Stiff Rowlands

Our redesign of the Manchester International Festival website launched last Thursday, 9 October with the announcement of  the first three events from their 2009 programme. Our approach was definitely “less is more”. With world-class acts such as Rufus Wainwright and Zaha Hadid, we really didn’t need the design to shout. We hope it provides a great online presence for all the brilliant shows and events taking place next summer.

MIF Marketing Director, Cathy Gallagher said:

“We chose Stiff Rowlands for their range of experience but also for their attitude and approach. They had an intuitive understanding of what we wanted and an appreciation of the particular challenges that an artist-led, commissioning Festival is likely to present. They’re particularly good at keeping calm and coming up with appropriate solutions. It’s been a great experience working with them.”

The Festival runs from 2 – 19 July 2009 at various venues across Manchester.

We were recently chosen to participate in a free pitch for the re-branding of Stoke Ceramics Festival. Unfortunately our initial concept didn’t win over the client but we had such a good time getting our hands dirty and throwing clay around, it seemed a shame not to share it.

Stiff Rowlands is one today. We’d like to thank our clients, friends, family and nails for your continued support.

We’ve just launched our first book. Smoking Outdoors is a collaboration with photographer Chris Leah and writer Jez Clark, created in reaction to the UK smoking ban. You can find out more and grab a very limited edition copy of the book here.