"this is the end…"

Those that know us here at NDGD, will know that we love magazines, and we love free stuff - so you will have heard us mention at least once, the marvel that was Rugged magazine, because it ticked both those boxes! Produced by the Carhartt clothing brand, Rugged was always a good source for finding some cool new gadgets, clothes, and more importantly for us, photographers, artists, graffiti crews and designers. It was also designed well, with some great page layouts & typography. We keep referring to it in the past tense because after 19 issues & 7 years, Rugged has decided to make issue 19 its final print! So we just wanted to say a fond farewell to a great piece of print, & to give you a heads up if you want to try & grab a copy before its gone forever… keep on rolling!

"let's talk about…"

Last night saw the official launch of the Ladvice scheme from the Brook sexual health clinic, based in Blackburn & Darwen. The programme is aimed at young men & provides advice & support involving all areas of sexual health. Running alongside the programme is also the Text Mad service, which is a confidential text-in service providing the same advice & support.

After being disappointed with a professional design agency response to their brief, the team from Brook approached us here at NDGD, hoping that we could successfully design them an identity for this new initiative. We of course said yes, and set our second years loose on the brief.

In a record quick turn-around for us we were calling the Brook team back into college to view what our students had come up with - and we are proud to say they were blown away!! They decided to run with a logo designed by Adam Hunter, and after a couple of tweaks, Brook have now started using the two logos by Adam to help promote Ladvice & Text Mad around the Blackburn & Darwen area. We want to say a massive congratulations to Adam for having his work selected & for once again making the NDGD team feel like proud parents!!