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    • matm does some sustainable award writing
      Congratulations to Sainsbury’s for winning Retail Development of the Year in the 2012 Sustain Magazine Awards. We were commissioned by construction company ISG to write the award entry for their development – Sainsibury’s new eco store at Dawlish in Devon. Despite some stiff opposition from the likes of Marks and Spencer and Waitrose, the judges [...]
    • Environmentally friendly invoices that arrive quicker – we’re loving that!
      With postage prices going up today, matm now sends all of its invoices via PDF – this means our invoices arrive faster, and are cheaper to send as we no longer incur costs for paper, printing, envelopes and postage. Below are the key facts and figures about the price increases from April 30th 2012: The [...]
    • We’re loving that! Custom Chalk Lettering
      Aside from being a graphic designer, Brooklyn based artist Dana Tanamachi is becoming increasingly recognised as a custom chalk letterer. Dana has been commissioned by clients such as Rugby Ralph Lauren, Google and Adidas – and we think that her work is striking enough to warrant a ‘we’re loving that!’ So, see what you think [...]
    • Awards just round the corner – let us do the writing!
      Over the next few days we will put a blog post up about a client’s fantastic award win this week – and you guessed it, the submission was written my us! But in the mean time so you don’t miss the boat, below are a handful of first class awards coming up that we can [...]
    • QR codes boost for tourism – and for taking a walk to the pub
      Here’s an example of how a bit of technology that, a year ago, was hardly heard of, is now so mainstream that it’s being used to help support the villlage pub. QR codes, which can be scanned using a mobile phone camera to bring up a link to a web page, are being used to [...]
    • Tilt shift photography – we’re loving that!
      ‘Tilt-shift photography’ is a unique, almost playful type of photography in which a camera is manipulated so that the real, life-sized subject look like miniature-scale models. The phrase describes the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras and also sometimes refers to the use of tilt for selective focus. Sometimes the term [...]
    • Creating mobile optimised templates in Coffeemail
      With more and more emails being read via smart phones, it has never been more important to consider you mobile subscribers. matm’s bespoke email/e-shot template, Coffeemail, now supports mobile browsing – allowing for more of your subscribers to enjoy your eshots just as you created them. Below are examples of templates for a web based [...]
    • We’re loving that – QR Codes at the Bike Show
      The Motorcycle Live show took place at the LG Arena, Birmingham – and the qr codes were out in force! Pretty much every corner of the hall had companies getting on the qr code bandwagon, including manufacture stands, bike product spec stands, retail outlets and competition forms. Below are a few examples of the various [...]
    • Kia Facebook Like campaign – TV advert
      Many Companies have started to show Facebook links from their adverts over the past year. A major Korean Car Manufacturer is using its latest television advert to display the Facebook ‘like’ button, ending with the slogan ‘Kia, inspired by what you like’. Matm Graphic Designer, Neil, spotted the advert. He said: “The use of social [...]
    • An eye for design and the stomach for pizza!
      Just a quick blog post especially for those of you feeling a little peckish! We have just finished amending a menu we designed for Bridgnorth based ‘Peepo Pizza’. matm Designer, Neil Dicken updated the menu artwork to include the new dishes along with the new ‘Super 7 Pizzas’ offer. So if you live in Shropshire, [...]