introduction

The doors to MadeInEarnest were opened in 1998 by Andrew Sidford with the aim of creating a design studio which produces honest and exciting work, but which doesn't charge ridiculous rates to do it.

As the name implies, MadeInEarnest take the utmost care and pride in every job we do, while we also try to be honest throughout every stage of every job to ensure there are no hidden costs.

We aim to fulfill your design requirements to the best of our capabilities, regardless of any budget restrictions and promise to deliver creative design solutions to suit your specific needs.

We offer a complete package of design from magazines to Annual Reports, from websites to logos, from art direction to corporate identity, from CD covers to club flyers.

Everything should be MadeInEarnest.

 

If you are an artist who is interested in collaborating with MadeInEarnest on any of our future calendars please get in touch.

news

06.01.10

Happy New Year! The site redesign is taking slightly longer than I had anticipated, mainly because I keep changing my mind, but in the meantime works goes on; with the latest issues of both The Victorian and Historic House magazines in progress.

23.12.09

MadeInEarnest is now closed for the Christmas holidays. The studio will re-open on 04.01.10. Have a well-designed and a happy Christmas and a joyful New Year.

10.12.09

The MadeInEarnest designed 2010 calendar for Northumberland Park Community School will be delivered tomorrow. All the monthly artwork was produced by students of Art & Design, Music and Media faculty in recognition of its Specialist School Status.

09.12.09

We are doing, or have just done, two new bits for One-Handed Music. The first of which was the soon-to-be-released Bullion 7" single Say Goodbye To What and the second is the forthcoming Tranqill EP The Hidden Treasures.

08.12.09

I'm sorry to say, but there will be no MadeInEarnest calendar for 2010!

A combination of moving studio and not being guaranteed of contact details in time, not be able to find a suitable artist and the economic downturn has meant that we are not producing our calendar for the first time since 2002. It's a real shame, but we will be back with a 2011 calendar...

04.12.09

The Dieter Rams exhibition is on now at the Design Museum. Everyone with any interest in design should go, but if you can't go, just remember his ten principles of good design.

Dieter Rams' Ten Principles
Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.

03.11.09

The recent upheaval of the move has meant a lack of activity of the site, apologies for that, but the move will also mean a llittle change of direction for the site! Yes, we are having a little spring clean (in November) and a brand new website is on its way. Hold tight...

19.10.09

MadeInEarnest has moved!

After being in Hoxton for the last seven years or so we have moved to Clapton. Please update your records and send any and all correspondence to the new address:

MadeInEarnest
106 Glenarm Road
Lower Clapton
London
E5 0NA
020 8525 7906

Email and web addresses stay the same.

14.09.09

Very pleasingly, we are still busy! On going work includes new artwork for a forthcoming Paul White mini album, the long-awaited Tranqill single, corporate identities for two new businesses, and the latest issues of Historic House and The Victorian. Phew!

20.08.09

We have just done the first of a new series of DVDs for Pacitti Company. This one is for the show Civil - a solo performance exploring issues of liberty and disobedience, first made in 1996 by Robert Pacitti as a response to Quentin Crisp’s seminal book 'The Naked Civil Servant'. The Civil DVD comes with documentation and selected extras and will be available to purchase soon.