Archive for the ‘Just for fun’ Category

We stumbled across “Ecofont” the other day. It’s a program that adds holes to a system font such as Arial, Verdana and Times New Roman, and prints them out as if they have been involved in a shootout at the OK Corral. They don’t lose their form, just use less ink to make up the inner shapes. And because it’s been designed to work on regular body text sizes, their website claims it saves up to 50% ink consumption.

We certainly like the idea, especially if it goes a little way to saving the planet. Although, maybe we should simply write and print less…

Our Frankfurter tour of Britain last week was a great success. We had a really positive response from all travel agents up and down the country, as well as from the bmi sales team members who joined each day. A huge thanks to our two friendly Brummie caterers, Mike and Jason, who ensured everyone was smiling every day. Their enthusiasm was a joy to behold, especially as the week wore on.

We had a good time on the road, visiting each of the cities and meeting with the agents and bmi sales team. We must have had to eat our own weight in frankfurters, which was all too easily done! It’s all over now until the next tour.

And so with the faint smell of Frankfurters in the Newcastle air, we pack up one final time and head for home. The tour is over.

After an afternoon of hot-footing it around Manchester city centre dishing out Frankfurters, it’s time to pack up and head off to Newcastle for the final day of the Frankfurter Tour tomorrow.

All done for the day in Derby, we’re packing up and off to Warrington for tomorrow’s round of Frankfurters.

And so as the rain starts to lash down in Leicester, we’re packing up and heading off to our next destination of Derby for the day tomorrow. Hope the weather is a bit better!

Here are a few photos from the first day of our Frankfurter tour, starting in Croydon.

We’re currently limbering up and preparing for our mini tour of Britain next week. We’ll be on the road visiting corporate travel agents across the country, promoting the new bmi route launch to Frankfurt from East Midlands Airport.

The promotional tour will see us (along with Mike and his catering team) delivering frankfurter sausages served in rolls with sauerkraut to a number of locations from the South East to the North East over the course of a week.

Our first port-of-call is Croydon next Monday morning. Check in with us to see how we get on each day.

Christmas is almost upon us and to coincide with the festivities, Leicestershire based creative design and marketing agency Masters Allen have created the identity for this year’s Cinderella pantomime at the Loughborough Town Hall.

Loughborough Town Hall offers a fantastic array of shows throughout the year to a diverse audience. Their annual Christmas pantomime is regionally acclaimed and tickets sell out fast.

Following last years hugely successful Beauty and the Beast, the town hall selected Masters Allen to create a suite of marketing materials that would create impact and set the scene for a bigger and better production this year.

Masters Allen worked on providing a polished and fitting creative to entice audiences from far and wide appealing to families and in particular children. The promotional tools were commissioned in a variety of formats from billboards and banners to posters, bookmarks and stickers.

The Masters Allen team were involved in the photo shoot for the pantomime promotional pictures. They enjoyed meeting the full cast including Cinderella, Prince Charming, the Fairy Godmother and the Ugly Sister Halitosia, played by Martin Ballard, of BBC Radio Leicester.

Jon Allen, Marketing Director from Masters Allen said, “This project gave us the opportunity to produce a fun and festive themed promotion directed at the local community”

Cinderella started in November with tickets selling fast. The show will run until the 9^th January 2011. Proving to be the best panto of them all!

For tickets please visit www.loughtownhall.co.uk or call 01509 231914.

Even though the nights are getting darker and colder we are trying to keep things cheery in Masters Allen by brightening the place up. We are very fortunate to work in a lovely setting here at Swithland Hall but wanted to add some additional creative stimulus for ourselves and visiting clients.

With that in mind we thought some inspiration from Abraham Games would go down a storm. We’ve added several pictures around the halls which add colour, interest and an insider view into what makes us tick!