Gorilla’s Sky+HD upgrade

After a six month quarantine Nico the 47 year old Silverback Western Lowland Gorilla apparently became a television addict after one was set up for him, so the moving images and sound could provide vital stimulus.

BSkyB gave Nico an early Christmas present by installing a high definition television and Sky+HD in his enclosure at Longleat (Safari Park).

Thanks to Berry Place, Nico can enjoy his new high definition television with his very own 5:1 scale Sky+HD remote. It’s hard to programme your series link with Gorilla sized fingers on a regular sized remote!

CR The Annual - ‘A’ clear look

Many of you may be familiar with this publication from the design journal, Creative Review.
Published every May, The Annual showcases the most exceptional work to emerge from the visual communication industries in the past twelve months. In keeping with previous Annuals, the cover was to feature the letter ‘A’ in some way.

Berry Place was commissioned by Centaur Media Plc to create 2 of the letters in polished clear acrylic for sole use of photographing them for the cover of the 2008 issue.
A straightforward project, but effective when photographed properly as acrylic has such a good refractive quality.

Client – Centaur Media Plc. Cover image kindly supplied by Centaur Media Plc.
Photography - Andy Barter

The House That Berry Place Built

Recently appearing on Channel 4 and at the ExCel in London was Grand Designs Live.

One of Kevin McCloud tasks throughout the show was to build a house in just six days from recycled materials using traditional and cutting edge techniques.

If you were watching closely and didn’t blink too often, you might have noticed a miniature of the proposed build he used to explain the construction and use of unusal materials within the house. Berry Place supplied the model, which was made from a mixture of materials to suggest various construction methods to be used on the real thing e.g. hay bales were scaled down to bite size breakfast cereal.

Quite importantly, the model was made as separate parts, which could be assembled by Kevin to show the degrees and order of construction. It’s remarkable how similar the real thing looked like the model when completed.

Client – Talkback Thames TV