We’ve been working with Warrington Public Health for over a year now adapting national campaigns to a local audience for many health related conditions. We’re now devising two new, separate public health campaigns for mental health and the promotion of smokefree services in the workplace. In terms of social marketing these campaigns are in the early stages of development but …
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We’ve recently started working with this NHS Foundation Trust and have enjoyed being able to deliver some engaging corporate materials for a couple of high profile services – Diabetes and Dementia Care. Both of these issues require a sensitive approach that is both generic and direct to appeal to a wide demographic. Working closely with leads in both of these …
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Tobacco Free Futures, formerly known as Smokefree North West is an influential organisation, campaigning to make smoking history for children in the North West and beyond. We’re proud to have responsibility for a lot of the corporate design work for this pioneering organisation and enjoyed updating their brand in late 2011 to subtly reflect a change in campaign focus and …
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This NHS Trust is local to Soft Octopus Design Studio and with Andrew’s 20+ year background working in design for the NHS it makes sense that we continue to work on the design of a wide variety of materials with them. Soft Octopus has worked with LCH since its formation in 2012 and worked previously with many of its staff …
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Creative direction and design were provided for Sahir House’s Now+then: Three decades of HIV on Merseyside project over a three year period culminating in multimedia installations at Museum of Liverpool and Central Library. This large project was funded with a Heritage Lottery grant which allowed for a lot of creativity and experimentation. This was an ideal project because of our …
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Parkhaven Trust is a charity based in Maghull that provides a wide range of services to support people with dementia, older people and people with learning and physical disabilities. It was established in 1888 and has an established reputation for excellence in care. Over decades, dozens of logo variants and resources had been produced and our first job was to …
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Soft Octopus Design Studio has worked on several large-scale exhibitions for National Museums Liverpool. Commissions include gallery and marketing design work for prestigious exhibitions such as the Terracotta Warriors, John Moores Painting Prize, Kaleidoscope Contemporary Sculpture Show and Turner Prize winner, Lubaina Himid’s Naming the Money exhibition. The above commissions, and other projects have been installed across the city in …
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Our reputation and a nice recommendation got us work with this new client and we’ve enjoyed working on several pieces of work for print and online that has involved devising a range of infographics to simplify complex systems and structures. Reports, posters and optimised PDF files for use online have been devised using CWP’s NHS sub-brand that includes its own …
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Music is part of what makes the creativity flow at Soft Octopus. When you visit, you’ll notice there’s a lot of music related design around the studio and it’s almost always playing in the background. Because of this interest, it’s a pleasure to be a regular writer, contributing articles and images about design and the music industry when it was …
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Artisan jewellery maker – Anthony Wong, has an established business in Liverpool’s Bluecoat Craft Centre where he creates a wide range of beautiful and unique pieces. Many years ago, I went to Anthony to have my own wedding ring designed and it was by complete coincidence that nearly a decade later I was able to return the creative favour. A …
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