New Blades 2013 (Best in Show)

The winner of the New Blades 2013 'Best Product Model' sponsored by Berry Place was Tom Le Gallez, who went on to also win 'Best in Show', as voted for by attending industry and public.

Tom, a recent graduate of model making at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, conveyed his strong interest in motorcycles and mechanics by producing a flawless and intricate model of a motorbike, built completely from scratch, using various machines and processes before chroming and spraying.

Commenting on the outcome of the show, tom said "to be honest I was a bit overwhelmed to be awarded best in show, especially knowing the standard of work that was on display."

Visit http://cargocollective.com/tomlegallez to see more of Tom's outstanding work.

Once again, we were so impressed with the quality of work on show at New Blades 2013 and will be following up over the course of the next few weeks to invite candidates in to discuss freelance opportunities.

Limited Edition Belvedere Cans

Working in conjunction with Chic London, Berry Place helped create the unique metal collector's box for Belvedere Vodka.

Berry Place worked on 248 'sets', housing the equivalent of 992 5cl mini-bottles of Belvedere Vodka. The clever design means the container doubles as an ice-bucket once the samples are removed. 

The boxes were constructed out of tin and featured bespoke vacuum-metalised lids and ring-pulls, ready for digital printing and foil blocking by Chic London. 

For sale at http://www.colette.fr/coffret-cans-4-mini-bouteilles-5cl-ricaalcans-1.html 

Client - Chic on behalf of Belvedere Vodka

New Blades 2013

Students from Hertfordshire, Bournemouth, UCA, Bolton and City of Glasgow have gathered today at @4DModelShop's famous New Blades Show to showcase their modelmaking skills at the 21st annual model makers recruitment fair, sponsored by Berry Place.

Having had a 'sneak preview' in advance of this evening's award ceremony, we'd like to congratulate everyone on an outstanding selection of models, particularly:

• Ben Kemsley's wonderful remote-controlled robotic barber
• The intricate motorcycle model made by Tom le Gallez
• William Murray's Iced Coffee trolley/stand, and
• Annie Lorizzo's flawless (and extremely lifelike) chimp

We look forward to the awards show this evening and presenting the winner of the category 'Best Product Model'.

Berry Place Celebrates 23 Years!

This month marks the 23rd anniversary of Berry Place, and looking back through some of our early projects, it is clear we have experienced the industry change dramatically since Berry Place first opened for business. Rapid developments in technology, materials and processes have continually pushed us to adapt, but more notably the core enquires we receive, and where they have originated from has altered considerably.

Consumer brands vie more than ever to stand out from the competition in a currently volatile market, and the need for more spectacular campaigns to attract discerning customers has risen exponentially. In recent years we’ve found ourselves working with many more premium brands on high-impact visual merchandising campaigns, retail point-of-sale installations and unique packaging concepts. As such, Berry Place has seen a rise in the number of the more quirky and experiential projects.

“despite an economic climate which is affecting multiple businesses in the design and retail industries, we are busier than ever and it’s wonderful to see British manufacturing on the rise.” David Austen, Managing Director

As difficult as it is to predict, the future looks exciting. It is likely that technology will progress a lot faster over the next decade with digital - particularly location, mobile & social - interaction at the heart of retail installations and campaigns.

Having opened an additional Studio this year will enable us to undertake more of the larger Retail Design, Point-of-Sale and Visual Merchandising ventures, ensuring we can continue to accommodate the needs of whatever the immediate future brings.

#FLOCK WITH @TWITTERUK @BERG @BERRY_PLACE

#FLOCK is a limited edition 'Twitter-integrated' cuckoo clock. Designed by the talented team at BERG and made with the production support of Berry Place, #FLOCK responds to digital interaction to a linked Twitter account by a real world 'chirp' from one of three birds, representing a Tweet, Retweet, @Message or New Follower - with optional birdsong controlled by a volume dial.

Each #FLOCK was made using precisely cut veneered MDF, ensuring the seamless movement of the clock's components and accommodating the complex electronics housed inside each birdhouse. The three colourful birds were constructed out of milled acrylic.

#FLOCK will be given as an award to ten different brands or companies demonstrating the most creative use of Twitter.

Client - BERG on behalf of Twitter UK
 

Berry Place Sponsors Design Week Awards 2013

Berry Place are looking forward to the Design Week Awards 2013, taking place on 4th June at the Artillery Garden (HAC).

