There’s an old Dutch proverb that says: Goedkoop is duurkoop. Germany’s equivalent is Ich bin nicht reich genug um billig zu kaufen; while over in France, it’s rendered as Je ne suis pas assez riche pour acheter bon marché. Different tongues and cultures, same wisdom acquired the hard way: I’m too poor to buy cheap….
Another of our long-term projects is our regular column in the Surrey Chamber of Commerce magazine, Platinum. Each month, we share our thoughts and insights on an aspect of business, design or marketing: recent topics have included the pleasures (!) of working against deadlines, the role and significance of business awards, why ‘soft’ skills matter,…
We’ve worked with the Bohunt Educational Trust (BET) for many years, creating individual identities and collateral for the various schools that run under its auspices. The Trust’s portfolio has grown steadily over that time, and we were delighted to be commissioned to design a website for the seventh and newest member of the BET family,…
Farrow Creative opened it’s doors 12 years ago this year. On Thursday 28 March Sam will be sharing some of the lessons she has learnt and the things she wishes she’d known 12 years ago, with a group of budding entrepreneurs, as part of Radian’s Self Employment Conference at Solent University. Radian is a one…
We first met Adrian Webster through his agency, Gordon Poole, when we did some work for another of their clients, Karen Brady. We are huge fans of Adrian’s funny, warm approach to motivational speaking, so were thrilled when he chose us to work on his new site. We designed and built a clean, uncluttered, bespoke…
Geofilters are creative overlays for Snapchat that capture where you are or what you’re up to in a specific location – a digital equivalent of those cut-outs you put your head through to have your picture taken at the seaside. Guildford College asked us to create separate Geofilters for its Guildford and Farnham campuses to…
Our founder and md, Sam Farrow, has been an active member of the Surrey Chamber of Commerce for many years. She’s previously given talks and presentations at Chamber events, and earlier this year, we conducted a brand audit for the organisation. In November, Sam accepted an invitation to join the Board, with particular responsibility for…
Experience Guildford has run the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) since 2012. We’ve worked with the team on campaign marketing from the outset, and so were delighted to learn in November 2017 that they’ve been awarded the contract for a further five years. As in previous years, we’ve designed and produced all their Christmas marketing…
De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester is ranked among the world’s 150 best young universities by the Times Higher Education magazine, and rated number one for graduate employability, and in the top three for teaching excellence, in the UK. Even with this stellar reputation, it has to compete hard to attract students. Our latest project…
We’ve worked with Bohunt Education Trust (BET) for a number of years, producing print, digital and on-site projects for all but one of its member schools. In November 2017, we delivered a new website for the Trust itself. The new site sets out BET’s values, vision, policies and approach to teaching and learning, and provides…