Latest Work

We are committed to 21st Century to deliver the very best in magazine and brochure design. And this 80 page Primary School brochure is no exception. The MD wanted a fresh look from the other range of School brochures. The brochure has been very well received in the education sector, and founder, Dr David Hemery is extremely happy.

We were approached by Penny Smart to rebrand their existing logo and brand. Suburbia Design took the Penny Smart team through our creative problem solving exercises and through brainstorming and creative sessions we drew our from our findings and created a series of logos. The Suburbia team are now working on the brand guides and eBrochure to support the rebrand. We will upload these when they are ready for production.

To help deliver the 'Be the Best you can Be!' 21st Century Legacy commissioned Suburbia to create a DVD and sleeve featuring 5 films from 21st Century Legacy.  We teamed up with our production house in Manchester to make the disc. The DVD also features Erin's Song which is now available as a charity single on iTunes.

Tengo Media Commissioned Suburbia Design on Behalf of Rhys Davies from Smart Asset Management Solutions to create a new logo for his existing brand. Suburbia Design created 4 further sub brands based on the SmartAs concept.

Promotional 6 page Trifold DL Leaflet for our client Walltastic Ltd. To promote the new baby range of wallpaper murals from Walltastic. We printed 5000 of these on 170gsm silk.

The Festival of Young people of Wrexham is in its 8th year and Suburbia were commissioned to produce a bilingual logo/brand. It is presented here on a letterhead. Suburbia Design have created stationery and pop up banners as part of this project.

A day spent promoting the 2012 Olympic charity, 21st Century Legacy's Be the Best you can Be!

Thomas Gagen (pink shirt) from Suburbia Design, Dr David Hemery, Ade Adepitan, Danny Crates, Bryan Steel and Olympians, Paralympians, pupils and teachers from Barnfield Primary and King Alfred's Wantage, at the Tower of London, 12th October 2011.

Thomas Gagen and Ade Adepitan in discussion over the London 2012 Olympic bid.	Thomas Gagen from Suburbia Design standing with 1968 Olympic champion and 21st Century Legacy founder Dr David

Back by popular demand, Suburbia Design are offering free business card layout for the whole month of October 2011! Email 'freesub' to Thomas@suburbiadesign.co.uk for details.

Terms and Conditions - The FREE Business card offer is available throughout the whole month of October 2011 and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. All Business Cards designed by Suburbia Design & Communications Ltd must be printed by Suburbia Design & Communications Ltd. All Business Card Artwork remains the property of Suburbia Design & Communications Ltd unless paid for separately.

It's been 18 months since Julian Evans of Walltastic hired Cheshire based Design Agency, Suburbia Design to design their Licensed Wallpaper Murals and retail packaging artwork. Since then Suburbia have gone on to create numerous Wallpaper Murals comprising: Peppa Pig, My Little Pony, Ben10, Thomas The Tank Engine, Bob The Builder, Angelina Ballerina, Chuggington, Fireman Sam, Dreamworks to name a few. Each Mural measures approximately 2.3 metres x 3 metres and is hung like wallpaper in 12 easy to put up panels. See www.walltastic.com for the full range.

...The Property Key. Investment mogul and Director of The Green Zero, William Robinson approached Suburbia to help position, develop the name, logo and strapline. The Property Key is a new property investment business based in Cheshire which buys and sells properties quickly and easily. From inception to completion, Suburbia developed the logo over a series of structured informative consultations. The designer of the motif said ‘Blue was used in the logo because it is calming. It can be strong and secure or light and trustworthy. One of the key messages when developing the logo was Trust and Transparency. Most people identify with some shade of the color blue. During the creative problem solving process we discovered that stacking the name created a key shape which was perfect for the communication of the brand.’ Suburbia rolled out the logo in October 2011 across a website, business cards, brochure and letterheads.

Suburbia designed 2 exhibitions for shows in October 2011. The first show was for Criminal Records Bureau based company, Disclosure Services. Disclosure Services were attending the Care Show 2011 held at the National Hall London Olympia. The stand comprised 3 walls measuring 3 metres x 2.5 metres and once erected created a fully branded room for Disclosure Services to trade from. The second show commissioned by 2012 Olympic based charity, 21st Century Legacy was to be held mid October at The Tower of London. Suburbia designed and built the 3 part exhibition to push the ‘Be The Best You Can Be!’ Programme. The exhibition comprised 2 x 1000mm x 2000mm banners with a 3000mm x 3000mm stand, branded pull out banners and desks with lights. Suburbia also provided signs for both shows.

Last November Suburbia fought off stiff competition and successfully pitched and won the opportunity to re-brand and design the 2011 LIME campaign. Rhys Roberts – Marketing Co-ordinator, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod had this to say: ‘I have worked with Suburbia Design on a number of assignments including the redesign of our Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod branding and was impressed with the quality of solutions presented.’ Suburbia designed the logo and 30 other projects for the 2011 campaign including signs, brochures the Programme and flags. Roll on 2012!

Award-winning design agency Suburbia Design and Communications has proved its metal working on an Olympic project to help the next generation be the best they can be.

The North West graphic design and publishing firm is spear-heading the creative work for a ground-breaking charity founded by Olympic gold medallist Dr David Hemery CBE. 

The 21st Century Legacy, Be the Best You Can Be! Programme sees Olympians head into schools aiming to inspire, engage and empower students to achieve their dreams.

