The team from The Right Side has joined forces with GA so here is everything you need to know about our new (very artistic) designer:

Name:
Adrian Wladyslaw James Kuznicki

Position in the company:
Designer

Describe yourself in 3 words:
Really ridiculously good-looking

Who is your favourite musician?
At the moment it’s a guy called Alex G

What is your biggest achievement?
Meeting Michael Flatley

If you could be anyone famous for a day, who would you be and what would you do?
I’d be Gigi Hadid and I’d just twerk in a room full of mirrors all day

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would buy?
A beer

What superpower would you most like to have?
The ability to shapeshift

Would you rather change gender every time you sneezed or not be able to tell the difference between a muffin and a baby?
Change gender every time I sneezed

Where in the world would you most like to visit?
Either Iceland or India

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Someone who could entertain me with magic while we eat, so maybe David Blaine

What was the last lie you told?
I never lie

What was the last picture you took on your phone?
A photo of my niece, nephew and mum

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After 6 months of interviews, workshops, sweat and beers, we’re chuffed to have celebrated the launch of a new brand and website for Seddons, the West End law firm, at their summer party in Portman Square last week.

Several people displayed a huge amount of interest at the party, with the new website being showcased on oversized iPads. People, either from Seddons or other companies, were able to use the interactive site and look through the different pages.

We asked our Account Manager, Luke Bowler, a few questions on the process of rebranding Seddons’ website.

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Over the last 6 months, Graphic Alliance has been liaising with the brilliant mind behind FACEGYM, Inge Theron, and her team to create a completely new website for them.

For those of you who might not have heard of FACEGYM, you’re in for a treat! Graphic Alliance’s Executive Assistant recently went for a treatment and not only is it utterly unique, but the results are amazing.

Take a look at the different pages on the new site. We briefly spoke to FACEGYM’s Marketing Manager who was chuffed with the results.

“Working with GA was a unique experience. They were on hand at any point of the day to clear up any issues or problems. The transition was very smooth and they were able to accommodate all of our requests. The homepage was much more user-friendly. They took into consideration the fact that many people visit the site on their mobile and made the navigation easier and more enjoyable. “  - Lauren Barnett, Marketing Manager at FACEGYM

We asked our Account Executive, Scarlett Marshall, some questions surrounding the Facegym revamp:

What was most exciting about working with a company like FACEGYM?

FACEGYM offers a totally unique service in a thriving market. As explained in the homepage, we are constantly toning and working on our figure at the gym, it never occurred to me to do the same to my face.

They were very interesting to work with as it is a service that we have not come across before.

What was your plan going forward?

From the word go, FACEGYM were amazing to work with. Lauren and Michele were very organised, arranging weekly calls to update each other on the project. We were briefed and introduced to the team and from there we analysed the market that FACEGYM operated in as well as their current website. We took the existing branding and applied it to the new website with a fresh and innovative feel.

How does the result differ from before?

The website has developed and changed a lot since the start of the project. The homepage is much brighter, making it more inviting. The new site as a whole has allowed customers to easily navigate throughout as well as allowing the clients, Lauren and Michele to edit the content quickly and easily.

We believe Facegym is the way forward for a younger and healthier face! We are looking forward to seeing their success continue.

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It’s been an eventful week at Graphic Alliance as we celebrated two birthdays, had one delicious barbecue, and numerous beers! Everyone has been working hard on various projects so it was a great way to wind down and enjoy the sun.

One of our lovely Partners, Tom, celebrated his birthday with our equally lovely designer, Alice. In true GA style, we blasted the ‘happy birthday’ music on the speakers and presented them with cakes and attention.

With the sun deciding to make an appearance, we took it upon ourselves to cook another barbeque. The last one we had was so successful that we bought double the amount of food this time, including hot dogs, corn, and burgers.

It turns out that four people at GA are vegetarian, so our very trusty developer, Gobind, brought in some home-cooked vegan burgers! They were so popular that we almost didn’t even put on the beef burgers.

After managing to get the barbeque started, everyone gathered on the roof to enjoy the endless amount of food and beers. It was a great evening spent together before we all got back to work the following morning!

We are definitely hoping the sun stays for more than a week this time! However, I predict the umbrellas will be out again next week.

