I recently read an article about how nearly one in three adults in the UK owns a smartphone. This ties neatly into another statistic, that 50% of all internet access is via mobile connections, rather than logging on at a desktop. For that reason, websites that are mobile optimised are vital for companies looking to engage with customers via the web.

We create websites which are compatible for mobile and tablet devices, meaning content is formatted to communicate directly with this expanding market. 

The snazzy work we recently completed for Heat Recruitment demonstrates this in practice. It included updating their vacancies page so that people can search for jobs directly from their mobile, enabling them to see new jobs as they become available, wherever they are. Alternatively, using the new ‘iProfileSeeker’ clients can also to browse prospective candidates and create a talent pool, primed for when they are ready to recruit.

Check it out!

www.heatrecruitment.co.uk

All across the UK, Spectrum Interactive provides public internet access kiosks and Wi-Fi at airports, hotels, service stations and other high footfall travel and hospitality locations. For a small charge, anybody can use these kiosks to check the web whilst travelling or staying somewhere unfamiliar.

In a new partnership with Spectrum, Expedia.co.uk and Hotels.com can now be accessed at no charge through Spectrum Interactive kiosks and Beaver Design recently provided some new designs to promote this new service.

"The animations from Beaver are perfect for catching the eye of a potential user at our internet kiosks. Being able to promote our service in this way has already proved very successful, so we're very pleased."

Simon Alberga, Executive Chairman

The full screen promotions and banner adverts are now playing across the network…

Meet Dave (our Dave…not the film). Dave is our resident print expert and last week created a few of new leaflets, posters and banners for local company Natural Health and their new venture – Healing Bamboo.

Dave has nearly 40 years in graphic design, print and artwork creation, and is one of the co-founders of Beaver Design in 1978. Some of our more junior staff (like those with a ‘measly’ 10 or 20 years of experience) are able to learn some old tricks of the trade from Dave, who remembers back to when graphic design was all done by hand and artwork was sent on the train.

The new promotional materials for Natural Health are to launch the UK distribution of the Healing Bamboo products, as Natural Health becomes the sole UK supplier.

For more information about Healing Bamboo, please go to www.healingbamboo.com, or if you’d like to talk to Dave about print, then just give us a call us on 0845 355 2555.

It started with a call last Monday, where DAS told us that they needed a new brochure for their US market by the following Friday.

Text and imagery was quickly pulled together and we designed a couple of layouts for DAS to choose from. Final artwork was created and sent to the American printers ready in time for the Friday deadline, along with some samples of recommended stock.

Simple and all in time for the weekend! Quick deadline, quick production, quick blog post.

After a hard day at work, we left early last Friday to visit the Wild Fantisies Exhibition at the stolenspaces gallery in the Old Truman Brewery. A fantastic exhibition celebrating 10 years of Don't Panic Poster illustrations, with a few gems shining through.

We especially liked the work of Gelman, D*Face, Dedass, Kam Tang, Steven Wilson and of course Mr James Joyce. I even picked myself up a little unsigned print of "Success" by Steven Wilson, which I plan to put up in the new office space!