Here’s a little sting I’ve made, experimenting with new plug-ins we’ve got here in Multimedia. It was done with 3DS max and the plug-in Particle flow box 2 and put together in After Effects.

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I have to admit, when I first saw the More4 rebrand visuals a few weeks ago I wasn’t overly excited – a nice enough visual mark with some obvious potential for TV and animation. (more…)

More4, rebrand, TV Idents, Visual Identity

We’ve all seen the domino metaphor used many a time in advertising (remember the excellent Honda Accord advert, which created a domino sequence using various parts of the car?), but this ad for Fedex has a particularly lovely tone. It doesn’t rely solely on the domino idea for visual effect (although it’s strong enough to keep the viewer engaged); it’s a great concept which is right for the message. It’s also got a great soundtrack, timed to perfection, and the sign-off – “We make less urgent shipping to the US awesome” – is brilliant.

Advert, Domino, Fedex, multimedia

Linney Design were delighted to be asked to produce the brochure for this years Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance service, held at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November.  This year’s festival was particularly special as the legion is celebrating its 90th year.

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We were absolutely delighted to host a visit from actor, adventurer and motorbike fanatic Charley Boorman here at Linney Design on Friday. With only a little persuasion and the prospect of meeting like-minded bikers and designers, Charley took a break from his stage tour to drop in and see some of the work we’ve developed over the years for the likes of Triumph and Yamaha. A number of us then joined Charley backstage at The Palace Theatre before watching his excellent chat show, covering his formative years as an actor in Deliverance, to his more recent infamous exploits in Long Way Round and the Dakar Rally. A hugely likeable and talented chap, we’d highly recommend you catch him on tour this winter. Thanks again to Charley and producer Billy for taking the time to drop-in.

Charley Boorman, Linney, Long Way Round, Mansfield, Motorbikes, Yamaha

This year Linney have been working closely with Yamaha and Ben Spies from MotoGP to create images and a film made in Spain. Targeted at hard riding Supersports riders the marketing collateral was created and edited this summer.

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Ben Spies, R1, Yamaha

Thanks to everyone that was involved and attended the last Creative Forum – the next one will be announced very soon, in the meantime here are some images from the event.

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Whether you are a fan of the TV show Lost or not, it was quite an experience to be watching the finale at the same time as everyone else around the world (well, in eight countries anyway). In this day of Sky+, iPlayer, Tivo etc, the shared experience of event television is a thing of the past (to the benefit of being able to watch what you want, whenever you want to).

Certainly, the main reason I got up at 5am this morning was to be a part of that shared experience that I grew up with (as well as not wanting some idiot online to spoil it for me). As for the show itself, I thought it was a very fitting emotional end with a surprise reveal that nicely harked back to fan theories from the first season. Very clever also how they weaved in key moments from other seasons into the narrative. Not every question was answered but some things are best left to the imagination…

Finale, Lost