Serco Learning goes down a storm at BETT 09

Threerooms is proud to have supported Serco at the years biggest educational event, BETT 09. The event saw an ideal opportunity to unveiled some of the fantastic and innovative new products created by Serco, as well as a glimpse at their proposed direction in the educational software market. Threerooms has had a busy time last year in preparation for this event, including lots of great branding work on no less than 6 new products, as well as supporting literature, advertising, and not forgetting to mention the design work on the exhibition stand itself. 2009 will see the launch of campaigns based around these new products so watch this space!

Find out more about BETT here

or watch a BBC News clip here

The growing importance of favicon design

This article on the BBC website discusses the new website favicon design for Google. Such a small graphic (only 16x16 pixels) should surely not cause much fuss... should it?

Have a look at this article and make your own mind up:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7839744.stm

Nice little font game

Do you like type? We've found this fun little game for those of you who think you know your fonts...

Check it out and let us know your score. We did okay but for a group of designers probably should have done better :-)

http://fontgame.ilovetypography.com/

Enjoy.

New additon to the team

This month we are super happy to announce the arrival of a our new team member.

Earlier this month Terry joined the Threerooms team as a Graphic Designer and will be working closely with the design team on a wide variety of print-based, graphic design and branding projects with a sprinkle of web design too.

Already Terry has shown his flair by creating some great work to help to win new projects for the company. We all welcome Terry (and his huge Guinness mug) and wish him the best of luck with the company.

Professionalism is an online must for SMEs

Check out this short Business Link article that highlights the benefit of a professional web presence for businesses. Some interesting reading.

Click here to read it for yourself

Websites - Haven't they grown.

Do you remember back in the 90's when the web was fairly new and everyone was struggling to find their feet with this exciting new format? Well, if you're forgetful like me then probably not. So, here's a site that will jog those cloudy, virtual memories:

http://gizmodo.com/349333/old-websites-sure-are-funny

Funny looking back isn't it. Guess it reminds you us how far we've come.

Ugly Mug in The Drum

Keep an eye out for the New Year issue of The Drum, one of the UK's best design, advertising and communications magazines. Threerooms will run several new adverts to promote our services in 08, but more importantly our Creative Director got his ugly mug in the New Year Vox Pops - some people are just born for radio aren't they.

Great start to the new year!

Okay, so we are well in to January now (can you believe it?) and our feet have barely touched the ground. We're keeping busy with some great new projects that we are sure to be proud of, including; flash animations, an eCommerce website/online store, some great re-branding projects and lots of cool design work too.

Can't be too specific at the moment but stay tuned and we'll keep you informed. :-)

Proof that Graphic Design works - as if we didn't know!

Okay, so it's no real surprise to us - as we see the benefit from our clients day in, day out - but it is nice to see that the facts and figures add up too. The Design Council's 'Value of Design Fact Finder' provides evidence that businesses that use graphic design perform better than those that don't, cool.

Click on the link below to read the article for yourself:
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk

Interesting Logo Design Article

The design of a logo can open up a debate that could last a fortnight; how does the use of colour affect viewers perceptions? Should all logos be simple with either one or 2 colours or can they be more elaborate? What makes a logo different or memorable?

I found this article which makes for a good read around the subject of logo design:
http://www.search-this.com/2007/03/28/the-anatomy-of-a-logo/

Take a look and see what you think...

Christmas Closing

Well, as I'm sure you are all well aware by now, that thing called Christmas is fast approaching. Threerooms is closing over this period for a spell of well earned rest and a recharge to get ready for the year ahead.

Please note that Threerooms will close on Friday 21 December and then re-open again on Thursday 3 January.

So, if we don't speak to you before, may you all have a smashing time and a fun New Year.
See you in 2008!

Bangin' the drum for England....

Did you spot us in the last 2 issues of Media and Marketing magazine "The Drum"? Well, it wasn't hard to miss - the ads were bright green!
In a spot of brand awareness, Threerooms have been targeting marketeers in England to show them some of the things that are important to us, such as Dedication and Passion for our work. These adverts, just teasers really, will be followed up by a run of banner ads in the publication throughout 2008. Keep and eye out for the green.

Personalise Christmas

With Christmas just around the corner why not send one of our range of personalised Christmas cards to your customers.

To find out more click here

Free trees??

For every new client we work for in 2007 and 2008 we will plant 3 nice new trees in a forest in the local area. It's not gonna change the world but its a start.

To find out more click here

Room with a view

I looked out of our office and saw this so I had to take a picture - nice eh?

Change this, change that...

I know, I know, I know, it doesn't seem 5 minutes since we last changed our website, but believe it or not it has been nearly 12 months since we last modified our own little .com

Now there is nothing wrong with the old web site but as we grow so does our online need. The new website should serve us well for the future (or at least for the next 12 months anyway - until we get itchy fingers again!)

So keep your eyes peeled and watch this space as our new site evolves.

Oooooh, isn't it all so exciting!

You can't handle a bigger logo!

If ever there was a place where client meets creative head-to-head it usually follows this phase "Can our logo be any bigger?"

If you have any idea what I'm talking about then you might find this funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYEf8XZKlUU

What the blogs going on?

It's time we found a way of connecting with our customers and friends alike that doesn't involve messing around with website news pages - we're busy enough as it is!

That's why we are going to be using this here blog. From here you can find out about our latest projects, new services, latest offers, good web finds, jokes, what we had for lunch, and, well, anything really!

Keep a look out and let us know what you think.