Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Dear Santa
Creative Edge were asked by Superfast Cornwall to produce a festive web app to allow children to enter their Christmas wishes into a letter for Santa. The end result was used during late night shopping events.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
A Great Finish
As a worldwide Olympic Partner, local Paralympic sponsor and Sustainability
Partner of London 2012, GE was the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that were integral to staging the successful Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To celebrate their involvement GE asked Creative Edge to produce a brochure, along with a folder and CDs to be used by atheletes during the Games when attending the Polyclinic – a medical facility located in the Athletes’ Village that provided clinical services to hundreds of competitors.
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Have your say
The Neighbourhood Plan is a community plan to manage development in the next twenty years to maintain a balance of economy, environment and social needs. Truro City and Kenwyn Parish joined together to work on the plan and asked Creative Edge to produce a leaflet which would provide the opportunity to gather public opinion. We went on to disguise a Scout trailer into a display for a day in Truro gathering more opinion and highlighting the opportunity to have your say in how Truro and Kenwyn Parish are developed. The event sparked a lot of interest from a diverse range of the community.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Access the strategy
Continuing their work with Cornwall Isles of Scilly LEP (CIOSLEP) Creative Edge has refreshed the home page of their website. The updated design highlights important content within the site on the homepage and allows the CIOSLEP to make changes throughout with the Content Management System. Quick visible access to the CIOSLEP strategy being a top priority.
The responsive layout also adapts the site depending on your viewing platform, allowing the site to be easily explored on smart phones, tablets or desktop computers.
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Webcast Launch
Creative Edge has been working with The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to launch its economic strategy via a webcast.
The launch took place on the 28 June via a live webcast with LEP Chairman Chris Pomfret. There was also a short film featuring a number of successful businesses from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that reflect the key points of the strategy and was followed by an hour long webchat with Chris and fellow LEP board member Simon Tregoning, who is chairman of Helston based Classic Cottages.
The economic strategy has involved input from hundreds of local businesses and sets the future direction for economic growth in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for the next eight years.
The webcast can be viewed online at www.cornwallandislesofscillylep.com/webcast.
Friday, June 29th, 2012
Spa and Expansion
Continuing to develop the refreshed brand for St Michael's Hotel and Spa, Creative Edge are delighted with the new look Spa brochure. An increased page size now brings it inline with other brochures and the content has been re-structured and lightened.
St Michaels continues to grow it's brand with air time on the ITV This Morning show and the purchase of the Old County Hall site in Truro, which will be developed into a 40-bedroom hotel and spa, creating about 100 jobs and bringing a landmark spa to Truro.
Friday, June 1st, 2012
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Monday, May 28th, 2012
Superfast Responsive
Continuing our work with Superfast Cornwall we're pleased to see a responsive layout now incorporated into the website. This allows the site to be easily viewed on iPhones and iPads – other phones and tablets are available.
Look out for Superfast Cornwall at the Royal Cornwall Show and be sure to visit the website and check your telephone number to see if you could be Superfast enabled.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Media Central
Journalists have been flocking to the new Cornwall Media Hub website. The microsite has been designed to be a quick and efficient resource for members of the media seeking information, images or film footage of Cornwall.
The responsive website, built and designed by Creative Edge can be easily viewed on smart phones, tablets, laptops and desktop browsers. The site offers a wealth of assets for the media industry and promises to be a useful resource for promoting the county.
Leo Stockley said 'We wanted the site to be very simple allowing quick access to press releases, imagery and video, whilst building a site which was able to be viewed across the spectrum of devices'.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Smell the Sea Air
Creative Edge has been working with St Michael's Hotel and Spa on a refresh of their branding and one item rolling out in the new look is the Seaview newsletter. The first new-look issue was well recieved and we're pleased to see the second arrive through the post today. The popular newsletter has been expanded to include more articles and a regular menu from the hotels Head Chef Nick Hodges, not to mention tempting offers. Lead designer Leo said, 'It has been great to expand the Seaview and bring it into a more magazine based feel. The feedback has been positive and we're already looking forward to working on the next issue!'
New look Christmas brochures are also already out and advertising is being rolled out in various media.
