Thursday
Dec102009

Nike Court Force retail displays


Berry Place recently completed a short production run of 95 spherical plinths and 134 shelving units for Harriman Steel.

These point of sale displays, distributed to ‘Office’ retail outlets nationwide, were created for in-store promotion of the new Nike woman’s ‘Court Force’ sports-shoe, a refreshed re-issue of an original 1987 basketball classic.

The basketball style plinths featured de-bossed patterned details, which directly reference those on the footwear, and were then either vacuum metallised or sprayed with a bright pink finish.

The shelf units were produced from folded acrylic sheet with a black velour covering and screen-printed Nike Sportswear logo.

Client - Harriman Steel

Thursday
Dec032009

The Marketing Society Awards 

50th year 'Golden Brands' and 'Marketing Heroes'.

Berry Place has recently worked in collaboration with Thirdperson to design and manufacture a collection of bespoke awards to celebrate the Marketing Society’s 50th Anniversary.

The awards were presented at a Gala Dinner hosted by Piers Morgan and attended by the crème of the marketing and media industries.

The lucky award winners on the evening were those who were considered by members of the Marketing Society, to be the greatest brands or personalities of the last 50 years, selected from a shortlist of 50 Golden Brands and Marketing Heroes.

 

Comparethemarket.com scooped the Award for  ‘Brand of the Year 2009’

For further event information: http://www.marketing-society.org.uk/

Following the sucessful completion of the project, Tim Reed, from Thirdperson, commented:

“Berry Place were fantastic. They took early embryonic concepts and helped with the development of the design and materials. Working within a tight budget and even tighter timescales they delivered a fantastic end result that everyone was thrilled with.”

Client: Thirdperson

Friday
Nov272009

Drapers Fashion Awards

The Drapers Awards are one of the most prestigious awards within the fashion industry. On November 18 the 2009 Drapers Awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, bringing together more than 1,000 industry leaders to celebrate the achievements of the most innovative and passionate fashion retailers and brands within the UK and Ireland.

Berry Place has been providing Emap Events with the Drapers award for seven years, with a change in colour or finishes each year to keep them fresh and distinguish them from previous years. This year is a fetching silver spangle on black, a departure from the translucent colours of earlier awards but still providing a little extra dimension.

http://www.drapersawards.co.uk/

Client - Emap Events

Tuesday
Nov102009

London Technology Fund Awards 2009

The second London Technology Fund Awards were held on November 4th at the City headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. For the awards Berry Place created encapsulated acrylic tombstone awards and the Grand Prix 'Eddie' Award. The 'Eddie' was sculpted from designs by Busara and is an amalgamation of characters created to represent each category in the competition.

The London Technology Fund Competition was established in 2008. The success of the 2008 programme led to a repeat of the competition in 2009, with an expanded programme of workshops and additional major technology corporates joining the innovative corporate "speed-dating" event. The programme runs for nine months and its purpose is to help innovative young technology companies in London understand and address the key issues they face as they develop their products for a global market, forge relationships with larger corporate partners and attract the funding they need. The Competition culminates in the announcement of the overall winner of the Grand Prix, at an Awards Ceremony and Reception, attended by some 200 representatives of major corporates, investors and government as well as entrepreneurs, academics and professionals.

David McMeekin of the London Technology Fund and Dr David Bott of the Technology Strategy Board presenting Gary Bower of Trojantec Ltd with the Grand Prix 'Eddie' Award.

For more information on the London Technology Fund Competition click here to visit their website.

Client – London Technology Fund

Monday
Sep072009

Creating Kiwi

The 9th annual Toast Festival took place at Clapham Common over the weekend of 26th - 28th June, the largest celebration of New Zealand, Austrailian and South African culture this side of the equator.

The Kiwi day, sponsored by Air New Zealand, offered a chance to win two Premium Economy tickets to NZ to those who participated in their promotional event.

Integrated advertising agency Albion London, currently responsible for the Airlines marketing campaigns, devised a competition on their behalf which required entrants to place a flag on a 3D map of New Zealand in the hope of being the nearest to a buried 10c coin.

Berry Place were commissioned to supply an accurate 12m x 5m Styrofoam map, cut to the precise outline of the islands and fully covered in genuine turf!

Installation of the feature took place within a narrow time slot to avoid disruption to other aspects of the festival. Berry Place were on hand to make this happen, ensuring it was secure enough to handle the hundreds of members of the public expected on the day.

Client - Albion London

Images kindly supplied by Albion London.

Friday
Aug282009

Berry Space

To promote the launch of their J&B Whisky ‘Start a Party Anywhere’ marketing campaign, drinks Company Diageo has sent a disco mirror ball spinning into the stratosphere for the first time.

"Sending a mirror ball into the stratosphere shows the world we know how to start a party anywhere, anytime."

With a small modification carried out by Berry Place the ball sported the J&B brand logo, which was then passed onto scientists from Cambridge University's space flight team who sent it on its way attached it to a helium-filled weather balloon. A camera attached to the balloon caught the ascent on video and can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ILColwqvo.

Client - JKR

Tuesday
Jun022009

Berry Place unveil new identity and website

We decided it was time to have a brand overhaul here at BP. With a simple, bold presence the new identity, ‘b-dot’ - designed by for us by Steve Clarke, relates to the old BP identity but brings a modern edge with a friendly but professional feel, just like us!
Tying in with the new identity is our new website, created by MyShinyNewWebsite. Updated and filled with more content, we hope it offers a more in-depth look at who we are and what we do here at Berry Place. 

Friday
May082009

World Retail Awards 2009

The World Retail Awards is an event held every year to recognise excellence within the global retail sector.

Berry Place have been working with EMAP Events to supply the World Retail Congress with the awards since the event was established in 2007. We created the original trophy design, inspired by the many examples of Gaudi architecture to be found in Barcelona where the awards have been held.

As quite a departure from the previous year’s satin nickel finish, the awards in 2009 were clear cast to look like glass, maintaining a desirable quality.
To discover how these were produced please follow link to case study.
Client – Emap Events

Saturday
Jan312009

Orange Unsigned Act Identity

Some work from Berry Place appeared on the television programme Unsigned Act shown on Channel Four’s T4 & 4music recently. A competitive reality show focusing on finding undiscovered musical talent.

We were approached by Iris to fabricate a lighting rig and large, letter shaped flight cases to be used throughout the show, most predominantly during the opening credits.

These were made to resemble real flight cases and needed to be able to last the duration of the shows tour to different venues all over the county. To discover how these were produced please follow link to case study.

Client – Iris-London. Photography - Simon Bremner

Sunday
Nov022008

Carnaby Street Office gets Blazing Nike Window Display

Harriman Steel commissioned Berry Place to build a photography set and window display for their client Nike to go into the window of Office, Carnaby Street. The display, consisting of acrylic panels, strip lighting, steel conduit and matt chrome Blazer logo/shelf was installed to promote the launch of Nike’s new Blazer fashion sneaker.
Client – Harriman Steel