The FreshSpark Creative Blog

We have worked with many companies in the last 3 years and have enjoyed creating logos and brand identities to help these companies move forwards. Our process of progressively developing the brand and identity of a company profile has helped start-ups launch and existing companies expand alike.

We provide a creative service designing and developing logos in a collaborative process with our clients. We immerse ourselves in research about your company name and identity and work closely with you to mature the perfect visual brand.

For small and start up companies we offer a £90 service which involves 3 stages of development to create a series of logos in popular file formats.

For larger companies, we offer a £750 corporate identity package which includes research, sketches, various stages of development and an abundance of choice. The design process will be catalogued to keep everyone involved in the loop and ultimately the mature logo will be supplied in a range of formats with a brand guideline document.

We can then apply that brand to a range of marketing media to give your company or project a profile which commands a professional look and premium prices.

If you require a new logo, require an old logo to be updated or are looking for a complete overhaul of your company’s profile, then please get in touch using our contact page

Happy new year to all from FreshSpark creative, we hope you had a sufficiently indulgent holiday and are feeling ready for what 2012 has lined up.

have you been meaning to get that website up and running?

perhaps your business cards or branded stationary need replacing?

maybe it’s time to refresh your company image altogether, to bring it up to date and help get you noticed in 2012?

we have worked tirelessly during 2011 to help illuminate the projects of our clients.

check out our portfolio of work.

You can also get in touch with us by using our contact form.

Over the last 2 & 1/2 Years, FreshSpark creative has provided people from all over the UK with websites, graphic design and marketing materials such as business cards, posters, leaflets and flyers.

Each project is designed and developed uniquely and this can often lead to varied prices for each project we work on.

We have reviewed all of our past projects and worked out the average amount our clients have paid for different types of work.

These prices are provided only as a guideline and a more accurate estimate is provided once we have been informed of the client’s specifications.

Graphic Design & Print Prices

Again the prices of these example websites have been standardised to give an average price, you can expect to pay roughly 25% more or less depending on your requirements.

Web Design & Online Prices

I have to help spread the word about this amazing series of videos, titled ‘Live the Language’. They were created by designer Albin Holmqvist (who did the type) and director Gustav Johansson & commissioned by Education First. This video campaign is easily amongst the most remarkable creative marketing projects that I have seen in the last 12 months. The combination of dreamy cinematography, optimistic audio and most importantly for me, well designed typography, creates a memorable experience that I just can’t stop thinking about.

The videos promote lifestyles in different cultures around the world, following an individual student’s experience in a new and exciting environment. The student in each video has a flawlessly positive time meeting good looking, happy people & exploring elements of life unique to the culture of which the video highlights. Amongst the optimism, carefully selected stills are dropped amongst the footage with well illustrated typography overlaying the footage, its like the coolest language lesson you have ever had.

EF – Live The Language – London from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Each video executes the main selling point beautifully – Learning Languages at Education First’s many international educational program centres – to help people study abroad and explore other cultures.

You can watch 9 of the videos here but with a little searching there are more about. If you enjoy the videos let us know on twitter or facebook.

Well the chances of a late ‘Indian Summer’ look less likely than a lottery win. It is miserable in Buxton today, foggy, soggy and most of us are feeling disappointed about the summer that never happened. Do you feel like you need a little something to take you through the next couple of months? Well here are a couple of suggestions to reinvigorate yourself in the run up to Christmas.

We’re excited to announce that we have our first CubeCart 5 site in development & we are thrilled with the results so far. The system is much easier to modify and supports some great features using JQuery which helps bring the website to life with regards to the customer’s user experience. For those of you not in the loop, CubeCart is an E-Commerce platform to help you sell your digital & tangible goods to customers regardless of their geographic location. You add your products and tag them in different categories to help potential customers browse, search, compare and most importantly pay for goods with a secure payment gateway.

Our latest E-Commerce project is for ‘The Home Boutique’, who specialise in Home Decor & Ornaments to help make your Home feel unique. It is important that the images do the talking for this website, so we have suggested some ‘Roll Over’ features to help a user focus on products which take their attention without leaving the gallery which they are browsing through.

For past examples of our CubeCart systems, check our E-Commerce Services Page. If you would like any further details then please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will run you through our services.

Another bit of excitement comes in the form of Lime Cube Marketing’s “A Twist of Lime”, a service designed to route the path between your current position and where you want to take your business. The service includes a consultation to realise your unique strengths and weaknesses, Live assisstance throughout the week to help you get unstuck, a “living” marketing plan created in collaboration with Lime Cube and a weekly task list to help you make the most out of your business. If you aren’t convinced then give the 10 day free trial a go (And mention FreshSpark pointed you in their direction!)

Well thanks for reading and I hope you find this information useful. If you would like to keep in touch with FreshSpark and receive our updates in the future, you can sign up to our newsletter by submitting your name and e-mail address in the form below. Cheers!

Our latest work comes in the form of PeakDistrictHolidayHomes.com, a WordPress powered website which contains information, maps, directions, photographs and a system to help customers reserve a booking. The accommodation itself is a luxuriously furnished flat based in Litton Mill, which has been restored twice after fires destroyed much of the property. The Mill was fairly famous, attracting a visit from the queen, unfortunately most of its reputation was based around the appalling conditions that children were made to work in.

The attractive village of Litton Mill is located on the River Wye just a few miles from the heart of the Peak District. Litton Mill is situated on the Monsal Trail, and the area boasts spectacular views of the twin viaducts that once carried powerful steam locomotives from London to Manchester as part of the Midlands Line. The old line now forms an 8.5 mile walking/cycling trail that meanders along the hills above the River Wye. The owners challenged us to take a photo from the top of the hill, to give a sort of aerial shot impression.

It was a great opportunity to get our pale complexions under the warm spring sunshine whilst still technically being at work. We missed the only bridge for a couple of miles so ended up rolling up our trousers and wading through the river, which I wouldn’t recommend in March as it felt fairly fresh. We then continued to scramble up the side of the hill, to get a vantage point for the ‘aerial’ shots of the mill. It may not have been the most sensible way to get up there, but we were done and dusted a lot sooner than it would have taken, had we gone the sensible way. The day was completed with lunch at the angler’s rest in nearby Miller’s Dale.

We originally met UK Actress & Voice over artist Ciara Janson (best know for her role as Nicole Owen in Hollyoaks) when she performed at Buxton Opera House, appearing in a Christmas pantomime. Her website at the time was nothing more than a contact page and we got her interested in upgrading by offering to organise a photoshoot by popular Buxton-based photographer Rosie Hardy at a luxury mansion located in the Peak District National Park.

We looked into sourcing clothing from all over the UK and 2 designers that we found ultimately provided the outfits for the shoot – Wild Dinosaur Fashion and Brett Russell. Jewellery was provided by Jantar of Buxton and we also acquired the services of stylist Leanne from Salon One.

The weather was kind to us and it turned out to be a great day. Rosie’s images required a little further editing to help them work for the website, as we spent plenty of time in the FreshSpark office brain storming and maturing our ideas for the user interface.

The real time stretching of the background image presented more problems than we had anticipated when using the website on an old low resolution monitor and more modern larger wide-screen monitors. We eventually found a compromise which we were happy with and went live. Unfortunately Ciara has only made basic contributions to the site in the 10 months since going live, obviously a bit disappointing that such a great site is not being used to its full potential.

Go and take a look at http://www.ciarajanson.com