You may have heard from some of our individual blogs that we have recently been working with National Museum Wales on their marketing collateral for the next two years. The first items produced were the individual brochures for the museums and also an overall flyer for the family of Museums. Launched during this years Eistedfodd the publications have already had a very positive response, both internally within the Museum and externally through feedback from the Tourist Information Centre's around the country.
We will be continuing the work with the Museum over the next few months through a series of events and feedback sessions which will allow us to gauge and quantify the effects of the work produced.
We are happy to announce that once again Hoffi will be setting a 'Live Brief' for the third year students at University of Wales Cardiff (UWIC). It will be the second year we have been involved in setting briefs for the students and it is something we really enjoyed last time. As well as Hoffi. Elfen, Stills and Staziker Jones will also be setting briefs for the students.
The projects begin early next week and for us, as we specialise in branding we will be setting a branding project for the students. We have set a challenging brief for them and hope that they will really get into the project. Last year we gave some of the students work experience in our studio which we hope also helped develop a sense of what it will be like for them to be a designer in a commercial sense. We will keep you posted on the outcome of the projects.
We have just learnt that we will be once again featured in this years Cardiff Design Festival's Showcase. We have been chosen to show our work for Academi's - Book of the Year awards, branding for SoBor - Fruit Smoothies and finally our work on West Wales Eco Centres Climate Change Wales Website.
The showcase will be a traveling exhibition that will tour Wales during the festival and then will it will travel around other major design festivals until the next festival takes place. The festival starts on the 2nd October with the opening taking place at the Senedd. For more information of events taking place during the Festival see the website
www.cardiffdesignfestival.org for further details.
The Hay book festival will be taking place over this bank holiday. It has been for us to be involved in two really big projects that will be debuting at the festival. Along with Academi's book of the year re-branding, there will also be the launch of the Ty Newydd's new brand. The National Writer's Centre for Wales came to us to update their brand and their marketing material.
The brand will officially be launched on the Sunday of the festival at 4pm. We will be there to see what everyone thinks and to start on the next phase of the brand launch. watch this space for more details.
Planning has already begun for Cardiff Design Festival 2008, and it was great to see our new brand identity and colours in this weeks Design Week. We have been working on the recent brand communications ready for the first event which will be a potential sponsors evening later on this month.
We are really happy to be working with the festival once again and are looking forward to a busy October.
Mae Hoffi yn hapus iawn i fod yn gweithio eto gyda Academi, Asiant Hybu Llên Cymru. Y tro yma rydym yn gweithio ar ymgyrch Llyfr Y Flwyddyn 2008. Mae'r ymgyrch yn gwobreuo 2 awdur, yn y Gymraeg ar Saesneg, gyda £10,000 am eu gwaith.
Hoffi are again happy to work with Academi, the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency. This time we are working on the Welsh Book of the Year 2008 Campaign. The campaign awards 2 authors, in English and Welsh, a £10,000 prize for their books.
An ideal opportunity has arisen within Hoffi for a recent graduate or junior designer to get their first step on the ladder by joining us on GO Wales Placement. We are looking for a talented & hardworking designer to join our team. Initially the position will be a ten week placement, but with the potential for a more permanent role subject to successful completion.
The successful candidate will be a team player, not afraid to work hard and be able to demonstrate a creative flair. Ideally you should be able to converse both in Welsh and English. In addition you will have a sound knowledge of HTML, CSS, knowledge of Adobe creative suite and an understanding of the print process would be a great advantage.
Pay rate or the placement will reflect experience.
CVs and examples of best work should be emailed to andrew.thomas@hoffi.com
Rydym wedi bod yn gweithio yn galed yn ddiweddar ac yn falch iawn i ddatgan ein bod wedi ennill cytundeb i wneud holl waith marchnata cyfochrog Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru ar gyfer 2008 a 2009. Bydd Hoffi yn gyfrifol am bopeth oni bai am Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau, â'r canllaw Digwyddiadau. Rydym yn falch iawn i dderbyn y gwaith, a gobeithiwn dros y misoedd nesaf y bydd pawb yn gallu gweld ein gwaith caled.
We (Hoffi) have been working on this for quite a while now, and I am really glad we can finally announce that we have managed to get the contract for all of the National Museum Wales' marketing collateral for 2008 and 2009. Hoffi will be responsible for all output apart from the National Waterfront Museum and the overall What's on guide. We are delighted to have been awarded the work, and hope that over the next few months everyone will be able to see what we have been up to.
Gyda hyn i gyd rydym ni wedi bod yn chwilio am stiwdio newydd ers peth amser, mae angen rhywle arnom ni i ymestyn ein coesau am i¹r hen swyddfa fynd ychydig yn gyfyng. Yn ffodus rydym ni wedi dod o hyd i le newydd, ond peidiwch â phoeni mae gennym yr un rhif ffôn a chyfeiriad??? Rydym ni wedi llwyddo i gael swyddfa mwy o faint yn yr un adeilad. Ac ar ôl tipyn o ymdrech, mae band eang a llinell ffôn bellach wedi¹u sefydlu.
Felly os ydych chi¹n meddwl bod rhywbeth gyda chi y gallen ni¹ch helpu gydag ef, yna cysylltwch. Rydyn ni¹n arbenigo mewn dylunio a chynrychu deunyddiau marchnata i gwmnïau trwy ddylunio dwyieithog ar gyfryngau a argraffir ac ar y we. Mae gan Hoffi¹r profiad a fydd yn helpu¹ch sefydliad i gyrraedd at ddelwedd gryfach, neges broffesiynol glir ac offer marchnata ymgysylltiol pwerus.
