Ever wanted to know what makes us think?

1 August 2010

    • 18 June 2010 by Phil Carre

      Mo'luscious Mo'club

      Think Creative have been asked to provide a range of promotional material for the new monthly Mo'luscious event based at the Mo'club in Southampton.

      Promotional materials include A4 & A3 Posters, Flyers, Tickets and an interactive website landing page.

      A strategically timed email campaign is scheduled in order to generate interest in the mo'clubs latest themed night.


    • 12 June 2010 by Mark Hinxman

      Big Wight Matter Festival

      Think Creative have recently completed work on the fantastic new Big Wight Matter website.

      Now in its second year, Big Wight Matter is set to be the number one family walking festival on the Isle of Wight.

      The weekend festival allows families to raise money for brainstrust and associated charities whilst enjoying the breathtaking coastal views and beaches of West Wight.

      Visit the site to find out more
    • 30 May 2010 by Adi Goater

      Flaming Artwork

      This website is a good bit of fun and allows you to make stunning artistic swirls in seconds (see our attempt above).

      Credit goes to Peter Blaskovic for creating this flash based application.

      Create your own artwork here

    • 12 May 2010 by Mark Hinxman

      Brain Drain in Winchester

      The awesome illustrator 'Jon Burgerman' has a Art Exhibition on at the Discovery Centre in Winchester from 14th May until 11th July.

      He's even doing a talk on the 24th May. This is definitely not one to be missed.

      See his work here
    • 3 May 2010 by Philip Cuff

      Blake Lapthorne

      Leading South of England lawyers Blake Lapthorn chose think to provide a fast response design and production service to support their marketing programme.

      Competing with other Hampshire based agencies Think Creative were selected for their proven experience which matched the needs of BL exactly.

    • 22 April 2010 by Phil Carre

      Jelf Group Plc

      The Jelf Group is an independent full-service consultancy specialising in providing insurance, healthcare, financial services and commercial finance solutions.

      Think Creative have offered their marketing and brand development expertise in order to help raise Jelf's profile as one of the industry's leading independent financial consultants.

    • Warrens Office 12 April 2010 by Adi Goater

      Warrens Office Supplies

      Having recently succeeded in winning a highly competitive pitch, work has begun on a new online marketing campaign for Warrens Office Supplies.

      The focal point of the online marketing campaign will be their new website which is already under construction and scheduled to be integrated with a new online purchasing system in the comming months.
    • Thailand take two 18 March 2010 by Adi Goater

      Adi travel-cam take two

      So I have returned from my travels across the globe and I've literally taken thousands of pictures! I have uploaded some of the best ones to my Flickr page to allow you to have a good look through.

      See some of my pictures here...
    • Pure Apps 05 March 2010 by Phil Carre

      BBC website process

      Until December 1997 the BBC didn't even have an official website. Their first one was very basic with just two simple sections. The current BBC site gets around 22 million visitors a week and is huge.

      This post on the BBC blog from Bronwyn van der Merwe, Head of Design and User Experience shows the process they went through to create a new design for the site.

      This really shows how to do a proper job of designing a website. One wonders what the budget was.

    • Cow
      01 February 2010 by Adi Goater

      Inspirational juices

      As designers, we’re all trying to get better at what we do. I surf the Web daily trying to find useful tips and tricks to enhance my design skills.

      But what if I spent less time looking for inspiration and more time designing things...?

      The reason I say this is due to a chance visit to the Flying Mouse 365 website.

      The site is based on the concept of doing one design per day for a whole year! Every week there are 7 new designs available to purchase.
    • Pure Apps 29 January 2010 by Adi Goater

      PureApps refresh

      PureApps Consulting Services provides expert services for a complete range of Performance Management and Business Intelligence solutions.

      They are one of the largest Oracle resellers in the South, and Think Creative have teamed up with them to bring their website inline with their new brand identity.

      We are pleased to announce that their new website went live today, view it here: www.pureapps.co.uk
    • Pure Apps 04 January 2010 by Adi Goater

      Adi travel-cam

      Two years ago I ventured across South East Asia taking pictures with my 'happy snap' camera, and although I took some ok pictures (see above), I was severly let down by my lack of equipment and photography knowledge.

