Empty Creative

First Look at First Light

2010-11-05T10:26:00.000Z

Earlier this summer we were delighted to win an exciting design and print project for leading young people's film agency, First Light. Following a competitive pitch process we set about designing a striking Annual Review that would help the company to showcase its projects to stakeholders, funders, and potential sponsors. Taking inspiration from a selection of short films made by young people

Three's the Magic Number

2010-09-28T14:26:00.036Z

Well, it’s been three busy and exciting years since I joined Mark to launch Empty Creative as a limited company. Mark had been working under the Empty Creative banner for two years as a freelancer and when the opportunity arose for me to join him to push the business forward we thought “why not”. So, with a couple of clients to take us forward and an office the size of a large cupboard we

Empty Creative Celebrates Brilliantly Birmingham Win!

2010-09-08T13:18:00.004Z

After a highly competitive pitch process the team here at Empty Creative are thrilled to have won the design and marketing for this year’s Brilliantly Birmingham. The contemporary jewellery festival, now in its eleventh year, has gained international renown over the past decade, attracting designer makers from across the globe.Having tendered and won this project for the past four years we are

Art, City Style.

2010-09-06T10:07:00.002Z

Although this has been around for quite a while now, I still get a little pang of joy every time I walk past the gorgeous artwork by Lucy McLaughlan currently spread across Birmingham’s Central Library. Whilst there are many that would disagree with me, I think it’s fair to say that the library is pretty unpopular with Birmingham folk. Situated next to the beautiful architecture of the Birmingham

Empty Office

2010-08-06T12:52:00.003Z

Time has flown since we moved into our lovely new office in April and whilst there’s the odd box still be to sorted (mentioning no names Mr Creative Director) and artwork to get on the walls, we’ve settled in and love our new space. We've put a few pics of our new pad here, so if you’re ever in the area and fancy a coffee just give us a call.

Celebrating a Year (and a bit) at Empty Creative

2010-08-02T11:20:00.001Z

It’s been a year since I first walked through the doors at Empty Creative and what a journey it has been. Over the past twelve (well, fourteen) months, I’ve worked on fantastic projects including Brilliantly Birmingham, Sex and the City Birmingham and RTS Midlands Awards, I’ve welcomed promotions from Marketing Administrator through to Senior Account Handler and I’ve moved with the company into

New Year New Start... sort of

2010-07-20T09:08:00.002Z

Ok, so my New Years resolution to write regular posts for the blog may have got off to a slow start (a six month slow start), but then so has my attempt to cut down on chocolate, caffine and celebrity gossip. You can’t win them all... or any sometimes. 2009 was a good year for Empty despite the dreaded cc* phrase being banded about at every opportunity to fill any business owner with dread that

Bloody BBC...

2010-07-16T13:24:00.004Z

Last night Birmingham lost out to Londonderry in the bid for the UK's City of Culture 2013. Did we deserve to win? Most probably. But that's not the point. Birmingham's creative flair and commitment to cultural activity has existed for years and will continue to flourish whether we can add the title to our activities or not. But, what perhaps irritated me most about this was not that we were

EMPTEA CREATIVE

2010-07-16T10:03:00.006Z

According to the United Kingdom Tea Council (yes, that’s right there is such a thing - check it out here if you don’t believe me http://www.tea.co.uk/) - tea is the most popular drink consumed in Britain today. I’m not sure whether they’ve included 13 - 18 year olds in the survey as I’m sure a well known nuclear blue alco-pop could give it a run for it’s money but apparently tea is number one.

Sexing it up!

2010-07-14T12:01:00.008Z

I’ve always believed that the greatest challenges are often those offering the biggest rewards. Unfortunately, those rewards are never easy to reach but I guess that’s part of the fun. No matter how many barriers or objections you are faced with, have faith in your ideas, carry them out with conviction and the results will follow. So, when the Empty Creative team set themselves a challenge some

Calling all Sex and the City fans!

