Full Fat Designs - Graphic Design and Web Design Leicester

Cosmic Group Website Launched

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:57:00 +0000

Cosmic Group Website Launched

fullfatdesigns.co.uk have recently designed, built and launched a new splash page for Cosmic Group. The page acts as a hub, or 'mothership' to the other four sites recently completed.

Cosmic were after a family of websites that were given their own colour and brand, which has helped tie them together on the splash page.

By visiting www.cosmic-group.co.uk you are presented with the colourful 'app-style' buttons to take you to either www.cosmic-people.co.uk, www.cosmic-education.co.uk, www.cosmic-recruitment.co.uk or www.cosmic-r2r.co.uk... as well as the social profiles.

About Cosmic Group

We are a multi sector group of recruitment companies that launched with over 30 years expertise in the world of staffing solutions.

Our mission is to always exceed the expectations of our clients, candidates and contractors.

Ultimately, offering you an 'out of this world’ service.

Working Breakfast Leicester

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:55:00 +0000

Full Fat Designs joined the Leicester Chapter of Working Breakfast after accepting a free invitation to join other business's over a traditional english breakfast. After discussing work during the initial 'open networking', it was down to breakfast and finding out what everyone did during 60 second adverts and how referrals could be passed depending on what people were asking for.

After seeing how many referrals were passed, and generally how everyone was keen to help each other, we decided to join. The fact there was no pressure either was a good sign that this was a friendly, professional group of people.

Full Fat Designs has now been a member for 10 weeks and the amount of suggested contacts and business passed to me has helped secure new business, especially since our turn at giving a 10 minute talk, where I was able to show what Full Fat Designs are capable of.

To find out more and get your invitation to Working Breakfast Leicester during november, visit http://eepurl.com/q8TGn to view the latest eshot

Denbrook Display website by fullfatdesigns.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:53:00 +0000

Denbrook Display from Leicester came to Full Fat Designs needing a compact website to showcase their designs and built displays. They currently had a holding page which had remained the same for some time and they realised that they needed a site to backup their well designed and built displays when talking to potential clients.

After an initial chat with them, we decided to design the site as though they were self standing boards at different positions, which with shadows and lighting gives the website depth.

About Denbrook Display

Denbrook are passionate about design, working with various brands and retailers to create displays that enhance the customers retail experience.

They have over 20 years’ experience within the design industry, creating, developing and manufacturing bespoke displays. The blend of youth and experience means they have broad spectrum of knowledge allowing them to deliver solutions tailored to the client’s needs.

Their approach is to keep things simple, through research, design and implementing ideas thoroughly to ensure that every project is delivered smooth and efficiently from start to finish.

To see more about Denbrook Display, visit their site at www.denbrookdisplay.co.uk

More from Full Fat Designs

Find out more about Full Fat Designs and the work completed, by visiting http://www.fullfatdesigns.co.uk

Elan Hair Website by fullfatdesigns.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:18:00 +0000

Elan Hair Design is located in the heart of Rothley village and were after a website to promote their salon.

They are an exclusive Aveda products salon, and wanted to feature this quite prominently as their products are high quality. The team and salon were professional photographed to give the website a professional look.

About Elan Hair

Elan Hair Design is located in the heart of Rothley village. We opened in April 2011 and since then the salon has gone from strength to strength. We aim to create a relaxing atmosphere that all of our clients can enjoy and feel comfortable in. The team at Elan Hair Design strive to deliver creativity, quality and consistency to each and every one of our customers.

We are an exclusive AVEDA salon. All of the staff at Elan are AVEDA trained as you will see on our wall of fame in the salon, so able to advise you on all your haircare needs. We have chosen to belive in the AVEDA mission which is to care for the world we live in. Our products are organically sourced and packaging recycled where ever possible!

To visit the site, click here

Sweet Letter Day from Courtyard Candy - Market Bosworth

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:29:00 +0000

Sweet Letter Day from Courtyard Candy

www.sweetletterday.co.uk is the first website to branch off from the www.courtyardcandy.co.uk website offering that special gift! Great for birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations, 'sorrys' etc. They post sweets or chocolates anywhere in the UK, with a message of your choice, in a red pillow box that slides through the average letter box, raising smiles and tears (happy ones!) up and down the Country!