The Design Week Awards, manufactured by Berry Place, recognise the winning design work produced over the last year and celebrate achievements encompassing all areas of the design industry.

According to the organisers, the aim for this year’s Awards Ceremony is simply to make it even better than last year. As a sponsor of the awards we look forward to catching up with everybody on the night!

Berry Place & GC Privé Partnership

Knightsbridge-based Concierge & Luxury Asset Specialists, GC Privé have partnered with Berry Place to provide a unique offering to clients, more bespoke than any other Concierge or Luxury Asset Specialist globally.

Berry Place, located in the heart of Clerkenwell, have over 20 years experience 'making ideas take shape, working with the finest brands, including Dior, Dom Pérignon, Pernod Ricard & Disney, among a roster of additional companies, entrepreneurs & individuals looking for bespoke & unique objects of beauty. "If you can think it, we can make it" says David Austen, Managing Director of Berry Place. "We've built everything from giant solid acrylic sculptures to 24k gold plated wedding dowry chests, among other 'interesting' requests. We are tremendously excited to partner with GC Privé and continue to lend our expertise to clients who demand the ultimate in luxury and originality."

In addition to high-end travel, dining & nightlife reservations via an exclusive Concierge Service, GC Privé facilitate acquisitions of Luxury Property, Super-Yacht, Super-Car & Private Jet via a Global Network of leading luxury asset specialists and service providers. With Berry Place forming part of the GC Privé network and supporting GC Privé in a design & development capacity, we are confident in our ability to bring concepts & ideas to life - whether it is a unique sculpture or lighting concept, a product idea in need of implementation, custom furniture design, one-of-a-kind jewellery concepts, bespoke Super-Car modifications or specialist Private-Jet features.

We are taking bespoke mandates from 1st April 2013

Wild Geese Rum

Berry Place joined the team at Protégé International to support the launch of the highly anticipated, Premium Wild Geese Rum.

Protégé International Chairman André J Levy said "The Wild Geese Rum Collection tells the story preceding the Treaty of Limerick in 1691, after which resulted in the Flight of the Wild Geese. “The Irish are usually associated with Irish whiskey or Irish cream, but the impact of the Irish around the world is much greater than that. They have a huge community in the Caribbean – the Spanish Caribbean, the French Caribbean, even the British Caribbean, and of course Central and South America – all of these areas are very large rum-producing areas... We want to expand the story of The Wild Geese. We don’t want people to just see it within a narrow geographical perspective; we want to show the world that the story of The Wild Geese transcends not just different generations but also different geographical boundaries."

Berry Place transformed the two-dimensional design brief into three-dimensional data and built a one-of-one, cold-metal finished model, as featured on the bottle label & overall brand motif.

The 1/2 metre, stunning model, dubbed 'the Star of the Show', took 3 months to complete from start to finish and was displayed on a motorised turntable at the prestigious TFWA World Exhibition, held in Cannes in November 2012.

Client - Protege International

Copyright 2012 Protégé International

Sony Xperia™ Face Off

To launch the Sony Xperia™ T handset, Sony and creative agency, Iris commissioned an interactive experience, developed and realised by B-Reel, with the support of Berry Place. 'Players' share Facebook profile pictures between smartphones in the most exciting and entertaining way possible, through a real world, multiplayer game, winning B-Reel an FWA (Favourite Website Award).

The game allows players to control specially designed cars, each built by Berry Place to accommodate one Xperia™ T handset. Using One-touch sharing (aka Near Field Technology) and Facebook Connect, contestants could personalise each car with Facebook images and win exciting prizes by sharing their image with as many static handsets on the track as possible within the time limit.

Xperia Face Off delivered 193m Opportunities To See (OTS) and helped drive (excuse the pun) an unprecedented 97,000 unique visitors to the site.

This campaign was a live online event, a physical experience, a game and a product demo. It’s unique to Sony Xperia and perfectly aligned to its core values of imagination, magic and wonder.

More information at www.sonymobile.com/xperiafaceoff

Client - B-Reel in association with IRIS on behalf of Sony Xperia

NEW STUDIO OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

As part of the ongoing rapid growth & development of the business, we are proud to announce the opening of our new studio space.

Berry Place have acquired an additional 1200 sq ft of workshop and assembly space - just a short hop across the road (Lever Street) from our existing studio.

The new space gives us much-needed increased capacity to meet rising demand with a ground floor workshop, off-street loading and storage facilities.

Refurbishment is now complete and we look forward to meeting you at an open day event in the near future!