As part of Code’s continuing involvement and support of the region’s HE institutions we’ve been asked to participate in The Designers Northern Alliance (DNA) event. This is a two day event organised by the coming together of 6 Northern HE institutions. As well as showcasing the region’s best undergraduate and postgraduate talent from the fields of Design, Advertising, [...]

This beautiful, disgusting, hilarious site has had a profound effect on me—for better or for worse—so it’s inevitable that it’s been rearing its proverbial head when I’ve been brainstorming recent ideas (ideas far too scandalous and underdeveloped to include here). Advertising agencies have been quick to grab this bull by its exposed horns and use [...]

I recently went to a couple of courses up in Glasgow run by Patrick Collister—one on the principles of advertising and ideas and the other on the advertising opportunities in the digital space. They were both rather good and served as useful grounding in these areas. There were various group and individual tasks dotted throughout the day. For one of [...]

The STEPPING OUT project arises from the UK Design Skills Alliance having identified that a network of Leading Design Professionals connected to education will support the development and delivery of industry relevant curricula. Whilst it is recognised that Art and Design providers already engage with leading design professionals, their numbers, backgrounds and involvement in developing or delivering [...]

Just a brief update on our office make over project. Guy Mckinley and Jon Boam have completed their murals and they both look frickin’ awesome! Hot off their heels, comes Chris Gray, Rob Bailey and Antony Crook who will be sprinkling their magic at Code over the next week or so. Enough words here are some pictures… [...]