2010-04-22T11:25:00.008Z

Empty Creative, in conjunction with Broadway Casino, are delighted to present a fabulous Sex and the City inspired evening to be held on 28th May 2010.Celebrate the launch of the long awaited SATC sequel in style as we bring you a lavish champagne and cocktail reception, exclusive screening of the film on its opening night and fabulous after-show party with live entertainment from West End

Calling all freelancers

2010-02-05T12:40:00.004Z

We are looking for a number of freelancers in the next few months. Get in touch if you have expertise in any of these areas. Design, Artworking, Web Design, CMS, Flash, Showreel creation, Illustration. Please send samples of work, availability and rates for working in-house to Mark at hello@emptycreative.com

Six months and counting...

2009-12-08T10:32:00.006Z

For those who’ve yet to meet me, my name is Claire and I’m the Marketing Administrator at Empty Creative. Looking back none to long ago it dawned upon me that I’ve reached my six month anniversary at the company. Whilst to most this won’t seem like a particularly long period of time (and I’ll happily admit that it feels like it has absolutely flown by) the amount I have learnt, achieved and

Movember has arrived...

2009-11-12T16:46:00.007Z

With Bonfire Night far behind us and Christmas too far off to spark much excitement, there is something new brewing, well growing. You may have spotted the odd hairy caterpillar gracing the lips of many of our male friends and colleagues but no, this isn’t some mass tribute to Tom Selleck, this is Movember. Originally starting out with just 30 participants, Movember has swiftly grown into a

A Night Less Ordinary

2009-11-10T11:21:00.004Z

Experiencing the arts is something many people will go out of their way to incorporate into their daily lives. Whether it be a trip to the theatre, viewing a new exhibition at a local gallery or hearing the latest offerings of an artist, orchestra or speaker, art is habit – an impulse built in to the creative sensibilities of nearly all individuals. Nevertheless, times have

Moving into Autumn...

2009-11-02T10:50:00.003Z

I've always been one to dread Autumn. The dark nights, wet streets and the thought of standing on a freezing cold train platform for 15 minutes each morning generally fills me with a feeling of trepidation. Whilst the lower temperature has its upsides (namely being able to wrap up in winter woolies and achieve a permanent sensation of snugness) it is an aspect that I tend to

Freelance Web Designers

2009-09-30T18:15:00.008Z

We're on the lookout for Freelance web designers. You lot out there who can take lovely designs from Photoshop and implement back-end coding and administration in either Joomla or Expression Engine. Or if you have you're own CMS let us know. CSS and coding skills a must. Please get in touch here.

Style in the City Designer Showcase

2009-09-14T15:15:00.006Z

Thursday 27th August saw the launch of Birmingham's Style in the City event with a fantastic designer showcase event, complete with free-flowing wine, magners and yummy non-alcoholic options for those drivers amongst us (myself included!). Set in the glamourous surroundings of Digbeth's latest hotspot, Fazeley Studios, the event kicked off with a fantastic meet and greet where all of Birmingham's

My Film Journey

2009-08-27T09:30:00.002Z

Having joined Empty Creative back in May, I swiftly learnt that compared to my fellow Emptonians, I can only be described as completely clueless when it comes to the world of film. Whilst I've seen every Ice Age movie, most Disney flicks and have been subjected to pretty much every chick flick on earth, I have yet to experience some of the true great films of our lifetime. Whether these be

Getting down with the cool creative kids in Brum!

2009-08-13T09:25:00.002Z

Having moved back to Birmingham from the big smoke of London town just over a year ago, I fully believed that I was leaving behind a whole world of creativity in the form of great theatre, performance art, music, literature and even architecture. Could I have been any more wrong?! With memories of a rather boring Birmingham from four years back I was surprised (and very happy!) to be drawn

The Great British Outdoors...