      This February I will once again be trekking my way across Thailand, but this time I will be armed with my shiny new camera and a lot more photographic know-how, thanks to Mark's photography lessons!

      When I return I will upload a few images and you can see if I've got any better!

    • Liu Bolin Artist
      17 December 2009
      by Adi Goater

      Invisible man?

      In a world of Photoshop and special effects it could be argued that artistic craft is getting harder to come by.

      Liu Bolin doesn’t use any fancy technology to produce these jaw-dropping illusion of invisibility – his urban camouflage photography is a combination of paint and pure talent.

      The Beijing-based artist spends hours studying his chosen locations and painting himself, while carefully taking perspective and texture into account for spectacular results that render him almost invisible.

    • Think Creative
      07 December 2009 by Adi Goater

      Active Navigation wall art

      After a recent move to larger premises Active Navigation wanted to incorporate their company branding in the building to create a bright and inspiring place to work.

      Think provided the artwork for meeting rooms, entrance halls, staircases and various signature walls to stamp their mark on the new office space.

      The end result is a vibrant office space that reflects Active Navigation's current and ongoing market place growth.
    • Think Creative
      20 October 2009 by Adi Goater

      Think gets a lick of paint

      After about a year of looking at our old website, we decided that it was time for a bit of a website refresh!

      We wanted to keep the same overall feel of the site, so rather that completely re-design it we decided to spruce it up a little bit with some subtle design changes.

      I think you'll agree that the new navigation is more intuitive and the design allows us to show off our work better.


    • Nikon Advertising Campaign
      16 September 2009
      by Adi Goater

      Superstar advertising

      Seoul Sindorim Subway Station is one of the largest stations in Korea with a daily passing through of 500,000 people. Nikon installed motion detectors and light boxes in one of their advertising slots in the connecting passage way at the station along with a red carpet leading customers to their shop located in the mall.

      This interactive advert was aimed at making their customers feel like superstars walking down a red carpet of a luxury awards event.

      I think this is a fantastic idea and is a very effective way to advertise their photography products, even if it means scaring the occassional passer-by.


    • Best Brands Survey
      16 September 2009
      by Adi Goater

      Best global brands

      Ever wanted to know what the Best Brands in the world are? Well now you can find out..

      Evey year Interbrand create a comprehensive report of all of the best performing brands in the world.

      It's interesting to see which new companies have made it into the top 100 Best Brands of 2008. Some of the bigger names have gone making way for the new boys. Expect to see alot less American brands in the charts come the end of this year.

      See the 2008 report here
    • Good Ideas Glow In The Dark
      20 August 2009 by Adi Goater

      Bright ideas

      This brilliant little book is actually the 'adris groups' annual report designed by bruketa & zinic.

      Following the notion that good ideas can light up a path in a time of crisis, croatian creative agency bruketa & zinic designed an annual report for the company, based on the thought that ideas are energy.

      See more pictures at designboom

    • Project Le Tour
      21 July 2009 by Mark Hinxman

      Project Le Tour

      Texas based photographer Brent Humphreys makes the annual trip to France to document the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world, the Tour de France. The result is a beautiful set of images that sum up more about the people who line the roads as much as the cyclists on it.

      Link from It's nice that

      Project Le Tour
    • Brainstrust Live Site
      17 July 2009 by Mark Hinxman

      Brainstrust site live

      The brainstrust site has been live for three weeks now and already great gains have been made in their SEO.

      Traffic for the new site is up and the easy-to-use CMS has been hailed a success by every one that's used it.

      See the live site here
    • email campaigns
      10 July 2009 by Mark Hinxman

      Comex paint campaign

      The simple premise of "we match any colour" produced three distinctive billboard adverts featuring Smurfs, Homer Simpson and Garfield all with the main features removed and just enough left to recognise them.

    • Brainstrust
      27 April 2009 by Mark Hinxman

      Brainstrust in Think

      This charitable trust is dedicated to improving proactive care for brain tumour sufferers and providies co-ordinated support for its patients.

      Think Creative have offered their web design and brand development expertise in order to help raise brainstrust's profile among its wide and varied audience.

