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Where Aol. went wrong

Now we all know about Aol.’s demise from Warner Brothers and yes they had the right idea, a fresh start and a new brand. A brand that will put their past behind them and lead them into the future. However the execution of this process seems to have gone wayward. I have a feeling that [...]

[ More ] November 25th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

Kellogg’s take branding to a whole new level

Kellogg’s have become so concerned about supermarket cereals that they are now using a laser to burn their brand into each individual corn flake! Helen Lyons, lead food technologist at Kellogg’s, said: ‘In recent years there has been an increase in the number of own brands trying to capitalise on the popularity of Kellogg’s corn [...]

[ More ] October 14th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

iPhone or Aston Martin?

A recent survey by CoolBrands revealed that Apple’s iPhone is now more desirable than an Aston Martin! A closer look at the list tells the bigger story about Apple’s brand, they took 3 spots out of the top 5! Apples dominance is unsurprising – consumers are way too happy to queue for the latest gadget. [...]

[ More ] September 29th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group, blur Technologies |

Rabia @ Shoreditch House

blur Designs traveled over to the trendy Shoreditch House last night to see their latest Human Brand project, Rabia. Here she is singing ‘Fronting’. It was a great gig and the crowd loved her. blur Designs is onto the next stage of Rabia’s Human Brand, watch this space!

[ More ] September 16th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in Human Brands, blur Designs, blur Group, blur Marketing |

Sneak peak of Rabia’s Human Brand™

Rabia has come into see us about her Human Brand™, she loves it, do you? Let us know what you think? What does it say to you? If you’re new to Rabia check out this video. Please feel free to comment below, thanks and we’ll keep you updated on how Rabia’s human brand turns out.

[ More ] September 8th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in Human Brands, blur Designs, blur Group |

Human Brands™ are everywhere

The Portobello film festival kicks off tonight at our Westbourne Studios! Big piece on Street art, got talking to sickboy a leading street artist from Bristol. Turns out he was one of the first street artists to use a logo instead of a tag, known as the ‘Temple’ which can be seen on walls and [...]

[ More ] September 3rd, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in Human Brands, blur Creatives, blur Designs, blur Group |

Walking to our Studio’s?

After a productive Friday morning, we decided to make a short film showing the route to our studios from Westbourne Tube Station. Which will also freshen up and make our contact page more interesting. Spot anyone you know?

[ More ] September 2nd, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

blur Designs starts new Human Brand™

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMECjbAj8SE" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] blur Designs starts work on it’s next Human Brand™

[ More ] August 13th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in Human Brands, blur Designs, blur Group |

blur Designs, cutting the crap

blur Group has recently launched blur Designs which is a design agency for business and human brands™. blur Designs was architected to change the old stagnant design agency approach. ‘We’re cutting out the crap’, which enables us to give you outrageous value without compromising on quality. We’re crowdsourced, so we have a focussed, hand picked [...]

[ More ] August 7th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

blur Designs launches shiny new website

blur Designs is starting to break the design agency world with it’s latest website, focusing on cutting the crap out of agencies. blur Designs are a crowdsourced design agency changing the game combining outrageous value with breakthrough vision and pace. With our latest website we focus on our innovative 1,2,3 system which takes any company [...]

[ More ] August 4th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

Entrepreneurs Chat

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/pRQYAZUahSA" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Entrepreneurs chat at the latest blur’d event about why they became Entrepreneurs and what their biggest issue is right now. Check out – http://innovatrs.com

[ More ] July 28th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Innovations, blur Marketing |

Death in Girotondo

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ke9icEBIGCU" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Angela Grimaldi is in danger. A hair raising moment of rebellion and Angelas circumstances change forever. Escaping the horror of a loveless marriage, Angela tries to start anew, but will she be able to build a new life in the watchful, traditional community in which she lives. Death [...]

[ More ] July 25th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Group, blur Media |

Innovatrs, Answer if you Dare

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/e3vQjGOzTEw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Innovatrs.net is a cool new place for entrepreneurs to hang. Keep up to date with the latest innovations – on and off the Web and learn about the coolest next generation companies and what they are doing. Check interviews with and stories about leading entrepreneurs – no holds [...]

[ More ] July 21st, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Group |

Kinetic Typography Video Production

Kinetic Typography or simply ‘moving text’ is an animation technique that brings together motion and type. The techniques history lies in film credits, the fore runner being Saul Bass in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959). Since then kinetic typography has become main stream within film industry. [kml_flashembed movie=" http://www.youtube.com/v/jIlqatMQSgI" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] [...]

[ More ] July 16th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs, blur Group |

blur Group

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/4av2pWhkaVw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] What is ‘blur’? ‘blur’ is a way of looking at things differently. It is a philosophy and reflection of contemporary times and the future that beckons or betrays. ‘blur’ is the most modern world. ‘blur’ best describes the nature of everything to be and that is. The planet [...]

[ More ] July 16th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Group |

b-uncut.com The Gallery Where Art Breaks

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1x5ujsIHEw" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] The worlds leading artist community has just become the Webs hottest art market. Join us if you dare – www.b-uncut.com. FAIRTRADE for Artists.

[ More ] July 14th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Creatives, blur Group |

b-uncut.net Artists Invited

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/jzLR4ibG4ug" width="440" height="270" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] b-uncut – where the worlds living artists hang online. Join us if you dare. www.b-uncut.net.

[ More ] July 10th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Creatives |

blur Designs

Design is rapidly moving from posters and toasters to include processes, systems, and organizations. Design is the accelerator for the company car, the power train for sustainable profits. Design drives innovation, innovation powers brand, brand builds loyalty, and loyalty sustains profits. If you want long-term profits, don’t start with technology—start with design. Start with blur [...]

[ More ] July 8th, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs |

Branding the bird

‘How important do you think branding your twitter profile is?’ This was the question asked of me at the latest blur’d Meetup. The answer is obvious, VERY IMPORTANT! Would you have a website or even a business card without your logo & branding applied to it? Of course not. Twitter should be seen as an [...]

[ More ] July 2nd, 2009 | View Comments | Posted in blur Designs |