Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Competition - Touch Design's Work






Blythswood Square is a townhouse company in scotland which owns a number of luxury hotels around the country. Touch studios were asked to develop their branding identity for Blythswood Square , One of the hotels in scotland. 
I like how they have succesfully captured the hotels classic , historical style and encorporated it into its identity design. 
Touch have definitley portrayed that rich, high class style that the hotel holds in the designs produced. 

The hotel itself..



Identity...


The Art Direction...



The brochure...




Competition - Edinburgh - Enterprise

Touch Design Studios 
Competition - Edinburgh 


Since our group is looking at potentially being based in Edinburgh's , i have had a look at the competition that would be around us. 
Touch design studio is an agency in Edinburgh's , they cover a wide range of communication from branding and identity to illustration and digital design. 
The are quite a small business but they definitely have the skills and brains to create some fresh and innovate design. They regularly collaborate with a number of photographs , designers , developers and students in their projects which is something that we could also think about!
They also sometimes work with artists , printer and packaging specialists , this gives their company more scope in terms of its design results!
Knowing that they collaborate with other designers in the area is a good sign as we can cross them off as competition if we could potentially produce some work with them. 

Who works there? .....






After looking at the business team as a whole , i realised that three people in one team probably militates us skills and hands wise. Touch's studios has a copyright designer , a studio manager and a print designer as well as all the digital designers , this is where we lack in this are as we only have three image inspired digital designers. We definitely need to research and make ourselves more knowledgeable on what we need as a team in order for our business to work! 


They also have some BIG clients! 



"We design with people in mind. We plan, create, develop and deliver impressive work for a diverse range of clients. This didn't happen overnight either - together, we have been amassing our collective experience for over 15 years. Our considerable skillset means that we are adept at more than just aesthetically pleasing projects: concept, content and design are all equally crucial."










Enterprise - Some Useful Advice


Do you want your company to really stand out?
Do you want to compete with an outstanding brand identity that your competitors will envy?
Your corporate identity and branding is so important and should be prominent in all your signage, advertising, marketing literature and vehicle livery.
Engaging a professional graphic design services company to design your brand will give your company a competitive edge over others just starting up. No matter what kind of trading company you are, your corporate branding and logo are everything.
There are plenty of graphic designers who provide graphic design services for companies like yours who need the whole package such as a company logo, business graphics, marketing literature and signage, not to mention all your stationery such as letterheads, business cards and compliment slips. Just make sure you pick a good one!


Engaging a good graphic design company is a great investment in your company’s future. After all, you need to have confidence in your branding. And you need to get it right first time. Getting it right the first time will save additional expense on re-branding further down the line

Your logo design can speak volumes about your business. For instance, it can be used to announce you as an innovative and creative brand, setting a perception that will allow you to get that contract before your number one competitor does.

What about the price though?

The price of getting the correct branding for your business might, at first, appear expensive but the firm who wants to be effective in a market place full of confident companies has to show the same brand awareness.
As I mentioned above, engaging a good graphic design agency to create your branding is an investment in the future of your enterprise. A good graphic designer will use their experience to look at the whole picture and plan out your likely needs and branding application.
They will design your branding with creativity, however, as we live in the real world a professional designer will also design with adaptability. Your branding will have many applications throughout your business so they’ll need to design with this in mind.
Some people try to go down the do-it-yourself route, some ask their local friendly high street printer who has some in-house facilities, but truly, this is not something to rush or to take lightly. You may have to live with it a long time, or even worse, perhaps not if you get it wrong.

From small brands to big brands

When you think of branding, think of Coca Cola. They spend vast sums of money on maintaining their brand to ensure they stay the number one brand across all nations.
Now you might be thinking, “I’m not Coca Cola, I just run a small whatever business…”. Well maybe that’s true for now but your business will stand a much better chance of growing properly if it has the right branding in place from the start.
So spend what you can and try not to skimp on this one. However, if you’re not in a great place financially, then just start with your logo design and build upon it as you go.
There are also lots of ways you can save money through how you apply your branding. But that’s something I’ll be covering in another article coming soon.

Business Plan , Enterprise

               This is our business plan template 



                               

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Enterprise , Press Ad

Here are some press ad designs by myself










Logo Development Enterprise

 Here are a few logo variations for our chosen name of enterprise.
Upstairs Downstairs sums out business up nicely simply because we are hoping to have a first and second floor studio. we will have our studio workshop upstairs and our merchandise , pop ups and open store downstairs.