Folder design and inserts for AAH and the St Thomas Court Group - photos coming soon!
08.04.08 The Usual Studio launches a blog!
04.04.08 As well as being Approved Suppliers with Business Link we are now also Approved Suppliers with both the East of England Development Agency and LEGI Coventry.
08.02.08 We're looking for a Freelance Web Developer/ Programmer. Must be confident in PHP, HTML, CSS, XHTML standards, MySQL and JavaScript. Experience working with CMS, E-commerce systems, AJAX and Navicat.
Please email Charlee your CV, day rates and work samples. No agencies please!
06.02.08 This week we were invited by Coventry University to meet 3rd year Graphic Design students, and review their ISTD and Roses Competition entries. The evening was really enjoyable, some talented students and great work on show. Good luck to all the students I met!
23.01.08 New work for East of England Development Agency + postcard book From the Midlands with Love.
10.01.08 We are now an Approved Supplier with Business Link in the West Midlands. Any new or existing clients which meet Business Links criteria will be able to access up to 50% funding towards the cost of using The Usual Studio for design or marketing work. Please contact Charlee to find out more.
09.01.08. We're on a roll - we have secured one new client every week for the last four weeks. A very good start to the year! P.S: our telephone is now back up and running.
02.01.08. Happy New Year to all our friends and clients - we're back to work and excited for the year ahead!
Please note - We are currently changing our telephone supplier, so our landline will be out of action until 04.01.08. If you are trying to contact us please either email or ring 077251 98814
17.12.07. Festive Season Dates - We are closed from 20/12/07, Reopen 02/01/08.
We hope all our friends and clients have a wonderful Christmas & New Year!
11.12.07. A few updates to our site, including some very flattering testimonials. Also photos and video from our recent YCN photoshoot, in a forest, playing swing ball with a Piñata...intrigued?
16.11.07. New branding work for Macro Mind, we're currently working on other projects for this exciting new company.
Book Updates - 'From the Midlands with Love' postcard book now in production, due to launch in the new year. The 50 Piñata Challenge is now underway - photos of our participation coming soon...
02.11.07. Were in! We have been invited by YCN to take part in an exciting new project called The 50 Piñata Challenge. Our challenge is to break open a Piñata in an interesting way, photograph the process, the results will then be recorded in a new book. We cant wait to get started on this project!
11.10.07. Good news - our submission for the 'From the Midlands with Love' postcard book has been successful! The book will be distributed to key industry players nationwide, including the top design, marketing, advertising and communication agencies, so it's a big opportunity for us to promote the usual studio.
08.10.07. Busy month for us, two birthdays and lots of new work to show. Have a look at our submission for Media Content Lab's - 'From the Midlands with Love' postcard book. We've also been developing new self promotional work- here is a sneak preview of our new poster.
More new work in the pipeline - further updates soon...
17.09.07. Hello to everyone we met at this weekends ArtsFest in Birmingham. Our stall sold handmade canvas bags, limted edition prints and paintings, all of which can still be bought in our nifty online shop!
31.08.07. New carnival photos added. The Usual Studio brochure has also been updated with our most recent work.
29.08.07. The Usual Studio has joined a partnership with Coventry Growth Initiatives to develop their Ethnic Communities Online project.
20.08.07. New freelance designer joins The Usual Studio! Martin is a talented Graphic Designer and Photographer, check out some of his work in our new Photography section. Martin has just designed and project managed the CSW Sport Annual Report. We also just collaborated on a self promotional postcard for The Usual Studio, combining Photography, Illustration and Design.
20.07.07. We have been invited to exhibit at Artsfest the UK's biggest free arts festival, which takes place from the 14th-16th September. Last year they had over 100,000 visitors so it should be a great event. More details to follow soon...
17.07.07. New Shop opens today selling limited edition prints and usual studio canvas bags.
16.07.07. Check out our banner design on Arts & Pop Culture website Lost At E Minor.
07.07.07. Launch of our brand new studio website!
05.07.07. Advert designed by The Usual Studio in this months Computer Arts Magazine.