News, Articles and Case Studies

Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

22 Feb 2008

Graphic design case study – Environment Agency Billboard campaign

We are proud to have worked with the Environment Agency on this project; not only is it an environmental issue that is close to our hearts, but it is a Bristol issue that we have helped to tackle. The whole process was a pleasure; devising the concepts for the billboard advertising, the photography, the graphic design [...]

Continue reading Graphic design case study – Environment Agency Billboard campaign

This article has 7 comments

10 Dec 2007

Advertisers cash in on Tattoo trend

Tattooing has been used throughout history for many different purposes and has strong roots in many cultures. Recently there has been a surge in the popularity of tattooing in Europe and the USA, mainly as a form of self expression. These modern tattoos take their artistic influences from many places. I find the Japanese style of tattooing [...]

Continue reading Advertisers cash in on Tattoo trend

This article has 6 comments

14 Nov 2007

Introducing the work of James Starr

 
Every now and then I come across the work of a talented artist, designer or photographer, and it’s always a great inspiration. James Starr was exhibiting at Room 212 in Bristol a few weeks ago and I have to say he is one of the more impressive artists I have seen there.
James is a painter, [...]

Continue reading Introducing the work of James Starr

This article has 3 comments

24 Oct 2007

Photographing the Dead – ‘The devil’s in the details’

 
This is a fascinating yet possibly controversial series of photographs depicting the process of cremating a human body. Although the usual purpose of this blog is to talk about design, I felt it was an opportunity to highlight what I find to be an interesting topic for discussion and give you a sneak peek at [...]

Continue reading Photographing the Dead – ‘The devil’s in the details’

This article has no comments

22 Oct 2007

New Colston’s Girls’ School website

We have designed a few websites for schools in and around Bristol in the last year and have just launched our latest project; the new website for Colston’s Girls’ School.
Colston’s approached us at Deckchair to design an up-to-date and fresh website using the Colston’s colours and style. They wanted the website to become a resource [...]

Continue reading New Colston’s Girls’ School website

This article has no comments

12 Sep 2007

Power in a picture

Image Credit: NASA, Donald Walter (South Carolina State University), Paul Scowen and Brian Moore (Arizona State University)
I saw this picture on the Nasa website yesterday and it made me think; Isn’t it amazing? We can take a picture of something happening 7,100 light years from earth of a star 40 times more massive than our sun [...]

Continue reading Power in a picture

This article has one comment

29 Aug 2007

Well Done Sham! You’re a winner!

Well done to Sham Tanna, our photographer who shot the billboard photograph for our advertising campaign for the Environment Agency. The graphic designers at Deckchair came up with the concept for the campaign and Sham worked under our creative direction to produce the image. We are proud to announce that the picture has been announced as the [...]

Continue reading Well Done Sham! You’re a winner!

This article has no comments

13 Aug 2007

New billboard campaign – Award winning design

A few months ago, our creative team of graphic designers at Deckchair designed and produced a high impact billboard and bus campaign for the Environment Agency. It was designed to tackle the fly tipping problem (illegal waste dumping) in the Bristol area. When the Environment Agency approached us with the project we were very pleased [...]

Continue reading New billboard campaign – Award winning design

This article has 2 comments