      Brainstrust will benefit from a fully content managed website, a refreshed brand identity coupled with an enhanced web presence through the use of SEO.
    • Fast police cars
      15 April 2009 by Adi Goater

      Rapid response unit

      There is fierce competition for the world's fastest police car with the Italians and Germans vying for the title.

      Up until now the police prix d'or has been held by a Lamborghini Gallardo which an Italian police patrol is using on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway.

      It is capable of hitting a top speed of 192mph, which is probably ample to keep up with the most reckless of motorists

      See all the cars here
    • email campaigns
      14 April 2009 by Adi Goater

      E-marketing boosts sales

      A number of our clients have recently benefited from the use of our email marketing tools. With the use of our individually tailored reports, email campaigns can be directly monitored and an exact return on investment can be tracked.

      All of our email campaigns are hand coded to meet strict Anti-spamming regulations. This marketing method allows clients to communicate fast and effectively to a huge number of clients in an eco-friendly manner.

      Clients campaigns have consisted of e-zines, newsletters and event announcements.

    • Sematron
      07 April 2009 by Philip Cuff

      Sematron Launched

      Designed and built by Think for the UK's leading distributor of satellite communications components, Sematron's new website contains over 6,000 products. Forming part of an updated visual identity this content managed online store projects Sematron to the forefront of European electronics suppliers. Featuring a product 'filtering' search facility this website enhances customers online experience.

      Visit the site
    • Dougland Support Services
      30 March 2009 by Adi Goater

      Cleaning up in the UK

      Dougland, one of the largest independent cleaning services companies, has launched it's new website. Search engine optimised and monitored via google analytics this online marketing tool transforms Dougland's image with it's prospects and 1,600 staff in the UK. Content managed capability and business process improvements are scheduled for phase two.

      Visit the site
    • South West Hants Lift
      14 March 2009by Philip Carre

      SW Hants Gets a Lift

      South West Hampshire LIFT, are a public-private partnership aimed at channelling investment into new health and social care facilities. Their new website courtesy of Think showcases recent projects utilising the recent addition of a content managed system.

      Visit the site

    • The Mo'club Southampton
      10 February 2009 by Philip Carre

      The Mo'Club launched

      The Mo'Club in Southampton is home to Mo'jive modern jive partner dancing and Mo'roller roller discos.

      The brief was to create a fully database driven, content managed site to replace the existing Mo'jive site. The new website needed to accommodate new product sites such as Mo'roller as well as an umbrella Mo'club site with the ability to easily add new product sites in the future.

      Launched simultaneously with a radio advertising campaign, visitors to the site have more than doubled and the club is busier than ever.

      Visit the site
    • balloon
      10 February 2009 by Philip Cuff

      400 Times More Energy

      There are many new forms of alternative energy but maybe none as interesting as
      the Cool Earth Solar “Balloon.” The concept behind this design is that they create an “inflatable plastic thin-film balloon (solar concentrator) that, upon inflation, focuses sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell held at its
      focal point.

      The design produces 400 times the electricity that a solar cell would create without the company’s concentrator.” Cool Earth has already began construction on a power plant in Livermore, CA that will utilize this new technology.

      Read the Article
    • Insect
      5 February 2009by Philip Cuff

      Yellow Peril

      Our Hampshire based client Exosect are busy helping rice growers in Asia to eradicate Yellow Stem Borer moths. Insecticide free, the Exosect technology disrupts the mating cycle of this little critter which means rice yields are dramatically improved. Think has helped Exosect with the design of all its communication materials and helped roll out its marketing campaigns as far as fruit growers in Europe, South Africa and New Zealand.

    • Wallpaper
      28 January 2009by Adi Goater

      Jon Burgerman Wallpaper

      Ninteenseventythree.com have just made some great wallpaper by Jon Bugerman, 1000cm x 52cm roll, that you can colour in for yourself. They retail at £40-£45 (depending on the shop) ...

