We manage all marketing communications and strategy for Blackwell. We have developed
a brand positioning around the concept of 'The Knowledge Retailer' and are currently implementing
a new identity across graphics, promotions, product, packaging,
web and retail design.
 
The archive was an early inspiration to investigate the type form and colour from the original Blackwell signage and stationery.

A typeface was commissioned to echo the original fascia identity.
 
 The Knowledge Retailer specialist bookshop at the Wellcome Collection.
 
 
 
 A range of permanent POS has been designed and implemented across the chain. The first model store opened in July with a first
week uplift of over 50%...
with minimal investment.
 
 
 
 A range of permanent POS has been designed and implemented across the chain. The first model store opened in July with a first
week uplift of over 50%...
with minimal investment.
 
 
 
 How to sell a £500 & £1,000 gift voucher. Package it beautifully and promote it as a corporate gift.
 
 
 
 How to sell a £500 & £1,000 gift voucher. Package it beautifully and promote it as a corporate gift.
 
 
 
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Collection Manager, Blackwell’s Library management software has been widely used in the library industry for many years, but has acquired negative opinions from its users. The latest version features a redesigned interface and radically improved features throughout.
 

We were asked to create a new identity campaign to launch the new version at the American Library Association’s (ALA) conference, which would re-introduce the software to the industry and highlight its vast array of improved features and benefits.
 

Working with the client, we highlighted the 4 key features through a new strapline: “Discover, Share, Fast, Easy” which formed a structure for the main creative.
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We developed a design to position Collection Manager as the front runner in library management and create a buzz around the new software through standing out from the hundreds of other exhibitors at the ALA conference.
 

Each of the strapline words is visually represented though a series of energy exuding lines and supporting text; dramatic and directional for “Fast”, blending and overlapping for “Share” etc. These can either come together to form a bold and dynamic graphic identity that works as a whole or can be broken down into 4 individual parts.
 

A confident re-introduction for Collection Manager, with initial feedback from the client and customers being very positive. The campaign has been rolled out in a number of formats including: large scale exhibition banners, posters, brochures, email newsletters etc.
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