heritage open days started yesterday, events happening all round the country – many are a rare chance to get a look inside buildings that usually don’t offer public access. events in scarborough include a tour of the futurist theatre – last chance to see…? find events near you at: www.heritageopendays.org
we’re just putting the finishing touches to this month’s ‘scarborough’s future’ aka renaissance news. the centrespread will be a guide to some of the ‘hidden gems’ of scarborough or just places that come alive in a new way at particular times of the years or just times of day – an idea suggested by andy from the renaissance urban space group. it’s been written by tom wright who penned the piece while doing a few days work experience with us.
tom, james and i brainstormed our favourite places and things to do in scarborough. one of my suggestions was breakfast on sandside in the morning. early in the day before the crowds arrive the seafront is a surprisingly tranquil environment – sit out with an espresso and a croissant (or the full english if you prefer) watching the fishing boats bring in the morning’s catch.
the same place at night has a whole new flavour thanks to it’s recent make-over with new roads and paving, some sculptural seating and a new lighting scheme that has transformed the harbour and new marina. i mentioned james’s photo of the harbour at night in connection with last month’s renaissance news, yorkshire forward have asked use it to promote the renaissance friends initiative we’re working on. “it looks like monaco or nice” was, i think, the comment made. but can you get fish and chips and waffles in nice? we suspect not.
[fab nighttime photo by james, shoddy breakfast time photos by adrian on mobilefone]
we somehow failed to blog it at the time, but we were successful in winning the pitch to brand and produce printed and display material for the launch of yorkshire rural academy.
the academy is a collaboration between york st. john university, askham bryan college, craven college and lantra – the sector skills council for the environment and land-based sector. the academy aims to bring together a wealth of education experience to create learning opportunities that reflect the contemporary rural business environment. that means, for example, studying IT alongside agriculture or marketing alongside environmental conservation. the academy launches on september 27 in skipton.
the brief was to avoid the twee traditional portrayal of the countryside and instead present something more dynamic without ignoring the character of the area. an introductory leaflet is shown above as used at the great yorkshire show, the launch invite is shown below – the rounded corners echo the logo design so that in effect, all printed material is an extension of the logo. this idea extends to the format chosen for the print designs – the invite is the same proportions as the logo, the leaflet the same as the images contained therein. the gloss coating on both gives them a snazz (that’s a technical term…) and prestige more usually associated with an urban environment. we’ll blog the other work when the academy is launched.
it seems our anti-social drinking signs have been attracting attention again – this time in the midlands. the town of southwell has just erected its own signs enforcing the same legislation but unfortunately they’ve ended up rather wordy. and positioned rather high up lampposts. the local paper reported on the signs and printed a photo of one next to a photo of ours [pictured above]. they were even nice enough to give us a mention. the southwell advertiser got in touch with us to ask about designing the signs, followed the next day by bbc nottingham who were also covering the story. fame!
our current media tally for these is two mentions in the houses of parliament, three newspaper articles and a tv slot. we’re waiting with bated breath for a call from mr spielberg… although an enquiry from southwell town council is probably more likely.
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