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Your Cornwall
Seymac Distribution have rolled out their new guides following a complete refresh from the team here at Creative Edge
The bright new Room Browser, For One and All guide and Event poster include impactful photography, bright, strong typograpghy and a clear location colourway. The For One and All guide benefits from new editorial sections, fun facts and figures, clear event listing and a humourous look at Cornish words. Lead designer Leo said 'It was a great project to be involved with. The guides have really come together following the new design. Feedback has been positive and the new material offers a powerful advertising platform for Cornwall's attractions'.
See more in our portfolio section.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Just Browsing
With mobile phones doing so much more than making a phone call and with the introduction of new products such as the ipad, website browsing habits are changing.
Looking at recent Google Analytic results from a range of our websites has given us a clear indication that this is the case. Visitors have increased overall over the the last year but the most dramatic increases have been in the numbers of website visitors using ipads, iphones, androids and other mobile devices. On average there has been a 500% increase in visitors using ipads, 250% using iphones and 500% using androids when comparing January 2011 with the same month in 2012.
This indicates a clear shift in numbers away from the traditional desktop PC and reinforces the need to make sure your online presence caters for visitors using new mobile devices. This trend is not limited to the youth market either with one website whose target audience is the over 60's seeing the same big increases.
Creative Edge are happy to discuss these exciting developments with any existing or new clients, just call 01872 260023 to arrange an appropriate time to discuss your online options.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Winning Ways
Creative Edge are delighted to see some of our clients winning top honours in the South West Tourism awards.
Congratulations go to Penlee House Gallery and Museum who were awarded Gold in the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year, Trebah Garden with a Gold in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year and Gwel an Mor with a Gold in the Holiday Park and Village of the Year – judges' comments complementing their clear and informative website.
With St Michaels Hotel and Spa also coming away with a highly commended in Large Hotel of the Year, the results reflect the high standards that Cornwall now offers it's visitors and locals alike.
We look forward to continuing our work with everyone involved and look forward to future success.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
In Your Area...
Superfast Cornwall have launched press ads in media across the county. The ads, featuring inspirational imagery, highlight the areas in parts of which Superfast broadband is available and encourage members of the public to check if they can order by visiting superfastcornwall.org.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Summer is just around the corner
Fresh back from the printers, the Cornwall Guide for summer 2012 is packed with information on the counties top tourist attractions. The 52 page guide of the Cornwall Association of Tourist Attractions (CATA) is available throughout the county or direct from CATA. Following on from the success of the new Cornish Farm Holidays website, we were pleased to produce an advert for inclusion in the CATA publication, alongside our work for other advertisiers such as National Trust.
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Superfast Wrapped Up
We are used to unusual requests around this time of year and this year was no exception. As part of the ongoing marketing work for Superfast Cornwall, Creative Edge were asked to supply a large sheet of branded wrapping paper to launch an early Christmas present to another five Cornish Communities - including the well known 'broadband slow spot' of Trispen.
The announcement was particularly welcomed by the village's residents, who have been waiting for faster broadband for about four years. Rob Trethewey, the chairman of St Erme Parish Council, which covers the Trispen area, said: "This is fantastic news, a very important step forward for Trispen. It's the best Christmas present the village could have been given.
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Newsletter 9
Every few months (or longer if we've been busy) we produce a newsletter to keep you up-to-date with the goings on in the studio. If you would like to receive our newsletter simple add your details to our mailing list which can be found beneath the contact & location navigation link titled 'subscribe to regular updates.'
To read our latest stories, news and projects please click here for Newsletter 09!
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Green Isn't Easy, It's Global
GREEN IS GLOBAL 2011 is an environmental project for schools from all over the world which will culminate in a conference during October 2011 in the UK at the world famous Eden Project. At the conference students from schools across the globe will meet for the first time.
Green is Global has joined forces with NHS Forest and the Silvanus Trust to make a contribution to their carbon footprint by planting over 250 trees across Cornwall schools over the next month.
Creative Edge created a folder, conference programme, attendance certificate and posters. Items were printed on 100% post-consumer fibres, FSC ® certified and PCF (Process Chlorine Free) paper.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Super Award for Superfast Cornwall
Congratulations to the team at Superfast Cornwall on their win at the World Communications Awards. A great achievement.
Creative Edge has very much enjoyed being part of the project and we look forward to positive feedback following the launch of the new Superfast Cornwall smartphone site, which follows on from the success of an iPad survery web app developed in-house at creative Edge.