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The last weekend of summer has come and gone this year and we thought we would show you what the GA team got up to this bank holiday. Some of us stayed in London and enjoyed Notting Hill Carnival, whilst others went to explore other places.

Frankie, our Executive Assistant, enjoyed her bank holiday weekend in Paris! She spent her weekend walking around the Luxembourg Gardens (Jardin de Luxemburg, pictured above) and eating her body weight in food. She also visited the Louvre (pictured below) and explored the beautiful city in 31-degree heat!

Our finance manager, Sidra, went to visit Stonehenge, one of the ancient wonders of the world (pictured below). Although Sidra’s excuse for going was ‘We had nothing better to do’, its amazing and unique design is definitely an excuse to go!

Sidra came back with some interesting facts about the design, for one, she told us it was built in several stages and altogether, it took over 500 years! All this work took place between 3,000 BC and 2,500 BC. However, this is just a theory and we cannot be sure of the exact timings. Sidra is actually in this photo below but you can’t see her as she is only 4 ft 9!

Another person who explored a different place in the UK was our marketing manager, Keiran, who went to Glasgow. Keiran is moving to Scotland soon, and now we know why! Here is a lovely picture he took of The Falls of Clyde (below).

He also went to visit New Lanark, a beautiful site attached to the Falls of Clyde. He spotted a couple of badgers and otters but didn’t quite manage to get them in the photo below! New Lanark has quite a bit of history linked to it, it was founded in 1786 by cotton mill builder, David Dale.

Our wonderful Account Executive, Scarlie went to Cornwall to visit some friends on the long weekend and it looked like she had an amazing time! She went for long, peaceful walks along the coastal paths and enjoyed the sun with her countless dogs! She also went paddle boarding, which is where she encountered this lovely dolphin (pictured below). How incredible to be in England and being able to spot such a beautiful creature!

Who knew that people here at GA were so interested in the sites of the world and exploring different parts of it! Let us know what you did on the bank holiday weekend, we would love to know where else is worth visiting!

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Graphic Alliance is sad to announce that our intern, Amy, is leaving us. Amy did a 1-month internship within our accounts team, and although we knew of her plans to travel, we were secretly hoping she would cancel her AMAZING trip to stay here with us! (GA might have some attachment issues…)

Amy has been a huge help here and we couldn’t thank her enough for all the hard work she has put in. She has helped to redesign the GA website, allowing her to be as creative as she wanted, and she has helped out on a fair amount of work for a number of clients.

Amy will definitely be remembered as bubbly, fun, and lovely! We asked her the traditional GA questions, here are her answers:

Position in the company:
Accounts Intern.

Describe yourself in 3 words:
Loyal, fun, hardworking.

Who is your favourite musician?
Kendrick Lamar.

What is your biggest achievement?
Getting a 1st Class Honours from Bristol.

If you could be anyone famous for a day, who would you be and what would you do?
I would be Theresa May for the day so I could propose nationwide legislation for 3 day weekends.

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would buy?
A flat in London.

What superpower would you most like to have?
Invisibility so I could spy on people.

Would you rather change gender every time you sneezed or not be able to tell the difference between a muffin and a baby?
Change gender every time I sneezed. I would hate to eat a baby by accident.

Where in the world would you most like to visit?
Central and South America.

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
David Attenborough because he’s been all over the world and I bet he’s an incredible storyteller.

What was the last lie you told?
That I’m amazing at cooking.

What was the last picture you took on your phone?
A sunset view across the Thames from the balcony of the flat I’m staying in.

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Over the last couple of months, Graphic Alliance has been planning, researching, and conducting interviews to come up with a new design for Climate Week. We are very proud to announce that the new website for Climate Week is now live, and we couldn’t be happier with the result.

The landing page boasts a picture of the New York skyline, making it an eye-catching and inviting page for the user to start on. Additionally, the website is designed in such a way that it is simple for users to navigate through, whilst also looking aesthetically pleasing.

For those who aren’t familiar, Climate Week NYC was launched by The Climate Group around 8 years ago. Leaders from businesses, governments, and academic institutions around the world are invited to discuss the global climate action. The About page has all the information on what the week entails and what to expect.

One of the Partners here at Graphic Alliance, Tom, lead this project with the help of our very talented designer, Soren. We asked Tom a couple of questions on the re-design of the new website.

