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West Bromwich Albion - End of Season Dinner and Awards 2013

By Marketing, posted 30th April 2013 at 3:03PM

West Bromwich Albion - End of Season Dinner and Awards 2013

On Sunday 28th April 2013, the Happy Giraffes kitted out the prestigious Albion Awards Evening held at the ICC Birmingham. Happy Giraffe ensured West Bromwich Albion’s brand was top notch with printed award brochures, promotional flyers, HTML banners, raffle tickets, table plans, menu and wine list.  Happy Giraffe and West Bromwich Albion have been working together for a year now, a growing relationship which is a match-made in Black Country heaven.

The ceremony was presented by avid sports personality and out-spoken Baggies fanatic Adrian Chiles along with a fruitful interlude from...

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Designing Every Journey

By Marketing, posted 26th March 2013 at 10:59AM

Designing Every Journey

We're pleased to have launched Keysoft Solution's new website at www.keysoftsolutions.com

Happy Giraffe has worked with Keysoft Solutions for the past three years. After working on intial brand development for its traffic business, we've supported the business implement a new brand architecture - establishing the Keysoft Solutions parent brand and product brands for its traffic and landscape software.

Working with the strapline 'designing every journey,' a model set and some nifty camera work, we created exciting landscapes that represent both the business's product offerings and its...

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Celebrating in style

By Happy Giraffe, posted 21st November 2012 at 5:28PM

Celebrating in style

Happy Giraffe was proud to join client, Dudley College, at the official opening of its fantastic new £30million creative industries centre (Dudley Evolve) and dedicated A level study centre (Dudley Sixth) in the Dudley Learning Quarter.

The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP led the celebrations alongside Principal, Lowell Williams, at the unveiling of the two buildings that both sport branding and impressive graphics designed and delivered by the fantastic team here. A big well done to everyone involved!

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The brand new and exciting Dudley Sixth

By Happy Giraffe, posted 28th September 2012 at 10:14AM

The brand new and exciting Dudley Sixth

We have had great fun in designing the signage for the new Dudley Sixth building. It's great to see the signage in place and it's had a great response from the students. A great learning environment that links with the brand we have developed around provoking thought.  

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Setting trends - every little helps!

By Happy Giraffe, posted 24th May 2012 at 12:57PM

Setting trends - every little helps!

We loved the identity that we developed for the rebranding of Bards Walk retail outlet in Stratford-upon-Avon. As did the client, Aviva Investors. We're now feeling doubly pleased that we were obviously setting trends with our retro-look as Tesco's rebranding of its Everyday Value range proves. Watch our space for more trends coming soon!

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Brand Britain

By Happy Giraffe, posted 13th April 2012 at 11:24AM

Brand Britain

Its 105 days until the start of the Olympics.  It sounds like a lot but we all know how quickly time flies!

The Olympics is already playing a high profile part in the marketing that we see daily, whether our athletes are seen endorsing products or the Olympic logo appears on a sponsor’s advert you can’t really get away from it.  It’s been in the news this week that John Lewis, who are the official retailer of London 2012, are rolling out dedicated space within their stores to sell official merchandise.  The merchandise in these stores will of course be the official goods with full London...

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Lost in translation

By Happy Giraffe, posted 28th March 2012 at 3:30PM

Lost in translation

As chocolate lovers in the HG office we were interested to see last week that Kraft had decided upon the new name for the corporate brand that will be behind the consumer brands including Cadbury’s.  Created through employee engagement the new brand was revealed with the name 'Mondelez'. The inspiration for the name came from suggestions from both Europe and America where the words 'Monde’ meaning ‘world’ in Latin, and ‘delez’ meaning ‘delicious’ were merged together.

We read with interest the way that this new brand had been developed only to find a few days later that the combination of...

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Celebrating What Money Means launch

By Happy Giraffe, posted 26th March 2012 at 12:57PM

Celebrating What Money Means launch

During a very busy week at Happy Giraffe, we were delighted to take time out to celebrate the launch of one of our favourite recent projects.

What Money Means is a new teaching resource pack produced by us on behalf of pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group), the independent charity helping schools to plan and teach personal finance relevant to students' lives and needs.

At a fantastic event at The Brewery in the heart of London’s financial district, we listened to interesting presentations from pfeg, teachers and student teachers about the importance of personal finance education for...

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Briefing an agency

By Happy Giraffe, posted 21st March 2012 at 10:18AM

As an agency we get a range of briefs appearing in our inbox.  They all vary and it’s interesting to see how different companies approach putting a brief together.  Those without a brief, often don’t know what they should include or where to start so we’ve put together a few tips to help you out.

First things first, tell us about who you are and what you do.  Give us some background on where you are now and why you need an agency.  Once you’ve addressed the background tell us where you want to be.  What are your objectives and what do you want/expect to achieve from this project?

What...

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The brand superhighway

By Happy Giraffe, posted 01st March 2012 at 3:53PM

The brand superhighway

At Happy Giraffe we clock up the miles travelling the length and breadth of the country working with Happy clients. On our way back from a recent brand workshop, we were pleased to be able to liven the return journey up by playing a little game of 'I spy' that involved spotting Happy Giraffe client-branded vehicles. Always nice to see your work on display. And to confirm (especially if Mr Motorway policeman happens to be reading this) all photos were taken by the passenger and not the driver! 

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  • Little Cow Company Launched

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 25th May 2011 at 9:10AM

    Little Cow Company Launched

    We have been working quite a lot in the food sector of late. Three new brands are on their way to market this month.  The first is the Little Cow Company, a small producer of beef that uses the famous Dexter cow, a short legged variety which you will now... Read More >

  • All in a Day’s Work for the Happy team

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 09th March 2011 at 11:26AM

    All in a Day’s Work for the Happy team

    The Queen's Nursing Institute has just added the 'All in a Day's Work' film which the Happy team made to its new website. Lights, camera, action - see the finished film by clicking here

  • Ellie’s Eyes

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 14th February 2011 at 3:31PM

    We have been out and about with the video camera again.  Our latest production is a short information film aimed at informing young diabetics on the importance of annual retinal screening.  Last year we produced, scripted and shot a range of informative... Read More >

  • WBA Football Club

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 03rd May 2012 at 2:27PM

    WBA Football Club

    New direct mail and web campaign for WBA Football Club. 

  • Shift into Sport with Sainsbury’s

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 05th July 2011 at 8:46AM

    Shift into Sport with Sainsbury’s

    We have been working with the team at "Shift into Sport" this month to create a series of posters to encourage Sainsbury's staff to make a commitment to exercise.  Its a great offer...

     

  • Leadership and Management Hub Launched

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 10th October 2011 at 10:43AM

    Leadership and Management Hub Launched

    The happy team have been creating a new brand identity for Dudley College's management training.  The concept is based around a set of key illustrations focusing on the management skills undertaken as part of the training. 

  • A Tasty Little Number

    By Happy Giraffe, posted 21st June 2011 at 9:52AM

    A Tasty Little Number

    We have just launched the new Connect Vending website and brand re-fresh.  Its a great example of how you can add a little fun to your brand.  View here.