Visit superfastcornwall.org for all the latest.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Fab Four
Congratulations to 4 of Creative Edge's clients who scooped no less than 5 awards between them last night at The Cornwall Tourism Awards.
Gold Awards went to Gwel an Mor for Holiday Park of the Year and also for the Outstanding Customer Service Award and Gold also for Penlee House for winning Small Visitor Attraction of the Year for the second year running. Trebah Gardens picked up a gold award in the category Large Visitor Attraction of the Year. A silver award went to St Michael's Hotel and Spa in the category Large Hotel of the Year.
Creative Edge have worked for a number of years for all these successful businesses, designing and building their websites and producing a diverse range of marketing collateral for them all.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Show Us Your Pasty
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Newsletter 8
Every few months (or longer if we've been busy) we produce a newsletter to keep you up-to-date with the goings on in the studio. If you would like to receive our newsletter simple add your details to our mailing list which can be found beneath the contact & location navigation link titled 'subscribe to regular updates.'
To read our latest stories, news and projects please click here for Newsletter 08!
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Christmas Comes Early
The sun is shining and the beaches full of holiday makers soaking up all that Cornwall has to offer. Christmas is but a distant memory... So you may think, but with the off-season becoming equally important to the tourist industry many companies are promoting all year round. We've recently completed work on three new Christmas brochures for The Bay Hotel, The Esplanade Hotel and Boringdon Hall Hotel.
If Christmas is not going to be at home this year – start booking now!
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Spoon Fed
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After sponsoring the Ignite Cornwall Business Plan competition for the second year, Creative Edge are now working with winners Sproggie as part of the prize package.
Michael Mailling of Sproggie has designed an ingenious plastic spoon that clips to popular baby food pouches to make on-the-go baby feeding a simple single-handed affair with hardly any mess.
“Judging was once again made incredibly hard by the high standard of entries. There really are many talented entrepreneurs in our industrious county.” commented Dave Rickett, “In the end though, Sproggie had developed a fantastic product that tickled the taste buds of the judges”.
Creative Edge has initially been involved in developing the Sproggie brand.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Judgemental
Creative Edge were delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor a category in the DESIGNED. IN CORNWALL exhibition at University College Falmouth.
The event showcased the outstanding design and technology work produced by students at schools and Higher Education colleges across Cornwall and is the only large-scale exhibition of its kind in the country.
The high standard meant that Senior Designer Leo Stockley had his work cut out when judging the Graphic Product category, but a bauhaus inspired chess board by Joe Cooke of Roseland School was the stand out for its consistency of style. Highly Commended went to Amy Johnstone of Camborne Science & Community College Academy – whose Shoe as a promotional item for a bad was superb. There was a huge variety of inspirational work, from textiles and fashion to food technology. Some of the stand outs in various catergories included the coffin wardrobe, washing machine BBQ and typography on the reading chair (see images below).
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The surf van
We have just been sent a couple of pics of the Harlyn Surf School Truck. The surf school has been enjoying a busy start to the year and we recently completed a refresh on the website as well as creating display boards, signage and posters. Look out for t-shirt designs in the near future.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
super workin
Superfast Cornwall is a pioneering programme to bring superfast fibre optic broadband to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, making it one of the best connected places in the world.
This is the largest ever single European investment in superfast broadband infrastructure.
Funded by the EU, BT and Cornwall Council, and managed by Cornwall Development Company, Superfast Cornwall is bringing fast broadband internet connections to businesses, individuals and communities across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It has the power to change the way we all interact with the internet, transforming the way we live, work and play.
The team at Creative Edge were delighted to win the tender to produce the Superfast Cornwall branding and after a lot of work there is a strong brand in place and a new website has been launched.
"We're really pleased to be involved in this programme and feel that the enthusiasm of the entire team really shone through during the tender stages" said Jon Symons from Creative Edge.
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
What a Performance
Creative Edge have created a vibrant advertising campaign for Imerys Performance Minerals.
The adverts use statistics to communicate messages on the diverse range of products and areas covered by Performance Minerals and have been carried through to exhibition panels. Designer Leo Stockley said,'We wanted to portray the diverse range of products by utilising facts and figures related to the Performance Minerals. The adverts needed to work in several languages, so it was important to not get the messages lost in translation'.
