perky

Look out for our latest launch to hit the shelves - Percol's Perk Up! The two-strong range of luxury coffees have added guarana for a natural lift, which our packaging reflects with an explosion of colour...

flashback friday

We've just come across this great article about a locked cupboard that was forgotten for 40 years, and when it was finally opened recently it revealed a fantastic look straight into FMCG packaging's illustrious past... an accidental museum of brands!

skylights

We recently put together a microsite for our client Aerobility, to promote a chartered flight that would let passengers see the Northern Lights from the air.

Aerobility gives disabled people the chance to fly, and the Aurora flight (from Gatwick to the Shetland Islands) was a fantastic idea to raise money in a spectacular way. The flight was last weekend, and 74 people - including presenters from the BBC's The Sky At Night - were on board. Here's some press coverage and you can see the atmospheric microsite at aerobility.com/aurora.

flip flop

If - like some of us in the studio - you're less of a hit in the kitchen but still want to get involved in Pancake Day this year, then look out for our newly redesigned Green's Pancake Mixes, in all good convenience stores now!

introducing...

... our new Junior Designer, Lun Yau.

Lun studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University and this is his first job in design - when we saw how talented he is we got in there quickly!

Lun cites Dieter Rams - with his "less is more" ethic - as his biggest inspiration in the design world.

As well as branding, print and packaging, Lun's also into digital design - websites & apps - which will definitely make him an asset in the studio.

The one item of packaging he wishes he'd designed is the Lyle's Golden Syrup tin, along with the special editions by Design Bridge (although as a child of the 1990s he's over 100 years too late for the former!).

And besides design, he cycles, loves films and computer games, travels, explores... and makes delicious coffee (which we can now attest to)!

That's all for now, but no doubt you'll be hearing more from Lun in the future.

dough raising

At the end of last year we were involved in the Wallace & Gromit Children's Charity's BIG Bake, through our client Homepride Flour. Homepride was supporting the event, which asked people around the UK to put on bake sales during BIG Bake week (2nd-8th December 2013). The money raised would help improve the quality of life of sick children and their families in local hospitals and hospices across the country.

It's such a fantastic cause, and we were very pleased to be part of it. We've just heard that in total a fantastic 189,000 people took part, and £50,000 was raised!

For us, the BIG Bake was also a great chance to get Homepride Flour's new social media presence up and running, and indeed flourishing. Watch this space for more plans in 2014 as Homepride's Fred celebrates his 50th!

thumbs up

We're very pleased to see Peter Andre giving Percol Fusion the thumbs up!