The magic of Miyazaki

February 15th, 2010


It’s always a special moment when the latest Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli animation film gets released. The latest of these is the film Ponyo which is now on release in the UK, after initially coming out in Japan in 2008 and 2009 in the US. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sosuke, and wants to become a human girl.

Ponyo is Miyazaki’s eighth film for Ghibli, and from the look of the trailer the film looks fantastic and good enough to rival Miyazaki’s other masterpieces namely Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away & Howl’s Moving Castle.

go2scilly.com – identity design for a new travel destination brand

February 3rd, 2010

Brain Aided™ Design has just designed a visual identity for a new startup business promoting the Isles of Scilly called go2scilly.com.

Holidays and travel are supposed to be fun! So with that in mind we developed a logo identity that is both contemporary in style as well as being eye catching & vibrant enough to differentiate the brand from the competition.
Brain Aided Design design are currently in the stages of building a website for go2scilly.com that will enable interested holiday makers find suitable accommodation, activities, travel advice for them while holidaying on the Isles of Scilly.

A logo refresh for a Cornish restaurant

February 3rd, 2010


Brain Aided™ Design has recently refreshed the logo identity for the Cornish restaurant onshore in St Ives.

We also developed a series of themed variations of the logo for the restaurant to use in the marketing material, such as coffee promotions, Valentines meals & Christmas lunches.
The use of the symbols is effective but also subtle and stylish to reflect the values of the restaurant and its clientele.

Dee Caffari gets a new website

January 4th, 2010

Brain Aided™ Design & Altitude Creative have recently collaborated on redesigning the website for the world record breaking sailor Dee Caffari.

The website was completed in November 2009 in time for Dee’s participation in the Vendée Globe race across the Atlantic. The project took approximately 8 weeks from the initial brief, design visuals, website build & testing through to the finished article in early November.

Within the website we incorporated a blog, Twitter feed, Facebook integration, YouTube video & Flickr integration which was important to enable Dee to keep people up-to-date with her news & progress in races wherever she is in the world.

Geneviève Gauckler — Digitally Isolated

November 30th, 2009
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The Kemistry Gallery in London are currently showing an interesting exhibition by the illustrator Geneviève Gauckler entitled Digitally Isolated.

I’ve not come across this Parisian illustrator and designer before but I really like the bold colours , interesting shapes used & the humour in her work. It reminds me of the illustrative style & humour found in the output of the design agency Airside.

Geneviève’s unique style has been commissioned by musician Beck, internet telephone company Skype, and clothing brand Uniqlo among many others.

The exhibition runs until the 19th December so if your in the London area it may be worth paying a visit to the Kemistry Gallery.