      Jon Burgerman
    • Reflective Ping Pong Table
      22 January 2009 by Adi Goater

      Reflective Ping Pong

      Ririkrit’s work while socially provocative, avoids the mind numbing didacticism in which many of his fellow artists engage. Foundation 2021’s collection of Rirkrit’s work is comprised of five sculptures and two films.

      In the center of the main gallery is a Rirkrit designed ping pong table (produced by Cumulus Studios) fabricated to be played outdoors.

    • Gigapan camera picture
      21 January 2009by Mark Hinxman

      1474 Megapixels

      Taken using the Gigapan system by David Bergman, this picture of the Presidential address by Barack Obama is simply amazing. You can seemingly zoom and zoom and zoom and zoom.

      Be warned that you can lose hours looking through all the details...finding people asleep, secret service agents etc.

      View the full photo here

    • Mamoth Mountain Picture
      12 January 2009by Mark Hinxman

      Mammoth Mountain

      Clever use of a billboard from ClearChannel advertising the ski/snowboard resort of Mammoth mountain in California.

    • Logos 2008
      07 January 2009by Mark Hinxman

      Best/Worst logos of 2008

      I stumbled across this list from a link on defgrip. It's a list of the best and worst (in their opinion) new logos and logo changes from 2008. Defininitely interesting reading.

      www.underconsideration.com/brandnew
    • Air traffic
      06 January 2009by Adi Goater

      Air Traffic

      The album was nominated for the 2008 Xfm New Music Award, where the band played a special one-off performance at the ceremony.

      This is one of my favourite albums and is the CD in my car stereo at the moment, well worth a listen if you haven't heard them before.

      Air Traffic - Shooting Star

2008 Blog Articles

    • Hot Foot Travel
      19 November 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Hotfoot travel now live

      Created in a very tight time frame the newly launched Hotfoot Travel website specialises in bespoke, tailor made holidays.

      As with all our sites it is search engine friendly, has compliant code and styles and a satisfied customer at the end of the project.

      Hotfoot Travel
    • Sematon
      18 November 2008by Philip Cuff

      No.1 in Satcomm market

      Winning out in a three way pitch, the web team at Think Creative secures a major project to maintain Sematron's leadership in satellite communications.

      Watch this space for future updates.
    • Dougland Van
      14 November 2008by Philip Cuff

      Cleaning up Dougland

      New corporate identity was recently rolled out on the first of thirty vans in Dougland's fleet.

      Leading cleaning services company chose Think Creative for a complete make-over of their marketing effort.

    • Joshua Callaghan
      12 November 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Joshua Callaghan

      Joshua creates laminate coverings for public utility boxes that are both fade and graffiti resistant. He makes the non-descript boxes fade into their natural surroundings.

      joshuacallaghan.com
    • Ikea
      14 October 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Ikea bedtime stories

      Ikea makes the point that their beds are so comfortable that you'll fall asleep extra quickly. Hence the need for a tiny book of short versions of bedtime stories. The little book is really nicely produced.

      See more detail here
    • Yann Arthus-Bertrand
      9 October 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Yann Arthus-Bertrand

      Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints which will be on display in New York City at the World Financial Center Plaza and along the Battery Park City Esplanade from May 1, 2009 to June 28, 2009.

      See more here

    • Second Husband
      11 August 2008by Phil Carré

      New book

      Following the success of 'The Double Life of Anna Day' and 'Since I don't have you', this is the latest book by Louise Candlish. We've all read it and it's great. We at Think just maintain Louise's website for her.

      See Louise's website
    • John Chiara
      8 August 2008by Phil Carré

      John Chiara

      This guy builds giant cameras, drives them out to locations on a trailer and then takes very long exposure pictures. The results are interesting.

      Watch John Chiara
    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      7 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Geoff Mcfetridge

      I've been a big fan of Geoff Mcfetridge for a long time and this site showcases a lot of his current and previous works and shows.

      Geoff Mcfetridge

    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      3 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Image Fulgurator

      "In a normal camera, the light reflected from an object is projected via the lens onto the film. In the Image Fulgurator, this process is exactly the opposite: instead of an unexposed film, an exposed and developed roll of slide film is loaded into the camera and behind it, a flash. When the flash goes off, the image is projected from the film via the lens onto the object."