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
All work and no play?
As part of the Creative Edge sponsorship of the Ignite Business Plan competition we have been working with the 2010 competition winners Rokka Play to create an exhibition for this years Toy Fair at Olympia, London.
Designer Phil Zschiesche said, 'It's been great to work with Rokka Play on their exhibition. It's such a strong product and was the stand out amongst an incredibly high level of entry in the Ignite competition'.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 Ignite competition, so if you have a winning business idea submit your plan now.
www.rokkaplay.com
www.ignitecornwall.com
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Spreading the Word
Creative Edge are delighted to have launched a new website for Cornwall's number one distribution Service and producer of the For One and All activities and events guide – Seymac Distribution.
The website balances a clean, corporate approach with fun animation which parallels the companies professional approach and warm personality. The website features a flip through guide and online ordering of attraction leaflets.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The One That Didn't Get Away
This simple initiative aims to reduce marine litter by involving one of the key stakeholders, the fishing industry. Member vessels are given hard-wearing bags to collect marine litter that accumulates in their nets during fishing operations. Filled bags are returned to the quayside in participating ports and moved to secure containers ready for safe and responsible disposal.
As well as the obvious environmental impact of marine litter, research has shown it costs the fishing industry on average, £10,000 per boat, each year, through contamination of catches, broken gear, and fouled propellers. Vessels surveyed, spent an average of 41 hours a year removing marine debris from fishing gear. These are costs that fishing vessels cannot afford to absorb. Participation in the project will contribute towards the permanent removal of debris and marine litter from fishing grounds, which not only makes good financial sense, but also helps fishing vessels meet the requirements of the Responsible Fishing Scheme.
Fishing for Litter South West aims to establish a network of 6 harbours, recruit a minimum of 60 fishing vessels and recover 200 tonnes of marine litter. A percentage of the waste that comes ashore will be monitored to try to identify the source of the litter and establish if there are any regional differences. The information will also be fed into international monitoring programs such as OSPAR’s Marine Litter Monitoring Working Group.
The project is being co-ordinated locally by a Project Officer based at Seafood Cornwall Training in Newlyn and overseen internationally by KIMO UK. See what Creative Edge has done for Fishing For Litter
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Recognition for Penlee House
Well done to the team at Penlee House Gallery & Museum which took silver in the Southwest Tourism Excellence Awards for the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year. A great achievement. Creative Edge worked with Penlee House to create a comprehensive website which catalogues their vast collection of work by Newlyn School artisits.
SILVER AWARD
Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Cornwall www.penleehouse.org.uk
Read more on the Southwest Tourism website
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Hard Work Awarded
Penlee House Gallery and Museum took the title of Small Visitor Attraction of the Year for the second consecutive year, with St Michael’s Hotel & Spa claiming a Bronze in the Large Hotel of the Year catergory. Gwel an Mor also picked up an award, Silver in the Large Self-Catering Establishment of the Year.
Read more on the Business Cornwall website and a full winners list can be seen on the Visit Cornwall website.
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Official GE Design My Break Launch
GE is a Worldwide Olympic Partner, providing a vast array of innovative products and services that are at the heart of a successful Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Design My Break is a pioneering competition to help improve the lifestyle of young people and create lasting change for the future.
The midday break is seen as a challenge in many schools, yet it can be a great opportunity for young people to build friendships, feel good about themselves and enjoy the benefits of physical activity and balanced nutrition.
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
A picture speaks a thousand words
Creative Edge were delighted to pick up an award at a recent Tesco event. The Tesco Values Award was in recognition of communicating a sense of local communities through the use of photography which engages those communities and adds value to the Tesco messages.
Lead Designer on the Tesco projects Phil Zschiesche, said 'We've worked really hard with local photographer, Steve Tanner, on a number of Tesco projects and this close relationship has paid off. The results and feedback have been really positive and we look forward to future collaborations'.
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Timeless Black and White
Continuing our work with A&T Services, Creative Edge have created a distinctive brochure, which makes full use of superb photography from Kirstin Prisk. The images were originally shot in colour, but the high visibilty jackets were over powering. Using the timeless medium of black and white has really enhanced the companies brand and created a powerful image and strong personality.
