Category Archive: Crafts
05 – Beautiful brand marks big and small…
Branding has so many constituent parts… We love the cerebral challenge of brand strategy, positioning, experience, tone of voice etc. But we also love the challenge of creating the humble brand mark, which can communicate so much… We’ve all read and loved ‘No Logo’, equally we’ve also read ‘Yes Logo’ which champions brand icons. Over […]
01 – When details matter, geek out on them…
There’s a lot of healthy discussion about Burberry’s new brand ID, moving away from a trend it helped start of flat minimal sans-serif sanitised word marks. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for the new – and using the odd bit of sans serif. However, I do still enjoy the challenge of doing something based […]
15 years of doing what we love…
Neon: 15 years of doing what we love… A good friend recently pointed out that it’s been 15 years since I went solo with Neon, having jumped ship from being a big time Charley Creative Director of an international agency – so to keep at the pointy end of actual creative doing and to have […]
Corney & Barrow commission Neon to add Perigord to their house range.
Just when we’re trying detox and not look at alcohol in early 2019… Following the redesign by Neon, launch and commercial success of Corney & Barrow’s House Range of wines and spirits – built on the firm foundations laid down by Neon’s recent rebranding of Corney & Barrow – Corney & Barrow have commissioned Neon to extend their House Range, with additional […]
Stanely Honey features in Box Bottle Bag.
Nice to come across the Stanely Honey packaging, a firm favourite job from the past, featured in the book Box Bottle Bag by Andrew Gibbs. Every day Andrew Gibbs seeks out and discovers the very best in packaging design for his influential blog “The Dieline“, Box Bottle Bag collects the best of the best from […]
Nice article about TUNA book for photographer Marcus Lyon
Nice to come across an article by Justin from Fenner Papers about the TUNA book for photographer Marcus Lyon – a firm favourite job from the past. The TUNA book was the subject of much coverage in the design press and featured in many awards – awards and commendations included: Silver Nomination for a Complete Book, D&AD annual of 2001 Included […]
Neon’s new brand identity and website for Clarion Wealth Planning goes live.
We’re pleased to announce that our quietly elegant new work for Clarion Wealth Planning – which includes brand positioning, brand identity, advertising and website – has been launched. A long established financial services firm, Clarion are pioneers in the field of true lifelong financial planning. Which means what sets them apart is a focus on helping high net […]
Congratulations to Matt Stuart on Magnum nomination.
Just a quick post to say a huge congratulations to our very good friend street photographer Matt Stuart, who has been made a Magnum Photos Nominee – which to help put it into context, in photography world is akin to achieving a Michelin star. Magnum Photos is the worlds most premier photographic association and has had […]
‘Silver Speaks’ launches with ‘Idea to Object’ exhibition at the V&A.
The Contemporary British Silversmiths exhibition ‘Silver Speaks’ kicked off a year long season of event, exhibitions and talks with the exhibition ‘Idea to Objects’ with branding, website, catalogue and posters created by Neon. The event is directed by trade, craft and strategic consultant to Contemporary British Silversmiths, Karin Paynter, who is also expert silver adviser to London Craft Week. […]
Neon’s ‘Silver Speaks’ branding work features in Design Week ‘Inspiration’ section.
Neon’s branding work for the Contemporary British Silversmiths initiative ‘Silver Speaks’ has been kindly featured in Design Week’s ‘Inspiration’ section, the day before the opening of the first exhibition at the V&A, forming part of a year’s programme of events and exhibition showcasing some of the most current work within the UK Silversmithing community. ‘Silver Speaks’ is year […]
Neon make ‘Sign of the month’ twice with Nick Garrett.
Neon collaborate with all manner of amazing companies and individuals, one of them being the supremely talented traditional sign-writer Nick Garrett. He’s passionate, he’s quirky and he’s a true craftsman. We cheekily gave him the moniker Nick Garrett “No Ordinary Type” which perfectly describes the man and his hand lettering abilities. His work is a delight so do have […]
Neon commissioned to look at new ranges for Corney & Barrow.
Neon have been invited by Corney & Barrow to review and create branding for a selection of C&Bs producer partners ranges of wines. This commission follows on from the launch Corney & Barrow’s House Range of wines and spirits designed by Neon – built on the firm foundations laid down by Neon’s recent rebranding of Corney & Barrow. If […]
‘Silver Speaks’ invites.
A quick sneak preview of ‘Silver Speaks’ private view invites by the ever brilliant Generation Press. ‘Silver Speaks’ is year long series of events to be held around the United Kingdom (including the V&A and The Goldsmiths’ Centre) to celebrate the exceptional level of creativity and skill in British silversmithing today. The spotlight will shine on […]
Neon to be an official Branding & Media partner of ‘Silver Speaks’.
Off the back of creating the branding in late 2015, Neon are delighted to have been invited to be an official Branding & Media’ partner for the Contemporary British Silversmiths initiative ‘Silver Speaks’, a programme of exhibitions and events throughout 2016. ‘Silver Speaks’ is year long series of events to be held around the United Kingdom (including […]
The new Nabarro law terms ‘Word Search’ wall by Neon.
To help get brains in to gear at law firm Nabarro LLP, the first new wall for their magnificent 125 London Wall office in 2016 is a giant ‘Word Search’ for Nabarro’s staff to find and circle with chalk 45 hidden law terms. The typographic tour de force of 312 letterforms was lovingly hand rendered by […]
Nabarro ‘pops up’ in Manchester.
Only the tiniest of tiny projects, but one to really love. Nabarro LLP asked Neon to come up with a unique idea for an invite, to be sent to their clients as well as the great and the good in Manchester to invite them to err… ‘pop along’ and help celebrate the opening of Nabarro’s […]
An insight to the on-going work for Nabarro LLP.
Just a little insight into our on-going work for Nabarro LLP – and the beautiful paper models we love creating for them, for their image library / brand visual language. The idea of the paper models was developed as part of Nabarro’s brand visual style refresh and are in constant development to keep their image […]
Amazing card board models.
An ‘everyday is awesome’ moment… A visit to an ex-secret space race rocket testing bunker on Isle of Wight above the Needles revealed a little craft gem. Within the bunker all the old equipment had long been removed and destroyed, but someone had recreated the units, chairs and even coats hanging on the pegs in card board based on old […]
New paper models for Nabarro LLP.
A lovely little new commission for three more buildings for Nabarro LLP for a forth coming event – to add to the wonderful library of images already created by Neon for Nabarro’s recent brand visual style refresh… We’ll show the final models in all their glory very soon. If you’d like to know more about this project, […]