Britain From The Air

Delighted to be asked by the Royal Geographical Survey to take press photos for the official launch of their "Britain from the Air" exhibition - with the even more delightful Mr Michael Palin!  

If you haven't noticed the exhibition (consult optometrist immediately) it's a huge display across the city that features stunning images from across Britain, including 11 new panels specifically commissioned for its appearance in Edinburgh; made possible through partnership with the City of Edinburgh Council.

The centrepiece of the exhibition is in front of the Sheraton in Conference Square and features a huge 'walk-on' map that acts as a key to all the locations featured in the display.

A brilliant walking tour through the city, particularly with some nice weather beginning to show up, you'll find more information online, or by picking up a leaflet from the information kiosk on the Princes Street side of Castle Street.

Bringing the outside in...

Perhaps this doesn't sound too inviting on these cold wintry days, but it's exactly what we helped our friend Wallace Shaw (above) from Wallace's Arthouse Scotland to do in one of his reception rooms.

Wallace had a hankering to bring his room to life by creating a feature wall across his bank of four huge storage cupboards...  Originally toying with projection or sketching directly onto the surface, we suggested a custom vinyl wallpaper, designed to his specification to display a high-contrast forest glade.

Finding the right picture, we set to work measuring the panels, scaling and setting the artwork and calling our amazing print suppliers who made the final magic happen.  It's a very technical job to get just right (trying to make sure there's a tree trunk along all those shut lines!) and we're delighted with the results.

If you're ever looking for a great place to stay in Edinburgh, you need to meet Wallace.  He's awfully sociable and runs absolutely the nicest boutique B&B we've ever come across.  

Find out more or say hello at www.wallacesarthousescotland.com

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Tollcross Passport

We've been working on a campaign with the City of Edinburgh Council that's all about Building Stronger Town Centres. Hot on the heels of the West End Passport, we're keen to encourage people to discover the diverse and different businesses in Tollcross with a publication created in partnership with their local Tollcross Traders Association.

Discover Edinburgh's West End

We've enjoyed producing a "West End Passport" for the City of Edinburgh Council as a promotional tool for this area of the city.

Easily explored from the city centre, Edinburgh’s West End is a vibrant and eclectic mix of highly individual shops, cafés, bars, restaurants and more. Alongside big name brands, you’ll discover a bustling group of independent, unique and characterful businesses, each with something special to offer.

Pandamonium in Corstorphine :-)

Home to Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine has seen a lot of media attention this year as the home of giant pandas Sunshine an Sweetie.

With their help, the City of Edinburgh Council wants to let people know about the great selection of shops, services, eateries and businesses that call Corstorphine home. We captured things on camera, to create a number of banners can be seen on lamp-posts in the area.

There's also a chance to find and win a gorgeous Panda soft-toy each month, hidden away in a local business. To find out more and get clues, follow @edinshopper on twitter.

On-street Science!!

Exploding soft drinks, liquid nitrogen ice-cream and detonating daffodils - on Friday we were out and about taking some press pictures for the Edinburgh Science Festival 2012.  Supported by the City of Edinburgh Council's Town Centres campaign, mad scientists will be performing live on street around Edinburgh over the coming weeks.  If you have kids, or are just a big kid yourself (it was my excuse), see below for dates and locations (click to enlarge)

Click above to download PDF timetable in full size

Be Inspired, Be in Edinburgh - Marketing Materials for MIPIM - 2012

We were thrilled to work with the City of Edinburgh Council to produce this year's brochure to represent Scotland's capital city at one of the world's most prestigious real estate and investment events.

As proudly stated on their website:  "19,000+ property leaders go to MIPIM to view projects, assess profitable ventures, strike deals and seek out market information."  For those of us who live here, it's easy to take for granted Edinburgh's excellent quality of life and the caliber of its workforce.  It was great to take a step back and review all the factors that make this a fantastic European city.

Enjoy the virtual copy above and click to enlarge. 

Panda-monium

Spent the whole day with new giant panda friends preparing for an exciting campaign in the west of Edinburgh for the City of Edinburgh Council. More to follow...

Thistle Street

Open publication

Well, the last push before Christmas saw the publication of a gorgeous little booklet for one of Edinburgh's most exciting boutique streets. Nestling beside George Street's fashion district and commercial offices, Thistle Street is an often quirky, always exciting destination with unusual and individual shops, consultancies and boutique businesses.

We have the pleasurable excuse of going there often as we have a number of clients tucked away along the street and it's interconnecting lanes.

It was particularly exciting to work with the local businesses and Edinburgh Council on a project to raise awareness of this real 'hidden gem' of a street; if you're looking for unique and different experiences of our beautiful city, Thistle Street should definitely be on your map!

You can get your own copy of the Thistle Street 'passport' from the local businesses and selected hotels, restaurants etc. It's full of useful information, a handy map and a selection of interesting 'privilege' offers from local establishments.

Or take a look at the virtual version above to discover more...

Afraid? Pretty excited actually!

We loved working with Jay-Soul to get things ready for his launch from photos to video to getting the message out there. It's been quite a journey for this very talented young man - Thanks for the end credit Jay!

His first track is now available for download on all online music stores - since iTunes is probably easiest to get hold of, you'll find him online here in the iTunes store - http://bit.ly/jay-Soul_Afraid

He's pretty social - on facebook you can find his page here: www.facebook.com/Jaysoulmusic or follow the journey on twitter @jaysoulmusic

Good things for great causes

Delighted to work with i2detail Events (www.i2detail.co.uk) last weekend doing photography for Meningitis Research Foundation's inaugural Scottish fundraiser at the Balmoral Hotel. What a delightfully organised client - and a very glam affair. Craig McMurdo and the Jane Kelly Dancers provided top notch entertainment. Pictures online soon!