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Denbighshire Countryside Service

Chris — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:47:08 +0000

To complement the Clwydian Range site we completed at the end of 2010, we have just completed the new website for Denbighshire Countryside Service. Whether you are into walking, cycling or just want to get away and experience beautiful countryside, maybe Denbighshire is for you.

Related projects:

Clwydian Range AONB Website

Rhyl and Prestatyn Funtime 2011

Chris — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:11:42 +0000

We were happy to add a new tourism publication to our collection by winning the contract to produce the 2011 version of the Rhyl and Prestatyn funtime brochure for Denbighshire County Council Tourism department.

Rhyl and Prestatyn are undergoing large-scale regeneration programs in an attempt to encourage people to return to these seaside resorts and relive those childhood memories. So it was important that we balanced magical childhood nostalgia with the area’s new products in our design, copy and by using accent photography to tell a story and evoke a sense of place.

We selected a blend of rich images representing the magnificent landscape and people interacting with it. Our copywriter, photographer and designer visited Rhyl and Prestatyn and we selected and took a range of images that represented not only the different areas of Rhyl and Prestatyn, and the activities that they offer, but the diversity of the target audience as well.

Related projects:

Destination Snowdonia

the Bluecoat website

Chris — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:14:31 +0000

We have developed a new website for the country’s oldest arts centre, the Bluecoat. The launch co-incided with the streaming of its popular Bed-In project, which draws on John Lennon’s actions for peace.

For those who don’t know… the Bluecoat is a restored historic building in the centre of Liverpool and its community mixes artists of all types and encourages connections between audiences, participants and artists. It uses its spaces to display talent from all creative disciplines, including visual art, music, literature, dance, and live art.

The site we have produced is clean and practical, allowing viewers to personalise the way content is displayed when they first arrive. It features a wide range of media and functionality including an in-depth events listing, online ticket booking, blogs and forums, panoramic views of the galleries and historic buildings, showcases for the creative community and of course the Bed-In stream.

Related projects:

Clwydian Range AONB Website

Clwydian Range brand development

Chris — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:46:22 +0000

Clwydian Range, upland frontier of North Wales, is an unmistakable chain of purple heatherclad summits topped by Britain’s most dramatically situated hillforts and linked by Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail. Famous for its stunning views, this is one of the least discovered yet most welcoming and easiest to explore of the UK’s finest landscapes.

Splinter, in partnership with Hi-Clarity Communications, have just delivered a comprehensive branding development for the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Consultation sessions were held with stakeholders, staff and local businesses to ensure that local ownership of the process was shared throughout.

In particular the following outputs have been delivered:
- Brand Review
- Communications Strategy
- Brand Guidelines
- Sense of Place Toolkit

In addition to the above brand documents Splinter has also produced a range of supporting materials and media such as:
- Tourism leaflets
- Local transport maps and timetables
- Photography
- Website featuring bespoke mapping tools
- Display materials

Related projects:

Clwydian Range AONB Website

People & Place website launches

Jon — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:34:47 +0000

People & Place puts young people at the heart of projects taking place across England. Each project is unique and will result in the production of new displays, resources, events and volunteering opportunities for young people as well as embedding new ways of working at each partner institution.

The British Museum asked us to put together a site for the project, which is aimed at getting young people involved in both local and global history projects. We’re very happy to let you all know that the People & Place website is now live!

Related projects:

J8 summit website

NML website

Chris — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:14:12 +0000

National Museums Liverpool, who receive more than 2 million visitors to their museums every year, asked Splinter to give their website a re-vamp. The new site went live in the summer of 2008. The project involved us coming up with a design for the main portal NML site, as well as designs for each of NML’s 7 museums across Merseyside, including a specific learning section.

In addition to the development of the website we have created, and manage, a comprehensive e-communication system for NML. This has involved the design and production of four separate templates and the setup of the management system.

The fully re-designed site can be seen over at liverpoolmuseums.org.uk.

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People & Place website launches

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

FACT

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:42:25 +0000

To correspond with the opening of their £8 million media centre in Liverpool, FACT commissioned Splinter to redevelop their corporate identity. The identity needed to represent the organisation as creative yet professional. The identity we developed is simple enough to allow great flexibility of application, whilst ensuring that the brand is consistently represented.

The logo at a fundamental level provides a ‘building block’ for future branding/design, allowing plenty of scope for interpretation whilst still referring back to one point of origin. This becomes evident when interpreting the logo, for example, to web navigation or building signage. It also has the benefit of being able to sit alongside other identities without being overpowering.

Related projects:

Grow

Destination Snowdonia

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:45:32 +0000

Splinter has re-designed the Snowdonia Mountains and Coast ‘The Active Destination’ bilingual guide. Working with Gwynedd Council we produced the 80 page A5 document promoting the wide range of outdoor leisure activities available in the area. We were selected by Gwynedd Council because of our experience of producing Welsh / English documents and our understanding, and creative interpretation, of their corporate guidelines. The high quality brochure promotes the activity tourism products within Snowdonia National Park, Llŷn Peninsula and Cambrian Coastline.

Related projects:

Clwydian Range brand development

The Real Wrexham

Chris — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:42:03 +0000

Splinter won a competitive tender to design and create the Real Wrexham guide 2008 and 2009 for Wrexham County Borough Council. The Guide was split according to specific themes identified as target markets, and colour coded accordingly. Splinter provided all copywriting, and costed and managed the selling of all advertising space.

As with all Welsh Local Authority publications, we were required to produce the Guide bilingually. Therefore, two versions were produced, with 90% of the total run written in English and 10% in Welsh.

Related projects:

Destination Snowdonia