Of course, they’re not normal business cards.

They look like filthy lucre and they feature portraits of Guy Thomson and Seth Watkins (the bosses of A.L.E.C).

If you’d like a closer look send them over an animation script and they’ll send you a bundle in a plain brown envelope.

Design – M Denton Esq, Photographer – Oli Carver, Typographer – Andy Dymock

That’s important information if you’re an aficionado of the arts of Venus, so obviously we were really fluffed up when Sean was asked to snap the required (money) shots.

Agency – M&C Saatchi, Art Director – Dan McCormack, Copy Writer – Luke Boggins, Photographer – Sean de Sparengo, Chief Fluffer – Sara Cummins

That’s according to Campaign’s Top 10 photographers chart.

We’re not complaining.  We’ve never been so pleased with 3rd place.

Happy New Year!

It occurred to us that it might be mildly amusing if we created some made up evil products from a fictional evil trade catalogue.

They concurred.

So first of all we selected various objects from valves and microprocessors to plungers, and we gave them evil names and catalogue numbers.

…and then we shot them. Or rather our Oli did.

The most popular seems to be the nut and bolt duo (or Imelda and Ferdinand to use their correct titles)…then again, we like them all.

Photography and image manipulation – Oliver Carver, Concept/Design – M. Denton Esq, Production – Miss Fern Berresford, Typography – Andy Dymock.

Agency – Leo Burnett, Art Director – Caroline Rawlings, Writer – Chris Birch, Director – M Denton Esq, Designer – M Denton Esq, Producer – Sara Cummins, Agency Producer – Lou Pegg.

Here at Coy! Communications we’re in the process of producing a major exhibition and documentary that will help to shed some light on a uniquely British phenomenon.

Why did Skinheads carry combs? Was it really necessary for Teds to slap half a tub of Brylcreem on a Ducks arse every night and most importantly, were Plastic Sandals ever really cool. Dust off the dressing up box, it’s the incredible journey of the Youthcult.

Watch this space!

I came across these the other day.  It’s me and the family sporting blow-up trousers.

The story is, Dave Dye was designing the 2004 D&AD annual and he’d opted for a record sleeve theme.

Of course he designed the cover and all the important bumpf at the front of the book and then he cleverly commissioned lots of well-known designers and art directors to come up with the jury pages for the different sections.

Every spread had to be in the form of the front and back of an album cover and each one had to feature a different genre.

He very flatteringly asked me to do one and I volunteered to do the Art Direction section.

I guessed that someone else would cover Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Punk, Heavy Metal, Easy Listening, Classical, Country & Western, Reggae, Soul, Folk etc, etc, etc.

So in an effort to do something a bit more unexpected I thought I’d do the instructional disc you get free with a pair of inflatable exercise pants.

The front had to feature all of the members of the Art Direction jury, but as you might have guessed, once I presented them with the concept and a pair of custom made ‘Trousertone’ strides, a few of them became a bit camera shy.

So I recruited some happy helpers (my Missus and Step Daughter) plus a chubby model, a skinny model and a bodybuilder to act as body doubles.

…and naturally I volunteered myself as well.

The shoot was a right laugh and after a nifty bit of photo-shopping we had the required images.

The only hiccup came when I presented the finished design to Dave…He liked it all but one small detail…Could I stick his head on the Bodybuilder’s body and not on the fat bloke’s.