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Fuse having recently received delivery of their new business cards with new branding. We have to say that we are very pleased with our new cards, they look great and we’ll be posting a picture of them up here once we launch our new branding in the coming weeks.

But, having said that we’ll be sad to see the old ones go, as we have found them to be extremely popular, they have cropped up on various design blogs, website galleries and have been published in two books.

Lets hope the new cards will be just as successful!

Fuse Design have recently created the new identity and business cards for Nottingham based networking group – ING.

The Independent Networking Group is unlike other networking groups. They have a collection of individuals from various different industries dedicated to networking without the strings and financial investments. The group generates a healthy source of leads in an atmosphere of mutual support without the need for substitutes, joining fees, pressure to bring any type of referral or attend every week.

The group meets at 07:15, Thursday mornings at Edwalton Golf Club. They run a ‘Pay as you go’ system. There is no joining fee, no membership fee and your first visit to our breakfast meetings will be free. If your interested in becoming a member or finding out more please email info@independentnetworking.co.uk.

Fuse took time our of their busy schedule yesterday to take up Double Red’s invitation of a few simulated laps in a Formula One Showcar, in what turned out to be a phenomenal driving experience.

Using the same simulation technology used in the F1 drivers training, the car as a PR tool would provide great opportunities in marketing a business as its simply so unique.  To find out more information the visit the Formula 1 Racer website.

We’ll definitely look at hiring it in the future!

We have recently received our copy of the book The Image of the Business Card Today, which features ‘the most creative business cards from all around the world’. We are very pleased to have our very own Fuse Cards feature along with our Fabric Architect designs.

The book, that is available in six languages and is published by Artpower International, has lots of inspirational designs and is a great reference tool for all designers. Click here to check out some of their other titles.

Our business cards are also going to be featured in Graphic Design Translated.  The book is published by Rockport and due for release in April of this year, available in all good bookshops!

Fuse joined GF Smith for their private view of their unique exhibition at Nottingham Trent University. The Exhibition shows the history of GF Smith’s paper promotions dating back to 1890’s, and was a great insight into different printing and marketing techniques over the last ‘100 plus’ years.

Previously at the Edinburgh College of Art, the exhibition will be touring around the UK over the next few weeks and is well worth a visit.

The Big Chill House in King’s Cross was host to Love Spain, Hate Bullfighting on October 22nd, the street art competition ran by the League Against Cruel Sports, in association with Don’t Panic. They had around 150 entries from established designers and artist from across the globe and both of Fuse’s entries came runners up, which was a fantastic achievement.

The work the League Against Cruel Sports do is very commendable. They campaign against the unnecessary and brutal cruelty towards animals in the name of sport. To find out more or to donate check out their website…

http://www.league.org.uk/

Fuse were amongst a group of local businesses who recently gathered for a talk by the Government’s Enterprise Champion, Sir Alan Sugar. Sir Alan answered questions from a variety of business people at the event held at the East Midlands Conference Centre about how to develop their businesses and the problems they have faced in the current climate.

Sir Alan certainly didn’t hold back his opinions and was very honest, which made the morning very productive and rather enjoyable.

Both Fuse’s entries in the ‘Love Spain, Hate Bullfighting competition’ have made the top 20!

The posters are going to be printed on a large scale, for exhibition and the overall winner and runners up will be announced at the judging parties which will be taking place simultaneously on 22nd October at the Big Chill House in London, and Miscelanea bar in Barcelona.

Fingers crossed!

Mixing a small bit of business with a lot of pleasure was what Fuse’s latest venture onto foreign soil was all about.

Time was taken to see what New York has to offer, and included visits to many of the landmarks, museums and art galleries – off which Peter Lik’s Photography exhibition really stood out – as well as seeing what the design world is up to across the pond!

The trip was a success and with batteries fully charged Fuse is back to full working capacity, albeit with one having thoughts of one day opening a Fuse NYC office……

Behind the scenes at Fuse we are working hard on refreshing our brand. We are all very excited by how it’s looking. Here’s just a snippet of what you can expect, which is due to be launched later in the year. So keep an eye out for our brand new website and stationery!