Labels and Labeling magazine asked our views on QR codes…and we gave our frank response!

Thought we’d share a pic of our new digs at 12 Melcombe Place, Marylebone.  

“That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” Yes, but how would sales figures look? We have just finished our third naming project for Tesco – in as many weeks! It will be a few months before we can reveal anything else…

Grain recenty made a move slightly east from Notting Hill to Marylebone. We’re now at 12 Melcombe Place at Marylebone Station and the Landmark Hotel. Our new business cards have arrived too!    

We are delighted to share one of our latest projects: the naming of a new Chinese brand of fresh juices. It’s our new Main Squeeze! We have designed the packaging of the freshly squeezed orange juice in 2 sizes, with lots more in the pipeline…or should I say the straw?  

Our response from across the pond to Adam Ladd’s brilliant video – our own 5-year-old’s impressions on brandmarks. Original soundtrack by Anthony Postman.

I just spent a fun afternoon creating some new products. I have a thing for personalisation, for fonts and for merchandise so you can imagine that I was in heaven. Have a peek and pick up something for yourself or a friend here!

It is always amazing how much money one can spend on destroying one’s own property and even worse paying other people to do it well. This is one of our sites which is currently live and where we just started to create the new roof with an open ceiling all the way to the ridge, … Read more

It’s a Grain tradition to design a calendar every year. This time around, each month has its own A4 page and when you put all the sheets together they make a big 2012. Click on the image to download the PDF, and enjoy! Email us photos of the calendar in your office or home and … Read more

Have you just realised that it’s getting late for sending out your Christmas cards? Do you like your iPhone, iPad or Android phone more than your pens? Well – you can now download the free app from Butlins which Grain has designed and developed: Christmas Postcards! You can send the festive greetings by email or … Read more

Enjoy this interview with our newly-appointed elf!

At first glance this photo looks green – in the sense of environmentally-friendly, that is – but upon closer inspection it is anything but. It’s the perfect representation of why we are so proud and happy (yes, like new parents) to have created the name, brand promise and visual identity for Floreon, a compostable and … Read more

We’re happy to announce the launch of the freshly redesigned website westlondon.com for premier networking organisation West London Business. Our main objectives were to promote the benefits of joining West London Business to non-members; to create a members-only area; and to improve the site’s organisation of content, making the navigation more straightforward. We toured the … Read more

If you are a type geek, you may have noticed that we’re using Frutiger as our company font, with the similar Carto Gothic appearing on the website. Not only do we love Frutiger, but its actual reason for existing ties in neatly with our own areas of design interest and experience. Frutiger was designed by … Read more

The Christmas holidays are approaching quickly. The Redcoats at Butlins along with Santa’s elves are already preparing their sleighs and igloos for the season. To share fun times from Butlins – or in fact from anywhere in the world – with all the loved ones at home, you can use the free Butlins Postcards! app … Read more