14c Studio

There are various projects in the pipeline, including a new short film by 14c member Douglas King called ‘Data Entry’, where the whole team will play a part, both in front of, and behind the camera.

Unfortunately, combing your skills inevitably brings serious procrastination sessions, but hey these usually lead to moments of creative genius. That’s just what we do.

More moments of creative genius to follow…

Robert Burns Gifts' new logo

The new Robert Burns Gifts website is an e-commerce outlet for Robert Burns related products and memorabilia. The project involved:

• Brand and Logo Design
• E-commerce Website Design and Build
• Product Photography
• Social Media Set-up and Integration
• Printed Material Design

Visit the site at: www.robertburnsgifts.com

The Bagging Scotland Website

The new Bagging Scotland site is live in ‘beta’ stage, encouraging people to ‘bag’ Scottish Castles, Whisky Distilleries, Islands and Munros (mountains over 3,000ft) by visiting them and getting your photograph taken there to prove it.

The site is a fully-functional social network, providing all the familiar communication tools of social sites such as Facebook and Twitter, where ‘baggers’ can communicate and share their Bagging experiences. This then provides Baggers with a resource that can help them ascertain what, or where, they want to Bag next.

After they have Bagged something (or somewhere), Baggers can then provide their own Bagging feedback in the form of what Bagging Scotland like to call a ‘traveblog’ – their own customisable blog, based on the world-renowned blogging platform Wordpress.

What are you waiting for?! Sign up at www.bagging-scotland.com and go Bagging Scotland’s Castles, Whisky Distilleries, Island and Munros now!

The newly-released design will be the face of Glasgow for the next 4 years on the run-up to the city hosting the 20th Commonwealth Games, so expect to see it ALL the time!

Good! It’s crisp, recognisable and legible from far away and at small sizes, in fact, it’s everything a logo should be. AND it was designed in Scotland by Marque Creative. We should be proud!

Plus, now that the Transport Museum is finally closing in April to move to the fabulous new Riverside Museum (see photo below), as a potential host for some of the games in 2014, hopefully KelvinHall will get some much-needed attention and the expansion (into the old transport museum) it deserves. It has, after all, held some world-wide competitions recently, and this is how we welcome them? (see photo below)

Here’s to a positive outlook on the next 4 years for a change!

Coat o' Airms

It seems Bagging Scotland is really gathering momentum now, and with their uber-fancy Coat o’ Airms, it looks ever-more-likely that the projected launch at the end of March will go ahead.

We recently managed to add a staggering 6 items to our ‘Bag’ in one very eventful day, including 3 Malt Whisky Distilleries and 3 Castles.

The day started out (fairly) early at Glengoyne Distillery near Killearn, then followed a relatively short journey to Fintry where Culcreuch Castle was duly added to the ‘Bag’.

Sandwiches and snacks were had, then it was straight back into the temporary Baggin’ Waggon (the ‘real’ Baggin Waggon is on its way!) to travel north towards Callander, where a trip along a sneaky back-road to Doune saved some precious Bagging time in the busy daytime traffic (who would have thought eh, traffic in the highlands in FEBRUARY!) where the team also added Doune Castle and Deanston Distillery to their Bag.

Then it was further north again towards Crieff, where the Famous Grouse Experience was added to the Bag, before also adding Stirling Castle on the return journey to Glasgow.

The day was documented by 6 fabulous photos, providing real Bagging evidence:

Bagging Scotland is now on Flickr – you should join in the fun and post photos of you ‘bagging’ (photo of your face in front of the building, sign or distinctive landscape) your favourite Castles, Islands, Munros or Whisky Distilleries.

The Ship Website

The Ship (aka ‘The Ship On The Shore’) is a seafood restaurant and bar located on the Shore in Leith, Edinburgh.

The Ship’s identity was developed based on some existing features (such as the typeface ‘Kimberley’) and the newly-created art by Davy Macdonald that will feature on the restaurant’s own-brand champagne label.

Whether it’s just a drink and a light lunch you’re after, or our luxury seafood ‘orgy’, accompanied by our own Champagne, The Ship offers informal, understated excellence. We aim to supply Scotland’s best seafood dining experience.

