World Cup 2010 flags up Splinter
We at Splinter are eagerly awaiting the kick off to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and have decked the office with the participating country’s flags. All we need now is our Bubuzela’s and we’ll be sorted.
Posted by Party time!
Just when Rachael thought it was safe to breathe, and another birthday had slipped by unnoticed, there was a surprise package of cake like goodies delivered to her at the office from a mystery sender!
Packed to the brim of chocs, fudge, mints and a cake sporting the words “Rachael voted UKIP”. There was much scratching of heads from the birthday girl. Further detective work revealed the mystery sender was her lovely hubby.
Happy Birthday Rach, good luck trying to protect the chocs from the Splinter boys!
p.s. We have it on good authority that she didn’t vote UKIP but Monster Raving Looney. If the cap fits..
Posted by And another…
To find out more about the project then check out The Well case study within our portfolio.
Posted by Interpretation panels for Rhuddlan Nature Reserve
The first of six interpretation panels have been installed at Rhuddlan Nature Reserve. Local children have been involved in the design process throughout. The panels feature information on Rhuddlan Castle, the former railway station and the flora and fauna of the site.
The panels were illustrated by Steven Woods who really enjoys producing intricate isometric maps. The panels were completed soon after a new campus map for Edge Hill University and Steven is really eager for anybody wanting this kind of map to get in touch. The bigger the better as far as he is concerned!
Go!TravelWise.com Launched
Thanks to our chums at TravelWise (TW) yesterday for the invite to launch the Go! Schools sites at their Sustaining the Journey to School event.
Huw Jenkins, Chair of TravelWise Group/Merseytravel introduced Sara Mair, our education specialist from Mair Education and I to present the Go! sites to Merseyside schools. One teacher told me her class pretended to be the TW Walk2school characters; Reece, Suzy, Ash and Mia. The characters were originally illustrated by Ste Woods in 2006 (see site! – they have their own personalities, travel to school stories and lots of illustrations so teachers and pupils can create fun activities.)
Finally, thanks from me and Sara to Splinter’s Baz, Shane, Sarah and Kevin, Dave and the TW team and all the local authority officers for their hard work. Also a big thanks to the teachers, children and young people for their input.
To find out more about Go! check out our portfolio.
p.s. Posted by Rach not Chris! – (Chris is out on the Clwydian Range somewhere so I’ve hijacked his login)
Branding the Clwydian Range
We are chuffed that we have just won the contract to brand the Clwydian Range AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). We are very pleased to be partnering Hi-Clarity Communications on this project.
We are also due to launch the new website for the AONB soon, watch this space for details!
Splinter And The Crystal Skull
We recently had to pop down to meet one of our favourite clients, the British Museum, and whilst having a wander around, look what we found tucked away in a corner… A real Crystal Skull!!!
Maybe George Lucas and Steven Spielberg aren’t so mad after all!
Posted by Aaaand the winners are….
Aaaaand the result of the 2010 Splinter Grand National Sweep are as follows..
Don’t Push It
Mr Kevin McCann enjoying his first time on top of the winners table this year after many years of trying. He takes home a cushty £20 in winnings
Black Apalachi
Mr Shane Phillips in second place, couldn’t quite manage his first and second place coup as in past years. He pockets a tidy tenner.
State Of Play
Mr Chris Beer swoops third prize this year even though he’s already minted enough to be on holiday. He pockets a bacon sarnie buying £8
Sooo Mine’s a G’n'T Kev
Splinter enter the world of Augmented Reality
We can finally tell you all about an exciting new project we did for ACC Liverpool. We put together an interactive display for them featuring “augmented reality” technology, which merges live video footage with 3D interactive graphics.
The stand was unveiled for the first time at Confex, an international exhibition in London for event organisers and venues across the world, and went down really, really well!
Jacquie Rogers, general manager of the BT Convention Centre, said: “We wanted to do something which was a bit different, utilising cutting-edge technology to give our stand an extra wow factor.”
You can get more info and see a video demo over in our portfolio.
International Digital Emmy nomination for The Well
Fantastic news just in…. We were absolutely delighted to hear that The Well has been nominated for an International Digital Emmy in the Children & Young People category.
To find out more about the project then check out The Well case study within our portfolio.
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