Delightful delicatessen does pattern design

Colemans Delicatessen commissioned Si and Hammer Design to create a pattern for their new drinking cups and merchandising. Hammer were delighted to deliver this lovingly thought through project to owner proprietors Jim and Lizzie Mothersele in Hathersage in the Peak District. It was a thorough professional process hunting that something extra that would have a…

Walking guides & maps for the High Peak

Hammer Design was appointed a contract to deliver a full visitor experience for the High Peak in Derbyshire’s Peak District. The work included multiple creative skills: • Graphic design, artworking, typography and layout for walking guides, flyers, notice boards, maps and promotional material• Original map creation, map design and drawing for print including walking route…

Barmy about Beavers

Yes it’s true Derbyshire has reintroduced the Beaver! Si Homfray and Hammer Design have been harnessing their visual and communication skills to convey this great story for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s tourist information packs and customer wildlife sponsorship boxes. Hammer Design were responsible for managing the project, providing detail, illustration, layout and full artwork in…

Wilder Magazine Design

Si Homfray and Hammer Design are proud to have been the legs of the ‘Wilder’ swan for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s printed magazine, as well as many design publication off shoots. Responsible for: • Creating design theme• Graphic design template layouts and style• Unique headline font design• A look and a feel both sensitive and…

Congratulations DerwentWISE!

The DerwentWISE project closes after 5 years of achievements this week. Hammer Design was proud to have been invited to design, collate and print together a series of infograms to highlight and clearly celebrate the collaborative teams’ achievements. The DerwentWISE partnership work in the Lower Derwent Valley to improve and restore the landscape, and inspire…

A new exhibition – The world’s first long distance railway

High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire is part of the world heritage site at Cromford Mills. Hammer Design teamed up with Rachel Costigan of Derwentwise, Catherine Croney – Heritage Interpretation Consultant, Rick Jillings and Mark Brailsford of Derbyshire County Council to deliver the brake vans interpretation project at High Peak Junction. We are proud to say…

Ales of Derbyshire

Hammer Design were invited to design and print a series of graphics for the Ales of Derbyshire for the BBC Good Food Show 2018. We produced and delivered: • logotype • on brand graphic themes comprising beer bottles • headlines • exhibition graphic panels as well as • a booklet and marketing postcards showcasing the…

Quality assured design process

A brand new identity for a brand new type of business – Mountain Assurance. James Thacker has always been about quality days in the mountains, guiding clients up the best climbs around the world.  As a full UIAGM professional mountain guide James needed an identity for his new business venture – Mountain Assurance. The following…

Peak District Design – Point of Sale and Packaging…

The brief was to create a generic, environmentally sensitive packaging system built around a series of square images that can be flexed and adapted for economical reasons, to multiple shapes and sizes. The graphics will need to be used for Cube boxes, Tubes, Booklets, Brochures, Flyers and Exhibition display material. The visual work is shown…

Access For All UK – a new website and full brand creation…

Accessibility ambassadors and legends of accessibility training, Gillian Scotford and Jane Carver needed a complete new look for their high profile accessibility training business. The look and feel needed to: be clear, communicate the spectrum of accessibility needs, be sensitive to the business operation and fulfill accessibility requirements. Disciplines delivered: • Logo design • Brand…

A wedding invitation / booklet…

The brief was to produce artwork sensitive to the wedding location and guest expectations. A family wedding invitation produced as a small booklet containing all the necessary information on gifts, arrangements and travel. The artwork to the front cover. Front cover photograph. Inside pages. Inside back cover.

Magna Exhibition Design

Hammer Design were commissioned to deliver the intepretation panels to the Steelos Exhibition at Magna. The project delivered panels that folded away to free the room for other activity, wall spray painted murals, AV panels and a series of artefacts. The project artwork requirement included: • creating a colour coded system for each historical era…

Naked Ape – brand revisit

Patagonia stockists and retailers of other quality brands Carhatt, Danner, Keen and Vibram five fingers – Naked Ape wanted to revisit the logo brand typography. Above: Carrier bag design Above: Nuanced typeface change evaluation Above: Naked Ape Brands stocked.

Charity T Shirt design

Derbyshire charity – Accessible Derbyshire needed a bespoke T Shirt design for charity walks. Gillian Scotford and Accessible Derbyshire have been a wonderful charity to work for for many years. Tom’s passing was a moving day in all our lives. I put together a keepsake booklet for Gillian and her amazing family. Probably some of…