Archive for March, 2010

More winning ideas for Bolton Primary Care Trust

To help Bolton Primary Care Trust deliver workshops on positive mental health to a wide audience in schools, workplaces and community groups, Portfolio didn’t play around. What we did do was create Upsy/Downsy – a board game designed for 4 to 6 players. Taking care of everything from game conception to bespoke illustration, we delivered [...]

Helping Rowlinson outclass the competition

For manufacturers like Rowlinson, The Schoolwear Show is the high point of the Schoolwear buying season. It’s where buyers can meet new suppliers and further relationships with existing ones, check out new products and follow the latest trends and network and socialise with other retailers. To help Rowlinson prove to those visiting the show just [...]

Looking at Baby Face for Wigan Council

Following the success of the nationwide ‘Challenge 21′ campaign, Wigan Council wanted their own hardhitting campaign to deter young people from buying age restricted products such as alcohol and tobacco. At the same time, the work should tackle the problem of adults buying such items on behalf of minors. So Portfolio gave birth to the [...]

Schoolwear brochure gets us top marks

As the UK’s largest and most successful manufacturer of personalised schoolwear, Rowlinson have worked with Portfolio for a number of years. One recent project we’ve undertaken for them was a brochure, designed as a tool to showcase Rowlinson’s growing portfolio of brands and help retailers sell Rowlinson products into schools. Well educated in what makes [...]

Getting Wigan Athletic the result they wanted

A joint initiative between the Government and 20 premier football clubs, the aim of PL4S (Premier League for Sport) is to get young people aged 11-16 to take part in four alternative sports – namely judo, badminton, volleyball and table tennis. As one of the clubs involved, Wigan Athletic wanted to get the PL4S message [...]

Boxed off thinking for Bolton Council

For young people across the country, a lack of things to do can lead to a range of problems including anti-social behaviour. To tackle this issue locally, Bolton Council’s Children Services department came up with The Box initiative. As the name suggests, this involved the purchase of three box trailers that could be driven across [...]

Home of Bolton Council’s Fostering campaign

With more foster families needed nationwide, we helped do our bit in Bolton by creating a campaign for the council aimed at getting couples, single adults and families without younger to consider opening their homes and hearts to a child that really needs it. Pushing the message that as well as full support and training, [...]

Helping Bolton’s children in care to be heard

The Voice 4U initiative has been set up by Bolton Council to give children in care the chance to speak up and be heard about the issues affecting them and other in care. Encapsulating this in an identity, Portfolio have centred a suite of work featuring an illustrated megaphone. From flyers to hooded tops, badges [...]

Grenade work right on target

When the makers of Grenade came to Portfolio for a brand identity we came up with creative that helped the fat burning product explode onto the fitness scene. Capitalising on the fact that the packaging was actually grenade-shaped we produced a military-themed logo and other elements to work across packaging and advertising which also featured [...]

Producing some strong work for Applied Nutrition

Aimed at an audience of martial artists, bodybuilders and boxers and other’s looking to gain muscle, body mass and boost their training performance Applied Nutrition offer a range of dietary supplements. Flexing our creative muscles, Portfolio created a gritty, strong, look and feel perfect for the Applied Nutrition range. As well as being featured on [...]