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Our bumpy journey into G Suite

by Madelyn Postman, October 5th 2016

We recently moved over to Google Apps, now called G Suite, and it was not a smooth ride. In fact, I was surprised how difficult it was even for someone considered to be relatively tech-savvy (moi) – I have a decent understanding of things like nameservers and different DNS records, perhaps just enough to be dangerous! A friend who works at Google suggested I write this…

The illustration talents of our studio manager

by Hannah, October 4th 2016

When I’m not in the Grain office, I spend quite a lot of time painting and illustrating as well as working on self-initiated graphic design projects. My illustrations are mainly inspired by nature, people and fantasy fiction. Watercolour and chalk pastels are my favourite mediums to work with, as you’ll see. I find painting and illustrating very relaxing (when it’s going right) and if I don’t produce…

Grain Creative: Autumn Harvest ?

by Juli Ferguson, September 14th 2016

Autumn is on its way and we’ve been harvesting a few of our recent news updates to share with you. We have the launch of a new group of colleges, a new fashion brand, a brochure for an international school and lots more to share from Grain HQ.  In case you already have next year’s paper diary to hand, or more likely in your Apple…

Emily’s week with Grain

by Guest, September 10th 2016

GCSE student Emily joined us for a week to delve into the world of branding, design and marketing. We all enjoyed her initiative and upbeat personality! Emily says: My week at Grain was a really great eye opener as to what working in a successful and innovative design agency was like. The team at Grain challenged me to broaden my creative skills and expand my ideas…

A day of riddles!

by Hannah, September 1st 2016

This was the thought-provoking invitation the Grain team and I received from our Directors, prior to our summer team day out. As puzzled as I was, I knew it was going to be a lot of fun – it always is! “Meet at the V&A” was a big clue within the riddle, but I managed to refrain from looking into it, wanting to retain the element of surprise. I…

Studio Manager falls for design

by Hannah, August 8th 2016

For the past 9 months I have been attempting to juggle a my job as Project & Studio Manager at Grain whilst studying a part-time Graphic Design course at Shillington College in London. It has been intense, hard work and slightly emotional, but having just graduated and still being allowed through the door at Grain, I can proudly say I was successful! Shillington focuses on teaching students how…

An Experience to Remember

by Guest, August 4th 2016

By Tim Verbakel The day I received a positive response from Grain was the start of a great adventure. I was invited to be a junior designer in London for three and a half months! Coming over from The Netherlands has been a great experience where I have learned a lot. Not only in graphic design, but my English has also improved to a new…

Bienvenue Elodie!

by Elodie Petitbon, July 8th 2016

Hello! I’m Elodie and back in my home country, France, I am studying graphic design at e-artsup. Every summer we are required to do an internship, and this summer, I have set myself the challenge of improving my English, in addition to my graphic mind and capabilities. Whilst searching for design studios abroad, I discovered Grain Creative who are based in the UK and have…

Team lunch to welcome our new designers

by Madelyn Postman, June 29th 2016

Grain warmly welcomes two new designers, Elodie Petitbon from France and Tommy Tura, an Italian native. Elodie will be with us until September, after which she will return to her studies at e-artsup in Nantes. We also celebrated Juli’s birthday. Our team is so fast that we managed to make two appearances in one panorama photo!  

We are the Redbooth Alpha Testers

by Drew Durning, May 21st 2016

At Grain, we’ve been using Redbooth’s project management software for over a year. As a rapidly growing agency, with more than our fair share of creative (read: easily distracted) personalities, it’s been invaluable at improving productivity and time management. We recently featured in a video as a Redbooth project management success story, telling how, through collaboration, both companies have prospered from our relationship. We also…

Branding is Much More Than Great Design

by Madelyn Postman, May 19th 2016

I was recently interviewed by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, one of the leading sources worldwide of news and analysis of all things relating to IP. The interview covered many of the specialist areas where the expertise of branding agencies are important in helping clients avoid the pitfalls they might experience if they try naming and branding development in-house. It was a good interview and I was…

The Flowering of Floreon

by Drew Durning, April 7th 2016 floreon branding project

The great bard once wrote “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” a phrase sometimes quoted by modern day detractors of the branding industry to imply that you could pick any name out of a hat for a new brand and it would not affect that brand’s fortunes. Well we beg to differ, Mr Shakespeare! Before we developed…

Kalayci London & Kaytie Wu shone at Pure Trade Show London

by Kent Le, March 22nd 2016

Two beloved fashion clients of ours had their exhibitions at the Pure trade show this year at Kensington Olympia. We thought it’d be a great chance to catch up with them and say hello. Turned out they were extremely busy answering lots of queries and we were also pleased to hear that everyone was very impressed with our clients’ branding. It’s always exciting and refreshing when…

Leaping Ahead

by Madelyn Postman, February 29th 2016

Happy February 29th – you don’t get to say that very often! And oooh it’s chilly outside. The great news is that spring is on its way and we have quite a few exciting updates from Grain HQ. This season includes news from Milan, two new gorgeous fashion brands, a redesigned website for Newland College, branding for a new school and lots more! Petit Tribe in Milan: An…