Cloud 9 Digital Design ltdSi , - Graphic Designer
Simon started as a Designer in a print environment and brings a sharp eye and a fresh approach to everything he touches. Now with several years of experience behind him, and a raft of high-profile satisfied clients, you can be sure your project will be in safe hands.
What? So we know that Facebook allows us to easily add images to galleries and share them to our friends, but Twitter has always stayed true to it’s minimalist structure and purely been a way of telling people what we are doing via short text based updates or ‘tweets’. You could argue third party applications such as [...]
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Facebook launched in 2004 and was originally restricted to Harvard College attendees only. Since then it has rapidly grown into a way of life for people. It now has more than 750 million active users, there are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events etc) and people spend over spend over [...]
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This year I have been making the most of the Great Outdoors and spring weather and venturing off to various National Trust establishments. The great April weather helped make the visits more enjoyable but more than anything it was good to get out and see something new and discover some gems amongst our countryside and [...]
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One of our specialities at Cloud 9 is brand and logo identities, so imagine how interested we were when we found out about Starbucks’ bold decision to omit the famous words from its logo. This will probably cause lots of uproar on blogs and social media sites all over the world but only emphasises how strong [...]
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This year I have been lucky enough to add two new countries to my visited list. In July I visited the busy & cosmopolitan Morocco and in September opted for the more relaxing, rocky shores of Crete. Both breaks contrasted heavily but both equally enjoyable. In Morocco I stayed in Marrakech and visited most of [...]
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As usual a great array of imaginative straw creations could be seen decorating the lanes of Lapworth during this year’s event. The festival is run jointly by Lapworth’s Pre-School and Primary School and raises money for both organisations, along with a number of other local good causes. My personal favourites included The Gruffalo, Buzz Lightyear [...]
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I think that it is well understood that colour is important in design, but do we understand why? I have to work with colours on a daily basis and a lot more thought goes into choosing your brands colours than you might think… Do you have a favourite colour? Many individual have strong preferences [...]
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Ok, so here at Cloud 9 we do have more than one type of ‘Geek’. Ash is obviously brimming full of web type geekery but it does spread over to me on the Design & Print side of things here at Cloud 9 too. I’m Simon and this is the first part of my ‘Print Geek [...]
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Background: Hill Hofstetter was formed by an MBO of the former Birmingham office of the US Law Firm, Reed Smith. Although a totally new brand, many of the existing clients were to be retained therefore the same excellent brand values had to be quickly established. Cloud 9 beat-off stiff competition from 3 other Midlands agencies [...]
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Cloud 9 have recently completed a rebranding for Hallfield School. This initially started with a re-design of the original crest to a re-worked version we felt suited the new look and feel of a modern private school. This then progressed onto a new logo and stationery. Keen to retain the heritage and strength of the [...]
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