Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Everyone has a talent – and the folk here at Top Left Design have so much talent it’s coming out of our ears. I would like to say “literally” but that wouldnt be accurate. However, we do like to show off a little more than just amazing websites. I am proud to present a selection of artwork by Chris Dal Din (see him on our team page)
You may wonder why we use owls in our branding at TLD. For this reason, I wrote a blog about it and you can read it here. See, it’s all related and relevant!
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
One of the first jobs we got our newest team member, Aric to do, was make our very own Oyster card holders. We want poeple who commute in London to think of us every single day and the ones that they give you when you sign up for Oyster card holders are just so BORING looking. And we want to make sure we included owls (some of you already know the 3 reasons why we use owls in our branding – but if not – read this post!)
If you are reading this, and you want an Oyster card holder – comment below and we can arrange for you to get one!
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Ever since we put the owls vinyl mural on the walls of our new office, people have asked us – what’s with all the owls?
Tamlyn originally came up with these as characters for our Twitter background. And we have since been taking these owls through our branding to other stationary, newsletters, our powerpoint slides, cupcakes at our seminars, proposals, and now our walls in our new offices. And of course there’s the amazing Pinterest board on owls!
Last Halloween we dressed the owls (Oliver the Owl pictured below) in pumpkins for our Halloween Newsletter.
For our seminars, Tamlyn made special Owl cupcakes.
Let’s look at Owls and draw upon the similarities between Top Left Design and Owls. You will see it will become clear.
Owls ask “Who? Who?” At Top Left Design we specialise in creating websites with personality. This means we take the “Who You Are” into the “What You Do”. We never work on any designs for clients unless we ask them a lot about the people in their business, and then we set out to, as much as possible, help the world see the personality of the business and what makes them unique.
Owls stand for Wisdom We consistently stay ahead of the game and study the constantly changing landscape of marketing and especially online marketing. It’s a mixture of design and human psychology. It takes talent and empathy. So, we can safely say, we are wise.
They always look forward and can swivel their heads 360 degrees – that’s ultimately a cool trick but really – we do the same – we are forward thinking, always looking ahead, but we also look ALL around to make sure we are on top of it all! Part of owl’s strategy is based on stealth and surprise. That’s just like us at TLD – we are always coming up with new and innovative ways to keep our clients happy and our readers educated and amused.
Take action now! What visual elements do you use in your branding?
Comment below – or send us a link to your blog – where you explain the reasons for the visuals in your brand. If you can come up with three excellent reasons (like we have above) then you’re onto a winner!
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
You may have seen Keren’s blog post about Pinterest last week. Well over the weekend I blogged about her “Owl” board and found some inspiration for my first illustration of 2012.
Here are a few of my favorite “owly” delights from Keren’s Pinterest board.
Monday, January 16th, 2012
There is a new social site creeping into our awareness.
Perhaps, if I suggested you look at another social network (which I am about to), you would throw your hands up in exasperation and say “I don’t have time!”
But I promise you, this is worth it. Especially if like us at TLD, you are in the business of being visual and creative. It’s called “Pinterest”.
For Pinterest, you need an invitation, so leave a comment below if you would like one and I can send it to you.
If you can show your work in a visual way – this means designers, illustrators, artists, wedding planners, photographers, interior designers, property developers – all of these businesses are based on visual asthetic. This is not just to say you only put in your portfolio and that’s in. The point of Pinterest is to find and share things you like and then you can also create your own.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
How did it all start that every seminar we have freshly baked branded cupcakes? You should first know that we have them baked and iced by our very own, very creative lovely Tamlyn.
Below is a picture of her holding branded TLD owl cupcakes. Proof!