      Artist Julius von Bismarck pushes the boundaries of what you can do with a camera...

      Find out more and see some examples
    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      1 July 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Muto animation

      Amazing stop motion animation featuring work by the artist Muto.

      Check out the video
    • Harmonica
      1 July 2008by Philip Cuff

      Pigeon scarer

      Ever bought something at auction that you regretted forever after? Pipping a local farmer to the final £8 bid, my son is trying his hand at playing a Hohner harmonica. Soon discovering you need to blow as well as suck to create the full range of notes, he is now thinking more about the tune. Thankfully its summer, so he can practise outdoors and scare off the pigeons.

    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      11 June 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Photoshop disasters

      It's always in the back of your mind as an artworker that one day you'll forget to turn a layer on/off and submit what you think is a finished image with a glaring mistake. Somehow it seems that a lot of images get through to press without being checked out.

      Photoshop disasters collects these images for all to see and some are truly disastrous...such as the one pictured which is on the front page of the Givenchy site!

      View the Photoshop disasters blog
    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      9 June 2008by Philip Cuff

      River runs low

      Hoping to catch a salmon on the River Derwent in the Lake District last week, I was disappointed to find the river the running very low. No chance of a salmon but caught two tasty trout and surprisingly a feisty perch.

      Ever been to Cockermouth? Its a great place stay with over £1m of EU money invested in sprucing up the town centre. My thanks goes to Dave Smith, Fisheries Manager and his long standing friend Vic Sempel who looked after us on the river and in the local Conservative Club rooms.

    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      16 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

      CFW Architects goes live

      Just this week our project for Chaplin Farrant Wiltshire architects of Winchester and its partner firm, Chaplin Farrant architects of Norwich has gone live.

      Twin sites sharing a portfolio of over fifty case studies backed up by PDF downloads and some great imagery.

      http://www.cfw-architects.com

    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      14 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Kanye's Blog

      For someone who's on the road a lot, the amount he posts up is pretty crazy.

      From design to remixes, furniture, tour stories this site is worth checking out frequently.

      http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com
    • Cai Guo-Qiang
      2 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Cai Guo-Qiang

      On a recent trip to New York I took in the big galleries and saw some incredible artwork. The artist that stuck with me most this time round was Cai Guo-Qiang who has been given the run of the Guggenheim on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
      His talent stretches through sculpture, installations and paintings and it's difficult to describe in words how amazing his work is.

      See the entire exhibition at:
      http://www.guggenheim.org
    • Nike football
      1 May 2008by Mark Hinxman

      New Nike ad unoriginal

      A few nights ago before the Barcelona vs Man Utd Champions league semi-final Nike aired their much-anticipated, Guy Ritchie directed advert.
      Shot entirely in the first person it's very slick but I couldn't help see the striking likeness to The Prodigy's "Smack my bitch up" music video of about ten years ago.

      See the Nike commercial at:
      http://www.nike.com

      See the Prodigy video at:
      Youtube

    • iphone
      25 March 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Lego business card

      La Cambre is the leading architecture school in Belgian and their new business card is a lego brick. Meant to symbolise the expression and creativity in arcbhitecture that the students produce.

      http://www.lacambre-archi.be
    • vw
      23 March 2008by Philip Carré

      My favourite advert

      This is my favourite advert for a long time. It's actually the only ad that I enjoy watching. The idea behind it is that you'll be more confident when you're in your VW Polo. The trouble was that I couldn't remember what car it was for and spent ages searching on Youtube for a Ford Ka ad! By the way, the dog was taught to shake; there was no cruelty involved.

      http://www.youtube.com
    • iphone
      18 February 2008by Philip Cuff

      PDFs can be interesting

      Most people will have already come across the 'flipping' PDF, a page turning extravaganza that tries to mimic the real world brochure experience. To my mind it fails to captivate the reader and misses a trick. "Why not use the interactivity and measurability of the internet to spice up the pdf" I asked my colleagues. And given a few days experimenting they have taken the plain old PDF and converted it into a more "exciting user experience". The lowly PDF can now be easily converted into a multimedia presentation that is richer and more navigable than Adobe ever imagined. Like to know more, you know who to contact.

