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ColaLife AidPod is heading to the RSA

9 December 2009 | News, Projects, Video | 2 Comments

Earlier this year, The Workshop designed and built a giant ‘AidPod’ for the ColaLife campaign. Watch the video above to see how we did it.

The concept behind the campaign was dreamt up by Simon Berry and submitted to Google’s 10^100 project. It’s an absolute corker too.

The idea is to send aid to developing countries in specially shaped AidPods that slot nicely into crates of Coca Cola (whose distribution network happens to be more wide-reaching than any aid or health organisation).

Transported inside each AidPod will be health and hygiene products, including rehydration salts, vitamin tablets and condoms.

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The Workshop picks up three Cream Awards for Roundabout’s annual report – including the Grand Prix!

13 November 2009 | News, Projects | 2 Comments

The Transport font used on the report's wraparound features on all British road signs

The Transport font used on the report's wraparound features on all British road signs

Last night, Colin, one of our directors and Andrew, our design communications manager, travelled to Leeds for the annual Cream Awards, which are about recognising and rewarding design excellence in Yorkshire.

We’d entered the annual report that we created for Sheffield charity, Roundabout, into two categories: ‘Publications and Annual Reports’ and ‘Craft’ – we came up trumps in both!

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When The Workshop met Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown (on the same day)

30 October 2009 | News, Projects | No Comments

Left: Nick Clegg and Mark. Right: Gordon Brown with Morrisons staff.

Left: Nick Clegg and Mark. Right: Gordon Brown with Morrisons staff.

The Workshop has been rubbing shoulders with some of the UK’s highest and mightiest this past couple of weeks.

Last Thursday, Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, popped in to our Sheffield office to take a sneaky peek at the marvellous interactive whiteboard resources that we created for the Houses of Parliament website. Mark, one of our directors, showed him the ropes and shared the limelight (see image above) as part of a story for the Sheffield Star.

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