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Espresso Yourself at The London Coffee Festival

Coffee lovers will be living La Vida Mocha this weekend at the London Coffee Festival. The flagship event of UK Coffee Week celebrates the artistry of coffee and what goes in to creating a good brew. But what is it about this beverage that is so important to us that we feel it deserves a [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 27th Apr 2012

Costa Coffee – The Nation’s Favourite App

We’ve worked with our friends over at Paratus Communications to complete a Facebook app for Costa Coffee, which has been voted the nation’s favourite coffee shop consecutively for two years. The Facebook app shows Costa’s appreciation for being voted the nation’s favourite coffee shop and asks their fans what else they favour in life, other [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 1st Mar 2012

Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Palace Wall…

LONO Creative is so egg-cited for the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt! The event is, well, a big egg hunt that will take place across 12 central zones in London for 6 weeks, and will end on the 3rd April. This is no regular egg hunt, as the eggs have been designed by some of the [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 23rd Feb 2012

Will You Be My Tweet Heart?

Everything is getting digital these days, even romance.  People are banishing traditional methods of courtship and jumping on the digital bandwagon. Singles are trawling dating sites for their perfect match, long distance couples are setting up dates via Skype to keep the passion alive and some people (who wish to remain anonymous) are even meeting [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 13th Feb 2012

This Will Blow Your Mind

This recently launched interactive website visualises the overwhelming scale of the universe, from tiny protons and neutrons to the great Hubble Deep Field, (we’re not sure what that is either!) The flash website is a highly original example of how users can experience the scale of the universe in a fun and simple way – [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 10th Feb 2012

Saul Bass’s pitch may be dated, but the principals are still relevant….

This is the video pitch Saul Bass produced for the Bell System logo redesign back in the 1960’s. Bass identifies that society at the time is fast moving, competitive and highly influenced by visuals and images we encounter day to day. He stresses that businesses need to appear innovative if they want to keep up [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 7th Feb 2012

More4 Gets Vibrant

More 4, (Channel 4’s digital channel) has been rebranded by design agency ManvsMachine. LONO examined the reasons why the digital broadcaster decided to rebrand and why the design agency decided to opt for a colorful, flexible logo. Does this new identity truly represent the nature of the brand, or the direction the brand is going [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 25th Jan 2012

Stay Motivated, Stay Creative – Inspirational Poster Series designed by LONO

January is seen as the month when you make resolutions, start a fresh slate and turn over a new leaf. Though more often than not, we usually start the month with heaps of enthusiasm, but after around the 2nd week, the January blues hit you like a thunderbolt and suddenly all willingness to persevere quickly [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 19th Jan 2012

Packaging design that’s intentionally hideous

As I was completing my weekly shop last week, I stumbled upon aisle 22 and scanned the ranges of pasta on offer. Hmmm, should I buy Tesco’s Finest Pappardelle for £1.59 or Tesco Value Penne pasta for 25p? I darted my eyes from left to right, checking I was alone and then quickly grabbed the [...]

READ MORE PUBLISHED 18th Jan 2012

Yuletide Blog

As Christmas is just a few days away we wanted to give a heartfelt blog post this week. Tweet

READ MORE PUBLISHED 19th Dec 2011