DESIGN DIARY
As B2B marketing comes of age, can B2B research step up to the mark?
By Rebecca Ashley, Co-Founder and Director of The Planning Department. Over the past decade, B2B marketing has come of age. It’s no longer the dour,
A LESSON IN BRAND CONSISTENCY WITH THE OUTBOUND TRUST
Creating consistency across the various marketing departments for the Outbound Trust with a unified design strategy and supporting visual elements that ensured all creative, from the website to brochureware, felt connected and considered.
IF YOU BUILD A WEBSITE, WILL NEW BUSINESS COME?
In the early knocking of Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner sets off for an evening stroll through a field of head-high corn on his farm in rural Iowa.
THINK DESIGN UNVEILS USER-FRIENDLY WEBSITE FOR AWARD WINNING RESTAURANT NUTTERS
Leading Bury creative agency Think Design is calling on business owners to place more emphasis on the user experience in their digital marketing strategy. The advice comes as the agency unveils a brand-new customer-focussed website for leading North West restaurant Nutters.
HOW TYPOGRAPHY AND PRINT BROUGHT A WELSH SLATE REBRAND TO LIFE
Attention to detail, with regards to typeface and print finish, was paramount in bringing the brand proposition for Alfred McAlpine Slate to life.
MEET THINKS FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, PAUL GROGAN
Paul Grogan is the founder and MD of Bury-based Think Design. The Captain of the Ship, the master of the house, the boss of all bosses he runs the business with wife Maz and a super talented team of up and coming designers, thinkers and marketing gurus.
LINK BUILDING OR PR. WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH?
To secure a followed link is hard but not impossible. The best approach is to ensure you do your research and target relevant media and sites.
ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WE DISCUSS WOMEN IN DESIGN
Today is International Women’s Day, a worldwide event to promote the role that women play in society. This year’s theme is “a balanced world” and the concept is that a balanced world is a better world.
GREAT GRAPHIC DESIGN SHOULDN’T DATE
Great graphic design and why it doesn’t follow trends Here at Think, we have been busy rolling out a brand style that could be from
GRAPHIC DESIGN IS AN INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS GROWTH
The importance of graphic design for business growth Why should you invest in quality design? Well… FIRST IMPRESSIONS First impressions count, don’t they? So it’s
WHY YOU SHOULD BE USING INFOGRAPHICS
See, scan, share: why you should be using infographics Would you like to communicate information quickly and clearly? Of course you would! But there’s a
BRAND NEW BEGINNINGS: WHERE TO START WITH YOUR NEW LOGO
New brand beginnings We THINK a logo is more than a badge – it’s a mark of who you are and what you stand for.
GIVE YOUR MARKETING A BOOST WITH COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
When it comes to building websites, pulling together collateral and promoting brand identity, there’s one thing every designer longs for – a library of great
THE ‘MADE OF MANCHESTER’ PHOTO BOOK
The Made of Manchester photo book Following on from our Creative Director Paul‘s Industrious Manchester photographic exhibition from three years ago, we were delighted to work
6 TIPS TO HELP YOUR ON-PAGE SEO
There are many ways of raising your online visibility, but on-page SEO plays a big part. Getting the on-page SEO right from the start will
THE IMPORTANCE OF BRANDING FOR B2B
Branding is everything. It’s what sets every company apart. All companies that become household names have something that makes them stand out… but the importance
DESIGNING THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES WEB ARCHIVE
Our brief with the National Archives was to design a user-friendly interface that was intuitive to use and maximised the user experience of the site that attracts over 1.5 million views a month.
SALFORD UNIVERSITY DEMENTIA NEWSLETTER
It’s always nice to pick up new clients and especially when they are of the size and reputation of a University. We were asked to
DESIGNED BY MANCHESTER, A POSTER TO CELEBRATE OUR HOME CITY
At Think Design we believe you should love your work. Well we do. So much so we spent 2 weeks coming up with a poster
A CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE THE PARLIAMENTARY HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Here at Think Design, we love working with clients big or small, so when The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman contacted us asking for our help
AN AWARD WINNING DESIGN AGENCY
We were absolutely delighted to win highly commended in the Made In Bury Business Awards in December. Here’s the thing. As a design agency, we
Branding a Manchester Band
A great project for a local band, the Manyanas. With a growing local following in the Manchester music scene, they decided it was time to
Commemorative Book Design for Amaze
Think were asked to produce a celebratory or commemorative coffee table book for Manchester-based web agency, Amaze. Working in partnership with Bluestar Marketing, an event
MEET FUDGE AND HER LOGOTYPE
Meet Fudge… Fudge is a classic 1976 campervan with a fresh but retro feel. Fudge also needed a logotype designing, a website building and some
REBRANDING MANCHESTER BAND THE GRAMOTONES
We were delighted when the Gramotones came and asked us to look at rebranding their band after the success of the previous band rebranding –
BROCHURE DESIGN FOR MARTIN-BAKER, A GLOBAL MANUFACTURE OF EJECTION SEATS
Brochure design for Martin-Baker, a global leader in the design and manufacture of ejection seats and other crashworthy seats for the aviation industry. They’re also
CREATION OF A NEW BRAND STYLE FOR CONQUEST
Sometimes it is just time to rebrand. And that was certainly the case for ConQuest Ltd, a software development business in Bolton. They are popular
BRAND IDENTITY DESIGN FOR PROPERTY CHASE
A lovely little brand identity design for a local startup business called Property Chase. Run by Niall Hicks, Property Chase are a new property search
EVOLVING A BRAND IDENTITY FOR THE LK GROUP
An interesting project came along via our website last year. A local business also based in Radcliffe Manchester, The LK Group, did a search in
LOGO DESIGN AND WEBSITE FOR JAPANESE KNOTWEED PLUS
Japanese Knotweed Plus are a local business that specialise in the treatment of Japanese Knotweed, Giant Hogweed, and other invasive plants around Manchester and Lancashire
A FAB NEW LOGO AND WEBSITE FOR FAB SOLUTIONS
A fab (no pun intended) project for Manchester based startup business FAB Solutions. Having originally created his own logo and website in GoDaddy, Managing Director
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION FOR MIDEL TO VISUALISE A COMPLEX MESSAGE
The brief was to produce an illustration that clearly demonstrated the benefits of retrofitting electrical transformers with MIDELs own product, which was more environmentally friendly,
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