Beaver Design have produced themed DVD artwork and supporting posters as part of Ericsson's corporate '2012 Strategy' campaign.

We were provided with content from the DVD, and using this we produced the design and artwork for the DVD disc, the case inlay and an eight page booklet. All the printed materials and themed DVDs have now been delivered to Ericsson, to be used in their forthcoming strategy. We also provided six different posters ranging in size from A4-A0, to be used alongside the DVD on a regional promotional tour.

Tudor Facilities Management came to Beaver Design in mid April and asked us to design them a new brand identity. This included a new logo, styling and printed brochures, with a deadline of June 1st. This included sourcing all the images to be used in the brochure. Beaver Design delivered the printed materials and new brand identity to Tudor two days ahead of schedule.

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With a solid brand identity, Tudor Facilities Management then approached Beaver Design again to design their new website.

Using the brand we’d created for Tudor and the styles and imagery which was also used in their brochures, we designed and developed a new web presence. The site is clean and stylish, with information about the services Tudor offer, as well as details of how to contact them.

With a strong brand, quality printed material and a solid web presence, Tudor Facilities Management are off to a great start with the new business.

For more information about Tudor and to view the site, please go to:
www.tudorfm.com

Beaver Design has recently finished the website for “Back the Boys”, the official PA team for Reading FC at Madejski Stadium responsible for all matchday music, announcements and video screen requests.

The new website features a screen requests page, which gives visitors the opportunity to post personal messages to show on the screen at the stadium. So if people want to see a birthday message, anniversary announcement, etc. – they can simply fill in the online request and see it next match they go to.

The site also features a blog and gallery for supporter news and pictures, as well as occasional polls on stadium events. A simple design with some easy to use features has given Back the Boys a web presence for supporters and visitors to the stadium.

For more information and to view the site, please go to:
www.backtheboys.com

Last Wednesday, Beaver Design went to the HBI Business Expo at the Galleria, Hatfield. This is the second time Beaver Design has exhibitied at one of these Business Expos (you can read about our previous time here) and it was great to meet and talk with so many businesses from the local area.

We were pleased to see so many start-up businesses and get a chance to talk about the need for strong branding, quality marketing materials and of course, good website design. Many of the people we talked to were also interested in our digital signage services and if you would like to find out more about digital signage, as well as some video case-studies, please take a look at www.beaver-group.com.

For those of you who gave us your business card or entered it into our bowl, there was a chance to win a bottle of Taittinger champagne. We are pleased to announce that the winner of this bottle is Nicole Foulger from St John Ambulance. Congratulations! It will be finding it's way over to you in the next few days.

If you would like any more information about us or what we do (graphic design, web design & digital signage), please take a look around this website or just give us a call.

This month our article in Axis Magazine looked at the future of the web and a little bit about where it all started.

Download your copy of our July article from Axis Magazine (1MB) >

The web is constantly evolving. New technology and innovation does not come in generations, it comes as a continual drip over time. To keep ahead of the game, companies, organisations and individuals need to continually re-evaluate their web presence and update things accordingly. Just because you have a good web presence now, doesn't mean your web presence is sorted forever.

Key to success in the changing world and on the web is to watch how your customers interact with you and adapt as their needs change.

What are you talking about?

Here are some explanations of different terms and the sources which are referred to in the article:

Facebook: Statistics on the usage of Facebook >
Google Maps: Content is being added by everyday people >
YouTube: This broadcasting is even being used by the government >
Mozilla Foundation: See the quote in the article? Find out who they are >

‘RSS’: what it means and how it is used by the BBC >
Semantic Web: What is this? Watch a intro video to this concept >
Linked Data: Video of Tim Berners-Lee on his idea for ‘Linked Data’ >
Cloud Computing: Watch this very brief overview on the concept >

Predicting the future...

Here are a couple of articles which are well worth a read if you are interested in more information about the (possible) future of the web:

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “the future web will rock the boat" >
Gordon Brown: "The internet is as vital as water" >
iPhone 3G S: A new mobile phone which is taking full of advantage of the web >