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Start Ups.

Right now we've got 9 start ups in the studio - and ACDC on the One's & Two's!

We are the only gig in town for start up food & drinks ...

... not gonna lie:

Balls-out creative - ask anyone who knows us
Long experience launching brands - this ain't our first disco
Mahoosive list of industry contacts who always come to the party.

C'mon twinkle toes - you dancin'? coz we askin'

#startupbranddesign hashtag#designforstartups hashtag#beststartupbranddesign

Gone back to my home for some recent Final Year product testing, here are some clips, featuring my Father 🤩

Coming from a family of graphics designers we all share interest in design, it’s been fun to come home and show off some of the Product design work I’ve been up to.

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Tomorrow night I'm sleeping rough, outside, to raise money to help homeless veterans get back on their feet.

I'm trying to get donations to go viral - not gonna lie, I want to see how much I can raise.

Please do two simple things - donate on my link below then share this post on your feed and we'll see what happens!

Thanks so much

Pat

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/pat-starke-1771509092

A few pics from our sleep out on Friday

A few pics from our sleep out on Friday

A few pics from our sleep out on Friday

A few pics from our sleep out on Friday

Thank you all for your contribution to our our sleep out on Friday.

Matt and Charlie, thanks so much for fund raising and breakfast.

Thanks Sophie, Candi and Rachel for placing small children into cardboard boxes for the night!

Stella, thanks for braving the ghost of John Rattlebone.

Nick, thanks for lending us kit.

Thanks to Sian and Doug for pitching up and not commenting on our terrible field admin!

Thanks Dan for another successful year.

Thanks Caroline for bullying your co-workers.

Apologies Graham, for my appalling snoring - next year I promise to sleep a minimum distance of 50m from you all.

Thanks Oli for taking the time off work for our little caper.

So far we have raised £1705 without the sponsorship from The Bone, The Brownies and The Post Office so we might well REACH £2k.

We’ll go again next year and we’ve learned a few things this year which I think we can implement to get more folks engaged.

If you'd still like to sponsor us our fundraiser is open for another 30 days:

Thanks once again everybody.

https://socialsync.app/fundraiser/cr-ywvkljy1yo9jm?currentTab=feed

"It's flavoured green tea Jim, but not as we know it"

Our delightful international clients at #sungeneration took the blinkers off, cut the shackles and gave us a Saturn 5 so that we could, not so much "cross the line" as "leave it behind in an alternative universe".

Outer cartons saturated in character, inner cartons with plenty to say for themselves and unique front of pack cup renders this range is set to turn heads and change attitudes.

Thank you Dmytro and team who kept pushing and allowing us to hit reheat on this one.

#radicalteabrand #brandedpackagingdesign #gtea #gteaflyfusion

"It's flavoured green tea Jim, but not as we know it"

Our delightful international clients at #sungeneration took the blinkers off, cut the shackles and gave us a Saturn 5 so that we could, not so much "cross the line" as "leave it behind in an alternative universe".

Outer cartons saturated in character, inner cartons with plenty to say for themselves and unique front of pack cup renders this range is set to turn heads and change attitudes.

Thank you Dmytro and team who kept pushing and allowing us to hit reheat on this one.

#radicalteabrand #brandedpackagingdesign #gtea #gteaflyfusion

"It's flavoured green tea Jim, but not as we know it"

Our delightful international clients at #sungeneration took the blinkers off, cut the shackles and gave us a Saturn 5 so that we could, not so much "cross the line" as "leave it behind in an alternative universe".

Outer cartons saturated in character, inner cartons with plenty to say for themselves and unique front of pack cup renders this range is set to turn heads and change attitudes.

Thank you Dmytro and team who kept pushing and allowing us to hit reheat on this one.

#radicalteabrand #brandedpackagingdesign #gtea #gteaflyfusion

"It's flavoured green tea Jim, but not as we know it"

Our delightful international clients at #sungeneration took the blinkers off, cut the shackles and gave us a Saturn 5 so that we could, not so much "cross the line" as "leave it behind in an alternative universe".

Outer cartons saturated in character, inner cartons with plenty to say for themselves and unique front of pack cup renders this range is set to turn heads and change attitudes.

Thank you Dmytro and team who kept pushing and allowing us to hit reheat on this one.

#radicalteabrand #brandedpackagingdesign #gtea #gteaflyfusion

We've been pencil squeezing for 10 years! Whilst we look forward to 2025 we also thought we'd share a little retrospective of 2024 in this series of posts.

Looking back on 2024, we seemed to have ploughed a very deep drinks furrow. We helped Gretel & Belle launch two ranges of Horchata drinks, working closely with the incredible hashtag#FrankieSevern who steered the project impeccably as usual.

hashtag#brandedpackagingdesign hashtag#starke hashtag#drinksbranddesigners

We've been pencil squeezing for 10 years! Whilst we look forward to 2025 we also thought we'd share a little retrospective of 2024 in this series of posts.

OK I've got a secret to share. At the end of a working day I put aside my "Golden Hour" where I noodle about and develop brand and product ideas that need to come out of my head ... just for sh*ts 'n' giggles. Here's a quick visual to bring an idea to life.

So you know in any fashionable lifestyle and interiors retailer you'll find any number of artisan candle brands called "Harry and Mable" or "Gin & Bonnet"? I want a brand that is super high end quality but with a slightly disconcerting edge to it.

Imaging walking into your posh friends house, asking what the delightful smell is and they say "Yeah, have you heard of The Stink Witch?"

OK it's time for my bye byes...

hashtag#starkecreative

We've been pencil squeezing for 10 years! Whilst we look forward to 2025 we also thought we'd share a little retrospective of 2024 in this series of posts.

Those of you who have known us over the years have probably had experience of our "Blue Sky" projects. If we have an idea for a product we'll draw it and pitch the concept. We don't understand why a great idea shouldn't be shared.

Here's part of a large seasonal gifting pitch we produced for our next door neighbours. The pack was to be an eggsclusive (I know!) for Waitrose at the time when Marmite eggs and an avocado looking egg were on shelf.

An upside down 80% cocoa and naga chilli egg over a Tracklements mint jelly dipping "basket". Presented with full production costs including matching the illustration style. Totally on-brand and ready to rock.

PM me and I'll ping over the full deck.

#brandedpackagingdesign #radicalbranding #brandedpackaginginspo #tracklements #starkecreative

We've been pencil squeezing for 10 years! Whilst we look forward to 2025 we also thought we'd share a little retrospective of 2024 in this series of posts.

When working on a retail interior or in this case the exhibition stand for Foreva Farmers we like to include a signature piece - that show stopper that everyone wants to steal off the stand.

"Family Layton... can we do something with your fridge?" - "Sure Pat, knock yourself out".

hashtag#DeliciousSustinableForeva hashtag#ForevaFarmers hashtag#exhibitionstanddesigners hashtag#starkecreative

We've been pencil squeezing for 10 years! Whilst we look forward to 2025 we also thought we'd share a little retrospective of 2024 in this series of posts.

We work on shopper marketing campaigns for Nando's, Costa and Wagamama, here's our tips for successful implementation.

1. Know the retailers, ASDA uploads differ from CoOp who differ from Morrison's and all need labelling correctly.

2. Understand the brief - All About Food always give us a clear idea of what's needed or how much we need to add.

3. Be massively on point with photoshop - we often need to take a portrait image and reformat to super wide.

4. Watch the clock - speed and accuracy are key as we often work in a triangular sign off between brand, our client and the retailer.

Simples!

#shoppermarketingdesign #pointofsaledesign #starkecreative #allaboutfood