1983 - 2013...

A look back over the years at some of the faces that have helped make Printagraph what we are today.

The Spice of Life...

Working for a company like Printagraph, offers an amazing amount of variation.

In one meeting, we may be discussing with a customer how we can create their new corporate identity. In another, it may be how we can cut their stationery bills by ordering on-line.

It might be some business cards, or bottles of tipex, or exhibition display prints, or packets of soup, or safety permits, or Lego kits, or letterheads, or marketing postcards, or..well, I think you get the idea.

Printagraph offer one of the most diverse range of design, print, marketing, office products and corporate gifts anywhere in the country.

Check it out at printagraph.co.uk

Best of the best...

We were recently presented with this wonderful award by Xerox for winning the 2013 Best of the Best in the books category.

It was awarded for the design and production of a book that we created for a client event at the end of 2012.

Not Business Cards...

So this project is one the definitely falls out with the business card category and into stuff!

Having successfully completed a custom LEGO kit for a client at the end of 2012, we were asked to complete a further kit of a different offshore rig in their current fleet.

Working with a professional LEGO builder who designed and created the model, we worked our magic on applying the brand to the box, instructions and decal stickers.

The end result looked great, and as before were supplied in a very limited number of only 200 kits.

Just about ready to burst...

 

 

You know that feeling when you have a secret and you're just not allowed to tell anyone?

 

It's like when you find our you're going to be a dad (or mum), but tradition says you should really wait until after the 12 week scan before making it public knowledge?

 

That feeling of excitement and eager anticipation builds up inside to the point of bursting.

 

Well I have to admit, we have some really exiting news about a job we did previously for a customer and next week, we're going to be able to share it!

 

We've known about it for a while, since the end of May actually, but we've been under an embargo and not allowed to say anything specific about it.

 

But next week, all that will change!

 

We'll be shouting from the roof tops and we just can't wait.

It's still wet inside...

 

It was fun watching the first episode of Series 4 of the Great British Bake Off (#GBBO) last night.

 

I'm the first to admit that I'm no expert baker, however I enjoy it. And I really enjoy GBBO.

 

I actually auditioned for this series at the end of last year (it's funny that these things are prepared so far in advance) and the process was fun, although I must admit to an element of disappointment when I wasn't chosen to proceed to the next round of auditions.

 

But it was quite fun watching last night, it is clearly a pressure cooker environment, and gee whiz, I don't think I've seen so many blue plasters in one episode!

 

Of course, what makes the GBBO so enjoyable, as well as the cakes, are all the double entendre! Some of them are just hilarious and have obviously been edited in such a way to create that giggle factor.

 

We didn't get any soggy bottoms last night, but we did get "it's still wet inside" which is real 1970's cartoon postcard stuff!

 

Personally, I love it and look forward to the next few weeks of can't miss TV.

 

Oh, and yesterday, I started a diet.

Try hiring an amateur!

A number of my posts recently have focused on price.

 

This was not deliberate, but a representation of the day-to-day challenges that we face.

 

More and more people are buying on price and not on service, and that's making the job harder.

 

But I digress and that's not really the purpose of this.

 

Recently, I read a post on LinkedIn from a chap that I had started following.

 

He's a really nice guy, I have known his dad and him since he was a little nipper.

 

However recently he's been branching out into new fields and offering stationary.

 

Whilst I have deliberately misspelled stationary, I am confident his use of the wrong word was un-intentional.

 

Hmm, would you entrust your work to someone who's only USP is the desire to undercut (his words, not mine) the competition? Even more so, someone that can't event get the word correct.

 

I certainly wouldn't.

 

Remember the old saying:

 

"If you think hiring a professional is expensive, try hiring an amateur!"