How many barbecues have you had so far this year? The sun is shining and we’re looking forward to the summer ahead of us! Here at Grain Creative it has been an exciting and busy year so far, with lots of fantastic projects well underway. Here are a few of our latest. Introducing the Kenwood … Read more

We’re big fans of yoga, health and well-being here at Grain, so it was wonderful to work with Howard Napper again after we first met in 2005 to refresh Agoy‘s identity and packaging. Howard is a wellbeing advocate, teacher, entrepreneur, writer and designer with over 20 years of expertise behind him. His passion is to … Read more

Last month high street fashion brand Superdry announced they would enter the made-to-measure market following the success of the NIKEiD marketing strategy. Made-to-measure is a major new area of the fashion industry. Made-to-measure has been used for centuries as a means of producing garments. It is a mix of pret-a-porter and completely bespoke tailoring, offering … Read more

Introducing Grain Creative & its services at the talk with students Last week, I was invited to give a talk on social media and public relations for students at Kaplan International College in Holborn, London. The purpose of the talk was to introduce them to the creative industry in London and inspire them to become … Read more

There have been four celestial events today: the solar eclipse, spring equinox, a supermoon, and the online launch of new childrenswear brand Petit Tribe! Petit Tribe is a new luxury childrenswear brand unlike any other, fusing traditional African inspiration with contemporary design. A dream come true Grain has been working with Petit Tribe from the … Read more

Kent at the Selfie Station, where every guest could take as many pictures as they wanted. Facebook’s B2B offer has shifted its focus from corporations to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as their main market this year. Facebook held its first-ever UK event aimed at the business backbone of the country: how Facebook can help … Read more

The client: Newland College in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire a new independent co-ed secondary school teaching the International Baccalaureate. Grain has been working with Newland College for close to a year on creating the brand from scratch and on creating a dialogue with local parents. Having held several successful Open Days throughout last year supported by … Read more

  Do you know one thing that most successful business people share? They read at least 30 minutes a day. Reading helps you sharpen your thinking and it gives you new knowledge and skills for life and for business. We recommend that you start 2015 with these 3 must-read books that will help you excel … Read more

…not only an important North American holiday but a good time to take a moment and look back at the past year. For Grain, 2014 has been incredible. It has been a year of change for us, with Daisy leaving our interior design team after four and a half years (sniff!) and two of our … Read more

Grain Creative’s senior designer Juli Ferguson, Elizabeth Emanuel, project manager Anna Gilson and PR Executive Kent Le at the fashion designer’s press launch in November 2014. Are you an aspiring fashion entrepreneur? Then you will love this read. Developing the branding for world-renowned fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel is a real pleasure for us. Here are … Read more

I am now one month in as a designer at Grain. Previously I was a designer at Champneys Health Spa and before that I worked for myself, as a partner in small T-shirt printing company. Now reflecting back on this journey I can say that I spent too long working away from other creatives and … Read more

Have you had your first mince pie of the season? Here at Grain we are proud to say not yet, with Halloween, fireworks and Thanksgiving (for some of us) yet to arrive. While the autumn is whizzing by, the theme for our seasonal update presented itself: “in the news.” Quite a few of our projects … Read more

Inspire High Wycombe is a new venture of Amersham & Wycombe College, a wonderful ongoing client of ours. Inspire’s vision is to become the heart of the community by providing education and support for individuals, social enterprises and businesses in High Wycombe and the broader Chilterns and South Buckinghamshire area. The newly established centre will … Read more

This season’s Dragons on BBC  Good branding helps you to succeed only when you have an authentically great product. One of my favourite shows on BBC is Dragons’ Den. I have watched it since I was in university and often feel really inspired by entrepreneurs and startup businesses with big dreams and ideas. Since I … Read more

Last month, we had our team meeting at our Marylebone space at The Office Group where their PR team took a picture of Grain’s two directors, Christoph & Madelyn, to prepare for their newsletter this month. When they tweeted the picture, what caught my eye was the caption “Grain Creative on nurturing brands and giving … Read more