The mini-site uses paypal and is very easy to fill in your order and send straight to Courtyard Candy for processing. For more details or to place an order, visit www.sweetletterday.co.uk

FFD

Claire Robinson Design Website by fullfatdesigns.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:28:00 +0000

Claire Robinson is a Freelance Fashion Designer from Leicester and she contacted Full Fat Designs to design and build a portfolio website to showcase her work and ideas.

The website also needed to feature her design history and experience to show potential clients her successful years in the industry. The pages were designed and built with a view to letting her Claires work stand out, so although a heavy background is used, the designs stand out brightly on the white plaster backing.

To visit the site, click here.

FFD
www.fullfatdesigns.co.uk

Harborough Town Football Club

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:03:00 +0000

Harborough Town Football Club Commercial Opportunities

The recently promoted Harborough Town Football Club needed a small booklet to show potential sponsors key benefits of what their money would offer them.

As they had made the step up, the design and print had to do the same. Full Fat Designs produced an 8-page brochure that was inspiring to look at, clearly laid out and had a quality feel to the print to whoever held it.

The finished item was well received and we are currently looking at applying the same results to their matchday programmes.

History of Harborough Town Football Club

Harborough Town FC is the realisation of the merger of Harborough Minis FC & Harborough Town FC, which has brought together one club for all ages, gender and ability for the Harborough community. Their individual histories are chartered below:

Harborough Minis FC:

Harborough Minis was founded in the winter of 2000/2001 by a group of four parents who saw a gap in the provision of mini soccer in Market Harborough. They had all played a ‘little’ in their youth and felt they had no choice but to pull back on their old boots and show the youngsters how it was done. All the founder members had children of their own who brought along some friends (approx 15 children in the early days). From this, Saturday morning training sessions started and Harborough Minis FC was born.

By 2007/08, there was approximately 180 children training weekly and 13 teams entered into the Leicester & District Mutual Football League. We now boast one of the largest Mini Soccer clubs provider in Leicestershire.

Harborough Town FC:

Formed as Harborough Town Juniors FC at the start of the 1975/1976 season the club has now been providing quality football in the community for over 30 years and has been based in its own facilities at Northampton Road since the early 1990’s.

The club became an FA Charter Standard Club in 2004 and through consistent development has achieved FA Charter Standard Community Club status which is the highest accolade currently available and recognises best practice, on-going development and a positive impact within the local community.

Harborough Town FC now consists of Junior, Youth, Girls, Senior and Veteran sections accommodating 20 teams playing regular league football and has a playing membership now approaching 300 with around 90% of those being under the age of 18. The club has also been actively involved in the formation and development of the Harborough Alliance Football Partnership which provides training and game opportunities for children with learning and physical difficulties.

Former players at the club have included Richard Stearman (Leicester City FC, Wolves + England), Chris Carruthers (Northampton Town FC, Bristol Rovers FC + England) and Martin Johnson (Leicester Tigers FC, England + British Lions). The club has also over recent years seen a number of players, boys and girls, progress into Centre of Excellence and Elite squads at local Professional Clubs and it is rewarding to hear of their individual progress.

The senior section of the Football club boasts 4 teams with the first and Reserves playing in the United Counties Leagues. In 2012, after only 2 seasons in the UCL the first team gained promotion to the Premier Division which now entitles FA Cup and FA Vase to become a permanent fixture at the Football club. This is the highest level that any team in Market Harborough has achieved and is down to hard work on and off the field. Every week the first team and reserves entertain Football teams at Bowden’s Park from Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Leicestershire.

H2O Design - Waterscape Specialists

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:25:00 +0000

H2O Design came to Full Fat Designs needing a logo and business card producing quite quickly, as existing business cards were nearly out and a new look was needed. Four strong ideas were presented to the client and after a few tweaks the final design was signed off.

Double-sided business cards were designed and printed after the logo was agreed. One side acting as an eye-catching advert when the cards were left at garden centre counters, while the other side gave all the details needed for an enquiry. With the addition of matt laminate, the business cards give off a real quality.

ink/drawn website

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:38:00 +0000

Since the ink/drawn holding page went up, Full Fat Designs have been working away the the main site. The design was created and approved very smoothly as we had a feel for the look the client was after during the initial stages of creating the holding page.

The site wanted to look professional, but with a hand drawn element to help create a link to the name. Pencil and pen markings along with a graphic pen style font on a textured paper background helped to create this look.

