Insignia a Promotional Union member; approached us after being impressed by our design skills on the latest catalogue

Insignia’s main objective was to promote and launch their new identity (recently created by their website designer). A meeting was held in Surrey to discuss design ideas, past problems and goals for a new catalogue.

We designed the look of the brochure incorporating the new identity, new features and colour palette. Once the content was received we immediately got on with the challenge in hand - two weeks to create a 48 page catalogue, the heat was on!

The deadline was very intense, however after a lot of late nights, and we mean really late, the deadline was met and the artwork was sent to print.

We do love a challenge here!

"The design was fantastic and even the printers commented how nice it was to see such a nice product. A big thank you for staying up until gone midnight to meet such a tight deadline. It was very much appreciated. We are all very pleased we used you for this brochure and feel that it was a vast improvement over previous years.”

Tammy - Insignia

The magazine had to be valued by the bride to increase its shelf life. Beautifully designed and more like a brochure than a magazine. I Do is different in so many ways from its simple lines to its unusual shape.
 
"Our magazine needed to be different in a good way the way you have designed the magazine is amazing, our brides cant believe they don’t have to pay for it. We have spoke to brides 6 months after they have received their copy and they still have it. Wonderful"

Ella Jay - Editor

We are currently producing our third catalogue for the Promotional Union. We meet annually with the Promotional Union team to discuss all 28 members feedback from the previous catalogue, from usability to design, helping us improve the catalogue year on year.

Over 200 products are photographed using our in-house studio, these shots along with 2000 supplied product images are air brushed and manipulated to show off the products in their best possible light.

We design all 170 pages of the catalogue, laying out text and images, including feature pages to keep the catalogue fresh and interesting.

Due to the climate of 2009 our clients had trouble getting the information from various participators, causing setbacks in receiving the content. We pulled all our resources together and working late hours (up until 11pm most nights) and weekends. The deadline was met and our customer was delighted.

The NARPO (National Association of Retired Police Officers) magazine is produced quarterly to 78,000 members, both in England and abroad.
The magazine has been designed to be fresh, modern, clean and easy to read. Articles and some photography is supplied by our client. Stock imagery is sourced by ourselves to compliment the articles.

Various pre-designed adverts along with adverts requiring designing are supplied. We deal direct with NARPO advertisers and offer them guidance on the design of their adverts.

We manage and co-ordinate the mailing of the magazine to all NARPO members and arrange for them to be mailed worldwide to 78,000 members.

Several mail order catalogues mailed to an ever increasing database, all design and photography was done in house.

Designed to promote the Clubs branded merchandise. We handled all the photography both in our studio and on location.
 
The catalogue is packed with items so the layout and ease of use had to be a careful consideration in the design.

Strategic planning from our team, keeps the magazines interesting and fresh, but more importantly puts the communities in touch with their local surroundings.

Every issue is comprehensively researched; the articles are original, interesting and informative.
Every quarter we commission regular bespoke historical pieces, village articles and local interviews using our highly skilled team of carefully selected professional writers.

The majority of the adverts are designed by ourselves which often involves liaising with various retail outlets to get the finished product perfected. The two magazines are produced quarterly working to very tight print deadlines.

We also handle the distribution,
which is meticulously researched to determine the best areas to capture the desired target audience.

The Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster Gazette are free local newspapers. We work to a very tight deadline every fortnight, to get the papers designed and to the printers. We have never missed a deadline in the 7 years we have been doing them, having pulled a few all-nighters!
We will stop at nothing to get the
job done.