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Designing Design My Break
Launched today, the ‘Design My Break’ initiative is designed to help improve the lifestyle of young people and provide a positive legacy for the future. It builds on GE’s existing involvement with the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) to support their Get Set education programme for the last three years. GE is also working with a number of partners on the initiative including the LOCOG/Food Standards Agency ‘SmallSteps4Life’ programme, the Youth Sports Trust, the Schools Food Trust and the Department of Health.
Creative Edge were brought in to oversee the design elements of the project including the identity, flyers, posters and website. To complete the identity an afternoon of photography was arranged at a Bristol school, with fantastic results. 21 enthusiastic pupils got to experience being under the glare of studio lights and camera, whilst the Design My Break identity and marketing materials were brought to life with a superb set of images.
Thanks must go to Steve Tanner photography and Fairfield High School
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Planning for the Future
Following on from work with Tesco on the St Austell store extension, Creative Edge have been busy working on several extension and new store projects.
Our remit was to design exhibition panels, produce photography and leaflets with feedback forms for a public consultation exercise. The views of the public are taken into consideration before Tesco submit their plans for planning permissions.
Stores which came under Creative Edge's attention included Glastonbury, Wadebridge, Penzance, Saltash, Seaton, Taunton and Blandford, with some featuring facilities such as rain water harvestors and combined heat and power plants.
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Dance is Taking Off at Trebah Gardens
Renowned for their unique brand of Dance story telling, Cscape’s talented ensemble of performers will be collaborating with a hundred dancers, young and old, writers, artists and musicians to tell the secret stories that are growing in Trebah gardens. Stories of flowers whose scents break hearts, plant hunters who travelled the world for rare blooms, homecomings and leavings, this will be a show to excite all your senses.
Cscape will be creating a week of extraordinary site specific performance events at Trebah Gardens in early July. The intoxicating evening performances by Cscape will feature fire, dance, music and poetry, accompanied by a Community Dance Company of 100 dancers and Cornwall Youth Dance Company. The Venus Flower and other stories is part of the wider Global Garden project taking place at Trebah all week.
Creative Edge are thrilled to be involved and have designed posters, leaflets, invites and advertising for the event, all of which have been printed by our friends at St Austell Printing Company.
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Congratulations
Creative Edge were recently involved with both the Cornwall Business Awards and the Ignite Cornwall Business Plan Competition and would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the winners of both events.
Dave Rickett, who sat on the judging panel, was very impressed with the high standard and diversity of entry in the Ignite Cornwall Business Plan Competition which saw Rokka Play given first prize for their business plan, amongst very stiff competition.
An entertaining evening was had at the Cornwall Business Awards, which were attended by Dave and Melinda Rickett, Leo Stockley from Creative Edge and Simon and Vanessa Hendra. A talk was given by Karren Brady, prior to the announcing of the winners. In particular we would like to say well done to Proper Cornish for Best Diversification and St Austell Printing Company for Customer Focus.
For both events Creative Edge worked on various graphic elements.
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Charity Starts at The Esplanade Hotel
Creative Edge are proud to be sponsoring the Charity Summer Ball at the Esplanade Hotel in Newquay with the design of poster, ticket and adverts.
In aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust the ball is to be held on Saturday 10th July from 7:30pm – 1am
Following a welcome cocktail, there will be a three course sit-down meal, live band, DJ, casino tables and charity auction. It's all for a vital and great charity and promises to be a fun and entertaining evening.
Don't delay, book today. £25 per ticket – call 01637 873 333
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Highly Recommended
Well done to Gwel an Mor, who along with only a couple of other UK resorts made the list for a recent Times article on 20 Great Family Getaways in Europe. Gwel an Mor, who have recently updated their website through Creative Edge, offer breaks in luxury timber lodges high above Portreath beach. Apart from the pool and restaurant Gwel an Mor stands out for its ranger-led wildlife walks.
See more at: Gwel an Mor portfolio pages
Visit: gwelanmor.com
See the Times article
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Education Through Creativity
Creative Edge are once again involved in the annual Combined Truro Schools Arts Events (CTSAE), which this years goes under the title 'Build Up'. The CTSAE event, now in its sixth year, started in 2005 with a celebration of the explorer Richard Lander founding the navigable course of the River Niger and focusing on African Art. Other themes covered have been Rivers, Cornish Mining, Cornish Gardens and last year, ‘Show ID’ looked at pupils own identities.
