Thompson Brand Partners

From Stables to Brewery

We've finally done it! The plans are drawn, the builders are in - and we've moved out of The (very lovely) Old Stables into an also lovely city-based office called The Old Brewery whilst we renovate the old place. And so far, so fabulous!

For those of you who've seen The Old Stables, you'll recall that it's already pretty great, but Mr Thompson has A Vision - and by gawd it's going to be epic! I don't want to spoil the suprise but think conkers, open spaces and a lots and lots of light. 

Stand by for photographic updates!

Rach x

New release from Fontsmith

We've been dying to show you this for ages. Its our first job with Fontsmith, introducing their brand new library font FS Pimlico, which was officially launched today. Here are some pics of the booklet mailed to their customers. 

And this is just the start! The next project is the big one. Its a set of booklets to celebrate Fontsmith's last '10 Years in Type' and it shaping up to be a classic. The booklets will feature the real stories of various classic library fonts including FS Me and FS Lola, bespoke typeface projects including Channel 4 and The Champions League, and the leading type design studio's client logo work. The booklets will be published in July, and you can register for a copy now at 10yearsintype.com.

Fontsmith chooses Thompson Brand Partners to help launch a new typeface and celebrate 10 Years in Type

London-based Fontsmith, has appointed Thompson Brand Partners to develop a marketing campaign for a new typeface that is due to launch in this month. The launch will also be the start of a larger campaign to celebrate Fontsmith’s last 10 years as a leading type designer.

Details of the new font have not yet been released, but we can confirm that it will be called FS Pimlico. Designed by Fernando Mello the font is described as a powerful sans serif designed to solve difficult typographic problems, available in a range of weights and styles.

Over the last 10 years, Fontsmith has become established as one of the leading international type design studios designing typefaces, fonts, logos and logotypes for a range of clients including UEFA Champions League, BBC, Channel 4 and Telefonica. The studio, led by Jason Smith, consists of a team dedicated to designing and developing high quality typefaces for independent release as well as bespoke fonts for international clients. The Fontsmith library includes such modern greats as FS Lola, FS Me, FS Albert, FS Sally and FS Joey.

The 10 Years in Type campaign will celebrate Fontsmith’s greatest achievements so far. For each, the compelling story of how the project came about, the inspiration and how each was taken through to completion will be told in the words of the individual designers involved in each. The campaign is due to break after the launch of FS Pimlico.

Founder Jason Smith is delighted with the progress made: “The last 10 years have been phenomenal for Fontsmith and we felt it was the right time to celebrate our achievements and share for the first time the inside stories of how each came about. Working with Thompson has been great. They are like-minded souls, type fanatics and get the way we think.

Ian Thompson, Creative Director of Thompson Brand Partners, is thoroughly enjoying the relationship: “We have been customers of Fontsmith for years and love what they do, so the opportunity to work with Jason and his team has been a bit of a dream for us. There have been so many highlights over the last 10 years, our biggest challenge has been deciding what to include and what to leave out.”

Check out my hooters!

 Sorry about the headline, I regret it instantly... 

Coral

I've got the key... I've got the secret!

This week i've found myself quite inexplicably emotionally charged and for me that's always great time to get my pencils out. I've not really needed to concentrate on one subject matter or medium to get over this random creative attack, instead I've just been drawing whatever comes into my head. Today that was a key entwinned in a ribbon. This took me about 30 mins (during our allocated blogging hour) and is drawn with a regular pencil and 0.5 pilot ball point! I hope you like.

This weekend i've booked myself on a black & white photography course too so will report back with some shots on Monday!

Coral x

This week i have mostly been.....

.....ARTISTIC! 

Check out my entry in our travelling moleskin. I love Japanese style tattoos and have always been interested in the symbolism of the Koi carp so I thought I'd have a go at translating this into a design of my own. I'm not currently taking bookings for actual tattoos as I had a go once on an ex boyfriend and I'm not saying thats the reason we broke up but...... Go figure! He left with more than emotional scars! 

Coral (account manager and strictly pen to paper artist)

A-Cero Architecture – Another fascinating family build

A-Cero have built an incredible reputation for innovative and inspiring build projects. So much so that with each project it seems they cannot possibly build anything better.  It gets to the point where you have to consider that expectations of their future work are now set impossibly high. With their latest project however it seems that the architects at A-Cero live up to their prestige.

The Concrete House II is a family project located in Madrid. Stretching over a surface of 1.600 square meters the first impression you get of its unusual architecture with gray concrete and vegetation ramps is that you are looking at a bunker entrance. The design is opened up with floor to ceiling glass and unusual shapes allowing for countless interesting perspectives. A-Cero have also added solar tubular collectors to the roof making this a sustainable and energy efficient property.

Despite the harsh angles and extensive use of concrete (not the most romantic material) the site inspires to have a ‘dreamy’ image. The architects achieved this by softening the house with beautiful garden landscaping and inclusion of a picturesque lake. 

 

 

 

Contributors' address details

If you sent a contribution to our reasons to be cheerful poster via the blog, and we don't have your details already, could you send us your address details so we can send you the poster?

Email your address to anna@thompsonbrandpartners.com

Reasons to be cheerful. Part II

Our new piece of print is on its way.

If you helped contribute, then a sincere thanks and watch out for your copy. We hope you like it.

If you didn't, then you're in for a treat. 

No dreams were discussed

We kept pretty tight lipped about certain things in the first new business meeting we had in London yesterday. 

As you can see from the photograph, we were in psycho-analytical territory, so we kept to the stuff we something about - brands - and kept schtum about our inner most secrets and darkest dreams (for once). 

Although I did have an incredibly vivid dream earlier this week about a golden eagle devouring a baby chick emerging from an egg (seriously), I thought it best to keep that one under my hat for the time being....

Anyway - we had a great meeting with the people at the Anna Freud Centre and we hope we'll be able to work with them in the very near future.