news & views from tymedia

That's a touch of class

2009-08-20T12:00:00.006+01:00

Earlier in the month Tymedia were asked to design and build a classy interface for an interactive touch screen plasma display in the foyer of the world famous Hilton Hotels. The touch screens will be within hotel reception areas to allow customers to navigate on screen for information on the various restaurants, health spas and other facilities available to them.

The ONELAN Net-Top-Box, a product designed for the playback of various Digital Signage content, has recently added Interactive Touch Screen functionality to its feature set. tymedia has worked closely with ONELAN development team to develop the touch screen application that would serve as a demonstration for future clients.

We initially presented a set of designs that would form the interface, through to finally developing the navigation elements using HTML. ONELAN's development team integrated our designs to build the final working application.

If you'd like to know more about how Digital Signage, or how an Interactive Touch Screen might work for your business. Contact us today on 01491 412342, or click here

We're a bit Flash...

2009-08-19T11:57:00.009+01:00

Our Flash animation skills were recently put to good use when in June we were approached by TGI Friday's for Digital Signage consultancy, design and animation to appear on multiple LCD screens for the opening of their new Birmingham restaurant.

The brief was to develop dynamic animated full screen advertising to attract the attention of customers throughout the day. The adverts are intended to inform customers of the variety of food and drinks offers, cocktail menus, free Wi-Fi and any upcoming events at the restaurant.

In addition to our animated content, we also scheduled a variety of video content such as episodes of MTV Cribs and USA Today Sports to keep the screens content fresh and dynamic for the vibrant environment of the restaurant.

Many late nights were worked in order to get everything complete in an incredibly tight turnaround and we're extremely happy with the final results.

See some of the slides below, but to see a short demo of some of the animation, follow the link from our home page

If you would like to know more or are interested in Digital Signage. Contact us today on 01491 412342 or click here

Trust us to deliver...

2009-08-18T12:00:00.004+01:00

tymedia has continued to deliver quality print and digital work to the Heatherwood & Wexham Park NHS trust. One particular achievement to report upon is the Public Consultation brochure. This project involved the design and print management of the brochures to be distributed throughout the trust’s regional network.

The aim of the brochure was to inform the public of services available to them within the trust, as well as proposed changes to be made. The project was turned around incredibly quickly, and delivered within the tightest of schedules. We are proud the Trust continues to rely upon tymedia to deliver on key projects such as this.

The evolution of Digital Signage

2009-08-17T12:04:00.002+01:00

Our long standing relationship with Onelan, as the creative agency to provide Design and Multimedia content for themselves and their customers, continues to flourish. We maintain the Onelan brand, managing the design and production of all their marketing collateral for both print and digital, as well as keeping their website up-to-date with the latest product launches, datasheets, case studies and brochures.

Last month we gave ONELAN Digital Signage a refreshing update to their branding.
They were looking to evolve their existing logo to something a little more modern, without straying too far from their recognised international brand.

With ONELAN's recent expansion into IPTV Streaming and Lecture Capture products and with many more products on the horizon, we opted to evolve the logo into a main logo with various sub-brand versions to keep brand consistency, whilst promoting the new individual product developments.

These are the beginning steps of the bigger picture, as across the next few months there are plans to evolve the website into multiple websites, one for each product, with the aim to further increase website traffic utilising various cross-links between the sites, ultimately growing ONELAN's brand present within each product area.

All kitted out

2009-08-16T12:05:00.002+01:00

Rittman Mead Consulting continues to use tymedia to supply a variety printed marketing literature and digital media. We've recently been supplying staff with stylish embroidered shirts and polo shirts for exhibitions and training days.

Since Rittman Mead expanded into the US market, tymedia have been the agency to help them along the way. We continue to keep their website is kept up to date with new banner advertising the various training days and events. Here are a few of our latest examples...

Mcardle Sport-Tec

2009-08-15T12:07:00.002+01:00

tymedia remain the creative agency for Mcardle Sport-Tec, the lead contractors for building artificial pitches in the UK and Middle East.

Since our last newsletter we have been working on a variety of projects for Mcardle Sport-Tec, including exhibition stands and most importantly a current re-brand to reflect the impartial association with their suppliers. Primarily they had been linked only with Astro-Turf, but have since expanded their range of quality suppliers. With this change, we've re-designed the logo back to their original name McArdle Sport-Tec.

Below is an example, along with the new business cards. We are now looking to design and develop a new website to encompass and reflect this new brand and give them a modern fresh feel. Watch this space.

OneMedia / tymedia - what's it all about?

2009-08-14T12:08:00.002+01:00

Tyson Reed, Managing Director of tymedia has recently been appointed Head of Design and Multimedia for OneMedia.

As a tymedia customer, you may be interested to know a little more about this relationship and to see some of the work we have been doing specifically for OneMedia, as we feel our experience across both companies strengthens our creative team.

OneMedia Digital Signage Managed Services is an agency set up specifically to deal with the design, media production and hosting of Digital Signage. The company is made up of a combination of sales representatives, developers & designers. Our team here at tymedia provides the creative force behind all of the design and media content production that OneMedia are commissioned to produce.

Joining together with OneMedia has been a great opportunity for tymedia, as it allows us to remain the multi-skilled agency we are, catering to our existing tymedia customer needs, whilst working on some exciting new brands, specifically for Digital Signage through OneMedia.

If you'd like to know more about how Digital Signage might work for your business. Contact us today on 01491 412342

The ty team just keeps on growing...

