We are particularly pleased that the logo we designed for Luxstowe Vets has won the ‘Best Practice Logo’ competition at the Royal Cornwall Show, announced at a recent Cornwall Vets Association event.
Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
December 1st, 2011BEST LOGO
Posted by sqz AT 09:44
September 20th, 2011
TRURO HYPNOTHERAPY
We have recently launched a brand new website for Truro Hypnotherapy. Our client wanted a bright, friendly site that was easy to navigate and that also allowed him to regularly update the content. So we designed and created a colourful CMS site and after just a couple of hours training the client is now fully in control and delighted with the results.
Posted by sqz AT 01:42
June 29th, 2011
DOLPHIN HOLIDAYS WEBSITE
Hudson Armstrong Design have just launched a new website for Dolphin Holidays near Looe in Cornwall. They had an existing site that was looking tired and outdated so we created a bright, new site that has full CMS and an integrated booking system allowing the client full control of their site. Although only launched a few days ago the new site is already attracting a lot of traffic.
Posted by sqz AT 08:40
June 10th, 2011
GREAT IDEA – WITH A TWIST
Another great idea. Ballpoint pen with a spiral ink cartridge – lasts twice as long.
Posted by sqz AT 08:33
June 6th, 2011
CLEAN ENERGY
We have been working with Clean Earth Energy to create a range of marketing and promotional materials recently. Today we shall be delivering their exhibition stand along with flags, bunting and leaflets ready for the Royal Cornwall Show.
Posted by sqz AT 08:32
April 11th, 2011
TREGEDNA FARM WEBSITE
We recently redesigned and rebuilt the website for Tregedna Farm Holidays near Falmouth in Cornwall.
Originally Hudson Armstrong Design had created the site for this farm campsite and lodge a few years ago. As the client now wishes to have much more control over editing and loading new images we freshened up the look of the site and rebuilt it with a very user-friendly CMS interface.
Posted by sqz AT 02:10
March 14th, 2011
SKULL LAWN CHAIR
Get ready for Summer with a set of these Skull Lawn Chairs – just for fun.
Posted by sqz AT 12:06
March 8th, 2011
March 3rd, 2011
DESIGNS OF THE YEAR
Plumen 001 has won the Product of the Year category in this years Designs of the Year Awards. Designed by Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger, the lightbulb is formed of two interwoven glass tubes that curve organically thus creating a new silhouette from every angle. Uses 80% less energy and lasts approximately 8 times longer than a typical incandescent bulb.
Posted by sqz AT 11:53
December 14th, 2010
TEMPORARY VACANCY
Senior Graphic Designer
Temporary full time position to cover maternity leave for 6-12 months.
The successful candidate will work on a diverse range of projects including print, branding and websites. The position requires a good all-rounder, with a creative background and an impressive design portfolio. Experience of InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop are essential, as is a good working knowledge of HTML. An understanding of website design processes and functionality are also required.
Salary will be determined by level of experience.
Please send CV and samples of work to jo@hudsonarmstrong.com
Posted by sqz AT 10:29
November 3rd, 2010
DRINKFINDER
Hudson Armstrong Design are very proud of the newly launched DrinkFinder site. A full CMS system combined with great design and all the functionality you’d expect from an online store.
Posted by sqz AT 04:20
October 28th, 2010
COLOURS OF THE WEB
Here’s an interesting infographic showing dominant colours on the web.
Posted by sqz AT 12:38
October 22nd, 2010
NEW ARRIVALS
Fresh print arrivals. After many, many hours of concentrated design and artwork, five new brochures delivered to happy clients this week.
Posted by sqz AT 02:38
October 8th, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Roundhouse Barn Holidays on their success at the Cornwall Tourism Awards last night. Gold in Small Self-Catering Establishment of the Year, Silver in B&B/Guest Accommodation of the Year. And, as if that wasn’t enough, they also scooped up the Winner of Winners award. We’d like to think that the website we designed for them played a small part alongside all Mark & Barbara’s hard work!
Posted by sqz AT 01:00
September 30th, 2010
GET SMART
Hudson Armstrong Design have just created the brand for South West Smart Applications Ltd – a new scheme aimed at introducing smart and integrated ticketing for public transport across the South West region. The scheme will be officially launched next month by the Rt Hon Norman Baker MP.
Posted by sqz AT 11:32
September 1st, 2010
Ahhh, September…
BEN AINSLIE – From HA Calender, Sept 2010
Born in 1977 he began sailing at the age of 8 with his family in Restronguet, Cornwall. Within a few years he was winning sailing championships not only locally but at international level, culminating in a silver medal at his first Olympic Games in 1996, aged 19. Going on in following years to win Olympic Gold not once, but three times making him Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor ever! Ben has continued to achieve success as a world class sailor, receiving many awards and accolades including a CBE, ISAF World Sailor of the Year three times and British Yachtsman of the Year five times.
