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• It’s for charidee mate

  Posted 16 May 2011

  Last Friday saw Hill & Knowlton’s third annual Charity Day take place and as usual Bisqit joined our H&K colleagues, with Charity Day t-shirt sleeves rolled up, ready to do our bit.

  16 teams spread out across London to deliver much needed messaging and branding workshops before hitting the streets to get Age UK London’s ‘on the buses’ campaign off the ground. The campaign is aimed at raising driver and public awareness of the needs of the elderly travelling on public transport and to ultimately change behaviour and attitudes towards the older community.

  If you're going to get behind a campaign, it's important to get first hand experience...

  ...sadly our oyster cards didn't stretch to zone 6 so it was a long walk back to the office.

  Posted by Nuria McGlinchey

  

  Filed under // Hill & Knowlton   Miscellaneous  

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• Not great, but oK

  Posted 29 October 2010

  I just got back from my whistle-stop trip to K2010 to see our SABIC campaign in action. And I really did get to see it ‘in action’ when I hired a cabbie to ‘Follow that billboard!’ and drive me around Düsseldorf so I could snap some of the ads.

  I learnt two things from this:

  1. There are a lot of billboards in Düsseldorf.
  2. I have a slow trigger finger.

  Posted by Nuria McGlinchey

  

  Filed under // Branding   Exhibitions   Portfolio  

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• Barney Bubbles and the Jets

  Posted 21 October 2010

  The Bisqits have been on another lunchtime outing. This time to see the Barney Bubbles exhibition and, just a short stumble across the courtyard, the Fiona Banner, Harrier and Jaguar jets exhibit at the Tate Britain.

  A step inside the Barney Bubbles exhibition was a step back in time, musically, artistically and practically. It’s amazing to be reminded how differently graphics and print were produced in Bubble’s hay day. Back when every piece was handcrafted before being photographed and when final copy really did mean final copy!

  Bubbles died two months before the Apple Mac came along to change the way designers work. Looking at his collection I’m not entirely convinced it would have changed the way he created art – if it had he probably would have made it his own.

  Moving on from small scale craftsmanship we went to see something a bit bigger. The jets!

  Seeing real jets up close was pretty cool but what really made an impact was seeing them in a completely unexpected space. Standing in the middle, looking to the left or right, each jet was beautifully framed by the impressive archways of the Duveens gallery.

  From every perspective these birds were pretty imposing, but if you ask Dan there’s nothing quite as scary as being on the pointy end of a Harrier jet!

  Posted by Nuria McGlinchey

  

  Filed under // Culture   Exhibitions  

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• Bisqit celebrations and congratulations!

  Posted 23 July 2010

  We’ve got two very good reasons to celebrate this week at Bisqit as creative director Matt is getting married tomorrow and designer Gareth is 30 today (or twenty ten as he likes to put it). Thanks boys, you’ve given us all a legitimate reason to head to the bar and throw open a bottle of bubbly or two!

  A suitable Bisqit tribute to Matt and Lizzie. Congratulations guys! (Lots of people have popped in to the office to wish you well)

  Posted by Nuria McGlinchey

  

  Filed under // Studio  

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• Can we call you Al?

  Posted 20 July 2010

  Excited as we all were to be welcoming our new intern, Alexandra, to the office we knew we had a problem. Too many names begining with Al. Fortunately there was only a small amount of confusion/ blame/ hilarity before we settled into a system.

  Sadly, as is the way of the intern, Ali’s two weeks at Bisqit are already up. We’ll miss our addition to the ‘Al collective’ but at least it sounds like she had a good time...

  “Despite my short time with the team, I have been made to feel very much at home. One of the most vibrant places I have worked, people thrive on the energy generated by everything we do. The people here, the culture, the work ethic, maintain Bisqit at the industry's cutting edge.

  Over the last two weeks, I have been tasked with thinking out of my comfort zone, and been given an enthralling taste of what working with some of the industry’s most creative people is really like. The atmosphere within the office is not only to work hard, but also one of real fun, there is a great balance. I have met fantastic people and am so happy to have worked here!”

  Posted by Nuria McGlinchey

  

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