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Choice 2011

Chris — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:54:16 +0000

After a second successful design Splinter was commissioned to produce the Choice brochure for Edge Hill for the third year running. The 2011 version shows a progression from the previous 2 as while it focuses on the students it also showcases the excellent working environments and the new buildings throughout the Edge Hill campus.

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Choice 2010

Edge Hill Annual Report 2009

Chris — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:40:16 +0000

Having successfully produced the 2008 annual report Splinter was commissioned to design the 2009 version of the Edge Hill University annual review. Again, the report is environmentally friendly, making use of a drip varnish and vegetable inks throughout.

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Edge Hill Annual Report 2008

Clued Up On Enviro Crime

Chris — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:19:12 +0000

Following on from the award winning Clued up in Hull children and young people’s website, Splinter were asked to design and produce an additional game to add to the ‘13 and over’ section of the site. The game was made primarily to inform young people on the various forms of environment related crime that Hull City Council sees as a problem.

It’s split into four mini-games, each dealing with a type of crime, including fly tipping, littering, graffiti and dog fouling. Play the game here.

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Clued Up On Homelessness

Clued Up On Homelessness

Chris — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:51:41 +0000

Following on from the award winning Clued up in Hull children and young people’s website, Splinter were asked to design and produce an additional game to add to the ‘13 and over’ section of the site. The game was made primarily to inform young people about the issues surrounding homelessness and to educate them on the best choices to make when attempting to get a job and pay rent.

There are three different characters in the game, each facing a different challenge – from budgeting for how to live alone, the best choice when moving away from parents or the best methods for job hunting. Play the game here.

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Clued Up On Enviro Crime

E42 / Alumni magazine

Chris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:27 +0000

In addition to prospectuses and other printed recruitment materials we have designed for Edge Hill we also design 2 magazines:

E42 – a quarterly publication aimed at teaching professionals and other stakeholders
Alumni – a bi-annual publication distributed to University graduates

The magazines have received many plaudits and E42 was shortlisted at the 2009 Communicators in Business CiB Awards in the News Magazine catagory.

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Choice 2010

Choice 2010

Chris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:17:54 +0000

Having succesfully delivered the undergraduate prospectus for Edge Hill University 2009 we were commissioned to produce the next year’s publication. Retaining a magazine feel throughout Choice 2010 was warmly received by potential students.

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Choice 2011

Clued Up In Hull

Chris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:52 +0000

We have recently completed content and design of the Hull Children and Young Peoples website. Splinter, in partnership with Mair education, produced full design templates, illustrations and written content for two websites targeted at under and over 12s. The sites are appealing and dynamic and the content we supplied was wide-ranging and original.

The project won the following awards:
• Gold Award in the Digital Media category at the National Local Government Association Awards 2009
• Best website at the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire CIPR Awards 2009

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Fish & Kids

Make Global

Chris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:13 +0000

Junction K a strategic communication company commissioned Splinter to develop Make It Global as part of a wider web initiative on behalf of the Northwest Regional Development Agency. Make It Global is a content rich, interactive micro-site which sits within the main www.makeit.org.uk site. The site explains, and promotes the potential of careers within the manufacturing industry.

Our solution features a bank of six screens, with each screen focusing on a particular manufacturer and stage of the manufacturing process such as product development, design, sourcing, and fair trade. Each screen features a combination of video, animation, interaction and gaming to produce six engaging individual pieces. These are supported by more in depth fact files and teaching resources.

Splinter provided all elements of makeglobal including: concept development, research, copy, video, flash animation and illustration.

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World In One City

Promised Land

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:43 +0000

Kensington Regeneration approached Splinter to design and create a Key Stage 3 learning resource to commemorate and coincide with Holocaust Memorial Day, held in Liverpool in January 2008. Splinter’s design used a stark, illustrative image of a barb-wired-clad version of the City of Liverpool against a contrasting brightly coloured background, representing each community.

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World In One City

Visual Arts Enrichment

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:05 +0000

This educational package, based upon Visual Arts, is the third Arts Enrichment course that we have produced. The materials are aesthetically rich and reference a whole range of Visual Art sources such as Pop Art, Cartoons, Painting and Sculpture.

The pack consists of multiple learning modules and seven posters. Literacy and numeracy exercises are embedded into Visual Art activities such as pattern creation and tessellation, character design and scaling, to produce engaging basic skills learning materials.

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Sounds Good