Work

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  Tate Kids - Cuboom

  An isometric shoot 'em up game for Tate Kids based on Cubism.

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  HRP - Chocolate Challenge

  We devised an “escape the room” style puzzle game whereby players progress through the rooms of Hampton Court Palace on a quest to make sure King William’s hot chocolate is nice and frothy. The gameplay is enhanced by amusing characterisation and bespoke voiceover as well as charming, engaging animation throughout.

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  Brandwatch

  An animated brand film for social media monitoring company Brandwatch to explain what their business is all about.

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  Fuzzy Banter

  The Brief:

  Kanoti were commissioned by the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh to create an animated short to be screen in their courtyard throughout the Festival Fringe. Kanoti were given free rein to interpret the brief as long as it included a flavour of the festival.

  The Approach:

  Our approach was to create a humorous piece revolving around comedy at the Fringe. We wanted the style to be individualistic and convey realistically as much nuance and performance elements of amateur stand up as was possible. To do this we incorporated many different animation styles, including  green screen, 3d, traditional frame by frame, taxidermy puppetry, ink illustration and found objects.

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  MTV Networks: Isle of MTV Malta 2010

  The Brief:

  Kanoti were commissioned to develop a campaign concept for MTV’s Isle of MTV event: a free music festival on the island of Malta three years ago.

  Kanoti has since created and produced all on-air spots promoting the event and supporting competitions. Each spot was aired across all of MTV’s European channels.

  The Approach:

  We developed a story world based around a wayward Cat and Dog having various misadventures in each of the animations. We have continued to develop the story world during the last three years that the campaign has run, with a set of highly creative irreverent animated short stings.

  The Results:

  "VBSI Creative approached Kanoti in 2007 to give The Isle of MTV Malta Special Event a new lease of life. Kanoti responded with a creative and irreverent approach in the form of “Cat and Dog”, whom we now consider to be the mascots of our flagship summer event.  Always accommodating and highly creative we have enjoyed 3 years of the highest calibre of work resulting in the campaign being one of the most successful in VBSI history."

  Testimonial from Producer, VBSI Creative | MTV Networks Europe

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  Line/RCSLT: Giving Voice

  The Brief:

  The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists asked us to help us raise awareness of the Giving Voice campaign which aims to secure continued funding and access to speech and language therapy services for all those that need it.

  The Approach:

  We developed a two-part viral campaign and interactive web sign-up page which support the wider “Giving Voice” initiative.  The first part launches on YouTube and ends with a call to action which encourages viewers to visit the “Giving Voice” campaign website www.givingvoiceuk.org/addyourvoice to watch the second half where the full message revealed.  The campaign then prompts viewers to lend their support by creating their own unique speech bubble.  As each one is created, it is added to a larger collection of speech bubbles where participants can see and interact with other supporters’ entries.

  The Results:

  The Viral video has received over 30,000 views on YouTube and over 1000 names captured in the first 4 weeks of the campaign.

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  Buongiorno: Mobile Cloud Apps

  The Brief:

  B! asked us to create an animated presentation for their latest offering: Mobile Cloud Apps. The video needed to be explanatory and sell the product features and benefits as well as getting people excited about the opportunity.

  The Approach:

  Using a mix of beautifully animated infographics and metaphors we created a clear B2B presentation which covered all aspects of the opportunity and the technical details of the offereing to be a valuable tool for the B! sales team.

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  Nickelodeon: Fanboy & Chum Chum

  The Brief:

  To create a unique Flash-based online game based around the Nickelodeon characters of Fanboy and ChumChum.

  The Approach:

  The game was created using mostly 2d animation with some 3d modeling. Kanoti created the gameplay environments into which the characters of Fanboy and Chumchum are introduced.

  The approach to the game’s functionality was to encourage collaborative gameplay, where two players could play the game together (as well as in a one player mode). To encourage this sense of collaboration each character could only perform certain actions which meant the players had to help each other in order to complete the game.

  As the game was aimed at all ages, we created a tutorial level which introduced the players to the specific powers each character has. This tutorial also introduced them to the concept of collaborative gameplay without the need for lengthy text instructions.

  View Project:

  http://www.nick.co.uk/shows/fanboy/games/seizethefrostyfreeze/
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  Crush/Macmillan: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book Trailer

  The Brief:

  As part of Crush’s relaunch of Douglas Adam’s iconic Hitchhiker’s trilogy we were commissioned to create the promo video as the spearhead of the online advertising campaign.

  The Approach:

  We brought to life the sticker designs and demonstrated how they could be used to design a unique personalised cover whilst conveying the tone and wit of the book.