With all of this we have been looking for a new studio for some time, we needed somewhere to stretch our legs as the old office was getting a bit cramped. Luckily we have found a new place, but don¹t worry we have the same telephone number and address??? We have managed to get a larger office in the same building. And after a bit of a struggle, broadband and telephone line is now up and running.
So if you think you have something that we maybe be able to help you with then please get in touch. We specialise in the design and production of marketing materials for companies through bilingual design on printed media and web. Hoffi has the experience that will help your organisation achieve a stronger image, clear professional message and powerful engaging marketing tools.
Felly mae bron yn ddiwedd y flwyddyn ac mae pawb yn dechrau meddwl pwy maen nhw am gael yn Siôn Corn cudd y swyddfa, y llynedd cafodd Carwyn rodd gwych (hyd yn oed os dywedaf fy hun) a dw i ond yn gobeithio y caf un cystal ag ef eleni. Daliaf i gredu.
So it is nearly the end of the year and everyone is starting to think of who they are going to get in the office secret Santa, last year Carwyn got a great gift (even if I do say so myself) and I just hope I get one equal to it this year. Fingers Crossed.
Taflwch olwg dros ein calendr adfent Nadolig, sy’n eich helpu trwy dymor y gwyliau yn Gymraeg a Saesneg. E-bostiwch ni heddiw am fwy o fanylion.
Catch our Christmas advent calendar, helping you through the festive season in Welsh and English. Email us today for more details.
Rydym ni’n falch gweld bod un o’r gwefannau bellach ar ben y safleoedd yn google. Rydym ni wedi bod yn gweithio gyda dyluniwr Rebekka Leigh ers rhai blynyddoedd bellach, a thrwy optimeiddio peiriannau chwilota gofalus, erbyn hyn mae ei gwefan yn dod ar ben safleoedd google.co.uk pan deipir ‘hand made bags’ i mewn i’r porwr chwilota. Felly os ydych chi am gael eich gwefan ymhellach lan y safleoedd, cysylltwch â Hoffi heddiw.
We are delighted to see that one of our websites is now at the top of the rankings in google. We have been working with designer Rebekka Leigh for a few years now, and through careful search engine optimisation her website now comes top of the google.co.uk rankings when ‘hand made bags’ is typed into the search browser. So if you are looking to get your website further up the rankings get in touch with Hoffi today.
Digon posib os flinciwyd, fe golloch yr Haf, ond os ydych digon ffodus i fod ffwrdd ar eich gwyliau mae gan hoffi 'ffrisbis' eu hunain! Cofiwch alw mewn os oes unrhyw beth allwn helpu gyda, a cewch ffrisbi!
If you blinked you missed it, our summer that is, but if you are lucky enough to see some sun or even luckier to be off on your holidays Hoffi have their own Frisbees!, if you want to talk to Hoffi about some work, pop in and you will get a free Frisbee!
Mae Hoffi yn y wasg eto. Y tro yma, cyfweliad gyda Carwyn sydd yn Golwg. Roedd yn trafod Hoffi, ei farn am ddylunio dwy-ieithog a pham y credai ei fod yn bwysig yn bersonol iddo fo ac i Hoffi.
Hoffi are in the press again, this time Golwg interview Carwyn for an article about Hoffi, he was asked all about Hoffi and his opinions about Bilinigual design and why he thinks its important personally and in Hoffi
Yn yr eisteddfod eleni? Os welsoch chi gopi o newyddlyn Menter a Busnes, falle welsoch chi lun ac erthygl bach am Hoffi. Roedd yn wych cael ein henwebu gan y cyhoedd a Menter a Busnes ar gyfer y wobr.
If you were at the Eisteddfod this year or picked up a copy of the Menter a Busnes Awards newsletter you would of found an nice photo and an article about Hoffi. It was great to be nominated by the public and Menter a Busnes for this award.
Mewn clinig portffolio, a drefnwyd fel rhan o Wyl Dylunio Caerdydd, mewn partneriaeth gyda UWIC, bu Hoffi ynghyd a dylunwyr profiadol eraill o Gaerdydd yn rhoi cyngor ac arweiniad i raddedigon dylunio. Mae ansawdd y gwaith yn dangos y dawn a fydd yn ymuno a'r diwydiant dylunio eleni.
At a special portfolio clinic, organised as part of the Cardiff Design Festival in partership with UWIC, Hoffi along with other experienced designers from across Cardiff gave advice and guidance to this year’s design graduates. The quality of work really demonstrated the breadth of talent thinking joining the design industry this year.
Newyddion Da! Rwyf ar rhestr fer Gwobrau Menter 2007 yng nghategori Menter Pobl Ifanc, nod y Gwobrau Menter yw gwobrwyo siaradwyr Cymraeg sydd yn llwyddo mewn busnes.
Good news! I have been shortlisted for the Menter Awards 2007 in the Young People Category, the purpose of the awards is to award Welsh speakers we have succeeded in business.
Wel nid yn hollol wir, ond mae un o’n ffotograffau i wedi ennill gwobr pwnc!...ac mae gwyneb Julian ar y wefan! Roedd y Photomarathon yn gymysgedd o chwys, toriad calon, poen, llawenhau, gwenu, dadleuon a thraed drewllyd. Diolch eto i Mathew a Bettina ac i'r cefnogwyr, Mermaid Quay, St Davids 2, One, Kodak, Arriva, Cardiff Bus a Davies Colour, a fyddai yno yn 2008? Wrth gwrs, dwi'n hoffi poen!
Well not entirely true but one of my photographs did win a topic prize!...and Julians face is on the site! The Photomarathon was a mixture of sweat, heartbreak, pain, joy, smiles, arguments and smelly feet. Thanks agian to Mathew and Bettina and the sponsors, Mermaid Quay, St Davids 2, One, Kodak, Arriva, Cardiff Bus and Davies Colour. Will i go next year? Yes, because i like pain!
