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Since 1995 Tower Hamlets Summer University has provided young people in London with free courses and activities to give them the experience, skills and self-belief they need to make the most of their lives. Courses are as diverse as ‘How to DJ’, ‘Intro to Arabic Language’, ‘Thai Cooking’ and ‘Intro to Strategic Marketing’.

For the past 14 years Tower Hamlets Summer University have worked tirelessly to improve the conditions and future of young people living in London. Read more…

The objective of the Benchmark Awards is to set a standard in the recognition of excellence in brand communications. They differ subtly, but significantly, from traditional awards schemes. In terms of scope, the entry Categories represent market sectors rather than design applications.

The 2009 Benchmark Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday 1st December. Read more…

Design Week’s Creative Survey was started in the 1990’s. As in previous years, the 2009 Creative Survey listings are based on the success enjoyed by largely UK consultancies and in-house design teams across the main creative awards in a range of disciplines. Increasingly, it involves international prize schemes.

WMH was awarded fifth place in the TOP 50 table (all awards). The Partners, a WPP-owned agency, achieved the number 1 spot, closely followed by Apple Design Group, Apple’s in-house design team. The Chase and Love were awarded third and fourth places.

In 2009 Williams Murray Hamm’s award-winning work included:
Jamie Oliver’s Recipease store (brand identity) – gold award at the Cannes Design Lions Awards
Waterbranding (logo/identity) – first place at the Mobius Awards
Beazley (mixed media) – first place at the Mobius Awards
Agency of the Year – Fab Awards

Design Week’s top 50 creative agencies 2009
Williams Murray Hamm was named no.1 for branding in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Design Week. In 2002 WMH was the only design consultancy to feature in the Financial Times Top 50 Creative Businesses league. Williams Murray Hamm has twice been named Design Agency of The Year by Marketing magazine.
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Williams Murray Hamm has designed the bottle graphics for Absolut Flavor Of The Tropics, a new limited edition that will be launched exclusively in Duty Free/Travel Retail globally for a 6 month period. The product offers the travellers a new exotic vodka flavour that is not available in stores back home. Williams Murray Hamm, a leading packaging design agency in the UK, was tasked with putting an ‘Absolut twist’ on tropical fruit.

From Florida and the Caribbean to Hawaii and the Seychelles, exotic fruits thrive in the humid weather of the sun-drenched tropics. Williams Murray Hamm’s design expresses the fruit through strikingly bright thermal images of the world map. It offers a brand new look for Absolut that captures this new exotic flavour and offers consumer the perfect souvenir from their intrepid journey. Read more…

Leading design company Williams Murray Hamm have created a new brand identity for Beazley, a specialist insurer of complex risks based on an in-depth understanding of different markets.

The company’s brand essence: ‘Advanced Thinking. Applied’ reflects Beazley’s strong entrepreneurial culture. The brand comes to life through a continuous ‘pencil’ line, which forms the Beazley logotype, and thought-provoking illustrations (all formed from one single line). This unique form of branding differentiates the company and is also identifiable with specialist product teams. Read more…

Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with employees in over 90 countries dedicated to one purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to their customers, they help to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life.

Syngenta is a global agrichemicals producer where regulatory constraints, environmental concerns and social responsibility can severely inhibit creative scope: most brands end up focusing on product features. This is not really true: in the past differentiating of our product brands was mainly through technical benefits of the product. Read more…