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“Ours is a simple approach: listen to our clients; understand their audience; solve their problems. We've learnt that it's easier to make yourself understood when you speak in black and white. It helps to move beyond the grey areas and deliver a message loud and clear (or quiet and clear, if the brief requires). But there's more to it than that. We're avid collectors of all things visual. We're passionate about creative colour – the bright idea that catches the eye, connects with an audience and makes a message memorable.”

Magpie Studios

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Magpie Studios6 June - 10 August

Client: Magpie Studio

Project: How to -Turn a problem on its head

The website you’re currently browsing through was launched to coincide with our first year in business. To mark the dual celebration - our birthday and web launch - we sent friends and clients a hand-printed, letterpress announcement.

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Project: How to - Turn a problem on its head

The limited edition prints worked both ways up, initially as a birthday announcement from the three Magpie partners (the three Ms) and then turned upside-down, as a web announcement (the three Ws). We commissioned six different sets of letters, with each set featuring on it’s own edition of 25 prints.


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Client: Gavin Martin Associates & Colournet LTD

Project: Deliver a great idea

Having joined forces in 2010, Gavin Martin Associates and Colournet wanted to raise their new profile without breaking the joint bank account.


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Client: Jackson Gilmore

Project: Cook up a successful rebrand

Jackson Gilmour are a family run, award-winning catering company. With a prestigious client list that includes HRH the Queen and a staff of chefs with more than a few Michelin stars between them, they needed a rebrand that expressed their offer as one of the best in the business.

Client: Royal Mail

Project: How to- Spread the word

Our solution is inspired by the typographic beauty of the original King James Bible. A modern take on the 400 year old book resulted in a pocket-sized Bible with extracts relevant to the stamps. The stamps were then tipped-in by hand to form a crucifix.


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Client: Gavin Martin Associates & Colournet LTD

Project: Deliver a great idea

We suggested making use of an unused canvas - the humble proof bag. Used by printers to deliver wet proofs to their clients, the bags were screen printed with a life-sized collection of eccentric objects.


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“At Magpie Studio we speak in black and white, but think in colour”

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Client: Robert Horne

Project: Fire the imagination

Paper manufacturer Robert Horne were keen to catch the eye of the creative industries with the launch of their latest paper, Imagine.


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True to the paper’s name, we wanted to create a promotional campaign that would fire the imagination of a design-savvy audience - to suggest that with imagination, anything is possible.


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Paper manufacturer Robert Horne were keen to catch the eye of the creative industries with the launch of their latest paper, Imagine.

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Action on AddictionAll ChangeAppleArts AimhigherBAFTABedell CristinBritish Heart FoundationCambridge Occupational AnalystsChannel 4D&ADEndemolGavin Martin AssociatesGDR Creative IntelligenceGlueHelen Brown MassageHouses of ParliamentICE Coalition: Jackson GilmourJamison ConsultingKalideen AcupunctureKingston UniversityKnight FrankLand SecuritiesLanglands & BellLogicaMagpie StudioMarussia BeveragesMorton & Peplow

National Arts Learning NetworkNike RunningOne Blue SpherePinks AcademyPrison Radio AssociationRalf ObergfellRobert Horne GroupRollasoleRoyal Mail Stamps and CollectiblesRoyal MintSandhurst ShrubsSarah GrundyShiftSilverlining FurnitureStreetcoachingSusannah Fone AcupunctureTate BritainThe Delfina FoundationThe Mainstone PressThe Milton AgencyThe Neon BirdcageThe Print LoungeThe Vegetable BarThe Women’s InstituteUniversity College LondonUniversity of the Arts LondonWembley City

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Client: Royal Mail

Project: How to - Spread the word

At the end of each year, the Royal Mail releases a set of themed Christmas Stamps. We were briefed to design and produce a limited-run display piece to showcase the stamps, depicting scenes from the King James Bible. The piece needed to compliment the miniature works of art, without overpowering them.


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Client: Royal Mail

Project: How to- Spread the word



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Focusing on their unique offer as a chef-led catering firm - we devised a brand language reminiscent of cookery books and recipes. Add a dollop of typography inspired by copper pot hallmarks, a twist of the diagramatic language of family trees, a tablespoon of very luxuriant print techniques, heat at a high temperature and enjoy.


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Project: How to - Illustrate our love for all things shiny

We chose to illustrate a familiar festive favourite, The Twelve Days of Christmas - a well-worn song that encourages audience participation. We kept hold of the famous five gold rings though (one for each member of staff), highlighting a magpie’s love of all things shiny. The simple omission made both the poster and the company name memorable.

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