A new look for the Sally Montague Hair Group

For the past few months Firecatcher have been working closely with the fantastic team at Sally Montague to create a refreshed brand identity and an innovative new website, of which we're extremely proud!

The website allows visitors to enter the behind-the-scenes world of the Sally Montague Hair Group at the touch of a button. Features include detailed expert styling tips, industry knowledge and product advice; the latest news, events and seasonal trends as they happen; the monthly exploits of the talented, award-winning Sally Montague Art Team; and exclusive footage from backstage at high-profile Fashion Weeks, all designed to keep clients better connected and up-to-date with the latest news.

The new digital image for the group goes one step further with the addition of a new, bespoke, mobile-friendly version of the website, enabling clients with a busy lifestyle to keep up-to-date with all the latest Sally Montague Hair Group news on the move.

In addition to the new website, we created a new, contemporary logo. An evolution of a well known and established brand to bring the overall look in-line with the group's key attributes of creativity, innovation and sophistication. The new branding will appear on all business stationary including business cards, client receipts and letterheads, and all online material.

Group director, Sally Montague, commented: “The Sally Montague Hair Group is always looking at ways to improve the client experience. Alongside our fresh new logo, the new website is forward-thinking, user friendly and technically savvy. Having a continuous connection with customers will generate new interest in our salons and increase brand loyalty.”

You can check out the website and book an appointment here!

A new direction for curerett.org

We are very proud to have just launched a brand new website for the charity curerett.org The charity works to raise awareness and funds for Rett syndrome, a rare, genetic neurological disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls. It effects nearly every aspect of the child’s life: speaking, walking, eating, even breathing.

We're hoping their new website will help them in their mission to raise funds for research for treatments and a cure for Rett syndrome. 

 

 

 

As well as designing the website, we also rebranded the charity; creating a contemporary yet friendly new look with a warm colour palette and a series of characters to take the viewer through the website and various brand touch points. As the girls are very much at the centre of the charity we created a character to be the face of curerett.org, with a group of family and friends around her supporting, raising awareness and fundraising. We are very proud to be a part of this incredible project, and hope the charity goes from strength to strength!

Visit the website by clicking here, and show your support!

 

Derby Film Festival Launches!

 

 

 

 

 

After working on ID Fest for 4 years, we were absolutely thrilled to be asked to work on the next iteration for the wonderfully creative film festival held at QUAD every year.  Now simply called 'Derby Film Festival', this ten day celebration of film is sure to be a wonderful event!  Special guests include the inimitable John Hurt, Phil Davis plus lots more!!

Our approach to the project was inspired by the work of the legendary Saul Bass, whose graphic design for opening sequences was so integral to the movie industry in the 1950s & 60s, working with greats such as Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorcese.  This look is still as relevant and popular today as it was then.  We felt this, along with a limited colour palette and bold typography created a strong brand identity for the festival that exuded intrigue, fun and entertainment, whilst being a contemporary and innovative place to celebrate the movie industry.

The website with the full festival programme can be viewed here.

Summer Nights Film Festival 2014

 

 

 

 

We were thrilled to be asked for the third year running to create the marketing materials for the 2014 Summer Nights Film Festival, run by QUAD, Derby.  This year we were excited to create a dedicated website for the festival, allowing visitors to book tickets, find out what's on and get useful information for their visit.  Using the wonderful photography by Graham Lucas Commons, we're so proud of this scheme and can't wait to kick back with a picnic basket in front of one of these fantastic films!

Visit summernightsfilm.co.uk for a list of all the films and info on how to bag your seat!

Click here to view an online version of the brochure.

An exclusive new brand goes live!

Over the past month we have been creating a brand identity for Angel Montague Sayers, an emerging and award winning talent in the session styling world, working for leading brands such as L’Oréal Professional, Vogue and Elle magazine to name just a few and at fashion week shows in London, New York, Milan and Paris.

It was important therefore that we designed and positioned a brand that belongs in this exclusive market place. With this is mind we set about creating a brand that would be seen as a mark of creativity, craftsmanship, high quality and distinction.

Clean, modern linear lines form together to create the symbol, whilst a subtle icon in the form of a pair of scissors gives a subtle yet distinctive suggestion to her profession. Finally the classic typeface chosen displays an elegance and sophistication that is paramount to the brand.

The overall result is a contemporary brand identity that is both, refined, and elegant, with a view to longevity in mind.

Following on from this we have designed a new portfolio website for all of Angel's latest work and a view behind the scenes into her world as a session stylist. With fashion week shows just around the corner the website will act as a great primary touch point and a highly professional showcase. 

Visit the website < here >

Summer Nights Film Festival

We were so pleased to be once again asked to design the artwork for the annual Summer Nights Film Festival in Derby.  This outdoor cinema festival has grown again this year, featuring some fantastic films such as Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables.

 

Working with the logo designed last year, we developed the look and paired it with the fantastic photography of Graham Lucas Commons (click here to visit his website) to create a dreamy, summery feel to leaflets, banners and flyers.

30 years of the National Media Museum

We were very excited to be given the task of designing a visual identity for the National Media Museum's 30th Birthday celebrations, not least because it opened on the exact same day our very own Bex was born!

We came up with a bright, celebratory style logo, using film reels to embellish the 30 and a vibrant colour palette to be seen throughout the museum.  The identity was used across balloons, t-shirts, badges, bunting, as well as posters and banners throughout the museum.

 We spent the day exploring the museum and created a range of supporting illustrations of several of the key objects within the space, from Daleks to cameras, to the Big Ben microphone responsible for the 'bongs' on the radio during the 50s and 60s, to Thunderbirds and Wombles...

The design was used across a range of design assets, including flyers, posters and banners.  We worked closely with the curators to produce a number of 'trail markers', highlighting 6 of the key objects that visitors were to discover upon their next visit.

 

We also produced a 4m x 2m wall graphic that was installed in the foyer of the museum.  This details the key events in the museum's history, as well as some of the celebrations in store over the coming year.  Firecatcher wishes the Media Museum a very happy 30th birthday and a successful 2013!

Saltaire Arts Trail - 2013

Firecatcher were privileged to be asked to brand the Saltaire Arts Trail for a second year. A pleasure to work on, the trail celebrates visual arts in and is held in the World Heritage Village of Saltaire, West Yorkshire. We produced everything from the event packed brochure, to posters, banners and maps, right down to the children's activity stickers (this year featuring a rather cute alien!). Below is a small selection of our work this year...

iDFEST 2013

For this year's iDFEST we were asked to create a look that would be used across all print and web work that echoed the festival's theme of 'Family'. Taking inspiration from The Royal Tenenbaums film (also showing at iDFEST) we created an artpack that had a 1970's family album feel; from the orange and brown colours to the old green wallpaper. Also a main feature were the 'family photographs' themselves; a combination of film stills and guest images featured in customised photo frames as well as a fantastic collection of real 70's family photos that were kindly donated to us.

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To visit the iDFEST website click here.

Illustration - Mrs Peacock Makes It!

Just finished a lovely job - illustrations for a cookery blog! We've been very excited about the mouthwatering recipes on mrspeacockmakesit.blogspot.com and tried to make it look as delicious as the food sounds!

Farewell to China

As our work for the China - Manchester Forum comes to an end, we thought we'd post some of the Souvenir Brochure pages as well as a few photos from the two days we were asked to photograph. Thanks to Cheetham Community School for asking Firecatcher to be a part of such an interesting project, we met some really lovely people and made some great new friends from all around the world.