Week 4 - LSBU Clarence Centre Businesses

LSBU Clarence Center For Enteprise & Innovation 

What have they done: 

Since opening in 2013, the Clarence Centre has helped support 1,450 external London based start-ups, 27 Student start-ups and engaged with 5,000 students a year who have an interest in starting a company.

Clarence Center Infographic:

What Companies Operate In The Centre:

Looking at what some of these companies specialise in:

Naked Creativity:

https://nakedcreativity.co.uk/

Who are they:

• Naked Creativity is a Central London design consultancy with a six-strong team of creative and technical individuals all passionate about good design. 

• Naked Creative believe that good design should be accessible and are always keen to help customers explore cost effective ways that help get the most from their website, print or app.

Services Include:

• They design intelligent websites, engaging mobile and web applications, imaginative identities and accomplished print.
• Naked Creative believe that its important for the designers and developers to work directly with the clients. 

Work Examples: 

https://www.behance.net/nakedcreativity - More interesting work from Naked Creativity.

Could I use my skills in this company & Would i like to work here:

Skills i could put to use in this company would include UX deign, UI design, Coding, Website Design, Graphic Design, Layout design.

I feel this would be an interesting company for me to work in as it seems they take on a variation of different website, application and graphic design jobs from all different types of company's. Keeping new and interesting work going on all the time.    

Stoke & Dagger:

https://www.stokeanddagger.com/

Who are they:

• Emerging from a TV and advertising background Stoke and Dagger has been formed to create with pride, friendliness and speed at its core. Striving to create distinctive video with passionate people.     

Services Include:

• Concepts, Animation, Production, Audio & Editing, Visual Effects, Consulting.
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Work Examples: 

Could I use my skills in this company & Would I like to work here:

• Stoke and Dagger look to be a very interesting video and advertising brand, Working with companies like RedBull they create some very exciting videos. I feel this brand would be great for my interests especially with the sort of clients they are working with. Keeping the work inside my interest ares.

• Although I have limited skills in the filming and editing process i feel i could put my creative design skills to use across a range of videos and animations they produce. Helping produce new concepts and help push the limits of video advertising with digital concepts applied.  

& Special Guests:

https://andspecialguests.com/

What does this company do:

& Special Guests is a a design studio and online shop, Creating a collection that is an ongoing exploration in to a style that embodies contradictions and has an inimitable sense of novelty.  

Services Include:

• Designing products such as: Bags, Shoes, T-Shirts, Nail Polish 

Work Examples:

 

Could I use my skills in this company & Would I like to work here:

•  Although I do not feel I would be suited to working in this company i feel it is interesting nevertheless, designing products in a playful manor with highly imaginative styles seems like a very interesting business venture.   

• Skills I could put to use her would be my creative mindset, implementing digital aspects into the products and accessories in style and actual digital implementation. 

Captain Cyan:

https://captaincyan.com/

What does this company do:

• Captain Cyan is a printing company based in central London. The company is London's fastest same day large format printers.  

• They also offer an in house design team to quickly and professionally product high quality work. 

Services Include:

• Captain Cyan services are mostly anything to do with printing, from business cards to outdoor banners.

Work Examples: 

Could I use my skills in this company & Would I like to work here:

• Digital printing services will always have a need from other businesses in printing promotional material. I would be interested in learning the techniques and process used by printing companies to achieve a high level of final production.

• Skills I could put to use here would be my eye for good layout design and also colour theory. Helping companies promote their products/ services while keeping to their brand specifications.       

Images & CO:

http://www.images.co.uk/

What does this company do:

Images & Co is an innovation consultancy and design practice specialising in cities, public spaces, culture, education, technology and communications.

Service Areas Include:

• Cities and spaces 
• Communications 
• Culture 
• Education 
• Technology 

Work Examples: 

Could I use my skills in this company & Would I like to work here:

• Overall Images and Co work on some very large scale projects, I feel this would be a great company to work for, especially on parts of the large scale projects. Optimising transport with new technology seems very interesting and also some of their other projects including Internet of technology.

• My skills going forward to this company would be limited but I plan to develop these thought my third year of university.