We’re now a member of the DBA

Posted on: February 2nd, 2012 by Shaun No Comments

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve joined The Design Business Association.

For us, it’s mutually beneficial. We fully support everything the DBA stands for in promoting professional excellence and creating a trusted trade structure within the design industry. The DBA provide a directory where prospective clients can find us and explore our agency, to gain information about our business and our work, with case study examples and client testimonials.

The DBA are first to encourage creativity – but their core value is focused on the effectiveness of design. This is vital to them (and us) and is something that we, as a business, have to prove in order to gain membership. The DBA is our industry trade association, an accreditation earned by being a professional and fair design agency whose work is not only creative but, most importantly, effective for our clients.

We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship.

Feel free to contact us for more information, or you can explore the DBA at www.dba.org.ukDBA Members

Shaun Power Design – Accredited DBA members

 

 

 

 

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Shaun Power Design: 25 Years in the Industry

Posted on: January 31st, 2012 by Jane No Comments

Celebrating 25 years of graphic design!

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1987 Flashback…Michael Fish!

Posted on: January 30th, 2012 by Rich T No Comments

We’re celebrating our 25th anniversary with a little jaunt back to some ’87 memories.

Wonder No.4: A 1987 weather report to (try and) forget.

We all have the ability to say something that comes back to haunt us, but fallout usually passes within a few days and we can be on our merry way with life. Not quite so in the case of a notorious howler for UK meteorological legend, Michael Fish.

As the story goes, a UK resident shares her concern of a possible hurricane heading towards our shores, a certain Mr.Fish reflects that indeed there will be strong winds, but reassures that the worst of the weather system will miss us. 24hrs later, after a hurricane had cut a swathe through the south of the country with winds over 100mph, it left the BBC weatherman’s reputation as battered as the counties that felt the might of Mother Nature!

Is there a design moral to this…I suppose it highlights the power of words and knowledge. We believe in brands because we love to place our trust in experts (in this case the BBC and their weathermen). So unless you’re 100% certain in your information then it’s probably best to avoid putting your expertise on the line – as it could take many, many years to undo the damage caused by a few ill-advised words.

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1987 Flashback…Nike Air Max

Posted on: January 24th, 2012 by Rich T No Comments

’87 nostalgia – we’re sharing our 25th birthday with a design and brand icon!

Wonder No.3: 1987, the birth of the Nike Air Max!

Trainers (or sneakers if you prefer) were rocked to their very soles in ’87 with the birth of an absolute sportswear legend – the Nike Air Max – complete with its iconic plastic bubble inserted into the heel.

Nicknamed the Air Max 1 or ‘the 87’, Tinker Hatfield designed this radical running shoe which provided incredible (and visible) cushioning. It was as much a fashion statement on the street as it was comfortable around the athletics track. The popularity was incredible, leading to some extreme cases of wearers being mugged for their trainers!!

Perfected by TV adverts utilising the Beatles classic song ‘Revolution’ as the brand’s anthem; this was (and still is) the super influential world of the Nike brand.

Nike Air Max, still cool and running strong to this very day.

Nike Air Max 1 '87

'We love 1987' and the Nike Air Max 1

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25 years working with Tesco

Posted on: January 18th, 2012 by Jane No Comments

 

Doesn’t time fly!!  Here’s a look back over the last 25 years working for Tesco!

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1987 Flashback…Macintosh SE

Posted on: January 16th, 2012 by Rich T No Comments

Another dose of ’87 nostalgia.

Wonder No. 2; The 1987 MAC.

So it’s ’87 and you’re after a top spec personal computer. Step forward the Macintosh SE. Close to 8kg of technical marvel, with 1MB of RAM as standard, it was yours for around US$2900. Alternatively, you could push the boat out for the US$3900 version, fully equipped with an internal 20MB Hard Drive (a first for a Macintosh compact computer).

The Apple brand has continued on it’s merry, world dominating, way over the years (give or take a few hiccups) – but everything has to start somewhere. Step back to the days of the iconic Rainbow Apple Logo and behold the Macintosh SE, original release date March 1987.

 

Macintosh Compact Computer 1987

'We love 1987' - The Apple Mac

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1987 Flashback…Nokia Mobira Cityman

Posted on: January 9th, 2012 by Rich T No Comments

2012 is our 25th anniversary. We’re feeling nostalgic, so decided to do a weekly root around to rediscover the wonders of 1987. Just bear in mind, this was all acceptable in the 80s!

 

Wonder No.1; The 1987 ‘Mobile’ Phone.

’87 was the breakthrough year for mobile telecoms. Nokia kick started the communications revolution with the Mobira Cityman. It weighed in at a solid 800 grams. Some would suggest it was purely a status symbol for the ‘yuppie’ scene, and with a price tag equivalent to literally £1000′s in today’s market, it was definitely a phone for the select few. The Cityman earned the nickname ‘Gorba’, after Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was pictured using one to make a call from Helsinki to his Communications Minister in Moscow.

It was the height of technology and design. Take a look at your lovely, shiny, all-singing, all-dancing iPhone, HTC, Samsung or Blackberry – and bow down to the classic Grandaddy of them all, the 1987 Nokia Cityman.

 

1987 Mobile Nokia Phone

'We love 1987' - The Mobile Phone

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Wrapping it up!

Posted on: December 22nd, 2011 by Rich T No Comments

We’re closing the studio doors tomorrow afternoon, back in on Tuesday 3rd Jan 2012.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from us all at Shaun Power Design.

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Safe bet for a warm Christmas!

Posted on: December 12th, 2011 by Rich T No Comments

Here’s a quick look at our new work for Mustique Island – a 2011 Christmas Events Guide for this exclusive Caribbean paradise.

We created a brand new layout style for the information pages and broke down the daily events schedule into an easy to navigate calendar. Beaches were mapped in a relaxed freehand style. The brochure was printed as 4 colour process on a semi-gloss white stock.

 

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Final 4 studio bake off entries

Posted on: December 9th, 2011 by Rich T No Comments

Martin, Julie, Richard & Justin. The final batches of cakes. It’s been a tense and emotional 9 weeks, the stress showed in some entries. Scores will be collated, winner will be basking in baking glory – loser will hold the wooden spoon and a recipe book until the next competition begins!

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