2009-08-11T08:57:00.003Z

Along with many many other British holiday makers this year, I took the Met Office's promise of scorching temperatures and blazing sunshine as unarguable fact and set about planning a 'stay-cation' for my holiday for 2009. Excited by the promise of warm evenings, rain-free (or semi rain-free - let's be realistic here) days and the prospect of a fairly affordable holiday I set about organising a

Our Empty Progress...

2009-07-16T19:04:00.011Z

So, Empty Creative Ltd will be two years young in September and very proud we are too. We had a pretty amazing start in business, smashing all forecasts within the first 6 months, getting a proper office (with desks and everything), winning new clients, keeping old clients, building a great team with a designer (Indy), then a book-keeper (Sharon) then a marketing administrator (Claire). Which

I HEART TWITTER

2009-07-16T18:09:00.007Z

OK, so anyone who reads the Birmingham Post will know about John Lamb’s laughable column regarding the ‘Banalities of Twitter’ and no doubt have also seen the enormous onslaught of criticism that followed. As a keen ‘tweeter’ I (obviously) disagree with Mr Lamb’s comments because not only were they antiquated and full of fluff, but they are in total contradiction to the way any forward thinking

24 Carrots - Jewellery Quarter Farmers Market

2009-07-07T16:09:00.010Z

Despite describing myself as somewhat of a 'morning' person, not much can get me out of bed on a weekend at any hour considered 'am'. However, last Saturday, the Jewellery Quarter's new farmer's market achieved the impossible and got me up bright and early to enjoy the delights on offer at the first ever market of its kind in the area.With 24 stalls spread across two locations (the picturesque

Welcome

2009-07-01T11:20:00.008Z

Hot on the heels of our recent rebrand, foray into facebook and growing obsession with Twitter we thought we’d do a job lot and start a blog too. After some initial reservations about having a blog (more of that in a later post) we’ve decided to start one so we can share our news and views that wouldn’t usually fall within the remit of our website news page. Empty is a small team so we will all

The big scary world of social media...

2009-07-01T11:18:00.002Z

Recently I (and several others from the Empty team for that matter) embarked on a new and rather enlightening experience. With business cards and twitter names in hand, we moseyed on down to the Birmingham Social Media Cafe which is held on the last Friday of each month at Navigation Street's Coffee Lounge. Now, whilst I enjoy the occasional dabble in Facebook and Twitter (ok, more than

Empty Opinion in The Insider July Issue

2009-07-01T11:16:00.003Z

I was recently interviewed for Midlands Business Insider about running a business outside of the core Birmingham city centre area. When we established Empty as a limited company in 2007 we always knew we wanted to set up in the Jewellery Quarter area and opted for a unit in The Big Peg. We obviously looked at other areas but the JQ won hands down because of the lovely community feel but most

A bit of tarty fun for the boys...

2009-07-01T10:43:00.005Z

Whilst the idea of letting the boys indulge in a bit of tarty procrastination would normally not pass in the Empty office, we let them off this month when Type teamed up with Wallpaper magazine and asked designers up and down the country to design their very own tart cards. Normally associated with call boxes and not-so innocent fun, tart cards, I’ve learnt, are actually a really interesting

From Birmingham to San Diego...

2009-07-01T10:32:00.010Z

You may have seen on our website that both Mark and I are on the Cure Leukaemia art auction committee which raises much needed funds for the Leukaemia centre based at the QE Hospital, Birmingham. This years auction, which took place on May 19th, saw us bid for and win the beautiful photograph by Chris Keenan of the Franz Joseph Glacier. Coincidentally this was the image we selected to use

Empty Freelancers

2009-06-16T11:48:00.001Z

We are looking to meet and work with any creative web designers and coders or Flash experts. So if that sounds like you send your details through to jo@emptycreative.com to arrange a meeting. Please send us links of your work too! Thanks

The new site

2009-03-24T23:01:00.010Z

Hi there!We have finally finished our new site and brand. You can go visit now at www.emptycreative.comRecent news will feature there too. So stay in touch.The Empty Team