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  Goosebumps/Global Blue: Global Refund Re-Brand

  The Brief:

  Global Refund, as they were previously known, market leaders in Tax Free Shopping. Their positioning was under threat from new competitors offering bigger commissions. Their strategy was to form a connection with their consumers and retailers, find additional streams of revenue and become a global lifestyle brand. Our job was to tell the world.

  The Approach:

  Pre launch teasers were mailed out to retails DM and witty T-Shirts were used to generate interest.

  The brand was launched at a showpiece event to 100 senior managers from around the world. The centre piece being a 2 minute, high production brand video. We also used innovative interactives online to generate intrigue and excitement online.

  Post launch we have continued to deliver Global Blue new vision throughout all of their communications. Several comms pieces were translated (including voice overs) into between 7 and 25 languages.

  The Results:

  Global Blue is now a recognisable retail brand –its logo can be seen in over 300,000 shop windows around the world. As a result of the rebrand campaign Global Blue have recently been contracted to implement the new electronic refund system for the whole of Singapore.

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  CRi: Bamboozled

  The Brief:

  To create an online source of information, help and advice on drugs and alcohol in Brighton and Hove for young people upwards of 14yrs, parents and professionals.

  The Approach:

  As part of the content for thinkdringdrugs.co.uk, we created a series of light-hearted panda themed animations to help explain the impact of drink and drugs. These animations were also featured as part of Bamboozled, an outdoor cinema event during the Brighton Festival, where the animations were projected onto Brighton’s Library building.

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  Crush/Scholastic: Clockwork Three

  The Brief:

  Crush commissioned us to create a errie trailer for this dark children’s book.

  The Approach:

  We managed to achieve a real sense of depth and and atmosphere by taking the viewer on a journey through a hypnotic, abstract, smokey world of moving cogs.

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  Feltham Young Offenders Institute: Interview Training Animation

  The Brief:

  To create an interview training animation that would appeal to the target audience – 16-19 year old young offenders.

  The Approach:

  Firstly we worked in collaboration with Feltham to create the script and dialogue for the film with the young offenders themselves. We then synced this to animated characters who played out a simple, sensitive narrative exploring the experience of having a job interview and how best to improve your chances of success.

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  MTV Broadcast: Cowboys and Aliens Competition Spot

  The Brief:

  To create an animated TV ad promoting MTV’s competition in conjunction with the new film Cowboys and Aliens, using 50% footage from the trailer.

  The Approach:

  We used a retro, hand-printed style for the artwork to communicate the “weird wild west” mood of the film. Simple but effective imagery was selected to avoid distracting from the movie footage, animated in a fast-moving humorous style.

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  Buongiorno: Recharge & Win

  The Brief:

  To create a new style of presentation to support sales team with a new product launch.

  The Approach:

  Kanoti replaced the more traditional sales presentation led approach by creating a more engaging and uplifting sales film to support the sales team in selling the new program Recharge and Win.  The film focused on the product’s innovative real-time solution for operators to better understand their customers.

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  Line Communications / TomTom: TomTom Intranet Promotional Content

  The Brief:

  To creatively inspire and motivate TomTom employees to make use of their new intranet and “Take charge of your own career”.

  The Approach:

  Through initial discussions with the staff it became clear that a straight-talking and succinct way of communicating the message was key. We produced a short but powerful animation showing various employees transforming into manga-style masters of their careers.

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  BBC: Bitesize English GCSE

  The Brief:

  To create ten new online resources to update the current Bitesize offering in a style suited to the target audience.

  The Approach:

  The interactive activities were created using both live-action video and digital animation, mostly in combination. A number of professional actors and worked with a film production company to shoot the live action sections in a green screen studio. This enabled us to work with the footage as we wished, placing the actors in a variety of scenes and situations.  The narratives and scripts for the activities were developed collaboratively with the BBC.

  This activity is about writing a review of a film or piece of video.  We created a fictional superhero movie called Nanoman for the narrator to dissect, explaining a range of film terminology in the process.  The actors were shot on green screen in a London based studio.  The film footage was then keyed out before being blended with animation and interactive elements.

  View Project:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/writingtoanalyse/writingtoanalyseact.shtml
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  Peabody: Peabody Motion Branding

  The Brief:

  Goosebumps Branding commissioned us to bring the new Peabody logo to life. Peabody is one of the oldest and largest housing associations in London.

  The Approach:

  We used a number of elegant sequences in which the logo dots ‘dance’ to convey the different brand values of the organisation, before coming together as one to form the logo.

