You love it or hate it! We’ll I’ve always loved it, (correction I preferred Bovril for a couple of weeks when I was a nipper) and especially love the recent Queen’s Jubilee connection with the launch of the limited edition Ma’amite. Celebrating 60 years of Britishness, Ma’amite was launched on 3rd April via Facebook but our [...]
As the sun was shining, for a change, I ceased the opportunity to build a quick solution for shoe/storage in our hallway…
A somewhat unusual request landed in my inbox recently, and I couldn’t resist;
Skiing in France…
I’ve been reading these brilliant books recently, highly recommended – you can buy them direct from A Book Apart.
I challenge anyone to disagree that this is a genius piece of creativity, no doubt currently virally weaving its way around the globe to achieve further coverage too…!
Manchester United sign Casillero del Diablo in sponsorship deal, really?
Today I’ve shipped off printed marketing materials for Huntsman’s exhibition stand at the upcoming In-Cosmetics exhibition in Barcelona.
I’m really pleased today, as an existing client has chosen us to redevelop their 18 month old website, to reflect a slight change in direction and strategy for their business.
The City of Bordeaux recently asked its citizens to design the Bike of the Future for its public bike rental system.
Have just arrived home from another great week in Val d’Isere, this time however with my first proper injury in over 10 years of snowboarding and skiing.
Today I’ve been excitedly working on my biggest exhibition stand to date, for Huntsman’s presence at the upcoming In-Cosmetics show in Barcelona.
I probably receive at least one of these offers every month, however am unable to use them as they must be for new Adwords accounts…
Today I have sent off the final approved artwork for a new advertising campaign for the worlds 3rd largest chemical company, Huntsman.
The girlfriend and I have for several years considered ‘investing’ in a camper van, although we’re doing pretty well at continually putting it off.
The Hotel Russell is a four star hotel, located on Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, owned and operated by the Principal Hayley Group.
I’ve been working with Innventure, owners of six pub/restaurant businesses throughout the South of England, for over 5 years…
Today I’ve launched my biggest Drupal-based website, a product-specific site for LINKFresh…
Today I’ve been busy launching one of Ideas by Eden’s most exciting websites to date, Featurespace.co.uk.
Today marks the end of our first family skiing holiday, a what a huge success its been! Both Jessica and Natalie have enjoyed their lessons, and can ski, we’ve had several picnics up the hill, a few nice evenings out, a roaring open fire and some great company. Roll on next year!
I test drove one of these today, and loved every minute of it.
On January 19, 2012, the snow industry lost an icon. Sarah Burke, freeskiing pioneer, six-time X Games gold medalist, beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt and friend passed away.
Today I received a new and exciting estimate request from the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.
When a client recently asked if his website could be hosted from within the EC2 London postcode area, my response was immediate, ‘I shouldn’t think that will be too much hassle’.
I’m pulling together some pricing today for Ubisense, the real-time location systems and geospatial consulting specialists, for the production of their bi-monthly customer newsletter called Inside Positions.
2011 has been a year of changes at Google, as there were revision and tweaks to algorithms all through, as well as many updates that were aimed at refining the user experience and increasing user loyalty.
Microsoft has reportedly celebrated the demise of its Internet Explorer version 6 application by baking a cake, as announced by BBC on 4th January. Read more here
Its of no surprise that when asked to pitch for an internal communications project for Hewlett Packard, I got a little excited!
CamGas in Cambridge have delivered on their promise to have our new fire fitted before Christmas…
This fast-growing, exciting restaurant and food business was launched and headed by Italian gastronome Antonio Carluccio.
I enjoyed launching our biggest ASP.NET website today, see www.excellar.co.uk.
Today I developed a quick logo for a new project of West Runton Holiday’s, and I’ll look forwards to building the relationship and hopefully working on some exciting projects…
We’ve always thought that the BBC has a responsibility as a leader in the world of communication, and knowing that they’ll have the money and resources to do things right! Its always interesting to see what the BBC does with their own website, and this latest update hasn’t failed to surprise. It feels more social [...]
