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Poppy Treffry

Website design and construction
Following on from the new brochure that we designed a few months ago, we've now completed a new website for Poppy.

The brief was to bring more of Poppy's creative designs, colours, sketches and materials into the design and have fun with the layout.

We shall also be updating the website content, allowing Poppy to do what she does best - make her very lovely textile designs!

poppytreffry.co.uk

 
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Sark Glass

Identity, Brochure & Photography
Tim Casey of Sark Glass is a master glassblower. He designs and blows glass tableware with his wife, Carol, for galleries and public in the UK and beyond.

The identity came about in the simplest form. Each piece of glass is hand signed by etching the base. This was traced and digitised then placed within a roundle which represents Sark's designs. Simple but a strong link back to the work.

The brochure was produced as a self promotional piece to showcase Sark's products. Photography was key to the design and the glassware was shot on a black background to allow the colours to jump off the page. Photography of Tim blowing glass was incorporated showing the movement and processes involved.

Tim and Carol were so happy with the outcome they invited us back to start production on Sark's website. Watch this space.

 
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Abbott and Ellwood

Website Design & Photography
Mike and Kim approached us to produce a website that would show their brooches and sculptures in a style that reflects the work. Clean lines and simple design details were important in the final outcome.

We also took on the requirement for product photography, making sure of crisp white backgrounds to show the products at their best. Other photography included the banner images depicting the studio environment. This gave a nice link to the influences behind the work.

abbottandellwood.com

 
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Porthleven Twinning Association

'Past - Present' Film Event
Printed literature

PTA needed an eye catching poster that appealed to the local community to promote the FREE event.

To show the change in industry and lifestyle within the area, in the last 100 years, we focused on fishing (past) and surfing (present). The surfer image already existed and I wanted to mirror it somehow for the past shot. After being shown some old net needles of generations ago, and their resemblance in shape to a surfboard, I found the link.

Porthleven local, Olivia, kindly agreed to model for us posing as the surfer had. I then photographed the net needle and created the final image in Photoshop by adding the correct shadows and lighting.

The posters, flyers, invites and tickets were all designed by Carta and printed within 15 miles of Porthleven.

 
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Poppy Treffry

2007 product brochure
Poppy required a brochure design that reflected her love of textiles. The photography was shot locally giving a feel for Poppy's inspirations which feature in her pieces. The pastel colour palette, informal copy and image blending gives the brochure a warm friendly feel and lets the pieces speak for themselves.

Carta is currently designing further marketing material and stationery for Poppy.

 
Waterborne branding

Waterborne Kayaking

Corporate Identity
The brief was to produce an identity which would reproduce well in various formats. From stationery and P.O.S to screen printed flags and decals. The 'w' logo had to be simple in structure and represent the fluid look of water.

The Waterborne website is currently in production.

 
OPI Business Card

OPI

Business card
With such unique pieces of handcrafted wooden automata, Jane wanted a striking yet simple business card. Printed on a recycled uncoated board, the card has a natural feel which together with the 'Times Roman' typeface echo's the traditional craft of working with wood.

The OPI product brochure and website are currently in production.

 
Steven Roberts web site

Steven Roberts
Illustrator

Web site design and construction
Steve's web site is now live and kicking, showcasing his fantastic illustration portfolio. The design was kept to a simple 3 column layout to make the site easy to navigate and quick to load.

iamstevenroberts.co.uk

 
Booco Business Card

Booco

Business card
Printed in full colour the card utilises a pixel effect typeface to recreate the style of stitching on to fabric.

Website to launch soon.

 
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Emma Ginnever

Exhibition mailer
Using digital photography, Carta shot Emma's delicate jewellery on a white backdrop to highlight the fine detail in each piece. A simple, clean layout with minimal text allowed the images to do the talking.

 
Steven Roberts Mailer Outside
Steven Roberts Mailer Inside
Steven Roberts Mailer and CD insert

Steven Roberts
Illustrator

Promo mailer
Steven gave carta an open brief for the design and concept of his self promo mailer. The result is a 100mm square, 6 page, three colour design printed on an uncoated matt coloured board to give a softer, less stark feel. With a matching CD case cover and Royal Mail's new pricing in proportion, the whole package can be sent together in the lowest postage cost band.

 
Vitality Matters Cover
Vitality Matters Contents
Vitality Matters Spread

Vitality Matters

Magazine
A wellbeing magazine for the people of cornwall. VM needed a clean but stylish design with a bit of humour to boot. Carta also produces bespoke illustrations for some of the feature pages.

 
Bar Black cover
Bar Black Inside

Allen & Douglas
Corporate Clothing Ltd

Mailer
As part of the family literature, this mailer needed to blend with the design of A&D's main brochure. To reflect the all black clothing inside, the cover was simply printed black. A matt laminate and spot UV varnish were then applied to highlight the cover title.

 
Justin Duance Brochure
Justin Duance Brochure Inside
Justin Duance Brochure Outside

Justin Duance
Contemporary Jewellery

Product brochure
Justin asked for a brochure that would reflect his contemporary designs, be small and be different. The brochure folds out from a 10cm square to a 30cm square resulting in 18 pages of information. Production costs were kept to a minimum due to its unique folding.

 
Booco Branding
Booco label

Booco
Handmade Textiles

Corporate identity
Booco asked for an identity that mirrored the unique fabrics used to create its products. Coupled with the secondary opal blue colour, the pink typeface has a vintage look that is warm and well balanced.

 
Allen & Douglas Cover
Allen & Douglas Contents
Allen & Douglas Spread

Allen & Douglas
Corporate Clothing Ltd

Collection range brochure
Concept, design and production of the business wear range brochure. The brochure needed a contemporary feel that was easy to read and follow. The 54 page brochure was printed full colour throughout. The outer cover includes an extra 2 spot colours and a matt laminate with spot UV, to give a tactile finish.

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