Part 3: Speaking to SkyWay’s audience
04/02/2021
In the last part of this blog series I wrote about how we developed SkyWay’s new strapline, but I...
Part 2: A new strapline for London charity SkyWay
15/10/2020
A few weeks ago we started working with the charity SkyWay on a rebrand - you can read about the...
Part 1: Rebranding ambitious London charity SkyWay
15/10/2020
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been busy getting to know our new client - SkyWay. SkyWay is a...
The frustrating world of brand, positioning and jargon
01/07/2020
‘Positioning? Why don’t you position this?’ When people ask what I do for a living they’re not...
Five inspiring brands for children and young people’s organisations
03/06/2020
1. Girls Who Code Established in 2012 on the other side of the pond, Girls Who Code was set up...
Four great charity and social enterprise brands that tell a story
26/05/2020
Over the last few months we’ve been working on a rebrand for the wonderful London-based charity...
Online workshops without lockdown lethargy
19/05/2020
Over the last few months, many charities, businesses and social enterprises have been forced to...
Demonstrating a return on investment (ROI) for charity branding
19/02/2020
It was during a recent chat to a client that the conversation turned to return on investment (ROI)...
Putting our website under the microscope
11/02/2020
New year, new start! We decided to kick off 2020 by reviewing our own website and thinking about...
Our 2019, wrapped
25/12/2019
We’ve had another jam-packed year at Wired Canvas, and we’re almost ready to hang our stockings by...
Don't keep pressing the snooze button on your brand and website
18/12/2019
Investing in your brand and website might feel like a distraction from ‘real work’, but here’s why...
Why adventure play is making Islington awesome
15/09/2019
Earlier this year we started a fantastic project with the wonderfully named Awesome, who have six...
Come on baby, don’t fear the rebrand
13/09/2019
The prospect of rebranding can often be a daunting one. It throws up a multitude of questions about...
The evolution of the b-side brand
20/12/2018
Back in 2009, we pitched a new brand identity and website for b-side Arts Festival. We won and...
b-side festival 2018
18/09/2018
My parents met in the county of Dorset and moved to London shortly after where I was born. Like...
Rooftop collaboration day
29/03/2018
As a remote team we talk a lot over video, this has huge benefits but it's important to take stock...
Round up of 2016 (Warning: contains awards)
14/12/2016
Well, here we are. The end of 2016, and what a rollercoaster of a year it’s been (for us, and the...
Five fantastic homelessness and poverty charity websites
17/08/2016
This blog is continuing our series around Charity Websites, identifying effective features and best...
Four fantastic children’s charity websites
03/08/2016
Having recently launched a new website for the international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service,...
Six great arts and community charity websites
01/08/2016
Having recently launched a new website for the international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service,...
Five brilliant health charity websites
18/07/2016
Having recently launched a new website for the international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service,...
Five amazing animal charity websites
06/07/2016
Having recently launched a new website for the international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service,...
What makes good feedback?
01/06/2016
As a design studio, we regularly ask for feedback from our clients to ensure our work achieves the...
Supporting creativity in schools with design
09/05/2016
Over the last few months we’ve worked with Bow Arts to help deliver the design for two of their...
Our new website and lots of affirmations (YES)!
04/05/2016
I know some of you have been going crazy waiting for part three of our rebrand blog, so we have...
Wired Canvas are now Google Partners!
09/03/2016
It’s true, we are now officially Google Partners. If ever you needed more proof of this, last week...
Our rebrand and redesign (and why you should set a deadline and budget)
29/01/2016
In our last blog, Rob talked about our new purpose and brand (and a hallucinogenic pear), but he...
Our new purpose and brand (and a hallucinogenic pear)
15/12/2015
Did you ever see the Oliver Stone biopic of The Doors? There's a scene where the band drives out...
The Wired Canvas Christmas card 2015
15/12/2015
Some of you may have noticed that we have recently launched a new website (it's not like we've been...
How to make an artist website using Wordpress
22/08/2015
Here at Wired Canvas HQ we spend a lot of our time building websites for art galleries, creative...
Conscientious flippers
05/03/2014
It’s important to keep fit when your job involves sitting in front of a computer all day making...
The highest Christmas card in Europe
18/12/2013
This year we thought we'd do something a bit different and attempt to send the highest Christmas...
Journey mapping for arts organisations
24/05/2013
Welcome to part six of our Wired Canvas Discuss series, in which we sat down with journalist Amy...
How to host video online
22/03/2013
Alice: The world of video is upon us, Rob. Surely we need a fancy schmancy souped up website to...
How to apply for a job (or internship) in a digital web design studio or agency
05/02/2013
Having been on the receiving end of what you lot are sending out, there seems to be one simple and...
Image copyright in social media
19/12/2012
In part four of our Wired Canvas Discuss series, freelance journalist Amy Oliver got us talking...
High resolution images for print
06/12/2012
This week (through the haze of our Christmas party) the Wired Canvas discuss blog series continues...
Instagram for arts marketing
29/11/2012
Last week we looked at how Arts Marketers can take advantage of the awesome social media tool...
Storify for arts organisations
22/11/2012
We invited ace journalist Amy Oliver to come and interview us about how arts organisations could...
Using Pinterest for arts marketing, charities and small businesses
27/03/2012
You must admit: Pinterest has been pretty hard to ignore over the last few months. In December last...
The Comins Tea House package has arrived...
14/11/2011
Today we received a parcel from Rob and Michelle at Comins Tea House - with one of their amazing...
Create design that means something
05/08/2011
It was whilst working on our rebrand that I questioned who we are as a company and what direction...
What are open source content management systems?
21/07/2011
What is open source software? We believe in the power of open source. Open Source Software is...
Art Car Boot Fair, Brick Lane
28/06/2011
Exhausted after seeing Bob Dylan the night before (thought I’d drop that in there), I trundled off...
KUBE, The Final Hour
07/02/2010
Last weekend I took photos of the last hour the Kube gallery was open to the public:
Robot dance world record
14/07/2009
It's not everyday you get to take part in a World Record Attempt! Yesterday the Kube attempted to...
The Journal of Arts Marketing
31/05/2008
The hub map I produced last year (or as some call it ‘the hub brain’) has been published in The...