Build Up focuses on the history and architecture of the City of Truro and has seen students involved in a variety of joint workshops. They produced clay reliefs based on the architectural features discovered whilst exploring the rich heritage of Truro, as well as constructing a large scale relief of ‘Middle Row’ – a row of buildings that used to exist in Boscawen Street and working with an illustrator on a book.
The exhibition runs from Feb 26th – March 6th (9am - 6pm, Mon - Sat) at the Lander Gallery, Lemon Street market, Truro.
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Summer Insight
The summer edition of the Cornwall CATA Guide has arrived at Creative Edge, fresh from the printers. Carrying on the success of the winter guide update, the summer edition features bite size snippets from each of the members of CATA and continues the push for a user friendly and clean layout.
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Press Pack for Spa Hotel
Working with Creative Edge, The Bay Hotel have just released a new Press Pack. Images from recently commissioned photography have been combined with the fresh corporate colours and engaging typography to create a vibrant brochure.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Inspired Poetry
The latest edition to the Creative Edge publishing house is the new book of poetry from Bert Biscoe. The book is a collection of poetry about Par and is dedicated to the memory of John Baker, who first introduced Bert to this important port and showed him the true beauty of the place.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
New look guide
This seasons CATA Guide has been launch with a fresh design, aimed at giving the audience a more informative guide to Cornwall. Featuring bite size snippets from each of the members of CATA the guide is all together more user friendly with a clean layout and the introduction of a more lively colour palette. Pick up your copy to discover another side of Cornwall.
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Plant inspired identity
Samphire is the name given to a variety of different edible plants that grow in coastal areas, and is also the name of a new advisory business we have recently branded. Samphire Communications offer an investor relations service to large and medium sized corporations. Creative Edge created a sophisticated, clean, fresh and contemporary identify for this new business.
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Going for Gold!
Hotel of the Year 2009, Website of the Year and Winner of Winners! The team at Creative Edge would like to congratulate our client St Michael's Hotel in Falmouth on last nights success at the Cornwall Tourism Awards.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
From Farm to Fork
Brady Family Ham is unique in that it offers consumers Farm to Fork assurance. Simply put, Brady Family Ham is traceable to its original farm. Recently launched across Ireland, Creative Edge has refreshed their packaging range for Brady's sliced ham's to compete in all tiers of the supermarket, but most of all, to ensure that the customers know that Brady only use 100% Irish ham!
Friday, October 9th, 2009
We're hiring!
Calling all Graphic Designers, Freelancers and Web Developers! Creative Edge are always on the look out for talented individuals to join their experienced team. Take a look at our current vacancies here.
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Plans for St Austell
Creative Edge have been commissioned by Tesco to help promote their exciting new plans for an extension to the St Austell Store. Our remit was to design exhibition panels, produce photography and feedback forms for a public consultation exercise. The views of the public will be taken into consideration before Tesco submit their plans for planning permission. The exhibition panels have been on display in the community at the Leisure Centre and in-store and show the proposed new store layout and architects visualization. The store extension will create 180 new full and part time jobs, reduce in store congestion, allow for an introduction of a clothing section and improve road access problems.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Wonderland! where?
Creative Edge have assisted Oxford Innovation in the design of materials to publicise their launch event that will take place on Wednesday 14th October at the Caerhays Estate. Anyone with ambitious growth plans for their business, startup or established, is encouraged to contact Anna John or Emma Yates on 01872 300116 or [email protected], or visit www.growcornwall.co.uk to find out more.
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Relish, Chutney & Festivals
This weekend saw the annual Cornwall Food & Drink Festival take place featuring a delightful stand from our favourite makers of preserves, Crellow. With prizewinning handmade chutneys, savoury jellies and a few unusual condiments on display, all lovingly made using local Cornish ingredients, their stand was a hive of activity. Congratulations Crellow on a successful festival!
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Oyster Season
To celebrate St Michael's Hotel becoming the official sponsors to the Falmouth Oyster Festival, we have produced a guide to events happening at the hotel. Look out for the adverts in your local press!
