Today’s post is by one of our new bloggers – Rob Turner.   In some respects I was born lucky. My Dad was self employed and ran a business from a store opposite our house. This meant that every day I saw how he operated his business and from time to time I helped out. [...]

Good business or shameless plug? For American football fans there isn’t an event much bigger on the social calendar than The Super Bowl. An annual championship game of the NFL (National Football League), the highest level of the sports profession, to say the event draws in a a huge crowd would be an understatement.   Naturally [...]

It is refreshing to see designers returning to more traditional methods in a digitally saturated market. There’s a sense of calm reality when we see design made without the use of a computer.  One such designer is multi disciplined creative extraordinaire Peter Dahmen, a graphic designer from Germany with a flare for all things paper [...]

With the majority of retailers now seeing the benefits of expanding into the mobile channel, an app can provide a substantial boost to a mobile marketing campaign. However, without an effective design, the popularity of the app is doomed before it has been launched. By getting it right, retailers can boost sales figures, improve the [...]

This is a fantastically slick campaign from TV broadcaster Freeview, given that it is a not for profit company. Which begs the question, where did it find the budget to pull off this ad? Perhaps it was a favour from newly-appointed agency Leo Burnett. Or perhaps not, considering this was an £18m project.  Whatever the [...]

Our relationship with color goes way back, and it changes over time. Did you know blue was for girls and pink was for boys until about 100 years ago? Pink was considered a stronger colour whilst blue was considered daintier, and was associated with the Virgin Mary, and therefore perceived as more appropriate for girls. [...]

For those of you who are still thinking of getting rid of your Christmas tree, putting away the firecrackers and finalizing that new year’s resolution list, this is the perfect gift for you lazy – I mean busy – lot.  I’d imagine you haven’t got a calendar yet so I’ll jump in and offer this [...]

It was only last year that Apple and Samsung had a heated row over one of Samsung’s latest tablets. The two companies argued over a patent infringement and Apple lost the case. Ever more companies are producing tablets, the two most hotly anticipated being from Blackberry and Microsoft. They are both powered by Google’s Android [...]

 2011 was the year that vintage reached its splendid apogee. It was nostalgic, hip and brightly hued, but this year is set to look a little more subtle. Prepare to see stylists, art directors and photographers reaching for their pastel palettes and setting aside the obvious, digital dark-room effect that has characterised recent imagery. It [...]

This is the first post from one of our new contributors, The Paper Boat Creative, which is one of the agencies at blur Designs. It is a young design company based in Hackney, London and is managed by Creative Director, Rebecca van Ommen.  The aesthetic vision of the company is to continually apply illustration and paper [...]