Provokateur Blog

Kony… revisited.

provokateur — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:52:02 +0000

For a genuinely thoughtful and intelligent take on the Kony campaign, read this.

And for a rather entertaining conspiracy-riddled take on it, read this.

Join Women for Women ‘On The Bridge…’

provokateur — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:08:03 +0000

Having created their brand, communications and website, we're delighted to see the new campaign film created by the Women for Women team to promote their international campaign, 'On The Bridge'.

Old propaganda, New times

provokateur — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:21:10 +0000

And then we started looking around and found a whole pile more retro propaganda for the modern age.

Like this.

And this.

And then, just as we were getting bored of the whole retro thing (yeah, the social media stuff was pretty pointless), we found this:

And that’s cute.

The Kony Campaign

provokateur — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:52:57 +0000

This week a campaign video created by Invisible Children went the kind of viral that leaves other charities saying for months afterwards, "We want a video that goes viral like that Kony thing." It's been everywhere. And we wanted to say something brilliant and insightful about what the campaign means and why it's been so successful. But then we saw this and thought this would do.

Beautiful Nonsense

provokateur — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:22:15 +0000

The plan is to turn each Library document into a crafted Provokateur creation.It’s going to take time – but we’re on the way, thanks to some handywork from Kristine Omandap, a design intern we were happy to work with recently.

Kristine produced a beautiful bit of work for Lewis Carrol’s Three Cats nonsense story. You can find it here.

Thanks Kristine! Good luck in Germany.

Getting Googly with Cloudreach

provokateur — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:24:14 +0000

Not everything Provokateur does is about charities… Recently we’ve been working with Google on the marketing for their Google Apps business product (see previous posts) as well as with the nice people at Cloudreach, who help companies get onto the Google Apps system in the first place.

Our in-house illustrator, the foolishly talented Darren, produced a range of posters which make the technology of Google Apps feel remarkably approachable. People seem to be very appy with them. (‘Appy’? ‘Happy’? Geddit?!)

Ta Dah! Provokateur’s new website arrives…

provokateur — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:21:09 +0000

As is Provokateur’s way, it’s a bit different from the normal agency thing, so please rummage around and have fun. And if you spot any glitches or problems, do let us know. Constructive feedback is always much appreciated. (But griping about how you liked the old site and why did you have to change etc etc blah blah isn’t!)

New Digital Designer wanted

provokateur — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:59:02 +0000

We’re an award winning ethical communications specialising in working with charities, social enterprises, ethical businesses, education, arts and beyond, and have relationships with many of the UK’s top charities. Our work is hugely varied, including a mix of digital projects, branding and campaigns among others. No two days are the same, and the whole team are adept at getting stuck in, and working to tight deadlines when required. You will be reporting to our Creative Director and working collaboratively with designers and developers alike.

Right up your alley? Find out more here.

Provokateur for Women For Women

provokateur — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:40:51 +0000

The site is a snappy piece of work with some rather clever social media widgets embedded into it.

Built using the Ning social networking platform, the site enables users to plan, organise and manage Women for Women events as well as ensuring full compatibility with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. There’s some nifty stuff going on with maps and videos but, hey, check it out for yourself. Here’s the link.

Last year’s ‘On The Bridge’ event was a massive success… Now with a spanking new site we hope this year’s will go even bigger.

IFAW Goes Live

provokateur — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:15:26 +0000

Provokateur has been working with IFAW on the new site for nearly ten months and it’s been an epic project, involving a complete overhaul of content, design, user experience and functionality. Provokateur has also been working with IFAW on their organisational brand messaging and copywriting style.

The result looks damn fine. And thanks to the back-end mastery of the clever people at Jackson River, it works a dream too.

Have a look see.