    • iphone
      13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Gum by numbers

      To tackle the problem of people dropping gum on the streets of Australia, Hubba Bubba created "gum by numbers" versions of famous paintings.

      Gum chewers were then encouraged to place their gum in the correctly labelled part of the picture to create the overall painting.
    • iphone
      13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

      Design Police

      Hate it when you see bad artwork and design when oyu're on the bus / train / walking round town? Now you can do something about it!

      http://www.design-police.org
    • iphone
      13 February 2008by Mark Hinxman

      WWF deforestation

      I love the way the internationally known Panda logo of the WWF is used brilliantly here to illustrate the point that deforestation in China is threatening the lives of Pandas.

      Such a simple modifiaction of the logo to show it squished under a fallen tree gets the point across so well.

2007 Blog Articles

    • iphone
      12 December 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Great annual report

      A great annual report from Bruketa & Zinicfor Podravka, the biggest food company in south east Europe. The concept is that a small book comes inside the larger report and has to be baked in foil before it can be read.

      The pages are printed in thermo-reactive ink and when cooked te ink becomes visible and you have a book full of recipes and pictures.
    • iphone
      4 December 2007by Kevin Smith

      You have mail...

      It's the festive season. A time for good will. But not, it seems, in the world of email. Have you experienced the season deluge of junk emails? Selling everything from corporate Christmas gifts to dodgy pills.

      With all these junk emails flying about how do you stop your own campaign from getting unceremoniously binned?

      First, make sure you have permission to email everyone on your list. Second, target people with the right message. Third, use professional software such as mailchimp to send and monitor your campaign.

      Have a junk free Xmas.
    • dainty walker
      27 November 2007by Phil Carré

      Soda Creative

      Our old friend Tim Diggins is involved with this company which consists of artists, developers and entrepreneurs best known for their BAFTA-winning online construction environment, Sodaplay .

      Sodaconstructor is a construction kit for interactive creations using masses and springs. By altering physical properties like gravity, friction, and speed, curiously anthropomorphic models can be made to walk, climb, wriggle, jiggle, or collapse into a writhing heap.

      Marvellous.

    • 15 November 2007by Lee McAuley

      Type jokes

      Here's a collection of fonts about jokes and graphic design found around the internet.

      Four fonts walk into a bar.
      The barman says, "Get out! We don't want your type in here."

      How many designers does it take to change a light bulb?
      Couldn't say--ask an account executive.

      How many web designers does it take to change a lightbulb?
      Three. One to change the structure, one to update the style, and one to blog about the inadequate bulb support offered by today’s socket manufacturers.

      What font did the astrologist use to write the daily horoscopes?
      Futura

      1st Designer: “Wow, you always have so many fonts, where do you get them from?”
      2nd Designer: “Oh they come from Monaco, Geneva, Chicago, New York… I get them delivered at various Times throughout the day…”
      1st Designer: “By who?”
      2nd Designer: “A Courier!”

      What did the horse say to Bordeaux?
      Why the long type face?

    • iphone
      14 November 2007by Kevin Smith

      Lock up your daughters, the iPhone's in town

      My head said no, my heart said yes.... my heart won! I know what the critics say – a meagre 2 MB camera, a lack of 3G and a fixed 8 GB drive. Frankly, who cares! It's beautiful, it's tactile and it makes you smile like a cheshire cat whenever you need to phone, email, surf, text, make the coffee.... well maybe not but you get the idea.

      Critics smitics. My only question is why didn't someone do this sooner?
    • typography
      13 November 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Mac OS X Leopard

      We've had this in the office for a week or so now and have to say it's pretty impressive. Lots of new features and an all round smoother interface.

      Better than that though, nothing stopped working when we switched over.

    • typography
      8 November 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Who shot the serif?