The website is fully content-managed allowing the client to update the menus and other content on the site. A Twitter and LinkedIn account were created and integrated into the website to allow The Ship to use Social Marketing to target potential customers online.

Below you can see The Ship on the Shore at night:

Photo of The Ship at night, taken by Ramsay

The project was carried out in association with CullenSkink.

A section of the Graffiti

This is the latest in a getting-longer list of Graffiti by Sam Bates in the Glasgow City Council area, with projects also found in areas such as; under the Kingston Bridge and in the Merchant City.

Ramsay discovered the new spray-art during a late-afternoon stroll through Kelvingrove Park, and was so impressed, he returned the next day to capture all 90 metres of it with his camera.

He then ‘photoshopped’ all the images together for everyone to enjoy, as you can see below.

To Sam Bates (and anyone else interested) – I have a high-resolution version of this stitched-together photograph/image, if you are interested get in touch with me – Ramsay

Let’s hope it a sign of things to come from Glasgow City Council, with more stunning street-art brightening up our sometimes gloomy surroundings.

PS: Sorry Sam, I couldn’t find a link to you anywhere on the web, otherwise I would’ve linked your name. Perhaps you’d like a website or something digital to keep a record of all your work?!

Aim high and make it your life’s work to bag Scotland’s 3,000(ish) Castles or why not try to bag ALL of Scotland’s 95 inhabited Islands in a year? By Bagging the 85 Malt Whisky Distilleries in Scotland, you’ll just happen to pass through some of Scotlands best scenery which is full of Castle culture, history and heritage as well. It’s simple, with Bagging Scotland.

The Bagging Scotland team will use a modified VW Transporter, AKA 'The Baggin Waggon', to tour Scotland and in the process 'bag' lots and lots of Whisky Distilleries and maybe some Castles, Munros and Islands too.

For instance, if Islands are your bag, Island Bagging’s website will enable you to put up your own blog, post photos or videos or demonstrate your recent Island conquests, all on your own Bagging Scotland page. If you’ve got a photo of you at the ferry terminal sign at Tobermory or at a recognised Island landmark like the Mishnish bar, then you’ve Bagged Mull! You can compete against others, find out the REAL truths about the Islands and see how others have Bagged the islands, to decide which one you’d like to do next! It’s the same with all our sites. Interactive, educational, organic and above all, great fun.

Build up your own exciting Island Bagging travelogue, get advice from others, develop friendships with liked minded people and be part of Scotland’s newest tourism trail.

Are you Gaggin’ to go Baggin’? Soon, you can!

Bagging Scotland is co-founded by Victor Brierley (of CullenSkink) and Ramsay MacFarlane (yes, that’s me!) and we are currently in the process of developing the business model and concept to attract investors, ready for launch in March 2010.

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival website.

The festival consisted of a multitude of arts and film events, aimed at transforming attitudes towards mental health, taking place across Scotland from the 1 – 22 October 2009.

Ramsay worked with the SMHAFF team in 2009, developing their website and design materials (in association with O Street).

Allanfauld Farm is a family farm run by Archie and Libby MacGregor, situated close to the town of Kilsyth, deep in the heart of the Scottish countryside.

The Allanfauld Farm Website

The MacGregors have been farming the land on and around the Kilsyth Hills since 1926 and wanted to bring their business into the 21st Century with a new brand and website to display their Livestock and Accommodation services.

Ramsay overcame the problem of accurately reflecting both the Livestock and the Accommodation aspects of Allanfauld Farm by neutralising the look of the brand. Instead of displaying the contrasting graphical representations of each of the services,  the fact that Allanfauld Farm is based in Scotland and has a rich Scottish heritage was promoted as the main selling point.

This was achieved with the use of a small amount of the MacGregor tartan and an image of the Saltire Flag, the National Flag of Scotland. The brand is also photography-rich, helping draw focus towards Allanfauld Farm’s location and heritage.

Allanfauld Farm

The newly-designed Allanfauld Farm brand was also applied to a fully Content-Managed Website to allow the client to update their livestock and photos online, with access to a latest-news facility to keep visitors to the website informed on events and news.