Summer School at Kancho

Hello Kancho fans,

You might wonder why I look a bit like this today.

...It's because my time with Howard & Lisa of Kancho Creative is coming to an end (sigh). I'm only a bit confused as to why I didn't snap up a video diary of the last four weeks - there have been some super exciting moments I only wish I could have shared with you all! What have I enjoyed the most? ...making frothy coffee... setting up a photography studio next door with a bit of sticky tape, a chair & a hoover end... And who's to forget some of the most scrumptious lunches any intern could wish for!

But let's not forget what I've learnt ...How to make a envelope liner, how to work faster, how to use Adobe Dreamweaver, how to answer the Kancho phone, how to let Howard borrow my sandwich : ) how to get great ideas, how to research cool packaging, cool interiors, & super cool logos. The list goes on fans.

But the best of it all is that Kancho have taught me how to progress, how to be proactive & determined. They have shown me that things can happen, if you want them too.

www.welivenow.org

I can't thank H&L enough for agreeing to my working with them. Keep being amazing both, your work makes my world go happy. Let's not get rid of each other, as I miss making talking of the design world with you already. A special thank you to Howard for designing my website www.jodieatkins.co.uk I can't thank you enough for setting me up.

So by now you must be wondering what projects we've been working on in the last four weeks... Well that is all that to come, including Kancho designs for Chop & Wok restaurants, Honey Bee's Vintage Teas, Masetti wines, Orchid fine dining & designs by silver sixpence weddings. www.silversixpence.uk.com Watch this space!

In the meantime some snippets that will leave you inspired x

Jodie Atkins

Junior Designer

Kancho loves letterpress

State Of The Obvious

Today in the office we've been admiring this range of products from Mash Creative.

S/O/T/O Notebooks have been bound in Wibalin Buckram over 2250 micron board. They are available in either silver or clear foil debossed cover, hardback sewn and case bound.

If you fancy getting your hands on these notebooks too then click through to their shop here.

Hotel Motel Holiday Inn

Last month, we branded and organised the launch event of a new

Holiday Inn in Birmingham for our client and hotel proprietor

Ace Hospitality. After 3 weeks of stressing managing rsvp's

and guest lists the event was a total success!!

The evening consisted of a formal presentation and hotel viewings

followed by a fun Casino which was fantastic and all enjoyed by all!

Heres a few photos of the event, courtesy of the excellent

10 foot tall photography - cheers guys!

Mind Bending Interiors

Alter Store by 3Gatti Architecture - Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of a clothes store in Shanghai, inspired by the artist MC Escher. Sonja Long, the owner, had a vision about inverted values, alternative beauties and subverted points of view. This idea sparked 3Gatti to create an alternative clothes store, representing these values across their interiors in a creative and mind - bending way.

Last year, Kancho blogged about D'espresso, a café in New York. This café has a similar mind-bending concept to Alter Store. Nema Workshop created a space which creates the illusion the room has been turned on it's side by fitting the door, ceiling and walls with full size photographs of bookshelves printed on tiles. There's also gravity defying lamps - these make the room appear that it's on its side. The design is directly inspired by the spinning camera scene in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

D'espresso has a lovely designed flash site too. For more photos of D'espresso's crazy interiors take a look here.

This post was written by Kerry Leslie, who is on a work placement at Kancho. Kerry hunted down D'espresso in April whilst on a university trip after seeing it on a number of blogs such as coolhunter. She says it was well worth finding, and recommends to anybody who is visiting New York to go look for it.

Ace Hospitality foiled textured business cards

Its been like a business card factory here lately! Freshly foiled

by the excellent A14 print finishers are these holographic foil

on gf smith 'monaco' textured business cards.

These cards are a part of a full rebrand for Ace Hospitality,

hoteliers and hospitality company. The concept behind these

business cards is a high class paying card, which fits in perfectly

with Ace's latest project - the launch of the Holiday Inn Express,

Birmingham South which we are also organising as a casino evening.

More images of the event will be posted shortly. To view the project

on our main site - click here

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Rediscover - business cards

Client, Debbie Belnavis is a life coach, who asked Kancho

for some new business cards. Voilà here they are, all parties

very happy! As shown below, we selected a colour palette

that is sympathetic to the existing logo and used quotes from

influential people including one from Debbie herself!