      Quite simply an amazing type resource. lots of articles all about typography and updated regularily. Check it out here
    • imeta fast track
      1 November 2007by Kevin Smith

      Helping iMeta Fast Track to a bright future

      What a great buzz to discover that iMeta Technologies, a client of some years, has been ranked 91 in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track league 100 table. Through re-invigorating the business we've helped
      iMeta
      capitalise on its global, confident approach and better reflect the core values. Congratulations iMeta, recognition well deserved.
    • Donkey Kong
      31 October 2007by Kevin Smith

      21st Century Kaleidoscope

      If like me, the mention of the Kaleidoscope brings back fond memories of childhood then check out the virtual Kaleidoscope .
      A modern day twist on a classic that allows you to create your own virtual Kaleidoscope. Hours of discreet fun at the office – excellent!

    • Donkey Kong
      31 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Archive of inspiration

      At a time when a lot of really good magazines are being forced into smaller sizes and shorter print runs due to the internet it's refreshing to see a website dedicated to archiving some of the best magazine covers of all time.

      NMCA has started compiling covers from magazines like Time, Dazed & Confused, Grafik and Thrasher to show inspirational magazine design.
    • Shadow poster
      29 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Apple use student ad

      Apple were so impressed by the advert apple-fan Nick Haley created and posted on Youtube that they decided to buy the rights to it and use it themselves.

      The advertisement was made "broadcast-ready" by Apple's advertising agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day, but remains remarkable faithful to the original version.
      See Nick's original here and Apple's version
    • Shadow poster
      25 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

      VW Shadow Poster

      What better way to sell convertible cars than by using the sun? VW made a poster that creates a shadow on the ground with the sales message on it. They reportedly gained a 12% increase in test drives and a lot of favourable PR.

    • Donkey Kong
      25 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Donkey Kong

      A pretty innovative take on scaffolding at The Computer Game Museum in Berlin.

      The scaffolding was decorated with Vinyl printouts to make it look like a level from Donkey Kong.
    • wikinomics
      15 October 2007by Philip Cuff

      Creativity

      You can understand why we at Think should like this quotation. Its something we strive for - client willing!

      "There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns."

      Edward de Bono

      I like his thinking, but not his taste in hats.
    • wikinomics
      10 October 2007by Philip Cuff

      Millions at work

      Following on from my August blog about billions of galaxies being classified by internet users. Here is a book that explains the enormous potential of collaborative working.

      "Wikinomics heralds the biggest change in collaboration to date. Thanks to the Internet, masses of people outside the boundaries of traditional hierarchies can innovate to produce content, goods and services. In order to understand the opportunities this presents for companies, read this book." - Eric Schmidt, CEO Google

    • sony vs koyzndan
      10 October 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Sony vs Koyzndan

      Some of you may have seen this new ad for Sony Bravia on your televisions this week and it truely is an amazing piece of stop motion. But... Illustration duo Koyzndan had this to say: "someone from Passion Pictures contacted us almost two years ago asking to see samples of our work (including this panoramic ) as they were interested in working with us. We sent them samples and then heard nothing from them ever again."

      The similiarity is pretty striking to say the least. Read more here
    • Cool business cards
      25 September 2007by Philip Cuff

      Boston project completed

      Think Creative provided the complete conference materials package.

      "Fresenius Medical Care (NYSE:FMS) AG confirmed its target of more than 9.5 bln usd in sales this year, up from 8.5 bln usd in 2006.
      The operator of dialysis clinics also reiterated that it aims for more than 11.5 bln usd in revenue in 2010, according to slides from a presentation that chief financial officer Lawrence Rosen is making at an investor event held in Boston yesterday and today."
      Source: cnn.money.com
    • Cool business cards
      24 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Cards of distinction

      As Patrick Bateman would agree, your business card says a lot about you. This Flickr Photostream shows some of the most innovative business cards around. Perfect for some inspiration.

    • paypal logo
      24 September 2007by Lee McAuley

      Paypal logo change

      Paypal recently made the step of refreshing their logo to show off their web 2.0 standing. Unfortunately, they didn't make much of a change at all.

      Read here for a funny insight into a process which probably cost £££'s but could have been completed in minutes...
    • smiley
      24 September 2007by Lee McAuley

      25 years of the smiley

      The :-) computer smiley symbol celebrates its 25th birthday today.
      Prof Scott Fahlman (Pictured) was the first to use a colon followed by a hyphen and a close bracket to form a smiley in a computer message. Prof Fahlman said he prefers :-) to the modern computer graphic of a smiling face, adding: "It destroys the whimsical element of the original."
      Source: Ananova
    • helvetica at 50
      24 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Photoshop Rebrands

      Adobe appear to be making steps to create a seperate identity for the Photoshop family of products. The new identity is quite a departure from the Creative Suite branding.

