Passionate about technology, media and chocolate eclairs, I've worked in web and print for over twenty years and now run a digital media consultancy in Scotland.
The picture Marmaduke Grimwig and Co wanted for its website.
About a month ago, I was pointed to a website via Twitter that stuck in my mind. It was Marmaduke Grimwig and Co, a marketing company creating ‘unique brand experiences’. At the time I remarked to myself that it was a clever piece of marketing and design, using a very original idea to sell a product in a marketplace which is fast becoming saturated.
Marmaduke had certainly done a good job on its own branding, evidenced by the fact that I revisited the site (in my mind) several times over after first seeing it.
Fast forward to this week and I got a phone call from a complete stranger, Giles Moffat. He had seen one of my pictures of a stunt cyclist on the web, and wanted to use it on his website. After a brief discussion about what it was all about, we agreed terms and I asked him to email details, which he did.
Despite 'loving technology', Marmaduke Grimwig and Co uses an old-fashioned circus billboard design
So how weird that this stranger from the web was actually the man behind Marmaduke Grimwig and Co,
Now, I’m not a betting type, but I would say the chances of that happening are firmly in the bookies favour.
Giles and I exchanged emails about some video I shot at the same event, and we revelled in the mysterious unlikeliness of our sudden acquaintance.
And I can only hope that the designers of other inspirational web masterpieces will beat a track to my door in years to come.
But I’ll not put any bets on it.