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  MTV Networks Europe: Battle LA Competition Spot

  The Brief:

  MTV required a dramatic one minute promo to both promote the Movie: Battle LA and the movie competition.

  The Approach:

  We created a rich, mixed media animation to convey the excitement and atmosphere of the movie and the fabulous prizes on offer, all within a very short timescale.

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  Goosebumps/Global Blue: One Interface

  The Brief:

  Continuing our work with Global Blue, the global Tax Free Shopping brand we were asked to develop a new sales based animation to support their latest product OneInterface™. OneInterface™ is designed to integrate  payment systems, terminals, banks, acquirers and value-added services such as Tax Free Shopping and Currency Choice. OneInterface™ is designed to work all around the world. It’s the quickest, the easiest, and the only truly global transaction solution on the market.

  The Approach:

  We created icons for each product feature based around a bar code and brought them to life in the animation with stunning results.

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  Buongiorno: 10 Year Anniversary

  The Brief:

  Buongiorno is the global enabler of the mobile connected life. In 10 years they have grown to become the world's leader in mobile content provision and the development and management of advanced mobile data solutions at the heart of the mobile internet revolution. The commissioned Kanoti to come up with a creative solution to help them celebrate and tell the world about their achievements during their first 10 years in business.

  The Approach:

  We created a beautiful animated story told through the visual device of scrapbook filled with animated doodles and quirky scenes that represented their key achievements and  milestones. The animation was used as the main thrust of the global internal and external PR campaign.

  The Results:

  As a result of the success of this initial animation, we have continued working with Buongiorno on the development of sales based animations to support the releases of their technical products.  These are now used as the main sales tool by their global sales teams.

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  Fujiya & Miyagi: Music Promo for the single: Collarbone

  The Brief:

  To create an animated music promo for the band’s latest single.

  The Approach:

  To illuminate the narrative of the song (a boy’s painful childhood experiences) we animated the drawings of very young children. These naïve and innocent images were juxtaposed with a shockingly violent narrative.

  The Results:

  The video was a viral success prompting great debate on social media channels. It’s currently had over half a million views on YouTube.

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  Goosebumps: China TV 2 minute Film

  The Brief:

  To create a series of animated films advertising the services of tax-free shopping company Global Blue in China.

  The Approach:

  A 1-minute film, which featured the Global Blue concept, was created using a colourful collage style. The 2 minute film providing a step-by-step guide to using Global Blue’s services, featured clean, simple design and iconography.

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  Crush: Pretty Bad Things

  The Brief:

  Crush commissioned us to create an online promo for this crime book aimed at teens.

  The Approach:

  We introduced the story and its characters through animated photos within the pages of a newspaper documenting the significant events at the start of the book. Fast pacing and a thumping soundtrack were used to convey the excitement of the narrative.

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  BBE Records: Ty: Don't Cry

  The Brief:

  To create new linear and interactive videos to support the release Don’t Cry by hip-hop artist Ty.

  The Approach:

  This project combined green-screened footage of the artist with 3D and 2D
  animation to achieve a multi-layered, cinematic and atmospheric look and feel.
  The green screen was composited with animation in Adobe After Effects then
  made into an interactive experience using Adobe Flash video and Actionscript 3.
  The footage was shot live within a specialist London based studio.

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  Lovemonk Records / Pajero Sunrise: Music Promo for the single: Automatic

  The Brief:

  To create an animated music promo for the band’s latest single.

  The Approach:

  The story of the song (a love affair that didn’t work out) was told through two stunt BMX riders that have a chance encounter years after their fame has faded.

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  Historic Royal Palaces: Enchanted Palace

  The Brief:

  To create an online game to support the launch of a new exhibition at Kensington Palace.

  The Approach:

  Transported through a mysterious portal to the past, players of Enchanted Palace need to use all their skill and imagination to explore Kensington palace throughout the ages and return to the present day.  Inspired by actual rooms in the Palace, the game is a colourful journey through time where players meet and interact with Kensington’s former inhabitants to solve puzzles in each room.

  The Results:

  Website Marketing and Development Manager, at Historic Royal Palaces, says:  “We wanted to create an engaging viral game that provides a sense of the quest-like nature of the Enchanted Palace experience at Kensington Palace, and also allows the players to explore the intriguing stories that surround the palace. We are absolutely delighted with the game and have enjoyed Kanoti’s flexible and ‘can do’ approach. They have an excellent and quirky creative style and understand well the younger markets that we aim to reach.”

  View Project:

  http://enchantedpalace.org/
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  Historic Royal Palaces: Create Your Own Royal Beast Game

  The Brief:

  To create an online game for Historic Royal Palaces to support the current Royal Beasts exhibition at Tower of London.

