State of the Nation
09
Mike Lynch (above left) left Nevis to
company announced a major restructure, One agency unable to keep apace in the tough
launch design giants Radley Yeldar
including the closure of its Leeds office and economic climate was The Hub, which went into
into Scotland; and (above right) Size
cutbacks to its London team, and was later voluntary liquidation. Earlier in the year, the firm
launched in Edinburgh with former
forced to make sweeping changes to its design parted company with director Victor Brierley,
Omnia team of Graham Walker and
Katrina Berry
team following a number of key departures. following a review by managing director David
However, more than a dozen new faces arrived, Clelland. Brierley, meanwhile, went on to offer
including design director Michael O’Shea. consultancy before making the switch from
Another departure from Navy Blue saw
design to digital to become the new managing
commercial director Jonathan Helm switch to
director of Glasgow’s Nation1.
Edinburgh-based design studio Nevis to replace There was new blood for the Edinburgh scene,
Mike Lynch, who had left to head up Radley however, when branding and communications
Yeldar’s new Edinburgh office earlier in the year. consultancy Size officially launched in the city.
Meanwhile, Elmwood swooped for Newhaven’s The operation is headed up by Graham Walker
Mino Russo to take on a business development and Katrina Berry - the team which departed
role for its Edinburgh office, with responsibility to Omnia Design in March for a new venture.
assist managing director Jo Coomber in further
Further changes were revealed, this time at
growth for the agency.
Oceanseventy, which found itself under the sole
In the spring, the procurement consortium stewardship of creative director and co-founder
representing Scotland’s universities began Alex Stewart, after managing director Scott
tendering for a roster of creative agencies to McBride left to take up a global position with
supply its members. It was the first such move OgilvyOne Malaysia.
for the Advanced Procurement for Universities
Cityhall Design Partnership, meanwhile,
and Colleges (APUC), which has traditionally
appointed Michael Dancer as its new design
focused on commodity-type procurement rather
director. Dancer joined the Glasgow-based
than services.
design agency, founded by Joe Hall, from
2008 also saw Third Eye Design rebrand as Pointsize Wolffe and Co.
Marque – a move designed to reposition the
business as a broad-based creative operation.
The changes coincided with the news that the
Digital
Glasgow-based agency was looking to launch
There were more to-ings and fro-ings in the
an Amsterdam office, adding to New York and
digital arena prior to the beginning of 2008,
London.
most notably involving two of Scotland’s rival
National Galleries of Scotland’s impressive
SEM agencies. Bigmouthmedia managed to
awards haul was added to in May at the Scottish
lure Pamela Brankin away from Ambergreen
Design Awards, where it won another Grand Prix
to join as UK marketing manager, which led to
gong for Warhol Soup Cans. While Elmwood’s
Emily Thorpe’s move to a global international
work for Radium picked up an award for
marketing role within the group. Meanwhile,
Stationary, the agency’s Graeme Cook won the
Ambergreen welcomed John Denholm, founder
Emerging Designer of the Year prize. Despite
of The Leith Agency, as its new chairman
the changes, Navy Blue won several awards
following the departure of the incumbent, Derek
over the course of the evening, including Design
Gordon.
Team of the Year.
Elsewhere, design agency Elmwood bolstered
In September there was sad news for the
its online capabilities with the appointment
Scottish creative communications community,
of Simon Robson as its new digital director.
with the sudden passing of creative Douglas
Robson, who arrived from Union Digital, has
Raffel aged just 50. For the past ten years
been tasked with operating across Elmwood’s
Douglas had been running his own graphic
three UK offices in Edinburgh, Leeds and
design business and was most latterly also the
London.
creative director at Edinburgh-based The Moffat
There was a new arrival on the digital scene
Consultancy.
earlier in the year, when Civic’s former managing
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