Our Shineannigans

Here you will learn more about the goings in SHINE Plaza, from our regular blogs, to clients projects, charity challenges or a staunch opinion on what is a great piece of design. You can also subscribe to our monthly updates from our little yellow world.

Angus Soft Fruits Exhibition

This time of year is always exciting with the Royal Highland Show. One of our clients, Angus Soft Fruits, were exhibiting as usual and had asked SHINE to design their exhibition stand. We came up with a few options and think the final result looks pretty great!

Princes Square's Magical Wall

A warm, colourful welcome to the shoppers entering Princes Square – We were excited to get to design a new ‘welcome wall’ for Princes Square.

Getting Your Foot in the Door

We love to see students and new designers getting their foot in the door to the creative industry. That’s why our 3-month internship in partnership with Cancer Support Scotland, is so successful. In fact, our last three interns have gone on to full-time employment.

Charity of the Month: Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity

Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity are raising funds for a new surgical microscope.

Our Enchanted Journey

The Enchanted Company: A look behind the scenes at our latest rebrand and website launch, showing the stages we go through when creating a new brand.

The Lovat: Another Highland Adventure

We’re delighted to say we will be working with The Lovat and can’t wait to get started. So much so, that we just had to take a trip up to Loch Ness to do some research…

Charity of the Month: Unicef

Unicef is a charity that strives to protect children that are in danger all over the world. Whether it’s vaccinations, education or general protection, their goal is “until every child is safe.”

SHINE's New Studio

While we were off to Torridon, our studio was getting just a little bit of a refurb. It wasn’t much, just a lick of paint here and there, a complete renewal of furniture and desks including a fancy standing desk, and a number of new Apple macs and screens.

Charity of the Month: Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Spring is on the way (we hope) and we would love to see more bumblebees buzzing around. Their numbers have been dwindling over recent years and it’s time to protect this wonderful species.

SHINE Highland Fling

SHINE went on a Highland adventure to visit our clients right up in the North of Scotland. Our trip to The Torridon was great and we would love to share it with you!

New Client: The Houlden Group

We have another new client! Houlden is a long-established jewellery & watch buying organisation, and their keen to take their website and branding to new levels.

Charity of the Month: Sick Kids Friends Foundation

The Sick Kids Friends Foundation is a charity that wants to help children who are in hospital. Their mentality and ethos is to help children be “children first and patients second.”

Fresh as a Daisy

Daffodils, tulips and daisies are starting to ‘Spring’ up everywhere – even on Pinterest. So it’s time to do a little ‘Spring clean’ and adapt to the seasonal changes.

Charity of the Month: Action for Children

Off on a daring and challenging expedition, Ken Welsh is going to climb Kilimanjaro to raise money for Action for Children. The charity is involved with securing a better future for the children of the UK.

New Client: Enchanted Forest & Friends

January is off to a flying start and we have some exciting new project coming up. Our latest client, Enchanted Forest & Friends, are going to be getting a “brand new” brand and we can’t wait to see where this project will take us.

Design Jokes: Our New Studio Frames

We’re putting our yellow stamp all over the SHINE studio! Over the last couple of weeks, we have been putting up some great frames around the studio and spreading a little yellow cheer to one and all…

Charity of the Month: Social Bite

What is the perfect gift this Christmas? Social Bite are helping people to buy meals for the homeless across Scotland.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

As SHINE continues to expand, we decided our table needed to expand with us. Of course, we didn’t want just any old table, we wanted a SHINY new table…. and digital wallpaper… and a yellow brick road!!