  The Approach:

  In keeping with the exhibition, the Create Your Own Royal Beast game was created to help connect children with Britain’s history and to tell the story of how kings and queens kept wild and exotic animals at the Tower as symbols of power. In the game, players can create their own unique beast from the animals of the Royal Menagerie. The game also features beastly noises with which players can create their own musical track to share with friends. The app is a simple, fun and original way to engage a young audience into the rich history of Tower of London’s Menagerie. A quirky audio-visual approach was used to convey both the facts and atmosphere of the menagerie as well as providing customised content for the users to share.

  View Project:

  http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerofLondon/Stories/Palacehighlights/RoyalBeasts/Createyourroyalbeast.aspx
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  Meteorite Marketing: Transform Your Sales

  The Brief:

  Kanoti were commissioned by Meteorite Marketing, one of the UK's leading integrated marketing agencies to create a film to explain what they do.

  The Approach:

  Kanoti produced a stop-motion based film whereby photographic scenes were shot in-house onto green screen and then keyed out. These assets were then incorporated and composited in After Effects.

  A number of props were used including a transformer bases helicopter, toy cars, miniature people, hand-made plasticine models and a paper roadway.  Additional sourced photographic stock images were also included for backgrounds.

  The Results:

  A unique film that provided an innovative approach to explain the company’s capabilities and services and differentiate them from key competitors.

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  BBC: Bitesize English Key Stage 2

  The Brief:

  Kanoti were commissioned by the BBC to create 20 new interactive educational activities for the BBC Bitesize Key Stage 2 website.

  The Approach:

  Our approach has been to update the activities and provide an enjoyable, more informal and engaging revision aid aimed at the older end of the Key Stage 2 audience. Five Flash game engines were developed to be placed within the brand environments, including for example a Crazy Golf and Catapult game. This approach allows the audience to move seamlessly between KS2 Bitesize and the more entertainment-based content of CBBC.

  The activities have replaced and refreshed the existing offering, covering the Key Stage 2 subject areas of reading, writing and spelling & grammar.  The interactive activities are based on two popular CBBC brands, Trapped and Big Babies.

  View Project:

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing/
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  Kanoti: Christmas Greetings 2010

  The Brief:

  To create an in-house animated Christmas card to send to our clients.

  The Approach:

  We made a beautiful black and white stop frame animation showing a Christmas environment come to life by photographing ice melting and reversing the sequence.

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  Kanoti: Christmas Greetings 2008

  The Brief:

  To create an in-house animated Christmas card to send to our clients.

  The Approach:

  We told the sad and frightening tale of Billy and Bobby: two unfortunate ice skaters who happen upon an evil, giant snowman.  The animation combines 3D with a rich, textured, retro look.

  The animation was selected for the Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion international character design festival.

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  MTV Networks: Weetos vs Aliens on Nickelodeon

  The Brief:

  To create a series of mini games for Weetos on Nickleodeon’s online advertising platform, based around their toffee flavoured Weetos product.

  The Approach:

  Kanoti created 6 episodic, multi-level mini games rolled out over the course of a 6 month advertising campaign.

  The campaign objective was to support Weetos in refreshing their toffee flavoured, Weetos vs Aliens product. It was imperative for the games to be consistent with the on air creative story. Part of Kanoti’s role has been to cement this on air narrative online by establishing a narrative premise for the mini-games and housing them within this narrative environment. The inclusion of 6 multi-level mini games was designed to achieve return visits and encourage longevity in terms of dwell time. Players have their own log-in details and have access to a leaderboard. Additionally, the site and game content ties in with on-pack promotional activity and TV and print campaigns. Content will be unlocked if players collect promotional codes from these mediums.

  View Project:

  http://www.nick.co.uk/a/weetabixworld/games/weetosvsaliens/default.aspx
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  Crush/Scholastic: Havoc book promo

  The Brief:

  Crush commissioned us to create a captivating trailer to introduce this scary children’s tale.

  The Approach:

  We brought the comic book pages of the book to set the premise of the story and its characters, closing the book before Tall Jake eascapes from his world into ours.

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  Crush/Scholastic: Plain Kate Trailer

  The Brief:

  Crush commissioned us to create an ominous trailer for this mystical children’s story book.

  The Approach:

  We created an atmospheric sequence, blending autuminal rooftops and leafy typography to stoke curiosity and intrigue about the book.

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  NHS Brighton & Hove: Fighting Fit For Business

  The Brief:

  To create an online exploratory environment which provides tip and advice on creating a healthy workplace, as well as promoting the free NHS health check service. The target audience was 30-50.

