Archive for the 'Display' Category

Source Foods

Counter graphics for Source Foods

Counter graphics for Source Foods

Source has the gift of getting food into people’s hands quickly, as regular lunchtime customers of its Richmond and Chiswick Park outlets will tell you. And not just the standard sandwich and chocolate bar either. Source provides good food at reasonable prices and its curries, sushi, salads, soup and their famous daily hot lunchbox are always great value and always served fast, when time is at a premium.

Now, Wild West is helping Source to refine its image and improve its signage too. Our first project for the company was to install a new counter graphic at the Source outlet in Richmond, which you can see in the picture.

Source also run in-office catering facilities and, as well as opening new branches in the near future, see this as another attractive opportunity.

We’re looking forward to lots more meetings with our new clients, preferably at lunch-time!

Design for PR

Some PR agencies like to invest in their own in-house design capabilities. Others either aren’t of a sufficient size, or they just like to choose the right designers for the right project. After all, design, like a pair of shoes, doesn’t come in one size for everyone.

A pop-up display for Barclays Spaces for Sports

Even a big agency like financial specialists FD have been known to look to WildWest for design and programming skills, and over the years, we’ve worked variously for Brands2Life, Octopus (and their Loudhouse research subsidiary), Bite, Lexis and Hill and Knowlton.

The projects have included everything from interview sets for British Lions rugby, through to client magazines, props for photoshoots, websites and advertising. Some of these companies have come to us because of our particular knowledge of sponsorship and sponsorship activation; others for more general help, or to ask whether something they have in mind is actually feasible.

PFA Awards Branded ‘Barclays’ by Wild West

Each year, Wild West (as part of its work for Barclays) puts a complete set of display equipment into some rather nice large hotels in order to cement awareness of Barclays’ status as the sponsoring company of the Premier League in England.

Giant banners at the PFA Awards Dinner

Giant banners at the PFA Awards Dinner

The PFA Awards Dinner is one of these events.

The dinner is an essential part of the end-of-season celebrations, and is held just before the winners of the Premier League trophy can be known for certain.

The awards themselves, which have been won in the past by Kevin Keegan, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham, are particularly prized by the winners, because they are awarded on the basis of votes amongst the players’ fellow professionals.

This year (2010) Awards were given to Wayne Rooney (Player of the Year), James Milner (Young Player of the Year) and Lucas Radebe (Special Award).

Wayne Rooney (centre), James Milner (right) and Lucas Radebe (left) pictured with their 2010 Awards

Wayne Rooney (centre), James Milner (right) and Lucas Radebe (left) pictured with their 2010 Awards

In this World Cup Year, to be hosted in South Africa, it seems particularly appropriate that Lucas Radebe has been honoured with an award. A South African, he has for many years rendered stalwart services to his English club, Leeds United, before injury forced him to give up the game.

You can read more about Barclays and their involvement with the Premier League in England at www.barclaysfootball.com and specifically about the PFA Awards at www.premierleague.com/page/Magazinedettail/0,,12306~2035490,00.html

Safety on Ships

One of our series of animal safety posters for Charles Taylor & Co

One of our series of animal safety posters for Charles Taylor & Co

We were asked by marine insurance specialists Charles Taylor & Co to produce a set of posters to promote safety on ships. Ships’ crew knew about safe working procedures, but they occasionally ignored them, with sometimes disastrous results. Of course, each one of these incidents was not only serious, but expensive too, and Charles Taylor wanted to do all it could to prevent them. One problem was that crew members’ first language was often not English. Another was that previous ‘blood and guts’ approaches were being ignored. Our solution was to use animals to point up messages. We hoped that by raising a smile and providing an attractive, friendly image, we could make more of a point. Our series of posters was enthusiastically displayed on ships, and helped to reduce the number of crew injury incidents and, just as important, the value of claims that stemmed from them.

Barclays and the Premier League

Part of the Barclays headquarters display

Part of the Barclays headquarters display

Despite all the pressure on the banking sector over the last year, Barclays is still making its sponsorship of the British Premier League work very hard for them. Barclays see it as a key element in their ambitious international development plans, and this week, Wild West will be installing a new display at the Barclays head office in their prestigious Canary Wharf  headquarters building.