MUSGRAVE - Web Design, Graphic Design, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE!

We are pleased to announce that we have moved into our new office at Waterside House in Barrow-in-Furness.

Musgrave Brand-Central, Musgrave Digital-Division and MinimusMaximus.net are all based here - each with a distinct focus on delivering creative expertise, technical excellence and great value for money to customers looking for graphic and website design, bespoke software development and cost-effective web sites.

Many of our customers now ask us to advise on and implement search engine optimisation, web marketing and PPC campaigns. In order to deliver the best possible services we have teamed up with internet marketing expert Guy Levine and his Digital Marketing Agency, Return On Digital to provide our customers with leading edge consultancy and services in all aspects of search engine optimisation, social media, web marketing and pay per click advertising management.

Pop in to see us at Waterside House and find out how we can make your business better. We also make a fantastic brew.

Keep smiling!

Paul Musgrave
Creative Director

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.
Albert Einstein

The Musgrave Newsletter

Who we are

We are creative thinkers and digital innovators. We are website designers, graphic designers, software developers and marketing consultants.

We like people. We like listening to people getting passionate about their own ideas and ambitions. Helping to make ideas real and empowering people to achieve ambitions is what really makes us tick.

We pride ourselves on our ability to work creatively with any budget to deliver maximum impact and return on investment.

We only work with people who value the expertise and experience that people like us can offer - people who want a genuine relationship that will be mutually beneficial in personal and business terms.

What we do

Creative Consultancy, Brand Identity Development, Website Design, Digital Media Design and Consultancy, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Graphic Design, Advertising, E-Marketing campaigns, Graphical Interface Design, Content Management System CMS development using Joomla, Mambo, ASP.net, Umbraco and custom code.

We do all this and more for people all over the UK and abroad.

Right now we're busy in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Ulverston, Liverpool, Grange-Over-Sands, London, Kendal, Carlisle, Windermere, Merseyside, Bolton, Leicester and New York.

Why it matters

Because creative ideas make a difference to the lives and businesses of our clients. The difference comes in many forms:

Increased return on investment, loyal customers, more sales, wider audiences, greater market awareness, enhanced perception of brand identity - all of which are aims and objectives for building a better business and a more satisfying customer experience.

We help you to create reasons for the people who use your products or services to keep coming back for more. That's why it matters.

MINIMUS MAXIMUS

Web site packages to suit all budgets. Minimum cost with Maximum impact.
Affordable web design from just £700
UNCLE PABLO

World-class Marketing Consultancy & Creative Direction by Uncle Pablo.
New website coming soon...
SHARE OUR VIEW ON GREAT DESIGN

Doe Wood Lodges is a new development of luxury lake district lodges. We first met the owners when the lodge park was an empty green field on the hillsides of Aldingham in Cumbria and we've worked with them as they have transformed the space into a beautiful park from which lodge owners can share the amazing views across the lake district and the south cumbria coastline.
Our CMS based website for Doe Wood Lodges features the lodges for sale in photographic galleries, stunning photography of the surrounding areas by local photographers and a DVD featuring the lodges, the park and the local area. The website brochure request form and e-newsletters have resulted directly in sales and the website continues to generate a high number of sales leads each week.
As part of the integrated promotional campaign Musgrave have also delivered brochure design, leaflet design, video and DVD production, PR services, advertising concepts and management, exhibition stands, vehicle graphics and on-site signage.
How to see

Our work with The Ruskin Foundation began with an invitation to deliver an identity and website for their "How to see" project. Four of the Musgrave team went on a 'school trip' to Brantwood, John Ruskin's former home on the shores of Coniston in Cumbria, to learn all about the great man and his theories on sight and vision. Mightily inspired we returned to the studio full of ideas about creating logos derived from optical illusions and ways to bring Ruskin's ideas to life in digital media. We also returned full of homemade cake from the fantastic cafe at Brantwood.
A month or so later and the fruits of our labour went live at what was reported to be a fantastic launch event. Unfortunately the Musgrave team missed the launch but we do look forward to exploring the shores pf Coniston with our Looking Tubes when we next visit to discuss the forthcoming interactive piece entitled "Heartsight". Watch this space...through a looking tube if you like. See the "How to See" website here.
BLAST FROM THE PAST VOL.2: Beetham Organization website

Launched back in 2005 The Beetham Organization website is still one of our finest achievements in open source web development.
Developed in collaboration with Uniform, this website broke the mould of content management. The bespoke components we developed allow the client to update all content including image-based flash panels. We even pushed the boat out back in the day to include features such as processing of live webcam images into flash sequences 'on the fly'.
We continue to work with Uniform to further develop the site and a number of the site components are now under reconstruction to meet changing marketing needs.
DigITal ambITion

