Our musings, thoughts, ideas and on Mondays, rants.

Welcome to the Firedog thinking space. This is part blog (we've been nattering since 2003), part white paper and part engagement platform. Read up on our news and opinions, find out if we are currently hiring or grab a bit of free knowledge with our goodies and downloads.

The thinking space is also where we get to rant and rave about issues pertaining to the design, branding and creative industries both locally and abroad. Our aim is to develop a strong, balanced voice for the UK design industry. And probably most of all, to entertain you.

We have contributors across the board, not only from Cliff the Firedog Chief, but also from all the talented people who create and work in the Firedog studios. Therefore the views, opinions, comments and criticisms do not necessarily represent Firedog views, they're the independent and collective view of all staff, authored and presented independently without bias or censorship. Enjoy...





Firedog rank 79th in The Drum Design 100


For the first time in our near 10 year history, Firedog have been included in The Drum Design 100.

Our new entry as 79th on the list highlights our growth as an agency and makes us very proud indeed.

The Design 100 list is a nationwide list of the top 100 design consultancies in the UK, ranked by fee income from design activities for the 2011 calendar. This is essentially a guide to the UK design industry for 2012 and gives some great insight. The vast majority of design consultancies in The Drum Design 100 now identify digital as one of their specialisms – which shows just how important digital has now become for any company. We’ll be working hard throughout 2012 to make sure we can our way up this list for 2013.

Take a look at the full Design 100 list on The Drum website.

Hannah Barton

List-oholic, festival queen and cheese enthusiast.


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May 2012


Fancy yourself a Lord or Lady?


Then this design competition on Don’t Panic may be of interest to you?

The winner will have their design made into a wall hanging and will receive their own plot of land in Scotland, entitling them to become a Laird, Lord or Lady! Plus the winner takes home an iPad.

Helena Paffey

Studio Manager and PA, Londoner born and bred, roast dinner connoisseur, budding art therapist!?


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April 2012


Firedog talks Virtual Identities


Vote for Cliff from Firedog to talk at Digital Shoreditch 2012.

The proposed theme of the expert talk is ‘Virtual Identities – the future of digital branding’ but we need your votes. The number of votes we get will determine whether the talk goes ahead and if it does, the prominance within the programme of Digital Shoreditch 2012 events.

Hannah Barton

List-oholic, festival queen and cheese enthusiast.


4

April 2012


Imagine a world made of Lego


Just stumbled across this lovely print campaign for Lego by German ad agency Jung von Matt. The campaign is called Imagine and its clear to see why, it’s absolutely delightful.

Have a look below to see if you can guess which popular characters have been immortalised into minimalist Lego.

Samuel Cane

Digital Designer and planner, ex Butcher and fishmonger, proper code zealot, built this site


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March 2012


Tramps and the tube – are we all dependent on WiFi?


Yesterday I read two interesting articles (from both sides of the Atlantic) that made me realise that there’s no escaping the internet.

Everyone has a smartphone or tablet nowadays but what do you do when you’re out and about without a signal? Our internet connectivity dwindles and we feel lost, alone, isolated and naked – not for much longer thanks to Virgin Media, TFL and tramps!

 

Hannah Barton

List-oholic, festival queen and cheese enthusiast.


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March 2012



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