How to Use Content Marketing to Drive Sales to Your Retail Brand

Learn how to use content marketing to drive sales and build your retail brand. If you’re looking for actionable strategies and tips to leverage content marketing for promoting your products, then read on! How to Use Content Marketing What is content? What is content marketing storytelling? Content marketing examples: Rolex doesn’t sell watches – it […]

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Tropical palm leaf painting with exotic animal print by Arnold & Bird - product development consultancy and design

Moody tropical trend – product development design ideas

Following on from the moody tropical design trend research last week I’ve produced a few designs and paintings to reflect this trend. The deep hues on the feather print is one of my favourite surface pattern designs. I love the colour combination of the dark teal with pops of yellow alongside the simple repeat. I […]

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Tropical trend mood board by Arnold & Bird - product development consultancy and design

Moody tropical trend – mood board

The moody tropical trend evokes a sense of escapism, lush abundance and falling deep into those dark hues. I love the contradition between the tropical vibes and how this totally lifts moody colours into something upbeat, friendly and fun. Palm, fan and ferns leaves have been popular for a few years and pushing the tropical […]

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Favourite sites to be inspired by - Arnold & Bird

Four sites to be inspired by for creative retail businesses

Four sites to be inspired by   Inspiration – one of my favourite words and let’s face it, who doesn’t love to feel inspired on a daily basis. Visually creative content has a habit of making you internally say, ‘oh wow!’ or even experiencing a little jump of joy inside.   These four sites to […]

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Sarah Delaney artist - Naramata in rose

Artist Sarah Delaney – Curiosity of the month

Every time I see Sarah Delaney post on Instagram I get such a happy feeling. One, because I love her vivid and energetic paintings – the movement in them is just mesmerising. And two, because I instantly recognise her style when it regularly pops up on my feed. Her tonal use of colour and mark […]

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Mark making painted design - Arnold & Bird trends

Mark making – product development design ideas

Mark making design Obviously you’d be a fool to think it was easy to put ‘simple’ marks together… Hmm, well I have to admit I was a bit foolish but I’ll own up to it and hang my head in shame. BUT, what I can also confess is making my mark making mood board really […]

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Mark making mood board by Arnold & Bird

Mark making trend – mood board

Mark making mood board   When mark making is used on patterns, products and art, I find it never fails to inspire. This theme can seem so simple on the surface but when you dive into it there is wealth of little details you can keep discovering. Marks can create texture, depth, pattern and layers […]

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