The future of British education

I’ve had a pretty eye opening week with the education system and I have to say, that I am massively encouraged by what I have been seeing. It started with the fabulous book ‘The Element’ by my hero Ken Robinson, lent to me by my mate Leanna the very clever General Manager and ex teacher [...]

Some predictions for 2011 (and beyond)

Okay, I know it’s early for 2011 predictions, but after a good holiday, my thoughts were turning to what will happen when I get back to work. So this is what I predict will change – or start to change – for 2011.

BeWILDerwood – The last few days of the season

I know I’m biased because we’ve been involved in BeWILDerwood from the outset, but to see the way that my kids played and our friends kids played and how they all slept on the way home, it was an absolutely brilliant day out for very many families. Bring on the new season.

I was at the DBA Awards last night and…

Last night, we won a DBA design effectiveness gold award for our work with BeWILDerwood. For a little agency like ours, this is amazing for it to be recognised by the very top people in our industry and beyond. The awards are given for the effectiveness of the work, rather than just how good it looks. It’s always been our target to get one or two, so for our first to be a gold is just fabulous.

What is branding?

What is a brand? To me, a brand is a way of being, not just a new style of advertising and packaging

BeWILDerwood the Movie – Part two

Some of you may have seen this before, but I had to remove it because it had the wrong music on it and I was in danger of breaching someone else’s copyright. Have a look and see what you think. If you want to take your kids there, it is officially the best Children’s adventure [...]

The Drum Marketing Awards Pictures

John Lyle of Purple Circle at the Drum Marketing Awards winning the prize for marketing launch of the year and then winning the Grand Prix for the overall prize.

Another Award

I was up at the Midland Hotel in Manchester last night for the Drum marketing Awards, which had a brilliant judging panel headed by Keith Vernege, Creative Director of the COI, Simon Pestridge – Marketing Director, Nike Uk Ltd, Mark Hardy – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (PlayStation) and Martine Ainsworth-Wells – Marketing Director for Visit London. Our [...]

The THEA Pics – Tom and Simon get glamorous

As promised, here are the pictures of Tom and Simon from BeWILDerwood in their finest finery collecting the THEA Award in the Disney hotel in Los Angeles. Pictured during the speech and then looking very relieved afterwards, Tom was rather excited to get the chance to address the whole group with a very weepy acceptance [...]

Purple Circle and BeWILDerwood win an ‘Oscar’

Hot on the heels of Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire’s success in Hollywood, the Brits have done it again. Purple Circle, the Nottingham-based branding and graphic design studio has just returned from Los Angeles with the themed entertainment world’s equivalent of the Oscars – a THEA. THEA is an annual award ceremony for the Californian-based [...]

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