In Manchester we worked with the MDDA (Manchester Digital Development Agency) to develop brand identity and digital branding devices for the AmbITion project. AmbITion is a £1.2m Arts Council England project run by our friend and prolific blogger Hannah Rudman and Manchester Digital Development Agency, working together with Cambridge University; some of the sector’s most senior change and technology consultants; and Arts Council England’s Organisational Development: Thrive! programme.
We're excited about the AmbITion project and its goals, which the MDDA site sums up best:
"AmbITion will enable arts organisations to develop effective use of digital technology across all areas of their business and artistic practice, improving their offer and competitiveness in a 21st century market."
It's digital - we dig IT all!
BLAST FROM THE PAST VOL.1: Arts Mag.net

Arts Magnet takes us back to 2004, when Musgrave developed the brand identity.
Arts Magnet, the digital development agency for the arts sector in the North West at the time, supported the arts sector in its future strategies for the use of Information Technology in meeting its artistic, audience, and business aspirations.
The popular typographic look and feel of Arts Mag.net is being developed further for a new project called AmbITion (see news above).
Football Crazy!
We designed this logo for Lanternhouse International back in October but the more I look at it the more I love it so I decided to post it to the site. Football Iliad - The finale of the Trojan War as a football match. Two opposing sides, Greeks and Trojans in an all or nothing local derby. Football mad!
Random exploration at The Bluecoat

Our design and development for Phase 2 of The Bluecoat website delivers a beautiful new random navigation experience. Visit the site and click on the 'browse' menu item to see it in action.
The Bluecoat in Liverpool will re-open on March 15 2008 with a mission statement "To provide an innovative contemporary arts experience shaped by and going beyond, the unique building that houses it." Our vision for the website and other digital media developments for the Bluecoat mirror this intention and the planned launches in early 2008 will see The Bluecoat lead the way in using creative web technology to connect people, culture and communities.

MUSGRAVE BRAND-CENTRAL

Intelligent Creative Solutions from Musgrave Brand-Central.
New website coming soon...
MUSGRAVE DIGITAL-DIVISION

Inspired software development from Musgrave Digital-Division.
New website coming soon...
GREAT PREMEXPECTATIONS

Our new website for Medico Legal Reports company Premex Services is the first in a wave of relaunches of the six Premex Group websites this year. Originally developed by Musgrave in 2007 the sites are being given a visual refresh and a content overhaul.
Clever CSS by Mr Welsh combined with striking photography and image manipulation by the Musgrave image magicians McGrath & Poojinky help to make this a true Musgrave masterpiece.
More Premexcellence to follow soon.
Put the big light on

Our website for Lanternhouse International in Ulverston, Cumbria went live and launched a new brand identity in the process.
We're now looking forward to more good coffee, good company and good conversation as we work on monthly content development together.
Park Life
We delivered a website and brand identity for The Park Leisure Centre and gym in Barrow-in-Furness and the launch of Club MAX - a new youth gym - and the refurbished pool, gym and sports complex. We worked closely with the architects and interior designers DV8 Designs, fitness equipment providers Pulse, and the Leisure Centre management team to create a fresh and dynamic image befitting the exciting development and new facilities at The Park.
A good idea wins every time

We delivered a brochure design and CMS based website for The Chetwynde Hotel in Barrow-in-Furness.
I think our all-out creative approach and desire to raise people's expectations of design gave us the edge over our competition - and we really enjoyed transforming the image of this lovely place.
Premex Site Launches

On the 18th December 2007 we launched three new websites for the Bolton based Premex Group of companies.
Premex Services is the UK's largest provider of medico-legal reports and services, including rehabilitation and diagnostics, to the legal profession and the insurance industry.
We delivered an ASP.net solution to compliment internal IT strategy, providing an extensible website and content management framework for the entire group.
Dan Chesney, Marketing Manager at Premex became an honorary member of the Musgrave team while we worked very closely over a short timeframe on an intense design and development path. Our work with Premex on their web development and digital branding programme continues in 2008 with the launch of the Premex Group website and creative emarketing campaigns.
www.premexservices.co.uk
www.accuro.co.uk
www.premex-insight.co.uk
Musgrave shows young people that Business Rocks!

Business rocked at this year’s ‘Business Rocks’ event at our HQ, the Canteen Media & Arts Centre in Barrow-in-Furness.

As part of their Enterprise Week, Furness Enterprise organised two half-day music industry workshops for pupils from local schools. The Year 10 pupils were challenged to come up with a name and logo for a pop group, perform and produce its first song and film an accompanying music video in one day.

Our designers Paul Welsh and Kerry Wicks worked with the youngsters on names and logo designs while East Beach Studios and Northern Riviera Productions, also based in the the Media & Arts Centre brought their music and video to life. Our team enjoyed the challenge and we were proud to see the work that the young people had produced at Musgrave when it was showcased at the Furness Enterprise AGM. Participating in events like this is important to our commitment to developing employment opportunities in the local area and to enhancing the profile of the Creative Industries in Cumbria.
You can see pictures from the Business Rocks event here and read more about the event at http://www.gofurness.com/