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Problem Solved

31st October 2013

We are proud to show off our fabulous new ‘Problem Solved’ brochure. The brochure explores how we turn client briefs into imaginative and effective brand solutions. We’ve created a unique new fold that reveals the problems and solutions once fully opened. When folded, it fits nicely into a pink Cuckoo sleeve! Hope you like it!

New clients for Cuckoo Design

31st October 2013

Award-winning, Salford-based agency, Cuckoo Design is celebrating a number of new instructions on behalf of new clients including Bupa and Lynton Lasers. Bupa’s design challenge is to refresh its website in line with current brand guidelines which is being addressed by providing a series of templates and styles for roll-out across the UK website. www.bupa.co.uk. The […]

My weeks work experience at Cuckoo Design by Andrew Lebbos

4th October 2013

Hi, my name is Andy and I have just completed a weeks work experience at Cuckoo Design. I am currently studying Graphic Design at Bristol University and hope to work as a designer within an agency when I graduate in 2014. Upon starting my work experience at Cuckoo I was welcomed by everyone within the […]

Holiday Inn Stratford-upon-Avon photo-shoot

3rd October 2013

I’ve been at Cuckoo for a month and last week was the most exciting yet as I spent the week in Stratford-upon–Avon helping out with a photo-shoot. Ben, the art director of the photo-shoot, and I travelled down on the Monday and met up with the photographer and his assistant and began work straight away. […]

27th September 2013

You can type any date into Google or wiki and it’s amazing how much history you unearth about that specific date from hundreds of years before. The 27th September spans a huge list of historical events, births and deaths. My favourite being from 2005 – after a hugely successful 162 episodes of the beloved Tom […]

Top Five Viral Campaigns

23rd September 2013

Viral advertising is everywhere these days, from the spectacularly successful to the misjudged failures. The Evian dancing babies hold the Guinness World Record for the most successful viral video ever, and is the standard which all other campaigns look to emulate. Going Viral At Cuckoo Design, we love monitoring the latest viral marketing campaigns and […]

Alternative ways to get your brand noticed

23rd September 2013

There have been an increasing amount of marketing campaigns over the last decade that have gone beyond two-dimensional ad campaigns, and jumped into the twenty-first century with marketing strategies that took our breath away. Some were just so clever that at first glance you don’t even know it’s happening. HBO and Virgin Produced used deceptive, […]

What does your logo say about you?

23rd September 2013

Your logo should be shorthand for your brand; an instantly recognisable symbol to sum up what you do, what makes you unique, what you believe in. It will appear on your website, brochures, posters, stationery, and even around the office – so getting it right is pretty important. One of the key services offered by […]

Friday the 13th.. don’t be scared!

13th September 2013

So, it’s Friday the 13th. Just another day in the diary for some, yet one for many that holds a vast wonder of ponderous and heavily superstitious feelings. In terms of the number 13 itself, the superstition here relates to the number 12 being regarded as possessing a sense of completeness. This is supported through […]