I had a lovely chat with David at Pure Resourcing Solutions (Histon) today (thanks Joanna Bromwich for the recommendation) about the possibility of helping them to develop a mobile-friendly website…
Exsif appointed Ideas by Eden in October to develop a trade advertising campaign, which I’ve been busy producing over the last couple of weeks.
“A true understanding of my business requirements. The team at Ideas by Eden took a brief concept and created a unique brand image, website and stationary that has been a key success factor in securing new clients for Advanced Consultancy Solutions Ltd. Personable, honest and a strong ability to translate their creative skills into business [...]
From time to time I like to share examples of good work that I have found, here are some beautiful websites that I found during Novembers 2011;
We’re thinking of moving into offices pretty soon, and when we do will certainly require a phone system of one type or another. I’ve recently been looking into the benefits of taking on a VoIP system before we move into new offices, so that we’ll be able to transfer calls between one another within our [...]
I took a call from Sagentia today about developing some Microsoft Office templates for them…
Apple posted a black-and-white photo of Jobs in his iconic black turtleneck and round-rimmed glasses, on a stark white background.
Flash has had a turbulent couple of years, with Apple dropping support in 2010 as it caused Macs to crash, and now Microsoft dropping a bombshell of their own, reporting that new Windows 8 tablets will not support Flash – Flash will continue to be supported in Windows Desktop and the desktop version of Internet [...]
This was a little family project that was inspired by our trip to Rome earlier in the year…
For a number of clients now I have helped to make the most of their Linked In connections, its easy!
“A logo derives its meaning and usefulness from the quality of that which it symbolize”
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I have today abseiled, with my business partner David Robins, 80 ft down the Guildhall in Cambridge, to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (EACH).
Everybody knows of the Yellow Pages; it’s been around since the 60’s when it was first published within the General Post Office’s telephone directory, and has since become almost a British institution…
I’ve helped to produce a range of materials over the last few weeks for the relaunch of the Blue Lion pub/restaurant in Hardwick, not least their new brand identity which has already helped to lift the image of this once popular village facility.
I recently received a really useful mailing from Fontworks promoting a specific typeface, called Heinmann, but which helps to explain to typography novices some of the challenges of type today. And I loved it so much that its on the wall in the studio…
Since launching Ideas by Eden a number of years ago, I’ve had to from time to time wear many different hats, but one of my favourite is my search engine optimisation, or SEO, hat.
We all enjoy, well I certainly do, the odd pat on the back from time to time; “Ideas by Eden were recommended to me when I was developing the visual brand for my new business. I’ve never met the team and our professional relationship is conducted by email, but they intuitively know exactly what I [...]
I wanted a bigger shed, simple really, but kind of underestimated how long it would take to build my own!
I was invited by Bunch to enter a competition to design their new brand, which subsequently went viral and resulted in over 1000 submissions. Bunch is a well known collective of creatives in all different disciplines, and it was an exciting project to be involved with. The brief was tight, focusing on the B…
I’ve become a member of the British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute for IT.
I launched Hostbridge recently to provide a website and email hosting service for SME’s.
I was invited by Bradshaws, one of Cambridge’s leading estate agents, to pitch for a new property development.
Believe it or not this was my first real DIY project, other than the common tasks like decorating or hanging pictures on the wall.
31 Cambridge Road was purchased by my partner Natalie and I on Monday 14th July 2008.
In April 2007 I incorporated Ideas by Eden Ltd, a Cambridge-based graphic and website design and marketing agency.
Not one of my proudest moments but at least another string to the bow – I’m now qualified to carry out Portable Appliance Testing… yawn, yawn!
I have today become an official member of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).
I moved into my second house, 72 Eden Street, on 5th May 2006.
Christian Scott is a freelance graphic designer based in Cambridge, UK.
This was my first mortgaged property, purchased in Feb 2002 (ish) in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.