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Petit Tribe in Milan: an unforgettable night with Vogue Italia & Anna Wintour

by Kent Le, February 26th 2016

We are over the moon that Petit Tribe, the new childrenswear label with branding, packaging and ecommerce website by Grain, was showcased in the prestigious Next Talents 2016 scout initiative of Vogue Italia & Yoox.com (owner of NET-A-PORTER) this week in Milan. Adding to the kudos is the fact that Petit Tribe is the very first childrenswear brand to be featured in ‘The Next Talents’, and…

Grain Creative: success story for Redbooth project management

by Kent Le, January 15th 2016

Grain was recently invited to be featured as a Redbooth project management success story. The filming was great fun and it was a good opportunity to reflect on our growth and success. Christoph Geppert during the interview It all started more than a year ago when we were winning more projects, which were more complex and on a larger scale than previously. We were at a crossroads, deciding…

How to master the art of communication and influence people

by Kent Le, January 5th 2016

Actor Helen Anderson-Lee, Christoph, Madelyn and Hannah To keep all of us all focused, happy and creative at work, our directors Christoph and Madelyn regularly organise fun and inspirational activities like going to TEDx or the Alexander McQueen exhibition. The most recent team event, a bespoke Presentation Skills Workshop organised by Partners With You, took on more of a training focus and was actually the one I enjoyed most.…

Grain’s creative director Madelyn Postman speaks at Innovation Seminar in China

by Kent Le, December 17th 2015

Madelyn Postman leading the talk. It has been a great year for Grain from being invited to guest lecture at several universities to leading industry talks. Most recently, our Creative Director Madelyn Postman was invited to join local industrial design and ecommerce professionals to speak at the Industrial Innovation Seminar in Zhongshan, China. With more than 200 business leaders from the region attending, the seminar focused…

Catch you later, Grain

by Rosalind Gregoire, December 16th 2015

Adios, amigos! I haven’t been at Grain for nearly as long as I would have liked, but I can safely say that even from day one I was made to feel part of a fantastic creative team, and have also had the chance to work on some really fab projects. It’s back to school for me, to study Production Design at the National Film and…

More Grain, more 3D

by Madelyn Postman, November 10th 2015

Following on from our ‘Grain in 3D’ post, here is the Grain logo printed from our Ultimaker2!  

Our visit to the Devotion flagship store on Long Island, NY

by Rosalind Gregoire, November 6th 2015

In August our creative directors Madelyn and Christoph travelled across pond for a visit to the Devotion store on Long Island. The visit gave them an opportunity to see the ‘Create your Masterpiece’ window display designed by the Grain team. It was fantastic to see the new collection firsthand, and Madelyn even had the chance to try on a few of the new rings! The…

Nokia N97 in Promotional Packaging & Design

by Juli Ferguson, November 2nd 2015

In 2009 we were tasked by Nokia to design and supervise the production of 1,000 high-spec, special edition boxes to present the N97 smart phone to brand ambassadors and the media. You can see the project published in Promotional Packaging & Design by Christian Campos.

Grain in 3D

by Madelyn Postman, October 5th 2015

By coincidence, we found this 3D Grain right after firing up our 3D printer. It’s made from FIMO by hand. A PLA version will be joining it soon from our Ultimaker2! Yes, the yellow flower dot has been intentionally composed like that in the photo. That’s an ‘i’ for detail (sorry)…

A bumper crop of branding & design!

by Madelyn Postman, October 2nd 2015

Moving into the autumn, we have a bumper crop of updates from Grain HQ and a fresh new design of the newsletter for you as well. This season includes a new product name for Kenwood, launches for SKOLA Group schools, a blog called ‘Design & a Dog’ and lots more! A new website for Alexanders College On the stunning Suffolk coast, Alexanders College is a coed…

Grain designer’s packaging project impressed the Dragons and secured an impressive investment

by Kent Le, October 1st 2015

Have you followed the latest season of Dragons’ Den on BBC? We’re massive fans of the show and were all excited to see our designer Rosalind Gregoire’s packaging project attracting investment from business tycoon Peter Jones. The UK is well stocked with exciting foods from all over Europe, Asia and the Americas, but the rich and diverse foods of Africa remain largely undiscovered. When Chika’s…

Petit Tribe wins Best Newcomer at Smallish Design Awards 2015

by Kent Le, September 25th 2015

We are incredibly proud to announce that our branding work for childrenswear brand Petit Tribe with creative direction from Yulan Creative‘s Joanne Jong helped the new label win the prestigious Smallish Magazine Best Newcomer 2015 award!  

Grain’s new 3D printer: the Ultimaker 2

by Madelyn Postman, September 25th 2015

Inspired by our day at the makersCafe, we’re excited to announce that we now have our very own 3D printer: the Ultimaker 2. Expect to see lots of interesting objects coming out of the studio soon!

What’s the top new technology in the creative industry? We say 3D printing!

by Kent Le, September 25th 2015

Team Grain at the workshop What’s better for a branding team’s annual outing than a hands-on workshop in the creative hub of the capital: Shoreditch? We had a great time learning about 3D printing and laser cutting at makersCAFE and we’re sure this technology will be the biggest thing to hit the creative industry. According to their website, MakersCAFE is the natural evolution of RazorLAB…

Work, life, design, happiness

by Madelyn Postman, September 24th 2015

We are so lucky to make our living doing something we love, to be creative every day and to work with amazing people from our team to our clients, suppliers and partners. Sometimes this is hard to remember when it’s cold and drizzly, the kids are in a strop, the dog chewed the heel off a particularly nice shoe and a big tax bill just…