  The Approach:

  We created an exploratory campus environment in which users could access animated do’s and don’t’s in a non-linear way. The site incorporates beautiful illustration and animation with a light and informal tone.

  View Project:

  http://www.fightingfitforbusiness.com/
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  Global Fund: Born HIV Free

  The Brief:

  Every minute of every day a child is born with HIV. Global Fund’s Born HIV Free campaign aimed to generate support for international funding of infant HIV healthcare. Our mission was to raise awareness of the campaign and once engaged to take action: sign a digital petition and spread the word.

  The Approach:

  We built a high-end campaign website packed with sharable, potent content including YouTube videos and infographics as well as an interactive petition mechanism. We also built a ‘Spread’ kit full of digital campaign assets allowing users to powerfully share maintaining brand identity throughout. The campaign was supported with display ads, search and even a live YouTube concert of Paul McCartney.

  The Results:

  The website captured 700,000 petition names which were handed to UN secretary – Ban Ki-Moon. 20 million people responded and 250 million saw the campaign.

  As a result huge financial commitments have been made; millions of lives will now be saved and we move closer to preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child by 2015.

  The site was also nominated for .net magazine’s site of the year award.

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  CRi: thinkdrinkdrugs.co.uk

  The Brief:

  To create an online source of information, help and advice on drugs and alcohol in Brighton and Hove for young people upwards of 14yrs, parents and professionals.

  The Approach:

  We created a media rich, interactive and current website to reflect the needs of the wide target audience. Extensive focus testing highlighted the importance of including a variety of media. On the finished site, a ‘Watch’ section contains videos we filmed of local people from a variety of backgrounds telling their real-life stories of being affected by drink and drugs. In addition, we created a series of light-hearted panda themed animations to help explain the impact of drink and drugs. Interactivity was also a key attraction for this audience, so we built an alcohol self-test and a drugs self-test to help people to explore their concerns about substance use within the website.

  View Project:

  http://www.thinkdrinkdrugs.co.uk/
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  RBA Productions website

  The Brief:

  To create a Flash website for Audio production company RBA Productions. The company specialises in rich audio books for children and teens.

  The Approach:

  To reflect the company’s story-telling skills we created an interactive story-based website in which a boy (Nigel) is lost in a spooky forest at dusk. The content of the site is revealed through beautifully animated sequences of forest’s yeti inhabitants terrifying Nigel in various ways.

  View Project:

  http://www.rbaproductions.co.uk/
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  Fujiya & Miyagi: Band Website

  The Brief:

  To create a Wordpress website for the band Fujiya & Miyagi to promote their latest album and act as a hub for their online activity.

  The Approach:

  Taking the concept of ventriloquists dummies from the band’s album artwork we created a darkly animated navigation which sits on top of an elegant site design.

  View Project:

  http://www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk/
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  Goosebumps Branding: iRed Partnership website

  The Brief:

  iRed Partnership provides very clever document management services to government departments and large companies. Using digital technology, and economies of scale, they simplify things and save their clients money as they go. Goosebumps branding commissioned us to design, animated and build the site.

  The Approach:

  Firstly we created an illustration style that extended the brand. This was animated to communicate each complex offering of the company in an accessible and compelling way. Each animation could be accessed in a linear or non-linear way via a strikingly simple and beautiful interface.

  The Results:

  “We’ve had a lot of agencies struggle to grasp what we’re about, but these guys just get it. They have a real enthusiasm for explaining complex b2b propositions, and as a result, we have a stand-out website that explains our offer clearly.”

  Ray Huntzinger

  CEO

  View Project:

  http://www.iredpartnership.com/
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  Nickelodeon: Fairly Odd Farm

  The Approach:

  Fairly Odd Farm is our second Flash game for Nickelodeon, based on their brand Fairly Odd Parents, aimed at the show’s KS2 audience.

  The game could best be described as “Snake meets Farmville – on steroids” as it merges two favourites in one fun and frantic interface. The collaborative two-player gameplay has been designed to encourage players to enjoy the game with a friend or sibling on the same computer.

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  Boris BV: meetboris.com

  The Brief:

  Boris BV is a specialist print finishing company that designs and manufactures highly innovative print products for marketing purposes. The company required a high-end website to show off their bespoke products and services.

  The Approach:

  We brought the brand to life by using the company logo’s dog (Boris) and his friends to demonstrate each facet of the business. The navigation takes the user through a paper campus world, with a different destination for each site page. The site includes animations of each of the products, beautifully demonstrating the company’s portfolio.

  View Project:

  http://www.meetboris.com