introduction

The doors to MadeInEarnest were opened in 1998 by Andrew Sidford. His aim was to create 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

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!

11.11.08

The new studio means new stationery, which might mean a new look and a tweak to the site... watch this space.

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...

07.11.08

Ongoing or recently concluded work includes the HHA 2008 AGM presentation, an slight update to the Jon Stokes Photography stationery, further implementation of the DataGuidance brand to the website downloads and the 2009 MadeInEarnest calendar!

24.10.08

We've done new flyers for The Fickle Formula and The Roll Call as well beginning the design process for the second Spill Festival of Performance. Oh.. and I think the new MadeInEarnest stationery might just involve Hand & Eye letterpress

23.10.08

Still no land line but we are pleased to confirm that we are doing some promotinal design for independent record label Wah Wah 45s.

22.10.08

The move has gone well, except for the inevitable problems with getting a phone line in on time... c'est la vie.

17.10.08

We are moving office next week so the studio will be closed Monday and Tuesday. The new address will be:

MadeInEarnest
Studio 7
The Energy Centre
Bowling Green Walk
London
N1 6AL

See you after the move...

08.10.08

Ongoing and recent work includes the lastest issues of both The Victorian and Historic House magazines as well as two BBC Radio 2 Live Music invites.

30.09.08

Today we will mostly be eating birthday cake.

25.09.08

The design for London 2012 has caused some controversy - see how right Munich got it in 1972, thanks to Otl Aicher.

22.09.08

Our favourite artist - Josie McCoy - has two London shows coming up. Siteshow starts 26.09.08 and Kounter Kulture starts 14.10.08.

09.09.08

Congratulations to James and the team at the Princess Victoria - they have just won the Time Out Best Gastropub 2008! I'm not sure if our design helped or not, but I'd like to think so...

03.09.08

The Princess Victoria has been nominated for the nominated for the Time Out Best Gastropub 2008! Good luck Matt and James.

27.08.08

Our new favourite 'street artist' is Slinkachu and his inspired Little People. Too cute.

21.08.08

The new MadeInEarnest-designed home page for the innovative Polish website polot.co.uk has gone live! Powodzenia.

20.08.08

Back in the studio after a little Parisien sojourn where the Palais de Tokyo, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (especially Jean Helion) and Les Puces were the highlights.

04.08.08

Long time, no news, which is partly because of a new web host and partly because we have been busy with the latest issues of Historic House, Wildlife Matters and Go Wild as well as The Royal Oak branding and having work experience students in! Updates thick and fast now, hopefully...