7 tips to create a show stopping float
As an approved supplier to the Lord Mayor’s Show we know a thing or two about helping our clients stand out in a procession.
The Key to Creativity is On Your Doorstep
From Dickens to Darwin, many of the world’s greatest thinkers credit their brightest ideas to walking in nature.
Are You Making the Most of Awareness Days?
National holidays and awareness days are, in our opinion, marketing gold.
Make the Most of Your Annual Report
An annual report is a detailed overview of your company’s key moments and metrics from the past year. It should provide a summary of overall performance and finances, formatted as a kind of “Year in Review”.
Books B1 Love
The B1 team are a pretty eclectic bunch so, naturally, we read some pretty interesting stuff. And, the generous souls that we are, we thought we’d share some of our favourites with you. Some are related to our fields of work, and some are inexplicably random.
Branding: More Than Just a Logo
In this blog, we will help you to understand the importance of good branding and give you a sneaky peak into the B1 process.
How we stay creative and inspired
Working in the creative industry means you are one of the few lucky people who get to do what they love for a living. But when your passion is also your work, it is especially important to keep the ideas bank brimming.
Please. Stop. Using. Corporate. Jargon.
George Orwell once wrote that ‘the great enemy of clear language is insincerity.’
Everyday Design We Love
Design is everywhere. It is such an integral part of our everyday lives, that sometimes really awesome feats in design are easy to overlook.
FLEXIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM STUDIO FOR HIRE
Our Kingston Upon Thames studio space has proved highly adaptable, from shooting exercise videos, to modelling headshots.
FIVE WAYS TO MAXIMISE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AT AN EXHIBITION
We know there are several things you can do to differentiate yourselves from your competitors and pull in the crowds.
Are we already taking AI for granted? What’s it got to do with Lasagne, and why should we care?
With the release of Google’s Clips camera, AI is rapidly becoming part of our lives, whether we’re aware of it or not.
Artificial Intelligence: Creative Collaboration or Apocalyptic Hellscape?
Recently, the B1 Creative team attended Production Social’s thought provoking ‘AI & The Next Generation of Creativity’ event at Twitter London.
World Architecture Day
Today (October 2nd) is World Architecture Day and the b1 Creative team are getting all sentimental sharing their personal favourite buildings and spaces in London.
You miss 100% of the leads you don’t follow up.
Whether it’s a subscription to a newsletter or an enquiry via a live chat or tweet. When someone makes the effort of getting in touch with your business the least you can do is respond.
The history of the Lego minifigure.
According to the manufacturer, a Lego minifigure is a small, posable figure of a person or being. In the B1 studio we have 129 up on display...
London’s first fonts.
On 10th May, Sally and I (Lydia) attended a talk at the London Transport Museum all about London’s First Fonts, or more specifically, London Underground lettering before 1933...
Spotlight: Lotus Restaurant.
It’s not often that we get to work on such a tasty project. Lotus’ owner, who lives locally to our Kingston studio, approached us to help with branding and digital work.
The history of the Apple Mac.
What is the one piece of equipment that B1 Creative couldn’t function without? Some would say our talent, Mikee would say the...
How do I land my first design job?
Recently I, Sally Bell, had the opportunity to speak to a group of 2nd and 3rd year students at Regent’s University London as part of...
10 things you didn’t need to know about the team.
Be prepared for a serious case of "too much information"...
The history of the Rubber Duck.
You’ll see from our website, social media, and if you come to visit our offices, that the B1 employees are in fact outnumbered by hundreds of yellow...
Why bother with a blog?
Since B1 Creative was founded in 1997, our agency has adapted and evolved around trends in both technology and design. We now Skype our clients saving...