Decently Exposed

One smart little cupcake!

allison — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:16:09 +0000

Is this not THE CUTEST CUPCAKE you have ever seen with the cutest smiley face looking right back at you? Pretty sure there’s nothing like this little car in Yackandandah. Anne picked the car up yesterday for the long trip home. Should be parked outside the bakery now as we go live with this post. This will surely put a smile on faces both young and old and hopefully sell a zillion cupcakes for the Yackandandah Bakery. Not far from Beechworth as I read the map.

MINI Love

allison — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:24:56 +0000

Say no more ….

To Evoke … to call to mind by naming, citing or suggesting

allison — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:50:28 +0000

The banks use this in television advertising to lull us into feeling that they are the good guys however I am yet to have had any truly positive experience with any bank. And they have had lots of opportunity to be the good guys. I find it reprehensible. We see through this in the end. Same in politics, it is being played out in front of us at the moment. But it is the weekend and I am looking for a positive. We can, if upheld by truth, evoke a sense of good will, care and humanity in our business dealings; for small business it can be a major point of difference. It should set us apart. For me this image on this rear window evokes a sense of humanity … with the quote /catchphrase “we shape a better world”. It is my favourite rear window. So if you are a business with a soul then sell it because truth brings loyalty. When things don’t go to plan it is a worthwhile base to fall back on and move forward.

Have an uplifting weekend ….

Putting a smile on our dial …

allison — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:07:08 +0000

Had a rough day yesterday so these comments from Jacqui at Adams eco Electrics to John made my day. Love it when clients are happy. These comments relate to this post a little while back. And here’s the project listing for this job on our website just in case you want to explore further.

Hi John,

I thought I’d touch base to thank you for your response to Letterbox’ work on our brand. I’ve just had a read of your article, I think Stephen also is quite happy with how this has come together.

The van is still looking as hot as ever.

Best,

Jacqui

Restaurant of the Year & Best Regional Restaurant of the Year 2010

allison — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:11:46 +0000

Riding on a few coattails here …..

Cutler and Co has just been named Restaurant of the Year (out of 400 restaurants listed) at The Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards. Well done Pascale!! If you check out their website go to images and click away at some of the beautiful images of Pascale’s interior design work, particularly the bar and the lighting. It’s the mix of materials often contrary that somehow all tie in together.

And the Royal Mail Hotel at Dunkeld has just been named Best Regional Restaurant of the Year.

And we did the signage at both. Window decals for Cutler and Co, view project here. No project for Royal Mail Hotel, no pics either, all pre digital, just this wee post.

Cutler and Co designed by Pascale Gomes-McNabb.

image courtesy of Cutler&Co.website

Royal Mail Hotel at Dunkeld designed by Simm Design. This signage would have been installed in 1997. It’s holding up pretty well some 13 years later.

This video shows a typical day in the restaurant. The greenhouse, landscape, orchard, large chooks pen and attention to detail from garden to table is inspiring. A few good shots of the external branding we did here.

Frills vs No Frills

allison — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:31:50 +0000

Petbarn have a fleet of vehicles which are for the most part the Frills version but in expanding a fleet sometimes the client might opt for a no frills version, this may be due to budgetry constraints; sometimes it caters for different requirements within a fleet. High profile sales vehicles vs onsite service/maintenance vehicles etc. Petbarn have simply watered down the photographic element and coverage but they have kept their essential brand/logo elements intact which has a cohesive impact out on the street – the branding would be recognisable with or without the so called Frills elements due to the uniform strong logo branding and colours represented on all vehicles. This may give you some ideas and options with respect to budget considerations across an entire fleet of vehicles.

Ode to Ben Cousins

allison — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:11:04 +0000

I was listening to SEN 1116 the other day just after Ben Cousins announced his retirement from the game. Someone mentioned that Ben Cousins recited this speech given by Al Pacino in the film Any Given Sunday to a couple of mates after having a few. Forsaking age Ben Cousins could be Al Pacino’s character. He is also that player on Any Given Match Day; all the great players are. For any team player playing in a footy final this weekend I recommend that you play this to your team mates just before you cross that white line. Very Inspiring.

Dubai | tick tock the last clock

allison — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:17:59 +0000

We have now completed the Wall Scrawl, clocks and country name plates for Cricket Australia. Last pic to show the inclusion of Dubai. Melbourne is the white clock showing current Melbourne time. I love seeing the Wall Scrawls being used, with writing on all the key dates or any scrawl really. Looks so organised and clean and happening.

Now that Richmond have no hope of making the finals and our own boys have bowed out of all footy finals it is now time to turn my attention to cricket and getting a sun tan. Mind you will be there to send off Cuz in his last game for the Tiges

Projected Floor Graphic for Tassal

allison — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:44:05 +0000

It’s not really there. Go figure. Projected from above. Spooky. There’s a little trick to this because normally the graphic would be lost due to the dark floor but not here. Intriguing. To be honest I am not sure how this has been done so have got a few questions myself. Stay tuned. As an aside salmon is an omega 3 superfood. I am suppose to eat it 4 times per week or pop 6 fish oil tablets per day. Which do you think I might prefer. Tassal. I also like the fact that they have a sustainability page. This job came to us courtesy of Chris at Interactivity.

Introducing viXtel

allison — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:51:27 +0000

We recently installed the first element of this signage project for viXtel. Scope of work to extend to an internal office fitout hopefully featuring a couple of WallScrawls and some other branding elements along with carpet, painting, cabinetry etc. To kick things off though ~ external building id: 3D acrylic logo on white acrylic with corner fold & return and concealed fixings all to maintain a clean aesthetic and lift the quality of the signage. Nick and Terry wanted to be noticed. They liked our carsales.com.au signage and wanted something with similar impact so here it is. Stay tuned for more over coming weeks.