    • helvetica at 50
      13 September 2007by Phil Carré

      Smoked out

      We've had painters working on the building this week. They've been burning paint off the windows – which stinks. Two days ago there was a smoking window frame we had to put out with a washing up liquid bottle. Today it happened again and the smoke was so thick you couldn't see your hand in front of your face (or breathe) so we had to get the fire brigade in. They've demolished a sash window and damped it down. They blocked the road with two fire engines and a police car. It caused massive traffic congestion in Winchester.
    • Chris Jordan
      12 September 2007by Phil Carré

      Lovely devices

      I'm installing a new network for us and I've used it as an excuse to get some tools. I got these lovelies from ScrewfixThey're very nice. The big one's a hammer drill with rotation stop, which means you can put SDS chisels into it as well as normal twist drills. Marvellous.
    • helvetica at 50
      4 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Helvetica at 50

      Blanka together with the Candy Collective are celebrating 50 years of Helvetica by comissioning 50 artists to celebrate a year from 1957 to 2007.

      The exhibition has just finished at The Design Museum but a lot of the work can still be viewed online.

    • Chris Jordan
      2 September 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Running the Numbers

      An American self portrait by Chris Jordan is an eye-opening look at the incredible consumption that occurs every day in America. 106,000 Aluminium cans every thirty seconds for example!

      The incredibly detailed prints are made from thousands of smaller photographs and Chris Jordan himself recommends the photos be seen in person to fully appreciate them.
    • fishing
      1 September 2007by Philip Cuff

      The fish were biting

      On a recent trip to Montana, Think Director Philip Cuff, returns with a 30 trout tally. Surrounded by limestone cliffs, pine forests, as well as 130 Minuteman missile silos, the fishing on the Smith River was the 'best yet'.

    • galaxy zoo
      17 August 2007by Philip Cuff

      Galaxy Zoo

      A new project known as Galaxy Zoo is calling on members of the public to log on to its website and help classify one million galaxies. The hope is that about 30,000 people might take part in a project that could help reveal whether our existing models of the Universe are correct.
      Kevin Schawinski, an astrophysicist at Oxford University, UK, is one of the team who devised the project. "I classified about 50,000 galaxies myself in a week," he said. "It was mind-numbing."

    • conformal mapping
      16 August 2007by Lee McAuley

      Conformal Mapping

      I found this image and many others like it on Flickr whilst browsing one night, looking for inspiration! It’s a great way to fire up your imagination. Hope you enjoy...
    • where are the joneses
      16 August 2007by Phil Carré

      Where are the Joneses?

      An internet video campaign for Ford consists of comedy clips on YouTubeand www.wherearethejoneses.com featuring the Jones family. Members of the public can write a script which is made into an episode by the travelling crew. The series is created by Steve Coogan's production company, Baby Cow . Viewing figures have been on the low side so far, but it's early days for this new type of campaign.
    • simpsons movie
      13 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Simpsons Movie Website

      After a long wait and much anticipation, the new website for the upcoming Simpsons movie has finally been launched. As well as expected features such as touring round Springfield you can also create yourself as a Simpsons character!

    • rhythm of lines
      11 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Rhythm of Lines

      Wearegt have just launched this new microsite for the Audi A5 to compliment the "Rhythm of Lines" Ad campaign. It's a great use of Flash and 3D where you can create and download your own rhythm of lines .
    • tunnel house
      10 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Tunnel House

      An amazing use of a space that was going to be demolished anyway by artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck who created a tunnel through the house using only timber from the houses themsleves
    • shell v-power
      6 August 2007by Mark Hinxman

      Shell V-Power advert

      I couldn't help but be amazed at the incredible new advert for Shell. Directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet it features Ferrari F1 cars from the fifties to the current day racing around various cities all over the world.
      Click here to watch it

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