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

22.06.09

The new Paul White website is up and running.

17.06.09

The Historic House Autumn issue is underway, as is work for the 2009 Acland Burghley end of year art exhibition.. oh, and the Paul White tee shirts have been printed and will be out and about soon. The best place to get them might be at the album launch at Plastic People.

28.05.09

Busy designing the Victorian Society's 2008 Annual Report at the moment. Which is nice.

22.05.09

Well, you will soon be able to get your hands on your very own slice of MadeInEarnest designed goodness as we have just designed a tee shirt for the brilliant independent recod label One-Handed Music for the forthcoming Paul White album The Strange Dreams Of Paul White. Wear it with pride, my friends.

06.05.09

Long time, no update! Sorry about that. I'm blaming swine flu... anyway.. Spill was a success and work will start shortly on a Spill Retrospective, the latest issue of Historic House is being printed and we are now working on The Victorian.

Other recent work includes the League Against Cruel Sports' 2009 Supporter Survey and flyers for The Fickle Formula, The Roll Call, the Wah Wah Sunday Joint and the Scrimshire Album Launch Party.

01.04.09

The Spill Festival of Performance is launched tonight and runs until 26.04.09. Check the website for all the full details.

09.03.09

The Civic Trust Awards brochure is being printed and will be first seen at the 50th Anniversary Ceremony, which is to be held on 18.03.09 at the Emirates Stadium, London.

19.02.09

Back in from a little break to Ghent - which is lovely and definitely recommended.

06.02.09

Here at MadeInEarnest we have plans, such plans, like a new look to this site and City Guides to Oslo, Osaka and Ghent. The new look will (hopefully) come first and that will naturally mean an update to the Portfolio as well. When all this happens depends on work to be honest, but hold tight....

28.01.09

Quick update: we have just done the invites and posters for the Acland Burghley Dance Show 2009: Stricly Burghley! and will begin work on the brochure for The Civic Trust Awards 2009 shortly.

15.01.09

Been a bit quiet on here of late, due to being very busy thanks to being in the middle of the lastest Historic House and The Victorian magazines. We also have been working on a few flyers for Wah Wah 45s amongst others.

Also, we have not updated the Portfolio recently on purpose as we are planning a re-jig to the site. Hold tight for that and, if I have time, the latest City Guide will be Oslo, thanks to the help of Christina Skreiberg.

05.01.09

Happy New Year to all the MadeInEarnest friends and family. Hope 2009 is a good year.

16.12.08

The Spill Festival of Performance is scheduled for 02-26.04.09 and we are proud to announce that we are once again the graphic designers for the festival.

04.12.08

The 2009 MadeInEarnest calendar has just go up on out Etsy site.

19.11.08

We can now officially announce that we have collaborated with the Michigan-based artist Keemo for the 2009 calendar. The calendar will be out in December and - although we are obviously biased - it is looking good!

10.11.08

The third in our CityGuide series has gone live today! The guide is to the Estonian capital Tallinn and features Insider's Tip from Katrin Remmelkoor. Thanks to Kati for the help and hope the guide is of use...