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Posted by Sarah, june 30th 2010 Comments (0)
easy-breaks.com, part of the North British Trust Group, is one of the UK’s leading holiday companies, offering holidays at over 300 hotels throughout the country, with a great selection of late availability holidays as well as themed and event-led breaks such as murder mystery, activity breaks, festive holidays and tribute and entertainment breaks.
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Posted by Sarah, march 28th 2010 Comments (0)
Magenta Ink! is a growing online stationery business owned and run by established graphic designer Adrienne Kerr. Alongside her keen eye for style, Adrienne has many invaluable years worth of experience in the social stationery and wedding industry.
Creative State first worked with Adrienne in 2007 and has since collaborated with Magenta Ink! on a number of projects including ongoing website developments, email marketing campaigns, and more recently the revamp of their new online shop which launched in March 2010.
The new e-commerce website benefits from an editorial feel, which was crucial to the development of a simple yet effective online ordering system for stationery. We found that whilst a number of online shops cater for the ordering of wedding stationery online, it can be a complex process due to the various printing techniques, typestyle and ink choices on offer. Our challenge was to make this an enjoyable experience for the customer, particularly as users have the ability to add motifs to their designs and even have their very own personalised or wedding monograms created.
Adrienne commented on the Magenta Ink! blog: “Many thanks to the extremely talented team at Creative State for their valued expertise over the past six months…They are an incredible team of dedicated designers with exceptional talent and skills. Developing a brand over a period of time is not always an easy task, especially with so many other websites vying for attention…I love the fact that our image has remained clean, fresh and modern. Thank you Creative State.”
Thank you Magenta Ink! and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership.
Posted by Sarah, january 5th 2010 Comments (0)
We’ve launched the first in a series of online videos that are being created for Fountain Court Apartments, a company offering serviced apartments in Edinburgh’s city centre.
The launch video features their four city centre locations; EQ2, Harris, Grove and Grove Executive, as well as the new Fountain Court Cafe. It also highlights the shopping and entertainment opportunities available to those visiting the city of Edinburgh and introduces the various transport links.
For more information about our online video services and how they could benefit you and your business please get in touch.
Posted by Sarah, december 7th 2009 Comments (0)
Junior Chamber International (JCI) UK has appointed Creative State to handle the re-design and development of their existing web presence and online video production following a three-way design pitch.
JCI is a worldwide network of young active people in their twenties and thirties who organise and take part in a range of activities to improve their communities and develop themselves. JCI UK is part of the global JCI network which has 200,000 members in 120 countries. They have “chambers” in towns and cities in several parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and are also known as the Junior Chamber of Commerce and British Junior Chamber.
Sarah Jane Robertson, Director commented: “We’re excited to be working with JCI UK on this project. Not only do they recognise the importance of having a strong online presence, they appreciate that the online video medium provides a unique opportunity for organisations to reach a wider audience.”
Posted by Sarah, october 19th 2009 Comments (0)
Fountain Court Apartments has appointed Creative State to deliver a range of online videos promoting their serviced apartments in Edinburgh’s city centre.
The first of the online videos will feature their EQ2, Harris, Grove and newly designed Grove Executive apartments, as well as some spectacular views of the city of Edinburgh. It will also capture the diversity of Fountain Court Apartments and their success in both the city break and corporate markets.
This follows from our successful bid to design their new website which launched in 2008.
Posted by Sarah, july 7th 2009 Comments (0)
Creative State has won the contract to design a new website for EasyBreaks.
EasyBreaks is one of the UK’s leading holiday companies, offering great value short breaks throughout the country, and we’re delighted to be working with our partners Occupancy Marketing and Ezone Software to deliver a website that ensures greater user experience and the vast choice, value for money and exciting and unique break ideas that EasyBreaks have come to be known for.
As part of the delivery of this project we’ll also be assisting EasyBreaks with their social media strategy and delivering online video and animation services to accompany the launch of their new website.
Posted by Sarah, april 30th 2009 Comments (0)
Magenta Ink! has gained recognition from ‘The Good Web Guide‘, the definitive guide to the best online shopping sites on the web.
Take a look at the review!
“Good quality stationery is surprisingly hard to come by without paying a visit to Bond Street, so it’s great to find a company like Magenta Ink! supplying a whole range online, as well as from its shop north of the border in Edinburgh.
ELEGANT & DIVERSE RANGE
This is a simply laid out and elegantly designed website, which showcases an extensive collection of bespoke and off-the-shelf stationery options. From stylish note cards, stylized notepaper and business cards to wedding invitations, quality printed correspondence and designer greeting cards – it is great fun browsing through the ranges, which are all beautifully photographed. The Magenta Ink! leather range, uses fine Moroccan leather in a variety of colours, combined with gold detailing of pages within the guest books, diaries and journals. There is also a comprehensive range of Christmas gifts and cards as well as a stylish gift wrapping service.
Posted by Sarah, april 20th 2009 Comments (0)
Following on from our successful brand development project with JCI Leeds, in which Creative State developed an individual identity for the organisation that was in keeping within their international branding, they approached us to develop a brand for the JCI UK National Conference, which they are hosting this year.
The branding for the conference was to remain in keeping with the style we’ve created across the organisation’s literature design, and our main task was to successfully encapsulate the concept of creativity and leadership, the theme for this year’s event.
Posted by Sarah, march 25th 2009 Comments (0)
Edinburgh Holiday Lets is an independent company letting self-catering accommodation in Edinburgh.
The website required the development of a bespoke content management solution to enable the company to manage content and online bookings, as well as handle online sales.
Kevin Robertson, Director at Edinburgh Holiday Lets commented:
Posted by Sarah, march 1st 2009 Comments (0)
Crerar Hotels run luxury spa hotels based in Scotland and Yorkshire. They have enjoyed a long history of hospitality and remain passionate about looking after their guests, and approached Creative State to design a new website, with a modern feel, to reflect this.
They were keen to bring the site up to date with current standards, and working with our partners Occupancy Marketing and Ezone Software, we’ve delivered a site that ties in with the hotel group’s existing marketing collateral.