Archive for September, 2009

Axe Summer 2009 Creative

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Axe Core Creative

Axe Core Creative

We have developed a great deal of brand style guides for some of the worlds biggest FMCG brands. We have refined this process of design development and delivery of the final guide to ensure we can meet deadlines and budgets. Whether you need us to create the guide with assets from the advertising  agency or originate the whole guide we are on hand to help. For more on the subject of style guides click here.

AXE, one of the worlds best known brands, (Lynx in the UK) wanted to develop a below-the-line creative that would roll out around Europe (and subsequently Asia) for their new exclusive variant – AXE Summer.

Our brief was to originate the core creative idea and in turn develop a brand style guide that would be used from Austria to Dubai. Blow delivered a high impact visual creative with an engaging strap line making AXE ‘your passport to an endless summer’. This in turn is optionally supported by a competition with a chance to Win a VIP trip to Ibiza and a bespoke AXE passport give away.
From idea origination all the way through to production of key materials Blow were able to 
make this an AXE Summer 
to remember.

AXE/Lynx gravity fed shelf tray

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
AXE/Lynx gravity fed shelf tray

AXE/Lynx gravity fed shelf tray

Domestos advertising

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Domestos advertising

Domestos advertising

CIF advertising

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
CIF advertising

CIF advertising

Microsoft

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Microsoft Live Lounge Website

Microsoft Live Lounge Website

Microsoft required a ‘web gateway’ for a strategically targeted youth demographic as they wanted to showcase their key services including E-mail, Mobile, Storage and Social Networking. We worked with Face to engage with consumers and develop a highly accessible and interactive website.Opens a new tab/windowOpens a new tab/windowOpens a new tab/window http://www.windowslivelounge.co.uk/

Pork Farms Packaging

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Pork Farms packaging

Pork Farms packaging

A packaging PR campaign for Pork Farms award winning Exhibition Pies. This pie, being no ordinary pie, meant that the recipients of these personally branded pies were also anything but ordinary…

Flaming Banksy – Charity Art Auction

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Flaming Banksy

Flaming Banksy

Blow Creative was invited to Martin Miller’s Glencot House for an eccentric Flaming Art Auction sponsored by his very own Gin label. It was all in the aid of charity and guests were asked to bring along art they wanted to ‘see the back off’. It all sounded sacrilegious until you noted some of the art that was brought along.

A few pieces were of merit and eagerly purchased by the raucous crowd who gave their judgement on each piece by either bidding or shrieking ‘BURN IT!’

One piece, even though it was a log of wood, was not sent to the flames as it was a original tagged Banksy and was auctioned off for a ‘mere’ £1600…

We highly recommend Glencot house for a weekend retreat of eccentricity

Design your way out of the dark days

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Designing your way our of dark times

Designing your way out of dark times

It’s good to focus on the positives so here are a few topline stories of companies who designed their way out of hard times:

In the 1980’s Swatch designed the Swiss watch industry out of trouble after it ran into a serious crisis when Asian companies swamped the market with Quartz Crystal technologies. Swatch has produced more than 350 million Swiss-made watches in tune with the latest trends in the streets, sports and fashion.

Net-A-Porter, an online fashion store, was launched at the peak of the dot com bust in 2000. It weathered the storm and its fresh, innovative website and considered packaging have seen the company grow from three people to over 300 with a turnover of £37 million.

Virgin Atlantic developed a new seat design in late 2001 at the time of the atrocities of 9/11 and rising fuel prices were adversely affecting the travel industry. They knew the market would return to strength and were well positioned on its return. ‘We knew the market was going to come back, when it did we wanted to have the best product on the market, everything slotted into place,’ says Head of Design Joe Ferry.

Space Invaders

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Space Invaders

Space Invaders

Following a Space invaders creative piece for Pot Noodle we thought it only right to take this one step further and get some up in the studio…

1 Litre Water

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
1 Litre Water

1 Litre Water

1 litre™ is an award-winning water extracted directly from sources in Canada and the USA. Its revolutionary packaging design, which features an integrated cup, combined with a uniquely fresh, crisp, invigorating taste, has made 1 litre™ a must-have at the finest hotels, restaurants, casinos, spas and resorts in over 24 countries. The product is available in one litre and one half- litre sizes. We love the simple chic packaging design.

Cat on a Mac

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Cat on a Mac

Cat on a Mac

Forget ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ – We have ‘Cat on a Mac!’ Sometimes taking work home is not that easy… Our Client Services Director’s cat was more interested in Felix meaty pouches rather than Innocent Veg Pots! (lucky for him we have worked on both!)

Bristol Cares branding

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Bristol Cares branding

Bristol Cares branding

Bristol Cares was set up to support the Redcross in getting aid to those suffering from the recent earthquakes and cyclones in Burma and China. They asked Blow to design the logo and branding, a booklet for the event and other items like T-shirts which we were more than happy to supply without charge.

Hype Events Agency advertising

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Hype Events Agency advertising

Hype Events Agency advertising

Providing the highest level of service to clients imaginative and creative event management solutions, Hype Party Planning produces bespoke events both in the UK and abroad. Blow Creative have developed a number of advertising materials for Hype with a clear focus on the current climate and supporting the case for spending budgets effectively.