Airthrey Ltd

Recently I've been working hard on identity and branding for a brand new company. Airthrey Ltd are a Learning Evaluation company set up to help businesses to make the most of their learning and development investments.

The brief for the logo was to incorporate the business aims with a castle theme - the business having been named after Airthrey castle in Stirling. No easy task but I did this with a bar chart/battlement combo. Running with the bar chart idea I turned the business card on it's side to give it a stand out layout. A fresh company needs fresh colours and inspired by our autumn photoshoot at Airthrey Castle orange was the colour of choice.

As well as taking photos for the website I also provided consultation on the website's overall appearance and have laid out the first paper in a planned series available from the resources section of aithrey.com.

Business Cards

An important part of running your own small business is networking - meeting people to work with and potentially meeting new clients. For a graphic designer I realised it's also very useful for research purposes. I go home at the end with a stack of Business Cards. I often design those (usually) 85mm x 55mm pieces of card that are passed out and have a very important job to do. These are two of my favourites from recent networking events:-


the card that likes to talk is a great idea for photographer, Jane Massey, and


the little card with the scanable details brings business cards into the 21st Century for Alternative Copy

For even more creative inspiration check out Cardonizer.

Dream Job

When I was asked if it was possible to create a business card that was also a fortune teller I was interested. When I realised the business was all about inspiring people to live their dreams it seemed like a dream come true!

I created a logo and brand identity, fortune teller business card and promotional postcard using the owner's own dream of becoming a superhero. So look out for AJP Dreams inspiring young people across the country.

designjr is in business

I've finally sorted myself out with some business cards for designjr. Why is it always so hard doing your own marketing? It's taken me all year to come up with my own but for others it can be done in a few hours!

Healthy Hub

Student project to design an identity for The Healthy Hub. A Community Interest Company running a wholefoods retail facility, café restaurant, small business and research facilities. The facilities are aimed at thirty something mums, students, people who care and people who have a disposable income.

Design included logo, stationery, promotional materials, website, packaging and menus.