What did you find most exciting about working with a company like Climate Week?

Climate Week was a really great project to be involved with. Supporting an event with such a critical agenda added a whole new level of satisfaction. Not that Game of Thrones isn’t important, it is. But it’s not going to save the world. Or is it?

What was your plan going forward with them?

From the outset, we wanted the Climate Week website to feel super-modern. As a cutting edge organisation, hell-bent on driving global environmental change, the website needed to reflect this persona.

For the design, we drew upon the Climate Group branding, remaining true to the brand colour pallets and typography. The addition of a full screen, colourised cityscape image helps make the homepage feel striking and memorable.

A key function for the site was to enable organisations to get involved with Climate Week itself. The new website enables a user to register to host an event, become a sponsor, or become a volunteer.

What was the result:

The website has now launched and boasts a full schedule of events for the week. Our attentions will now be focused on implementing CMS functionality to help automate some of the manual back-office tasks currently associated with creating an event. Graphic Alliance has also been asked to manage the Climate Group website, which will be a great opportunity to extend the scope our relationship with their team.

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Graphic Alliance has been working on a very exciting project, and if you are familiar with the title of this blog, then you will know exactly which project it is. It is, of course, Game of Thrones!

Our team here have been working on their touring exhibition, Game of Thrones The Touring Exhibition, which makes its debut in Barcelona on 28th October 2017. With Game of Thrones being such an immensely popular show, there was definitely pressure to make this as amazing.

The lead designers on this project were Jordan (our Senior Designer) and Darren (one of our Partners), who designed the key art for the website. Over the last couple of months, they came up with a concept which was later developed into a masterpiece. Below is an image of the concept (left) against the final piece (right).

Another one of our Partners, Tom Welsh, was also managing this exciting project. We asked him a couple of questions on what it was like to work with such an influential company and how he managed expectations.

With GoT having such a huge fan base, did you feel there were expectations to meet with the design of the Touring Exhibition?

We initially had very high expectations of what both HBO and the fan-base would expect from the exhibition artwork. Especially considering the global success of the Game of Thrones franchise. However, after taking on the project, we were informed by HBO that we did not have sufficient licensing to include ANY photography of the actors. The only characters that could be included were CGI characters such as the White Walkers. This led us to a completely new approach where we focused heavily on the props used to create the show.

What were the steps you took when you started this project?

The first step was to obtain all the viable assets from GES and HBO. Surprisingly, this was limited due to the lack of approved images for use in licensed products. Instead, we set about generating our own assets which included a photo-manipulation, illustrations and even CGI 3D renders. Once the key art was approved, we then moved onto the website design and large array of advertising assets required by the exhibition’s marketing team.

What was the result?

The exhibition launches in Barcelona on the 28th October, so our final deliverable for the project was two exhibition websites – one for the US market and one for the local Spanish market. This required a multi-lingual function to be added to the sites, in order to accommodate Spanish, Catalan and English. Once the show has officially launched, the websites and marketing carlton will be updated to include actual photography of the exhibition space.

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Name: Steph Owusu

Position in the company: Finance Executive

Describe yourself in 3 words:  Funny, Smart, Loving

Who is your favourite musician? Beyonce is Queen!

 What is your biggest achievement? Completing my degree 

If you could be anyone famous for a day, who would you be and what would you do? I would be Michelle Obama. I’d casually follow Barack around all day!

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would buy? A puppy

What superpower would you most like to have? Teleportation 

Would you rather change gender every time you sneezed or not be able to tell the difference between a muffin and a baby? Change Gender!!

Where in the world would you most like to visit? Tokyo! 

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why? 50 Cent, so I could kindly convince him to marry me.

What was the last lie you told? I told my sister I had no idea where her Zara top was. Although it was comfortably packed in my overnight bag ready for me to wear the next day. Sorry not sorry!

What was the last picture you took on your phone? A pic of my new shoes

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It’s been an eventful week at Graphic Alliance, with Stephanie, our new Finance Executive, joining the team, we decided to throw her a warm welcome and go bowling! We split the staff into two teams and the battle for ‘greatest bowler’ commenced.

