The Battle of Canary Wharf

It was 1pm on Saturday 25th October as the troops assembled at the agreed location outside the Paintball Centre in Canary Wharf. Although we had to endure an intricate maze of paths in order to get to the meeting point, our spirits were high and we had our minds set on victory. Ten minutes of briefing and one set of padded vests later, some of us were starting to fear the 3 hours that were to come... Holding our heads high, we entered the battle field, determined to give the 'other lot' a run for their money.

We emerged three hours later - muddy, exhausted and covered in paint but with adrenalin pumping and an amazing time behind us. I must admit we sustained some minor injuries (some cuts and bruises, fractured ribs... you know, that kind of thing) - as they say, you should've seen the other guys!

Team Building

I'm sure everyone has been to a so-called 'team building event' at some point in your lives. You know the type of thing - the whole company unites in some superficial activity or another in an attempt to 'solidify' interpersonal relationships (usually through small talk)...

At Higher Ground, we have our own idea of team building and so we are going paintballing this Saturday. What could solidify interpersonal relationships within the company better than a day of shooting paint balls at each other and presumably a whole lot of pain?

Watch this space for pictures of the team on our amazing adventure! Or of those of us that survive anyway.........

Getty Images promotion banner for October/November

Don't you just love it when you get free stuff? Here at Higher Ground HQ we have recently finished the new October/November banner for the Getty Images UK site. Getty Images are using our banner both for the main banner spot on the UK Home Page AND for the same spot on the Creative section's Home Page.

For the promotion, there is a choice between two gifts when you spend £200 or more on Royalty-free and Royalty-managed images. The choice of gift is either a Moleskine sketchbook or a Tengu singing robot. Follow the link below and check out the cool demo of the Tengu singing robot. Guaranteed entertainment.

By the way, have I mentioned that our banner is going on the Getty Images HOME PAGE?

www.gettyimages.co.uk

New Addition to the Team

Things have been rather hectic here at HQ lately and we had decided it was time to get some help from the outside world. So, after a thorough search of the market, we have found our new team member. Elizabeth is in charge of all the important bits that sometimes make the rest of us bounce off the walls. She is settling well into the 'Higher Ground ways' and there's no way back from there!

To read more about Elizabeth (or the rest of the team), please visit our team biography page.

60-minute Makeover

We have been thinking of making the office a little bit more 'designy' and creative for a while. But between suggestions of painting the walls orange and having photos of all of us on a night out, we just couldn't figure out the direction we should be heading. It's one thing designing a logo or website but interior design seems to be a whole new ball game.

Recently, the team had decided that the white boards, maps and Banksy pictures just don't cut it anymore! So, the long awaited office facelift is now under way. As the first step, we've let the designers loose on one of the walls. Have a look at the images below and let us know what you think!

Icing On The Cake

It’s always a bit strange to see a piece of your work implemented in another medium. You know the type of thing I mean – your poster design as an animated banner, a character sketch as a full-size mascot… or, as in our case, a logo as the icing on a birthday cake.


We’d recently designed the below logo for the 10th birthday of an investment management consultancy firm and imagine our surprise when it was used not only for invitations and name tags as we expected, but also on the cake! Have a look at the original and ‘sugary’ logo and let us know what you think.

Could this mark the beginning of Higher Ground Baking…?