Suburbia created the design for the medallions that were struck by the Royal Mint to celebrate the achievement of young people participating in the project.

Thomas Gagen, lead creative at Suburbia travelled to the Royal Mint site in South Wales to see his medallion design minted.

He said: “Working with 21st Century Legacy and the Royal Mint has been a privilege for Suburbia. It was particularly rewarding to go to the Royal Mint to see the medallions being struck, and to meet some of the youngsters who have benefitted from this amazing project.”

The agency, headed by Thomas and partner Julie Wrench, was first approached by the charity to create a distinctive branding. 

The logo and starburst Suburbia created for 21st Century Legacy impressed the charity so much it commissioned the agency to complete a number of creative projects including work books, magazines, leaflets, promotional materials and presentation packs for those taking part in the programme.

Seeing the design in metal was a first for the experienced, creative design company, who work on a number of well-known magazines, alongside creating logos, brochures and marketing materials.

Suburbia came up with the initial design for the medallion and a team at the Royal Mint translated that into a three dimensional model. 

Thomas said: “From creating the initial starburst and branding, it was quite a moment for me to hold the medallion in my hands. I hope that the Be the Best You Can Be! Programme inspires young people to achieve their dreams; maybe it will even be the first medallion of achievement held by future David Hemerys.”

The 21st Century, Be the Best You Can Be! Programme has been developed to help young people to discover the unique potential within themselves and to pursue and fulfil their dreams. The Royal Mint supported the charity to make the achiever’s medallions.

The project is the brainchild of Dr Hemery, who came up with the concept after being asked to help deliver a bid promise that the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be an inspiration to the youth of Britain and the rest of the world. 

Schools taking part are visited by an Olympian, Paralympian or other high achiever. This is followed by themes integrated into the curriculum and a celebration event where children receive the medallions designed by Suburbia.

Left To Right; Tim Mclachlan - MD 21st Century Legacy, Thomas Gagen - Lead Creative Suburbia Design, Judith Gully - Marketing Communications Executive, Jeff Nicholas - Marketing Manager

In August 2011, Suburbia were commissioned by a North Wales based hotel to design, manufacture and install a new type of sign to promote their hotel. Owners from Lauriston Court in Llandudno had become frustrated by other agencies and sign writers who were asked to quote on the product but never delivered. The sign consisted of a 5mm thick semi-transparent face which lights up from underneath using the latest 3mm thin LED strip technology. The bespoke product features an LCD screen in the middle of the sign which displays, films, images and information about the hotel. It’s all conveniently controlled by remote control. The whole package is no more than 6 inches deep! Suburbia recognised the client’s challenges and built the sign around their exact needs. The biggest challenge was to get the sign lit up in extreme sunlight and fit inside their current sign enclosure. (Dimensions: 1230mm x 540mm x 150mm deep)

Walltastic©, are the international market leaders in children’s wallpaper murals. Since the Founder, Julian Evans started the company in 2002, Walltastic© have designed over 20 6 x 4 metre highly detailed computer generated themes ranging from tots to teens.

Since the launch they have been awarded winner Smarta 100, 2010, shortlisted Gift of the Year 2009 and won Innovator of the Show Award 2008.

Suburbia was approached by Julian Evans directly to design new murals complete with packaging and 3D room scenes. We are now in the process of developing new murals which will be released in the near future.
Thomas Gagen, Creative Director at Suburbia said ‘we are over the moon to be collaborating on such prolific projects with Walltastic. I met up with Julian at our studio to show how proficient we are at dealing with large scale artwork. These are exciting times for us and we look forward to a good future with everyone at Walltastic.’

Check out the Walltastic.com website for more information about these fantastic pieces of artwork.

Disclosure Services' commissions Suburbia for a re-brand and overhaul of their marketing material.

Disclosure Services is an umbrella body of the Criminal Record Bureau. Trading since July 2002, it enables a broad range of clients to make informed recruitment decisions to fulfil their regulatory and compliance requirements.

Caroline Clark, one of the directors at Disclosure Services said, 'we love Suburbia's use of intelligent and sensitive design solutions. We like the way they can stick to a brief and deliver precisely what we are after'.

Suburbia is currently working very closely with Caroline on developing the new logotype. Thomas Gagen from Suburbia said, 'Caroline is very particular in what she is after for the new logotype. We simply were not getting the results we all wanted using our current software, so in the end we drafted in Studio Max with a bit of Photoshop to create the logo.' Suburbia is putting the finishing touches to the marketing pack, which will be printed in June. Followed by the updated stationery and exhibition stands.

2010 Maggies Award Nominee, Signature Publishing Ltd in Grayshott who commissioned Suburbia in 2007 to setup, design and originate Easy Peasy Magazine, has just printed their 30th issue of the 36 page children's learning mag.

Julie, the Launch Art Editor from Suburbia said, 'we were delighted to be asked to design the magazine for SPL in 2007, it's fantastic to see it 3 years on still going strong'. Suburbia continues to artwork & originate the magazine each month.

Suburbia designed a 3-part exhibition at the end of last year. It comprised 2 banners, 3x3metre section and welcome desk. The project formed part of a new scheme backed by rural development agency Cadwyn Clwyd to help identify and set up clusters of similar businesses and help them develop new markets.