I have shown up for work…have you? Image credit: Steve Jurvetson CC 2.0

From our intern Natasha Ingall, also with Grain from January to June. Grain Creative are not just a team of incredibly talented and professional designers, they are also winners of a Tash Star (similar to Michelin but better). Travelling up and out of the depths of High Wycombe once a week is a treat in … Read more

From our intern Robyn Saunders, who joined Grain from January to June this year. From the moment I stepped through the doors at Grain for my interview I was welcomed with a huge cup of tea and greeted by two happy, inviting people. On this cold, wet and windy day, Madelyn and Christoph made me … Read more

March 2012 feels like long ago…recently I was thinking back on our response from across the pond to Adam Ladd’s brilliant video – our own (then) 5-year-old’s impressions on brandmarks. To date it has been viewed 42,794 times! Wowsers. Original soundtrack by Anthony Postman.

With the likes of iPads and Kindles, the book is evolving — in fact, the word ‘book’ doesn’t necessarily refer to the physical item as much as it does to the story itself. Victor & Herschel’s Mission to Mars, invented by the students at the International Community School in London, has been designed for the … Read more

Recently I have been thinking about television advertising. It was a particular John Lewis Christmas advert that had got me started. How some adverts are brilliant pieces of convincing branding. More than an annoying jingle and silly mascot. On this train of thought I was thinking about the brands behind some of the television adverts … Read more

Great film about Ai Weiwei – trying to have freedom of speech and information in a government that oppresses it.

Your product is the epitome of quality, your service is second to none, you’ve invested a great deal of time, love and hard-earned money to creating the perfect brand identity. Your identity is unmistakably unique to your business and conveys every essence of what you deliver, and how you want your clients to see you … Read more

Please watch this with caution: it may cause major changes in your life!

Students can often be tarnished with the brush of being layabouts. I can’t speak for all of them, but generally I’d like to disagree. And I’ve heard my fair share of this from parents, working friends without the commitments of being in university, complaining about long holidays and part time working weeks for us. However … Read more

I’m tempted to just write just one word about the TEDx we went to on Friday: WOW. And the lasting hope, as soon as it ended, that it will be held again next year. It was an incredibly inspiring day, the kind you can only really take in once every few months. From Jack Andraka … Read more

We’ve asked our entrepreneurially-minded clients how we make their lives easier. Watch this video to find out!

Our designer James Cassidy has been busy with his baking.