Decoration for the Nation (well, London at least)

Decoressence is a London based, interior decorating and home services company run by decoration guru, Andrea Roth. Andrea approached us to create an identity from scratch and to design a website that would showcase the Decoressence talent, flair and efficiency.

The first step was to create the logo. Andrea was looking for something that would illustrate the feminine slant to the business and convey an elegant yet powerful image. The result is below.

With the logo established, we set to work on designing the website. It’s just gone live and Andrea tells me she has already had some very positive feedback. You can judge for yourself at www.decoressence.co.uk

We’re happy to say that Andrea was very pleased with the result and was kind enough to write this testimonial:-

“David Nolan has abundant creative talent and marketing nous and I am thrilled with the sophisticated looking logo and website he developed  for me. I was tentative at the start of the process but he nurtured me through skilfully in a way that I was able to overcome my fears and I grew to completely trust his judgement. He delivered when he said he would, on time, and kept me informed at every stage. His quote was extremely competitive and there were no hidden surprises. I recommend Bright Spark Creative with absolute confidence.”

Andrea Roth
Owner

Doing it for the kids

A few months ago, Mr Myles Music approached us to design a logo and identity for a new venture that would allow teachers and parents to download songs or scores for young children. Having completed the overall branding we began work on creating the e-commerce site. It had to appeal to adults and children alike while providing a mixture of professionalism and fun. A key part of the brief was to ensure that the client could easily update the content of the site themselves.

The response from the client has been fantastically positive and they were kind enough to provide this testimonial:-

“People keep commenting on how excellent the site looks. You’ve thoroughly captured the mood of what Mr Myles Music is all about and created a fun environment for the user. Great work!”

Myles Granger
Owner

The site is now live and already attracting a lot of attention. You can view it for yourselves here.

In the red

We design and broadcast regular weekly html newsletters for Mind. The topics covered range from The Bupa London 10K to trekking around Cuba. Recently we produced an email for Mind Week, focusing on debt and mental health. This can be viewed in full here.

If I take a taxi, does it still count?

This html email broadcast is the first of a scheduled 25 this year for Mind. The future broadcasts will cover a range of events from the Great North run to the New York Marathon. This week it focuses on the upcoming London marathon and can be viewed in full here.

We design the email, test it thoroughly and broadcast it before collating all data and providing a detailed campaign report. If you feel your business could benefit from this service, please get in touch at studio@brightsparkcreative.com

“We have been working with Bright Spark Creative for over a year on redesigning Mind’s event materials. They are always a pleasure to work with and whether working to a tight brief or designing something from scratch, the end result always exceeds our expectations. They have helped to create a vibrant new look that enables us to stand out from the charity crowd.”

Connie Potter
Events Marketing Manager
Mind

Let’s get down to Pacifics

The Asia Pacific Rendezvous is a conference held for the movers and shakers in the financial markets. The brief from Pageant Media was to create the complete branding for the event. Below you will see examples of a banner ad and two magazine ads.

This is one of several pieces of work produced for Clare, (Events Manager, Pageant Media) and she was kind enough to send this testimonial:-

“Superb service, very efficient and always surprising you with fresh, innovative concepts! “

Clare Balderston
Events Manager
Pageant Media

What do we want? JUSTICE! When do we want it? 8th of May 2008

The HFM Week EMEA Awards are an annual event that honors the year’s most successful hedge fund managers. This year the event is being held at the Royal Courts of Justice in London and my brief was to create a look and feel for the whole event that could be carried right through from the logo, to the award screens on the night. The design was influenced initially by the event’s Victorian setting and the theme of justice. You can see an example of a few elements below – a banner ad, a double page spread and some pages from the brochure. A larger version of the dps can be viewed here while the full brochure can be seen here.

Kate Holden is Head of Events at Pageant Media (the company that organised these awards). I have worked with Kate on quite a number of events now and she kindly sent through this testimonial:-

“I’ve always found the design work from Brightspark Creative to be of the highest quality. They generate plenty of creative ideas and suggestions and they always meet deadlines, ensuring projects run to schedule. They are always extremely friendly and a pleasure to deal with! “

Kate Holden
Head of Events
Pageant Media

Captive audience

The Captive Basic Workshop aims to teach people how to set up and manage a captive in the financial markets. If that means nothing to you – then that makes two of us. Pageant Media briefed us to design the overall branding, logo, pamphlet and banner ads. A few examples are below.

Broadcast to the nation

One of the best ways to reach people is through html email. You can be very specific in your target audience and using an opt-in system ensures that everyone who receives your mail will be interested in the content. Bright Spark also provides detailed analysis of the broadcast, including who opened, who clicked etc so you can determine exactly how successful the campaign has been.

Mind asked us to design and broadcast an html email to promote their Overseas Challenge Events. You can view the email here. They were so pleased with the results that we will be designing and broadcasting their html emails for events in 2008!

Healing Hands

By Hand Healing offers Nutrition, Western Herbal medicine and massage. They wanted to increase their customer base and reach a wider audience, which is where Bright Spark came in. We created www.byhandhealing.co.uk to help spread the word.

Please enter your PIN…

This project was a bit of a first for me. Mind – the mental health charity, asked me to produce an animated advert to go on cash machines (ATM’s if you’re of the American persuasion). This was to promote their Overseas Challenge Events – a selection of adventures to give you that Indiana Jones buzz plus raise much needed sponsorship cash.

The result can be seen all across London from August.