To visit the site for Leicester based architects ink/drawn, please click here

FFD

Courtyard Candy Landing Page

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:34:00 +0000

Courtyard Candy needed a holding/landing page to show their many different services (the sweet shop, luxury chocolates, sweet letter day and Victorian Sweet Cart). The page will eventually become a gateway into separate websites with each of the four areas having their own site, which can be visited by clicking the area.

About Courtyard Candy

Nestled in the Courtyard of the historic town of Market Bosworth, lies Courtyard Candy and Chocol8s of Market Bosworth. The perfect setting for an old fashioned sweets and handmade chocolate shop! Since opening just over 2 years ago, the pink candy-striped shop has gone from strength to strength and now stocks over 200 types of different sweets and goodies.

To view the holding/landing page please visit www.courtyardcandy.co.uk

Holding page that's 'Out of this World'

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:11:00 +0000

Cosmic Group came to Full Fat Designs needing a brand for their new venture. With a name of Cosmic Group and a brief of wanting something fun and quirky, we knew this project was going to be exciting.

The logo and holding page are only the beginning, and while we can't say too much at the moment, you definitely want to get an eye on this company and what we 'beam up' next.

To check out the holding page, visit www.cosmic-group.co.uk.

FFD

Pre Beat Stationery Design

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:48:00 +0000

Pre Beat Ltd. contacted us after finding us on twitter, shortly after out SBS winning re-tweet by Theo Paphitis.

They had an existing logo that was colourful on screen, but when printed looked flat. We discovered that the logo was designed for screen in RGB and when converted to CMYK used colours outside of the printing gamut, causing the colours to become dull.

After supplying Pre Beat with some print safe colour alternatives, we progressed onto the stationery design, which again we designed with print-safe colours in mind, giving the client a reassurance that what he was seeing on screen, would be replicated on paper.

ink/drawn holding page

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000

Does your company need a temporary holding page? This solution is perfect when you haven't quite got everything in place to have a full site built. Whether it's because you are too busy, or just not sure what you want to say or put on your site, a holding page shows your company still wants a web presence.

ink/drawn came to Full Fat Designs in need of something quickly, as business cards had been created and given out with www.inkdrawn.com on them and people were greeted with a 123-reg welcome screen - not the best first impression.

A design was agreed and the holding page was up in no time, the client happy and now with that off his mind, could concentrate on what to put on the main... coming soon!

FFD

Branding Start-up Package for only £270 from Full Fat Designs

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:39:00 +0000

Professional Integrity recently contacted Full Fat Designs for their Branding Start-up Package. For £270 you get a bespoke logo design (several initial ideas narrowed down to your preferred choice), Stationery design to suit your new logo. Then printed to quantities of 500 Business Cards (double-sided with matt or gloss laminate), 500 Letterheads and 500 With Compliements Slips, all delivered to your chosen address.

The package isn't just for start-up companies, Professional Integrity have been trading for several years, but realised they needed a new look and the Branding Start-up Package was perfect.

They are delighted with the results, both on the quality of design supplied and the print afterwards. Would the package be ideal for your company too? Give Full Fat Designs a call on 01455 822208 to find out, or visit www.fullfatdesigns.co.uk to see more information on this and other services offered, including the partnering Digital Start-up Package for only £320.

FFD

ACN Retail Design Website

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0000

Start of the year and the start of a new site for ACN Retail Design built by fullfatdesigns.co.uk. Based in Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, ACN Retail Design provides the best in Retail Designs, Point of Sale (POS) and Shop Fitting for domestic or commercial clients throughout the UK.

Their site needed to be a visual, functional site which they will also be able to edit themselves in the very near future, ensuring all their visiters are seeing up-to-date work.

Check out their site at www.acnretaildesign.co.uk

Chocol8s of Market Bosworth

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:54:00 +0000

Boards are back from the printers for chocol8s of Market Bosworth. These two boards should grab peoples attention to point them down the small alleyway towards Courtyard Candy where chocol8s of Market Bosworth are based.

The best part about dropping these boards off for the customer? I get to buy some of their amazing chocolate. I definitely recommend the large chocolate buttons they made, so solid and tasty.

Look out for the website, which should be coming in the next week or so.

FFD

Rock-a-doodle-do

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:21:00 +0000

Rock-a-doodle-do | Chicken Coops and other funky and innovative designed outdoor pet housing

Today was the launch for the new one page website for Rock-a-doodle-do by fullfatdesigns.co.uk. Chicken Coops and other funky and innovative designed outdoor pet housing from the team behind West Thorpe Joinery, so you can expect a quality build with over 30years in the building industry.

