009. We like to keep in touch and noticed that he’s volunteered himself (yet again) to cycle from Paris to London in July 2010 on behalf of Action Medical Research. His aim is to raise £1500 for Action [...]

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 [...]

It’s all about me

It’s all about me

Being an openly self-obsessed female in today’s generation, I recently booked myself into a boudoir photography photoshoot with www.fyeoportraits.com. I came away with a rosy glow but at a loss as to what I could possibly do with the naked/semi naked photos of myself? “I have to do something with them” I told myself, “I [...]

Magento commerce hits the sweet spot

Magento commerce hits the sweet spot

We’re all suffering from a sugar rush at the moment having just launched the web site for the Sweet Treat Company, a retro sweet shop which launched on-line and off-line last week in Winchester, UK. When it comes to choosing an e-commerce platform the choices are almost endless – buy off-the-shelf, develop it from scratch, [...]

Photoshop ‘Plantimals’

Photoshop ‘Plantimals’

Adobe’s ubiquitous Photoshop photo-editing tool has long been the choice of professional graphic designers and picture editors. Its power and sophistication has never really been matched although I wouldn’t deny there are some very competent (and cheaper) alternatives available. One website, worth1000.com, is a community of talented Photoshop users who regularly respond to ‘contests’ on [...]

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 [...]

WIN an Apple iPhone courtesy of Bittbox

WIN an Apple iPhone courtesy of Bittbox

One of our favourite design blogs is currently celebrating its first birthday by giving away a free iPhone. All you have to do is leave a comment on their post. Comments will be open for one week, and the winners will be chosen at random. You must only comment once, and you have to fill [...]

One for the ladies

I found this wonderful local business that has a great selection of jewellery, handbags and some fun and unusual gift ideas at really affordable prices. So as the season of goodwill, spending and giving is almost upon us, I thought why not invite them in and share it all with you. I’d love it if [...]

Merry Google Earthmas

Merry Google Earthmas

If you like Google Earth you’ll love this! Google have hidden toys across the globe and everyday from now until Christmas they’ll be a new clue outside Santa’s workshop to help you find them. Find out how to play along here: http://earth.google.com/santa/ Fantastic!

Pandora – For Music Explorers

Pandora – For Music Explorers

Pandora.com was sent to us by one of our Clients (Thanks Debbie) for all those people who like to discover new music, like what we do. Can you help me discover more music that I’ll like? Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music [...]

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  • 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