Ciao amicos
I had the great pleasure to be invited by Past Captain David Bateman to play for his New Club team against a team of his Italian friends from the Sherwood Golf Club on the Jubilee Course last...
New old pics
Stored safely in our attic for years, I rediscovered an old file of negatives, mostly black and white 35mm, but also many sheets of two-and-a-quarter-inch-square negatives, shot on a waist-held...
Rebranding a world leader
The synonymous red tartan of Walkers was already well known around the world by the time we started working with them in May 1991, but their branding was being inconsistently handled across...
The eagle has landed
A long time ago, last century, on 21 November 1989 to be exact, I received a 7-page brief for the ‘development of corporate identity for Highlands and Islands Enterprise and for a unified...
To market, to market …
… Borough Market, to be exact. On our visit to London in February, Simon introduced us to the wonders of this outdoor food extravaganza, located just south of London Bridge. Available...
Designs on glass
The photograph above shows a selection of the packaging, print and point-of-sale produced by Caithness Glass. Each had been designed and presented at a pitch to the management of Caithness...
Iced Tay anyone?
It shouldn't have been a surprise to see the River Tay ice up this year, … but it was! There was a mass of ice, particularly on the southern, shaded side of the river, between the two...
Baillie who?
Well, we did it – eventually! Over 15 years since Baillie Marshall ceased to exist, directors, staff, clients, associates and partners met, some for the first time in 20 years, at a reunion...
Flower of Scotland
Although the Scottish rugby strip had borne the thistle for 120 years, the emblem itself remained public property. So in 1990, when Scotland won the Grand Slam, they were using a plethora of...
Lovely, lovely biscuits
Simmers had been baking quality biscuits for almost a century when, in the early 1980s, they asked us to develop a new identity, new packaging and marketing. I remember developing the logo by...