Staziker Jones

Cardiff Design Festival 2011

The deadline for entries into the Cardiff Design Festival Awards 2011 passed at midnight, and we've entered into the brand and website categories this year. After winning the Brand award in 2009 for Macario Lewin, we've submitted the RGB brand into this years Brand category.

Following a consultation process during which the brand promise, core values, personality and tone of voice were established into a robust brand strategy, a unique brand and brand identity were developed. The new brand reflects the company’s values and aspirations. As such, it’s bold, confident and accessible. The brand reflects the technical capabilities of the company, one that allows for flexibility and infinite creativity. Bringing the brand strapline and marque to life with moving image has created a brand that is fit for purpose and future proof.

See the RGB case study on our website, or view our entry on the Cardiff Design Festival website.

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We've also entered the RGB website into the website category. Although it formed part of the branding journey, the scale and success of the job meant we really wanted to enter it as a stand alone job.

With over 4,000 products available from 26 manufacturers, clear and well thought out navigation was paramount. We introduced a free-text product search, product filtering and database-driven Product mega-menus to aid the user through the site. The website is fully integrated with RGB’s SAP MSSQL database, allowing new products to upload at all times. A ‘members’ area allows dealers to access dealer-based pricing, resources and special offers. CMS control allows RGB to update sections of their site, including recruitment, podcasts and training courses. 

See the entry on the Cardiff Design Festival website, or visit the RGB site.

 

Space Exhibition

Calling all artists, illustrators, designers and anyone who just likes to draw!

We're sponsoring a new exhibition called Space, running in conjunction with the Cardiff Design Festival 2011.

All you have to do is create a piece of work based around the word ‘ Space.’ Anyone can enter and it’s free to submit work. The exhibition will take place during the festival in October. The show will be curated by Ben Cox, Managing Director of The Central Illustration Agency, one of the world’s leading illustration agencies. All entries will be shown in our online showcase, with selected entries printed and exhibited at the event in October. Visit our Space website to find out how you can enter!

Spread the word to anyone you might think would be interested in submitting a piece of work, we want as many entries as we can get!

Follow the exhibition on twitter using the hash tag #spaceexhibition or 'like' Space on Facebook!

 

Cardiff Design Festival planning

This week we are getting our heads together and planning another event for the Cardiff Design Festival. Hopefully it'll be an event that can bring everyone together! It's the old 'watch this space!'

Best in category, Cardiff Design Festival 2010

We are over the moon at being awarded the Publishing prize at this years Cardiff Design Festival for License to Inspire. The winners were announced by Glenn Tutssel at the Shine a Light party at the Coal Exchange last Friday 15th. The book is starting to receive terrific reviews and is now being stocked at some great places including Tate Modern, The Royal Academy, National Gallery of Wales and at Magma Books in London and Manchester. A huge thank you too to the inspiring Olwen Moseley and Angela Dutton for organising this years event.

License to inspire at the Pierhead

Just a reminder that as part of the Cardiff Design Festival we are sponsoring the event at the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay on Friday 8th October, 16:00–18:00. 

Pirum Press will host the presentation by Ben Cox of the Central Illustration Agency. The CIA is one of the world’s leading agencies representing the best in contemporary illustration. Today, the Agency represents both established artists including Sir Peter Blake and Brian Grimwood and young bloods such as Jonas Bergstrand and Richard Wilkinson.

Ben Cox, Managing Director of the CIA, will tell the story of the agency from its inception in the 1980s up to today. He’ll talk about the work of the Agency’s artists and the numerous projects they have been involved in — a journey taking in some of the most memorable advertising campaigns and evocative book covers of the last few decades.

We hope that you can make it to the event. Please RSVP by Wednesday 6th October to: info@pirumpress.co.uk or call: 029 2022 2411

The event is FREE.