Bowling took place at All Star Lanes in Holborn, which was great because it has a restaurant connected to it, music playing throughout the entire venue, and your drinks are constantly being re-filled (although this contributed to the bowling getting worse each round!).

Below is a picture of our Senior Designer, Jordan, aiming for a strike! His strike is definitely the result of the classic ‘back leg crossover’ position, which makes it impossible for you not to knock down all 10 pins.

It was a great way to welcome our new team member, who even scored a strike herself! What a way to impress on her first social, although she slowly went downhill after that…

Adi was our winner of the evening, who scored 112 points! Check out the scoreboard on round 8 for one of our teams below.

As Michael Mcintyre said, “none of us would ever have the arrogance to walk like models do on the catwalk of a fashion show in public….unless you get a strike in 10 pin bowling”

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Graphic Alliance have been working hard over the last 7 months on their latest project for JM Finn. They are a leading investment manager, who specialise in private client services. The team here rebranded the firm and re-designed their website. They also produced the Prospects magazine (in digital form and print form), and they designed brochures and invites.

We asked our Account Manager, Luke Bowler, about the process of the rebrand. Below, he describes what the problem was, what Graphic Alliance did to fix these problems, and the final result.

• Being invested – JM Finn Investing in the future
• Empowering clients not only to sleep at night but dream of their future safe in the knowledge that their wealth is JM Finn’s responsibility
• Achieving financial freedom

The Result

Although it’s early days for the new brand, perhaps the earliest indicator of its success has been the deep sense of pride felt by its most influential ambassadors – its people. JM Finn has all of the ingredients necessary for success and a firm foundation from which to grow.

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Name: Pierrick Senelaer

Position in the company: Senior Front End Developer

Describe yourself in 3 words: French, Open minded, Sleep deprived (no insomnia, I just like being up late)

Who is your favourite musician? Many but let’s go with King Tubby, big fan of Dub music. I like my indie pop/rock too such as The Killers.

What is your biggest achievement? Coming to London almost 15 years ago with no job, money nor English as a second language (well I thought I had it covered from what they taught me at school – not) and look at me now, I work with the coolest kids in Clerkenwell!

If you could be anyone famous for a day, who would you be and what would you do? Donald Trump. I would fall over so bad that I’d lose the use of my hands and speech so no Twitter rants and non-sense rhetoric anymore.  Also, treatment following the fall would require shaving my blondie (hair)

If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would buy? Buy Graphic Alliance out. Ha. Or a round trip around the world (for months, years, forever)

What superpower would you most like to have? Fly (so I can hang out with all these amazing flying creatures high in the sky)

Would you rather change gender every time you sneezed or not be able to tell the difference between a muffin and a baby? Babies are muffins so this is a no-brainer, the former. Suffering from hay fever, May/June would be a heck of a time for me!

Where in the world would you most like to visit? Any of or both Poles – Arctic or Antartica (but no cruise or mass tourism business but rather a proper expedition – which I would probably not be able to sustain)

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Many but someone like Mick Jagger must have the best cracking rock and roll dinner stories and that dinner could last for days, especially if Keith Richards swings by for dessert…

What was the last lie you told? That there are better wines than the French ones.

What was the last picture you took on your phone? My latest painting for social media upload purposes.

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If you won the lottery what would be the first thing you would buy? An “affordable” house in London

What superpower would you most like to have? Regenerative Healing so I could live for a long, long time and not worry about picking up a few scars along the way

Would you rather change gender every time you sneezed or not be able to tell the difference between a muffin and a baby? Change gender to keep things interesting, I don’t want to accidentally eat a baby

Where in the world would you most like to visit? I’d love to do a road trip down the West Coast of America

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why? Charlie Brooker for his dark humour and satirical view of the world

What was the last lie you told? I can’t remember so I must just be an honest person!

What was the last picture you took on your phone? My pumpkin carving efforts (mine is the not a cat one)

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Name: Alex Rook

Position in the company: Junior Account Manager

Describe yourself in 3 words:  Really really millennial

Who is your favourite musician? Jamie XX

What is your biggest achievement? Running a successful crowdfunding campaign that launched an interior lighting start-up during my masters.

If you could be anyone famous for a day, who would you be and what would you do? Damon Albarn, and perform The Gorillaz live show. Absolutely huge.

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