The site shows what can be achieved using just one page and a limited amount of text and images. The website will grow over the following months as the brand increases to feature a gallery and more details on the products offered.

FFD

Find A Web Designer - Designer Portfolios

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:48:00 +0000

After having the Full Fat Designs website accepted into the coolhomepages gallery, I have set up one of their portfolio pages for the agency. The sizes of the jpgs you can upload at 900px really show off your work and make up a great page.

You can view Full Fat Designs page via the link below.

FFD

Find A Web Designer - Designer Portfolios

Targeting Restaurants and Pubs in Leicester

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:28:00 +0000

Do you own or run a restaurant or pub in Leicester / Leicestershire? Then you could be receiving one of the new wine bottle flyers from Full Fat Designs. One side shows all the graphic design services from logo design to catalogue as a red wine bottle. Then the flip side lists the web design services from flash banners to html websites on a white wine bottle.

The envelope was printed with a message of having a drink with Full Fat Designs, and inside an apology that the bottle wasn't real (as it wouldn't fit in the envelope). The main aim was to try to appeal to the food and wine trade with a visual statement and show them what can be achieved in one flyer. Around 100 of these were posted out, hopefully some make it past the instant binning stage and get read by a potential new client.

FFD

Touch Local & Scoot

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:44:00 +0000

After a lot of thought and many hours listening to companies telling me why their advanced/sponsored listed is best, a decision was made. We opted to go for the combined package from Touch Local & Scoot. It's tough when you can see how so many of these systems can work for you, but realistically you can't go for all of them due to tight budgets.

TL&S were the cheapest option and we felt would offer a great starting point to see how much extra interest it achieved. Their monthly stats for the keywords we were interested in (graphic design and web design) seemed a good price. We will post the response on here after a few months.

FFD

accelerateme.co.uk with the Leicester Mercury

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:59:00 +0000

I have just entered Full Fat Designs into the running of the accelerateme scheme running alongside local newspapers. The Leicester Mercury and The Harborough Mail are two local papers that I have been long readers of, for both news and to gather company information.

Selected businesses can win free advertising and mentoring from marketing and training experts, with the overall winner getting a years worth of personal mentoring and support from Dragons' Den Judge Deborah Meaden.

Either of these prizes would be a great boost for any small business, I am hoping Full Fat Designs does well.

FFD

Visiting Small Businesses

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:27:00 +0000

Today will be a spent by visiting and phoning small businesses who will hopefully require some graphic or web design. Desford in Leicestershire is my target area today as it is local to the office in Newtown Unthank. By selecting an area each day I plan to visit most areas of Leicestershire to spread the word about Full Fat Designs, and the services offered.

Phoning can get you results, but I find you can often get through to the wrong person and if you catch them during a busy spell, or while they have an important deadline to meet, your message can be missed. So armed with the recent flyers, I find visiting the places and leaving the details, followed by a phone call a week later a much better approach.

Overall I will try to maintain positive throughout the initial client building exercise as I know that its a hard struggle to get people interested in your new business, but with the design quality and services offered I'm sure people will start to hear about Full Fat Designs.

FFD

Flyers back from the printers

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:40:00 +0000

The first piece of promotional material for Full Fat Designs is back from the printers.

Designed as a bar of chocolate with a bite taken out of it, we are hoping it has two effects, to be memorable and inspirational. On the back are the two start-up packages we do along with a list of some of our main services.

All we have to do now is deliver them to small businesses in the Leicester area.

FFD

New workspace

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:49:00 +0000

My new workspace in the Leicester office consists of a new monitor bought on a couple of good reviews. The HP ZR24w seems to be sharp, colourfull and so far accurate to what I'm printing. Okay, its not as true as the NEC spectraview, but at halk the price, its a great monitor to start with. It also means my Samsung can make a dignified retirement to the secondary monitor position.

Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (fullfatdesigns) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:30:00 +0000

Its a lovely day in Leicestershire today and my wife and I are taking the dog to a local dog show. Even though it's the weekend, I will still have a few current jobs on my mind... but in a good way. Visualising how the next project will start to look whilst walking the dog is a regular thing for me. It helps me to hit the road running when I come to either pick up the pencil or mouse.
There might even be the opportunity to hand out a few business cards at the show. The Full Fat Designs brain is always ticking.

FFD