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Category Archives: Competitons

Back to the drawing board

June 29, 2010 – 9:33 pm

The first spark of an idea or that sudden light-bulb moment usually involves scribbling a sketch and writing it down somewhere. Whether it’s a creative drawing or inventive concept we like to put pen to paper, to make sure we don’t loose the train of thought. This is the the beginning of design and many [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Company News, Polystyrene Uses, Videos | Comments (2)

iFoam Football

May 24, 2010 – 8:23 pm

With the World cup fast approaching, there will be many Irish football fans wondering what they can do to pass the time after their dreams of a World Cup trip to South Africa were scuppered by the hand of  Thierry Henry (boo, hiss).
Yes, they will watch the world cup matches and wonder whether they should [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Polystyrene Uses, Sport related, Videos | Comments (0)

Apple iPad following our trend

April 7, 2010 – 4:19 pm

It has arrived.
The Apple iPad, no, that’s old news now. The media hype surrounding its launch has been disappointing, with many journalists and industry experts commenting that there is nothing really innovative about the device, and that it is just a super-sized version of the iPhone.
Well, we do have something new and innovative, that is [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Company News, Extended Portfolio, Marketing related, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (8)

Polystyrene Politicians

February 26, 2010 – 11:42 pm

The original idea behind this post was to show you examples of signs that made we created from expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), and which feature government ministers.
I thought it would be topical, particularly with media talk of a cabinet reshuffle and the recent resignations of Fianna Fáil’s Willie O’Dea and the Green Party’s Trevor Sargent.
The [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Marketing related, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (7)

Says What it is and it is What it Says

August 17, 2009 – 11:05 pm

We were bouncing a few ideas around the office and workshop the other day, looking for some inspiration and a new project, when we came across some clear perspex table tops that we had left over from the Irish Blog Awards.
So the discussion then switched to: “We could do this?”, “What if we tried that?” [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Architectural, Extended Portfolio | Comments (21)

The winning caption

March 9, 2009 – 7:52 pm

We would like to congratulate Garman and Roseanne on their winning entry to the competition that we ran at the 2009 Blog Awards.
It seems that he already has a grasp of “this reading and writing malarkey” and we hope that this will give him the encouragement to continue and follow in his mother’s footsteps into [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Company News | Comments (4)

Irish Blog Awards

February 20, 2009 – 1:11 am

We are pleased to be sponsoring a competition at this years Irish Blog Awards, being held at Cork International Airport Hotel.
The event is promising to match the excitement and drama of the Oscar’s ceremony, who are conveniently having their show on Sunday to avoid clashing with the Cork event.
The image is the front cover of [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Company News | Comments (2)