Posted by sqz AT 08:19
August 11th, 2010
Truro High School website launched
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new website for Truro High School. Following a complete redesign, the site has all the information associated with a busy school along with smooth functionality that allows the client to be in full control through a custom CMS.
Posted by sqz AT 01:48
July 1st, 2010
July already…
FROM OUR 2010 HA CALENDAR – JULY
Richard Trevithick
Born 1771 in Camborne. He was an inventor and mining engineer, his most significant success was the high pressure steam engine which he then used to build a full-scale working steam locomotive – the first car! ‘Puffing Devil’ carried several men through Camborne to Beacon, inspiring the traditional Cornish song ‘Camborne Hill’.
His inventions and business ventures took him all over the world, but he eventually died penniless aged 62 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Kent. A statue depicting Trevithick holding one of his small-scale models now stands beside the public library at Camborne.
Posted by sqz AT 09:20
June 30th, 2010
It’s all about colour today
I’m really enjoying the great colour combinations and patterns that Andy Gilmore creates. Good inspiration for Summer 2010!
Posted by sqz AT 09:36
June 23rd, 2010
Cornish Cottages Rebrand
Hudson Armstrong Design continue to work closely with Cornish Cottages having created their original brand.
We are delighted to have created and launched a new brand for this forward thinking letting agency and will be rolling out new marketing material through the course of 2010. New vehicle livery along with an exhibition trailer (see left) was recently launched at the Royal Cornwall Show.
On location photography has been undertaken and will be used in the production of their 2011 brochure along with associated marketing material.
Posted by sqz AT 08:12
June 14th, 2010
Get another top spot on Google
So many companies register multiple domain names but do very little with them. Domains are only really effective if they have their own website files rather than being forwarded to your main website domain. So how can you make better use of those extra domains and help squeeze out the competition from the top spot? Create a series of mini sites targeted to specific search terms, all with relevant and fresh SEO content and links that feed visitors into your main website. We have adopted this approach for Portscatho Holidays as part of their long term SEO strategy. Targeting St Mawes holiday cottages search terms we have launched a mini site www.stmawescottages.co.uk which is a domain this client has owned for years. Ensuring the same feel as the their main site, visitors have a very smooth transition from one site to the other keeping the visitor experience positive and helping with conversations. This approach is good for long term organic growth but seeing the results of this will be a slower process than doing other SEO activities such as a pay per click campaign. When looking at an online marketing strategy as a whole, mini sites offer value for money and a great way to secure another top spot on organic Google listings. If you could wouldn’t you rather have 2 out of the top 3 results?
Posted by jo.downie AT 09:34
April 30th, 2010
Happy May Day
From our HA Calendar
2010
MAY
William Murdoch, (1754 –1839), a Scotsman working in the mining industry in Cornwall in the late 1700s was an extremely talented engineer and innovator. His most famous invention was the application of gas lighting for domestic houses to replace tallow and oil lamps. With the first domestic residence in Britain to be lit by gas being Murdoch’s own house in Redruth in 1792. The town has an Annual Murdoch Day in June celebrating his significant contributions.
Posted by sqz AT 03:46
April 23rd, 2010
Invest in great photography
Hot off the press – here are the first of the new photos of Leycroft Valleys new bar and bistro due to open in 2 weeks time. It was a fun day working with Bob Berry in perfect weather conditions, in just a few hours we managed to dress and style the bar/bistro and capture some fantastic new shots for the clients website and marketing material. Photo shoots can often be very long days – but I am happy to say we nailed it and enjoyed some cappuccino’s in the sun by lunch time!
Posted by jo.downie AT 02:21
April 1st, 2010
Pinch Punch
From our 2010 Calendar…
APRIL
Loveday Tresidder
Born just after midnight March 31st 1700, Loveday grew up in Porthemmet on the north Cornish coast. One of seventeen children, her father and brothers all worked in the local mine. Whilst watching her mother’s endless toil preparing croust (packed lunches) for the men to take to work, Loveday came up with the ingenious idea of combining both a meal and a pudding in one edible package. Fish at one end, dessert at the other all contained in a specially reinforced pastry crust in case it was dropped. With the crimped edge forming a handle by which the miners could eat their meal without getting it dirty.
Who would have imagined that the humble pasty would go on to become such an emblem of Cornwall.
Posted by sqz AT 09:02
March 29th, 2010
Handstand Away shirt
Handstand have just released the new Away shirt for the Handstand Rugby team that we recently designed. We here at Hudson Armstrong Design are always happy to be involved with this charity appeal and think the black and white design is really striking.
Posted by sqz AT 02:31
March 17th, 2010
Designs of the Year 2010
The best ideas are the simple ones.
Recent RCA graduate Min-Kyu Choi was the winner of the prestigious Designs of the Year award 2010 for his folding plug. Anyone with a laptop has probably been frustrated that the plug is invariably bulkier than the device it’s powering making this is an inspired piece of user-aware thinking and definitely a winning idea.
Posted by sqz AT 02:19