
It goes without saying that lots of companies have benefitted from investing in a mobile...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Sunday, 23 April 2017 . Posted in Digital
It goes without saying that lots of companies have benefitted from investing in a mobile...
Written by brian on Tuesday, 03 January 2017 . Posted in Work
Years and years ago, in the distant pre-internet days, nobody was writing for the web. Because, well, there was no web.
That meant that a copywriter like me would generally be writing for print, TV or radio. And each of those disciplines had its own writing nuances which you had...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Thursday, 24 November 2016 . Posted in Work
I think every creative team has a hit-list of the types of account they would like to work on. Personally, I’ve always wanted to write some ads that needed a long research trip to several Hawaiian beaches. Unfortunately, gigs like that don’t come up every day.
But...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Friday, 09 October 2015 . Posted in Work
Isn't ReCaptcha the most annoying thing on the web? I'm glad you agree! For those reading who don't know what ReCaptcha is, it's those little "Enter this text to prove you're human" boxes:
Written by Ray Lawlor on Friday, 04 September 2015 . Posted in Work
As you may have noticed, Joomla is Elm House Creative's CMS of choice.
Why? Well because, as an open source solution to content management, there's nothing better. Joomla straddles that line between developer friendly and user friendly... in other words, it sits between Drupal and...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Thursday, 25 June 2015 . Posted in Football
Delighted to have received these wonderful stands today for Pinkertons, one of our clients.
Written by Ray Lawlor on Monday, 22 June 2015 . Posted in Work
We were delighted to bring on board the very talented Feilimí O'Connor to shoot our website video recently. His obvious talent was brought to bare on the shoot which can be viewed here:
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The shoot took us to the Belfast Print Workshop which, as you can see,...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Wednesday, 27 May 2015 . Posted in Work
At first it seemed like the best news any web developer could wish for; Micrsoft had at last signalled the death of Internet Explorer. Apparently they've been busy in their cave coming up with "Microsoft Edge"... my only hope is Edge is some sort of short-cut to:
Written by Ray Lawlor on Thursday, 24 January 2013 . Posted in Work
Well, we knew all along he was a multi-talented, many-faceted and uber-creative chap. But now our Jonny is making a name for himself as an album designer - and getting praise for it too. Take a look at Southern Tenant Folk Union's new album and you'll see what we mean. While the album is getting...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 . Posted in Work
So there we were - out on the first of a series of shoots that we're doing at present. And during a lull in the proceedings there was a chance to check messages, send emails, go to the loo - or hear sound man Gerard tell Brian all about shooting Game of Thrones in Iceland, Morocco and various...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Thursday, 26 July 2012 . Posted in Work
You may have seen this doing the rounds. Apparently the Olympics brand police are going nuts clamping down on any advertising that references the London Olymp--- sorry, those capital-of-England-sporting-competition-things-happening-in-the-year-between-2011-and-2012. Indeed, a "brand army" is...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Friday, 04 November 2011 . Posted in Work
A couple of years back we made a nice little series of Stamp Out HIV Stigma ads. They now live on in cyberspace and every so often we get feedback, like this just in from a guy in New York. I can just hear him saying it: Comment on Larry Mullen HIV:
"I was first like : Jesus! LARRY! Then: oh...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Friday, 02 September 2011 . Posted in Work
Ever wondered what VO guys really think about the clients/agency heads on the other side of the studio window? Well, this little movie from VO guy extrodinaire extrordinare extraordiniaire - from brilliant VO guy Jonathan Kydd captures it all.
Written by Ray Lawlor on Wednesday, 10 August 2011 . Posted in Work
Northern Ireland's advertising agencies have a thing or two to learn from our Michael Stewart who has yet again spearheaded our victory in the NIM Fantasy Football League. Pictured below is the NIMFFL trophy which each advertising agency and design agency...
Written by Ray Lawlor on Wednesday, 13 May 2009 . Posted in Work
Good news. Elm House Creative has been appointed as an advertising and design partner of BBC Northern Ireland. We join three other agencies on a select roster to work for Auntie. Looking forward to getting stuck into some nice work.