Computer Arts - UK (2019-11)

COMPUTERARTS.CREATIVEBLOQ.COM

FOUNDED 2007

LOCATION

MANCHESTER

STAFF 2-4

NEW HIRES 0

IN THREE WORDS

MAKING IT UP

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Founder and creative director

Craig Oldham’s attitude to work

in 2019 has been to, “Do work

we find interesting, stimulating,

and that contributes something,

other than adding to the mass

of detritus; aim to change stuff

we can; and rally against stuff

we may not.”

Highlights have included,

“working with Nina at Rough

Trade Books and working

on pilot initiatives for British

Cycling with Ellen Ling, and the

V&A with Hannah Warrick”. As

for Brexit, “Who the fuck knows

anything? It’s terrifying how

much that word and misguided

ideology has sent this country

and us all to the dogs.”

Office of Craig Oldham

http://www.craigoldham.co.uk

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FOUNDED 2013

LOCATION BATH

STAFF 6

NEW HIRES 1

IN THREE WORDS

IDEAS, IDEAS, IDEAS

“We’ve done some of our best

work in 2019,” says Supple

Studio’s creative director Jamie

Ellul. “One of my favourites is

a branded packaging range for

Dorothy House Hospice Care,

a range of natural wellbeing

products with all the profits

going straight back to the

charity. It ticks all our boxes for

good design doing some good in

the world.”

Other highlights have

included a rebrand of printers

Empress Litho, a brand and

wayfinding system for the

Minster Mill hotel, a visual

refresh for University of the

Arts Accommodation, and

Ferguson’s Gang, Supple

Studio’s first project for the

National Trust.

Supple Studio

http://www.supplestudio.com

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Right: a spread from

They Live for Rough

Trade Books.

Clockwise from

top: branding and

packaging for Ubiety;

rebranding for Minster

Mill hotel; National

Trust campaign identity.

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