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Packaging for a fine Cognac – finally launched.
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2018/19 issue of Sevenoaks School's Sennockian magazine. For the thirteenth year running.

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Social media campaign for a desperately important issue.
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A set of ads focusing on five key skills embedded in the Sevenoaks School curriculum.
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Volume 2 of Continuum, the Sevenoaks School prospectus.  84 pages – each one a separate little ad in its own right.
So good to work on a quality print project – and with great copywriter and good friend Caroline Bligh.

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Chutzpah & Chutzpah  by Richard Myers, Simon Goode and Nick Darke.
A good read even if you've never worked at Saatchi & Saatchi.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782436588/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_c_OgHcybTBZPBQN

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Name and logo that launched this service back in 1996.
Today PayPoint manages over £10 billion of transactions per year.
“The corporate identity has served us well.”  Tim Watkin-Rees, CEO PayPoint.

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Clearly I didn’t design the Tudor Rose. However I did simplify and rationalise a previously confused and complicated identity.
This coincided with the harmonisation of quality standards with those of the AA and RAC.
It’s now seen on hundreds of hospitality establishments up and down the country.


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A more emotive name for the English Sports Council and a visual identity to reflect it.
You’ll see this on signage at major sports events and at over 10,000 Lottery funded sports facilities nationwide.


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Rebranding the Fédération International de Tirer de l’Arc (FITA),
the worldwide governing body for the sport of archery, now officially called World Archery.


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The  World Archery Excellence Centre opened in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2016.
The logo was designed to be part of the World Archery family but slightly separate.


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Logo and presentation material for Baku's successful bid to the International Olympic Committee.
This interpretation of traditional Islamic design incorporates the Buta flame shape – very apt both for Olympics and Azerbaijan, the 'Land of Fire'.
I took the photos too.

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Cyprus is the birthplace of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
So what better way to reflect all the emotions associated with the island than love itself?  Welcome to Love Cyprus.


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A full-scale corporate branding project for Manateq, a company established by the State of Qatar
to develop and operate economic zones that offer world-class infrastructure.


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Branding a new company that harnesses the crop Miscanthus, an ecological and viable biofuel alternative to fossil fuels.
The symbol represents Miscanthus leaves and flames, combined in a sustainable cycle.  And I wrote the strapline – naturally.
Full Corporate ID programme with detailed brand guidelines.
Stationery range, website design, literature, ads, posters, online animated banners, agricultural show stand design.


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Formerly the Family Planning Association, FPA is rather more than that now.
It is the organisation that makes sexual health a priority public health issue in the UK.


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Ancient school. Modern brand.
A new set of logos, reflecting the shape of the school's much treasured old seal – in constant use since 1560.


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Now the leading authority on personal safety, this  forward-looking re-branding voices the trust’s positive philosophy.

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Poster for a fundraising event in aid of the Ward's Corner Community Coalition in North London.

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A series of full page trade ads for Borderfields Rapeseed Oil, running in The Grocer magazine.

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Logo, pack, literature and website design for this new product, aiding those with a gluten intollerance.

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Logo,  brochure and display material to launch this food ingredient brand, an all-natural flavour enhancer.
Available in two varieties, it will typically be used by food manufacturers to reduce the salt content of products such as soups and ready meals.


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Two ranges of wine for Cave du Liboreau.  A more modern approach for Henri de Blainville, above, and a classic look for Liboreau, below.
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Label design for a small distiller in the Cognac region.

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NPD concept for a brand of ready-mixed cocktails.

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Branding, packaging and a prestigious product brochure for King’s, purveyors of caviar and other fine foods.

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Branding, packaging and publicity for this range of great products, made by hand in the Cotswolds.
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Rationalising and refreshing this classic and prestigious Greek brand of cigarettes.

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Title sequence for The Diamond Queen, the BBC 1 series introduced by Andrew Marr, celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

I was so lucky to have worked with Raphael Ravenscroft on this, not long before he died.
You probably know him best for his amazing sax on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, but he did so much more than that.
A truly brilliant musician and a really good guy.

ndarke@nickdarke.co.uk