We’ve been working with York St John University for many years and have recently been commissioned to complete a number of key projects including the new Vice Chancellor’s vision for the future of the University entitled ‘Creating our Future’ as well as projects for the Faculty of Arts.

Approach.
We have used these recent projects to develop and evolve the corporate brand guidance for the University and place a greater emphasis on images created ‘on campus’ rather than looking to stock image libraries for content. We are working with the University to better archive and catalogue this wealth of imagery particularly content created by the Faculty of Arts.

Result.
This group of projects heralds a fresher, clearer and more defined visual language working through the different faculties of the University. We’ve had some great feedback on this work and as ever we’re proud to be working with such a forward thinking University.

YorkTest Laboratories is Europe’s leading food intolerance and allergy testing company with over 25 years experience.

Approach.
We were invited by the Marketing Team at YorkTest to rethink and refresh the design of all core literature.

Result.
We focused on the packaging of the tests from the customers point of view. We made the process simpler and more elegant in a way that lifted the perceived value of the YorkTest brand. We’re really looking forward to see how these changes filter through the business and how it presents itself.

‘Create’ is an innovative way of branding and promoting the various end-of-year shows and exhibition output across many faculties of York St John University, but primarily the Arts.

Approach.
The identity for Create’10 is very much a natural design evolution from the work we did for the launch in 2009.

Result.
Now in its second year, the Create brand is gathering momentum and gaining a national reputation for the promotion of world class creative work.

The Galtres Festival has been going since 2005 and has grown from the modest surroundings of a beer garden to a major regional festival, it champions all that is right and true in the world; music, locally sourced food and real ale!

Approach.
The festival organisers approached us with a view to defining a stronger identity for the festival that would consolidate the slightly ‘organic’ brand development that had taken place up to now.

Result.
We have developed a new identity for the festival based on the original illustration taken from a painting in the Durham Ox. We feel the new look for the festival embodies the true nature and admirable intentions for this celebration of all things musical, foody and alcoholic!

Kairos is a Soho based community development organisation and registered charity promoting well-being and community cohesion amongst lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people in London.

Approach.
Kairos approached us several months ago with a view to us developing a ‘borough by borough’ report of provision for the LGBT community in all the London boroughs. The design we developed builds on the existing house style of Kairos publicity with a bit of a LazenbyBrown twist.

Result.
The management team at Kairos were impressed with the quality and efficient production of the final report and as such we are now in talks with them about a whole company re-name and brand in the summer.

In 2005 York St John University was awarded two Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs). Funded by HEFCE, the CETL initiative has two main aims: to reward excellent teaching practice, and to further invest in that practice.

C4C CETL – Working from the central concept that creativity is enhanced through participation in collaborative activity, this YSJU based initiative builds outwards from existing excellent creative and collaborative practice to support a range of projects across the Faculties of Art, Education & Theology, Health and Life Sciences and the York St John Business School.

Approach.
Following our Creative Fellowship with York St John University we were asked to develop 3 highly visual casebooks to capture the creative output of the whole CETL project at the University.

Result.
The 3 casebooks are a testament to one of the richest periods of collaboration and creative research at York St John, we’re dead proud to have been a part of it.

SES required a series of brochures to highlight sector specific skills. This brochure showcases SES’s expertise in delivering exacting services in the Health sector.

Approach.
The design of each brochure is completely bespoke to avoid a suite of brochures looking identical and allow the identity to grow with each publication.

Result.
Insightful copy, coupled with sharp photography, tied nicely together with design in the SES style. Winner every time.