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Shouting From The Top – Sharda Architectural Glass

13th September 2010 by Frank Norman

Today’s special buildings need special glass. Sharda Architectural Glass are the industry specialists who manufacture this glass and work in partnership to deliver specialist glass solutions globally.

Design Inc are proud of our relationship with Sharda and are pleased to have conceived, planned and built a regenerated online presence for them. Being an integrated agency, we started working with Sharda last year when we created a series of printed direct mail campaigns, including their innovative & award-winning, Inspired-Desired! mailers. Following on from the success of these campaigns, Design Inc were asked to look at a major overhaul of the brand to take the company forward for its next stage of evolution.

And this is where the ‘See the Bigger Picture’ campaign was conceived and developed, demonstrating both:

How Sharda’s architectural glass products and attention to detail enables the design and construction of amazing landmark projects worldwide.

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How Sharda form larger partnerships with leading firms of architects, engineers, designers and construction businesses. Working as a project team component requires an integrated approach and flexible attitude as well as a deep understanding of the building design supply chain.

The branding components that were included in the repositioning were:

Identity and name: Evolving the outdated Sharda Glass identity and creation of a new descriptor “Architectural Glass’ to reflect the new positioning as partners to the major international players in the built environment sector.

Web Design: Web site interfaces, site architecture, imagery, typography information hierarchy and programming. Including lead capture devices. The homepage movie shows a series of striking glass building applications, representing the endless range of projects served by Sharda Glass. Each time zoomed out to reveal that the image is part of a bigger picture.

Content: The site map has been designed to cater for both the high level user looking for a strategic partner for a project or framework agreement or alternatively the project architect looking for a specific innovation in glass technology, technical information or application examples.

Quote from MD of Sharda Glass

Design Inc have provided a truly integrated solution for us, the team combined an understanding of both the built environment sector and our need to achieve a website design that worked on several levels for us at this stage of our business evolution. We were again looking for the wow! factor from them, not just in design terms but also in the strategy of our message. The Bigger Picture concept does exactly that.

If you are considering a forthcoming creative/marketing project, you may be interested in receiving Design Inc’s  Information Pack.

Passport to Politics

10th September 2010 by Dan Gilbert

A recent direct mail design piece by Design Incorporated for Quickstart Global has created a bit of controversy among its recipients – even gaining coverage on the BBC Politics Show! Copying (but not that closely) a Canadian passport in its format the mailer’s mission and message being to highlight how Quickstart Global can provide enterprises the means to outsource overseas and access grants and incentives provided by, in this case Canada for software development in the gaming industry. Unfair advantage? Some apparently thought so!

The passport postcard concept was a lighthearted suggestion to UK based developers they may need to migrate to Canada for their next job!

Whether as a result of this mailshot UK Ltd may lose the reputation and revenue it currently enjoys in this sector as programmers decamp across the pond to the land of the Maple leaf and Bryan Adams remains to be seen!

If you are considering a direct mail project, you may be interested in receiving Design Inc’s Information Pack.

Has Banksy finally designed a website?

27th August 2010 by Frank Norman

Troika is the name for a collection of three elements that once combined increase strength, stability and power. It is the power of three. And when three seasoned hospitality recruitment specialists came together to form a new, powerful recruitment company, the name ‘Troika’ was the natural choice.

To set their offer and brand apart, the three principals of Troika Recruitment created a brief that demanded a corporate website design that was very different from those of the established, larger, more general recruitment agencies.

Of course, in a heavily networked industry, ‘word on the street’ is all powerful, and it was this knowledge that inspired us to create a Banksy-inspired, graffiti streetscape that provides a truly interactive experience for the web visitor.

Sounds, tools and posters all provide exciting navigation around the site, with many hidden treasures to be found now, and many more being planned for the future. All in all it’s a website that punches above its weight for a start-up business and not just another brick in the wall.

According to Troika Director, Suzie Boyd, “the team at Design Inc took our brand aspirations & the vision we have for our boutique business and have created for us a online presence that is as unique as we are – we love it – and better still our clients love it.”

If you are considering a forthcoming creative/marketing project, you may be interested in receiving Design Inc’s  Information Pack.

AirCRAFT: The Art of Aviation Photography

13th August 2010 by Dan Gilbert

Aviation photography for advertising and marketing campaigns is both an art and a science whether it be for a commercial or private jet or a small helicopter. Ensuring the aircraft image portrayed in terms of content, context, models and props fulfills the optimum brand proposition.

Attention to detail and a good understanding of the lighting and spatial challenges each shoot presents is essential to ensure the airframe build integrity, design detailing and quality of interiors materials comes through. In addition, giving the impression of space and comfort is always a key priority (especially in helicopters and cockpits).

The challenges internal and external shots present are extremely different. Very often additional exterior lighting is needed when shooting interiors to show how much natural light is available and how airy the passenger cabin is.

Design Inc were recently commissioned to produce a website marketing campaign including a micro site and e-brochure for this rather amazing private jet owned by one very wealthy individual which involved a comprehensive and creative photo shoot.

This project required positioning the aircraft on the apron of a photogenic airport hangar and terminal hard standing location, a stylist dressing the inside and outside background areas and providing models and props including cuisine.

In addition to stills photography in a variety of formats and DV, a 360 degree lens and other specialist cameras were used to create a stunning portfolio of images and presentation footage. It all helps to promote what a unique aeroplane this converted Boeing 727 really is.

See the interactive e-brochure we created as part of the marketing project by clicking here.

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Design Inc at MEBA 2010 Dubai

10th June 2010 by Dan Gilbert

The regional market optimism witnessed by those attending the Dubai Air show last November (2009) is now gaining momentum and rapidly rolling forward to MEBA in December 2010. The Middle East region being seen as not only an opportunity itself by many but also as a stepping stone into Asia for many European aerospace companies. Several of our clients continue to look to the east for projected business growth and are building on their regional Gulf presence.

Market intelligence and message development at these planning stages can help exhibitors to make the most of the commitment to attend. Apart from the obvious attraction of some December sunshine, many smaller companies who offer highly specialised services are investing in shared-stand accommodation. This can be very cost-effective as not only enabling the face-to-face on stand contact, but in participation as show exhibitor enabling additional supporting guerrilla activities on the show fringe. The organisers of most aviation industry trade fairs like MEBA encouraging and accommodating creative participation as business seeds are sown.

The design of exhibition space usually falls into two clear camps, the ‘stakeout your territory approach’ all walls and stools with flags and towers at each corner, demonstrating the maximum acreage of your expensive floor space – but a little intimidating to approach as your visitors may be fearful of being rounded upon by lurking salespeople. Better perhaps to design an innovative stand with a seamless boundary transition that blends into the surrounded aisles – the prospect then being drawn onto the stand by the ambient feeling of space and calm. Actually arriving right in the middle of your brand and message without even being aware that they have strayed into the zone! Gotcha.