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Light at the End of the Tunnel

Thursday, July 28th, 2011. Published in Architecture & The City by

With the Hindhead tunnel now open the Portsmouth Waterfront City tourist programme has utilised it in it’s marketing for the city, hoping many more people will take advantage of the huge travel time savings on the A3 route and visit Portsmouth and Southsea. We’ve featured many vintage tourism posters and artwork over the years and many of them were related to train travel to allow people easier access to the city, beach and other tourist attractions, it seems the tunnel may well be the inspiration for future designs.

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6 Comments to Light at the End of the Tunnel

  1. hardly a work of art design wise tho ey…. in comparison. haha

    TOM on July 28th, 2011

  2. True! Would be interested in seeing what Southsea illustrators and graphic designers could come up with though…

    Paul Gonella on July 28th, 2011

  3. Photoshop as f***

    Rusty Sheriff on July 28th, 2011

  4. Well in for a penny!

    Hi it’s John I’m the Creative Director over at MindWorks in Emsworth. http://www.mindworks.co.uk/ Yep it was us who did the tunnel campaign. Sorry this one isn’t to everyone’s liking, but we’re proud of it and feedback is always good to hear. What I would say is that if you are a freelance designer or illustrator, we’re always looking for good people, so if you’re interested drop me a line john.reynolds@mindworks.co.uk Oh I nearly forgot we’re looking for another full-time junior web developer!

    John Reynolds on July 29th, 2011

  5. The concept is good, but I agree, it would have been nice to see a more creative approach.

    ellykelly on July 30th, 2011

  6. I prefer the old phrase, “Portsmouth – Gateway To France”.

    Tom Dangerous on July 30th, 2011

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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