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Category Archives: Marketing related

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 Competitons, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (4)

Home for a mobile phone

September 13, 2009 – 10:27 pm

In April, we created this Samsung Tocco Ultra mobile phone replica for our client, Kick Communications, for the launch of this model onto the Irish market. The launch and subsequent media coverage proved to be very successful but it left the giant cell phone taking up space in their Donnybrook offices. We were pleased to [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Extended Portfolio, Polystyrene Uses, Recycling | Comments (2)

Formula 1 is go, go, dough.

September 7, 2009 – 5:20 pm

The flag has dropped and we are into the start of a new school year, when kids across the country are encouraged to reach their potential and beyond, no matter what discipline they choose.
An example of this is F1 in Schools. This is a unique challenge that enables second-level students to get their hands on [...]

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

Making it Big

July 7, 2009 – 10:16 pm

This article has been gathering dust in my draft folder for a number of months. It was getting to the stage where I was going to delete the story as some missing parts never materialised… Well they did today, only 3 months late and on the wrong side of the world.
Mr Pat Phelan, from Cubic [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Extended Portfolio, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (2)

Coffee to go

July 2, 2009 – 10:59 pm

This is going to be a caffeine fuelled post and it’s not because I’ve been drinking espresso’s all afternoon. I am going to try and write about three coffee related items and show how they are linked to polystyrene.
That would be enough to drive anyone to coffee, so we might as well make it a [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Art & Sculpture, Extended Portfolio, Polystyrene Uses | Comments (0)

Going ape for Styrofoam bananas ??

May 22, 2009 – 8:58 pm

The recession must be hitting hard in America as people are turning to desperate measures to make ends meet. But we can’t understand the logic behind this gorilla-suited woman stealing display bananas made from Styrofoam.
No, it’s not an April fool prank but something very weird and unusual. (Via Fox11 online)

So why would you dress in [...]

By Fran | Also posted in Polystyrene Uses, Videos | Comments (6)