2009-03-15T15:58:00.004Z

In just over a year, tymedia has grown quickly from a one-man band, to a productive team of four. Expanding the team and continuing to flourish will enable us to look after our existing clients even better and develop relationships with new ones. Something important to us all...

Taking onboard both the realities and the media hype of the recession, we appreciate that for some, it is a time to tighten the purse strings. For us though, change is good, so we are embracing this challenge and using it as an opportunity to not only test our resilience, but to focus our skills and give the big boys in the industry a run for their money.

Its times like these, encouraging our clients to optimise their focus of how they are marketing themselves is crucial. We've noticed a slight shift from print based activities, with growth on the digital side, but we're just as busy as we've always been, which means our clients are too. A bigger team equals more extensive skill sets, and by using our skills throughout each project, the client gets 100% out of us and we create effective, successful campaigns that seem to be doing the trick.

The plan is to add another few members to the team by the end of this year, a permanent project manager and another web designer would compliment tymedia nicely... so if you are looking for work in the near future, or know anyone who may be interested, get them to review our requirements http://www.tymedia.co.uk/compJobs.html and contact us if they feel they've something to offer to us.

It's a Trust thing...

2009-03-15T15:51:00.008Z

tymedia's relationship with a local NHS trust has gone from strength to strength within the last year. Initially approached to produce media content for their Digital Display in the Hospital Foyer, we've developed an ongoing supportive relationship. The work and our involvement just keeps on growing.

tymedia have formed an ongoing relationship with the Trust, and were particularly proud to have been commissioned to produce the Trust’s Visual Identity Guidelines. Our involvement began with the design, consultancy and content maintenance of the Digital Plasma Display in the hospital foyer. Over the course of the last six months, working onsite once a week we now provide consultancy, graphic design, media production and print management for various departments within the Trust. This helps them both with communications to staff, patients and visitors alike in both printed and digital forms.

Below is a small showcase of the work, and we'll have some case studies put together soon.

NHS visual identity redesign. This design is now being successfully integrated

NHS Gold Ticket promotion. The event was supported by this marketing literature.

Digital Signage...Digital what??

2009-03-15T15:50:00.004Z

As we all know, the life of digital is evolving and at an exceptional rate it would seem, even in these financially sticky times. Digital signage is fast being recognised as an opportunity to enhance the impact of visual communications to your audience.

Using a device known as a Net Top Box (NTB), anyone in any sector you can think of (Corporates, schools, hospitals, retails outlets, sports centres and more) can use this one-box solution to display relevant messages, video, images, news links and even weather forecasts.

But where does tymedia fit into this you may ask... tymedia produce screen layouts designed to fit within corporate style guidelines. We can also offer ongoing or ad-hoc media creation....

We technically live with ONELAN, the manufacturers of the NTB, and have both benefited from this. By sharing their space, we have not only gained in depth knowledge of the product and the way it works, we have also established a strong relationship with the team. We design digital signage layouts and produce multimedia for a lot of their customers and help keep their website pristine and up to date.

This is an example of Digital Signage that a gym successfully adopted

This is an example of how a travel agency used Digital Signage to provide their customers with up to date information on exchange rates

The NHS uses Digital Signage in their waiting area's to provide patients with relevant information and news

This is a template design produced for ONELAN to demonstrate the new PPT playback functionality

Similar to Riyad, Zain are like the Vodafone of the Middle East. This is an example of a Digital Signage layout designed to play in branch to advertise and inform visiting customers

Tymedia has spread its wings...long haul!

2009-03-15T15:49:00.005Z

Until recently, all of tymedia’s clients have been local to the UK. However, in the space of a few months, we have made the leap into the international market with a few new clients. Now with a healthy handful of international clients, tymedia is continuing to develop and diversify. Working with Rittman Mead on USA opportunities, McArdle on their Middle East marketing literature and Riyad bank on digital signage, we are certainly getting ourselves out there. If only flights to these places were a perk...

Rittman Mead have expanded into the US market and tymedia have been the agency to help them along the way. Having designed them a CMS integrated website, they now handle all the updates. But for their various events and training courses, we've been handling a lot of their marketing literature and digital media. tymedia designed the US banners for Rittman Mead to use on their website.

McArdle Sport-Tec are lead contractors for building artificial pitches in the UK and more recently, the Middle East. In order to establish the business in the ME, McArdle needed a little help from us at tymedia to design some marketing materials. So we got cracking and supplied the goods... tymedia designed this marketing literature which McArdle used as a valuable introduction to their business.

Riyad Bank, one of the leading banks in Saudi Arabia approached us through ONELAN about communicating with their audience using Digital Signage. Already sold on the ONELAN Digital Signage solution, tymedia were called in to ensure their signage displays adhered to the Riyad Bank Guidelines. Riyad Bank used Digital Signage in their branches to advertise to visiting customers, the design/system also had to integrate with their queuing system.

An Apple a day keeps the doctor away!

2009-03-15T14:30:00.002Z

Doctors.net.uk and tymedia go back a long way. Tyson worked independently with them many moons ago and still help them out quite regularly. DNUK is the largest independent network for collaboration and improvement in healthcare and work with some impressive clients; to name drop a few; BUPA, Apple and Vodafone. We love working with the team, so much so, Tyson joins them in their offices for a few times a month.

An important project that tymedia had the pleasure of working on with DNUK, was an Apple campaign. Apple wanted to use DNUK as their communication vehicle and DNUK wanted tymedia to work their magic and deliver the goods...so of course, we did. A pleasure to work with such a mainstream brand.