May 2013
To celebrate North East Design Agency Urban River’s first decade in business, we take a whistle stop tour of the number 10, the count begins here… 1. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system. The reason for...
May 2013
North East creative design agency Urban River is celebrating 10 years in business. As a Newcastle design agency we create brands, creative campaigns and websites and after a decade in the industry we are still going strong. Although ten...
February 2013
ITV have a new logo, which obviously makes headline news in our world. This should be easy as no one was in love with the old one, but of course it isn’t. Just like the Olympics logo, the general...
July 2012
This summer a variety of companies featured the Olympic branding on both product packaging and on the products themselves. We take a look at our favourite selection of Olympic-themed design for everything from sweets to stamps! 1. Haribo New...
July 2012
The arrival of the London Olympics 2012 has caused a snowball of sports-themed TV advertisements popping up on our screens and capitalising from the events media coverage. To celebrate the countdown to Olympics we have selected our favourite Olympic...
May 2012
Brands around the country are celebrating the Queens Diamond Jubilee by repackaging and creating Jubilee products for the special occasion on 5th June 2012. We’ve selected our favourite Jubilee packaging efforts from food brands selling everything from cereal to...
April 2012
On 27 July 2012, the Olympics come to London. We all recognise the Olympics rings logo but what other logos have represented the world famous sporting event? We’re glad you asked. Check out the Olympic logo history and the...
March 2012
When construction of the tunnel began in 2008, the day when both tunnels were in full operation seemed a long way off. But on 21st November 2011 that mission was completed and 2 lanes of traffic (40,000 vehicles) freely...
July 2011
So you may or may not be aware that we have a mascot. Yes, Urban River the design agency in Newcastle has a mascot! Why is that? You could be forgiven for thinking mascots are something you would associate...