Proudly born in the Caribbean and Creatively spiced on the wild Cornish Coast Southwestern Distillery’s Twin Fin is a premium craft rum inspired by the contemporary beach culture of Cornwall. Named after the classic nimble twin fin surfboard we created a visual identity that referenced 70s Caribbean surf graphics styling with a fluid ‘fast and […]
Algebra Drinks are obsessed with making simply beautiful drinks, their Extra Dry Coffee Liqueur is made from aged Caribbean Rum, freshly ground coffee and unrefined cane sugar and nothing else. The brand’s name Algebra is from Medieval Latin and Arabic meaning ‘reunion, connection, blending’. Buddy developed the core Algebra ‘A’ drop monogram and framed this onto the […]
The National Institute of Medical Herbalists the UK’s largest, and oldest regulator of herbal practitioners promotes the benefits, the efficacy and the safe use of herbal medicine. With an increasing number of people choosing a more holistic approach to their health and well-being, the institute needed to stand out as the go-to ‘Natural Authority’ for all-things herbal […]
The FAB Awards – International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards – are pleased to announce the Jury Chairs for the 22nd edition of the awards. The International awards programme that is focused entirely on work done for Food and Beverage brands, will be held on May 20, 2020 in London. The awards, supported by Google […]
‘MarComm Celebrates…’ is a feature series highlighting the leaders from the Marketing, Advertising, Media and Design Industries. Today we feature a design studio that has been excelling in their field for 11-years now — Buddy Creative, which was established by David Jones and Mark Girvan. Can you take us on Buddy’s 11-year journey so far? […]
What do you get when you put peanut butter on a bicycle? No, not a slippery saddle. Or a crunchy cogset. Butter Bike Co is an Exeter-based one-woman peanut butter production line and delivery service, on two wheels. Jeni Reeve set out in 2017, making delicious, homemade peanut butter and delivering to customers locally, under […]
It’s not quite reached the levels of consumption that had Hogarth picking up his etching needle in the 1750s, but a craze for gin has gripped the UK. In 2017, sales of bottles of gin in the nation rose by more than a quarter on the previous year. The thirst for new flavours and small-batch […]
When Buddy Creative paid a visit to Cornish Orchards for the first time in 2011, they met the real deal: a truly artisan, farm-based cider-producer still operating at a smallish scale, supplying shops and destinations in the West Country. Their branding system for the company brought consistency and uniformity across the range and changed their […]
Brand evolutions can be a tricky business, especially when the brand you’re meant to be evolving is already doing very well for itself. How to move the whole forward while keeping most of the constituent parts the same? That was the task put forward to design studio, Buddy Creative by Molson Coors-owned brewery, Sharp. In the case of […]