Monday, September 21st, 2009
New ID straight from the kiln
Ruth Bedingham, a local artist who specialises in individually designed and crafter glass approached Creative Edge to create an identify that reflected her work along with the vibrance and intensity of her glass. The result was Glass Ruth, an abstract form inspired by one of the artists pieces with colours that complimented the vibrancy of her work. See more examples in our portfolio.
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Newsletter 7
Every few months we produce a newsletter to keep you up-to-date with the goings on in the studio. If you would like to receive our newsletter simple add your details to our mailing list which can be found beneath the contact & location navigation link titled 'subscribe to regular updates.'
To read our latest stories, news and projects please click here for Newsletter 07!
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Introducing the typographer
A few months back we had the pleasure of stumbling upon a talented typographer by the name of Jos Buiverga. In particular a beautiful font by the name of Museo which can be found, amongst others, at exljbris Font Foundry. We recently used this typeface on the branding of Keep It Cornish which Jos has been kind enough to put up on his website. Visit the site to see this and other fine example of typography.
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Talk of the town
Following the successful launch of the Rick Stein savory oat biscuits, we are happy to say that Creative Edge's design has been picked up by a number of national publications. Read the full article on the Design Week website as well as on Packaging News.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
We're having a NIP and tuck
Creative Edge and the other inhabitants of the Newham area of Truro have formed a group called NIP, Newham Improvements Project, who's aim is to unlock the economic potential of the region. The group will be looking at the environment, accessibility, public transport provisions and overall improvements to this somewhat forgotten area of Truro.
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Hot out of the oven!
We are pleased to announce the launch of an exciting collaboration between Rick Stein and Furniss of Cornwall. Over the past few months Creative Edge have been working closely with Furniss (not just tasting the delicious savoury oat biscuits) on developing this exciting range of Oat Biscuits. Taking inspiration from Rick Stein's 'local heroes' , those essential suppliers who contribute to the unique flavours of the biscuits, we have produced 3 boxes which encapsulate the Stein brand and stands it apart on the supermarket shelf.
The range of biscuits are available at Stein’s Deli, South Quay, Padstow and via the online shop at www.rickstein.com
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Website on its way to raise £1m-plus
Established 82 years ago with a single horse and cart, Dash still delivers newspapers to West Cornwall but has now become one of the biggest independent printed media distributors and the biggest seller of Ordnance Survey maps online apart from Ordnance Survey's website itself.
Creative Edge have worked closely with Dash for a number of year, helping to develop its online media in particular the website of dash4it.co.uk anddash4yourshop.co.uk. With the launch of the latest website to the Dash family (dashsw.co.uk) the company look set for another successful year with an expectancy of creating a turnover of more than £1 million.
Stephen Dash, managing director, said: "Creative Edge's work has proved invaluable to our business in developing what is and continues to be an increasingly successful side to our business – investing into e-commerce, retail and online logistics."
For the full story please visit the This Is Cornwall website.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Grow Cornwall
After successfully winning a pitch for Oxford Innovation, the studio has been working flat out creating an array of visual graphics for their new programmes which provide coaching and mentoring for high growth businesses. The projects are publicly funded and following the successful launch yesterday will be rolled out over the next year.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Keep it Cornish!
Keep It Cornish is a unique opportunity for businesses of Cornwall to attract and retain new customers by providing them with unbeatable offers through a booklet and website. We were approached by the company to create a brand that would encapsulate the spirit of tourism together with a professional approach. Look out for more to come over the next few months, including a comprehensive listings website.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
New identity for consultancy
Having worked closely with Bedingham Associates on a number of high profile projects, they have turned to Creative Edge for a brand make over. A tricky brief as the company looks after both Education and commercial clients, therefore, a friendly approach was taken for the type treatment with the cool colour scheme giving that all important corporate feel.
Friday, June 5th, 2009
Newsletter 6
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Falfish on the move
You might have noticed something new on the roads around Cornwall. We've just created the graphics for a 40ft refrigerated lorry for leading seafood processor Falfish. The image itself is a super high resolution photograph of a flag which we created, commissioned and can be seem flying high above their offices. Look out for the eye catching lorry next time you're on the A30.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
50,000 and counting
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
St Michael's rooms get a make over
Ever checked into a hotel and discovered a coffee stained, tatty bit of paper welcoming you to your room? Well not at St Michael's Hotel!
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Forget freaky Friday, go get fundraising!
