Posts by Rachel Keeble

Last Tango in Croydon premier

We’ve all really enjoyed being involved in the production of ‘Last Tango In Croydon’, a short film about two frustrated people, old Joe and young Joe, who share their dreams during a chance encounter at old Joe’s nursing home. What makes this production special is that the entire cast and crew donated their time and effort for free with all proceeds from the film going to the children’s charity The Place2Be.

Danny Somekh, the man behind the idea of making a short film to raise awareness for the charity, did an excellent job of rounding up some of London’s finest for the films grand premier at the Sanctum Hotel in Soho. It was great to see so much support, people seemed to be digging deep and making generous donations in exchange for a DVD of the film. Applied Works were proud to take responsibility for the title sequence (shown above – short but sweet) and design of the DVD and 8 inserted postcards.

Last night was a good excuse to get the Applied Works clan out for a drink and combine it with a baby head wetting celebration to mark the arrival of Paul’s second daughter Tabitha back in April. By the look of this picture he’s feeling the effects of those sleepless nights, Pete on the other hand seems to be enjoying his G&T a little too much…

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Walk the High Line

Back in May I was lucky enough to take a trip to New York, something I’d been meaning to do for years but the opportunity never arose. The Big Apple is now officially at the top of my favourite city list, and it’s easy to see why. One of the things I enjoyed while I was there, was strolling through the High Line, a new 1.5 mile public park built on a disused train line that stretches above the Meatpacking District and houses 210 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs and trees. So I was really pleased to hear that Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architectural firm behind the parks creation, have won a D&AD award in the Environmental Design category. Bravo!

Dealerward van hits the streets

Julia at Dealerward has sent over pictures of the freshly branded Dealerward van. Great to see it finished, we think it looks great.

iPad graphics for The Times

There’s been a real buzz in the Applied Works studio of late, aside from the excitement surrounding Rob’s pending nuptials to Lidia, we’ve been working closely with The Times to develop a number of interactive info graphics for both their iPad app which launched today, and their new website launched earlier this week.

To coincide with the UK release of Sex and the City 2, The Times iPad edition features an article about famous shoe designer Manolo Blahnik (fans of the show will be aware of Carrie’s obsession with ‘Manolo’s’). To accompany the piece we built an interactive timeline (above) which maps the history of the designer’s career – users can use the touch screen to scroll through key dates, facts, and slideshows.

For a political feature appearing on the new website (www.thetimes.co.uk), we have created a graphic illustrating the location of key parliamentary buildings where the country’s government departments are situated. Presented in birds eye view, each Westminister location is indicated by a labeled hotspot that users can click to instigate digestible facts on all cabinet ministers in office.

Click here to view the interactive guide (you’ll need to register).

Watch this space for more interesting iPad graphics, and of course pictures from Rob’s big day!

Tutu Tyutyunnik

Thanks to our wonderful intern Tutu Tyutyunnik who has been with us throughout December. Tutu has done a fantastic job with our 2009 Christmas card and has even found time to keep us stocked up with homemade biscuits and cakes. Oh and we’re loving our Applied Works people paper chain, can you tell who’s who? Thanks Tutu!

Dealerward in Grafik magazine

The Dealerward project we’ve recently completed with Studio8 is being featured in the showcase section of May’s Grafik magazine (page 29).

Wimbledon Civic Forum site relaunch

The Wimbledon Civic Forum is a local community forum promoting discussion and practical action across a variety of topics in Wimbledon and Merton. We were asked to bring the website up-to-date with a complete redesign featuring a user messageboard and events calendar.

Applied Works wins RAD award

We’re delighted to have won an award at this year’s RADs for our work on AstraZeneca’s ‘Talent Scout’ employee referral programme. The award was presented by Jack Dee and Ian Theodorson of Barnardo’s to Jez Chance (AstraZeneca) and Peter Newman.