Leicester City of Culture 2017 is looking like it could become a reality with Leicester through to the next round and we’re up against some stiff competition. The cut killed off City of Culture 2017 bids from Chester, East Kent, Hastings and Bexhill on Sea, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, and Southend-on-Sea leaving Leicester’s City of […]
As consumers we’re bombarded with marketing messages on a daily basis. It’s a war out there folks, companies are in an endless arms race to try and create branding that both sticks in the mind and also drives emotional responses and it’s shape and colour that does a lot of the grunt work. Simplified branding, […]
Hot on the heals of the Brands as nationalist parties – company logos re-imagined by Studio ROKIT / SET ONE, comes the next load of companies that we take a quick look at through the prism of a nationalist flag (FOR FUN people – keep that in mind). And in this set there’s a few […]
Companies are bigger now than at any other single point in the history of mankind. Business has changed and become something that only sci-fi writers ever really touched on (some of the best visions of future business can be found in one of Britain’s finest comics – 2000AD – ahead of its time and home […]
A little bit of fun… the Periodic Table – Periodic Table of Metal. Those about to rock, we salute you. Click this link or the image for a bigger, louder version.
Sam’s Beer Festival Leicester 2013, in aid of the Leicester Samaritans was a roaring success and Studio ROKIT sponsored a winner with our sponsorship keg being the new beer from Scarborough Brewery ‘Phrenology’ and at 6.2% abv it definitely had you holding on to your head, right up until the point where it worked its […]
If there’s one lesson any aspiring designer should learn and one that real designers know the value of it’s to be able to work quickly and be able to identify good ideas quickly. The 10 minute graphic design project – Treasure Island book cover is a little exercise in just that. Like most talents or […]
What’s the first logo or brand you remember seeing? It seems a simple question to ask anyone, but as the years roll on and advertising and branding becomes more sophisticated and employs new technologies and platforms to help it penetrate your ears, eyes, and nasal passages*, it becomes a harder question to answer. *(yes, that’s […]
It seems like there’s never a week that passes that some terrible gun related tragedy isn’t propelled into the global news streams. As of writing this post, the US has already endured 1,280 gun related deaths since the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings on December 14, 2012. That’s only 5 months ago with a daily casualty […]
Sam’s Friends Beer Festival 2013 has a new supporter – StudioROKIT is supporting Leicester Samaritans by sponsoring a keg of one of the 30 or so drinks on offer over the 3 days of the festival. If you’re a Leicester local and you like a tipple or just want to support an essential service that […]