Friday the 13th is normally a day to avoid, but not this Friday as it sees the annual return of Red Nose Day and an outbreak of red painted fingernails in the studio! Red Nose Day serves as a timely reminder that businesses all have a role to play in the wider community. The money raised by many thousands people, goes not just towards worthy projects overseas, but also projects much closer to home. Last night the BBC local news ran a short piece about the Women's Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in Bodmin who have received funding towards its Art programme. Last year Creative Edge worked together with the WRSC to produce an inspirational book containing many thought provoking, emotional and highly creative pieces of art and poetry submitted by the young women who worked with professional artists.
You can see the full news article on the BBC site or take a look at some page samples here.
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
New site pitched
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Newsletter 5
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To read our latest stories, news and projects please click here for Newsletter 05!
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Simply Cornish Hampers goes live
Simply Cornish Hampers recently came to Creative Edge needing a refresh of their exisiting website.
We took their needs on board and created a bespoke ecommerce website freeing them up of many labourios tasks inherent with their old system. Take a look at the new site here.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Children Inspired By New Career Card Game
Truro based design consultancy Creative Edge has worked with the education charity Ablaze and major sponsors GE to support Bristol City Councils ‘My Future My Choice' programme, by creating a unique teaching aid to help raise the career aspirations of primary and secondary school children.
It is now on trial in Bristol schools with the aim of being rolled out to schools across the UK. See what schools are saying about the cards. Originated by Creative Edge's design team this unique and fun card game helps teachers and GE Corporate Citizenship volunteers when they go into schools to give them a broader understanding of the "World of Work". This is particularly relevant at a time when government figures show a falling knowledge of work options amongst younger children.
The pack of 52 illustrated, colourful and graphically designed cards each contain easily readable information about individual careers, ranking the multitude of different skills needed for any profession and suggesting family groupings with similar skills. It was important to show that no skill or profession was better than any other profession, just different, and that similar skills were needed for lots of different careers.
There are rules for five games that can be played with the one pack, but the children have already made up their own game whilst trialling the cards, showing how involved they became.
The teachers love them too as they can be used in many different ways, either individually or in groups, to stimulate discussion and inspire their pupils about future career choices and the vast range of options available.
Melinda Rickett, partner at Creative Edge said: "We were approached by GE, ABLAZE and Bristol City Council to come up with some ideas to help the company's Corporate Citizenship programme volunteers discuss career aspirations with local school children. We looked at ideas surrounding why people chose certain lines of work and the skills needed to fulfil these roles and then came up with the ‘My Future My Choice' cards theme to demonstrate the range of careers available and the skills required."
Ablaze is a charity that is involved in a wide range of educational projects nationally. GE has taken the lead in the My Future My Choice project that started with children's performances at Bristol's Old Vic to broaden their horizons when it came to career choices.
The majority of children in year 5 in Bristol state schools attended these performances. 2131 nine and ten year olds completed a pre and post performance survey to give a snapshot of what job thought they might do in the future. The survey showed that after only a brief look at some of the jobs available in the world, children's aspirations will shift away from a stereotypically narrow band of jobs towards more realistic or professional aspirations. 203 fewer children wanted to be footballers, hairdressers or builders after the one hour show. In July 2009, after a full year working with the programme's volunteers and resources these children will be surveyed again.
Ruth Bedingham, from the GE Corporate Citizenship programme said: "Our previous invovlement in the My Future My Choice project demonstrated that we had begun to make progress in broadening children's expectations and wanted to build on this.
"We needed to make it interesting for our volunteers and the children when they went into schools, so approached Creative Edge who had already done a great job with the iCount project which launched the GE Corporate Citizenship volunteer scheme earlier this year.
"The results have been fantastic and Creative Edge has produced a really imaginative piece of work, which will no doubt be an excellent tool in helping younger children open their minds to a range of exciting careers beyond their existing knowledge."
GE has a history of philanthropic work and through schemes like My Future My Choice is keen to inspire children to do the best they can and help build a work force for the future.
"We believe that it is vital businesses get involved in education to inspire, share real world experiences and encourage children to look outside of their own daily lives or what they see on television," said Ruth Bedingham. "Through these cards and the My Future My Choice scheme we will hopefully give children the confidence to strive for any career they want regardless of background."
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Newsletter 4
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Newsletter 3
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Newsletter 2
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