Is there a doctor in the building?

Today 5or6 managing director Peter Simmons has handed in his PhD titled 'An exploration of the effectiveness of sustainable design websites in influencing design decision making'. Peter has been working on his PhD for the last 4 years and has been working at 5or6 for the past year and a half at the same time.

Pete's graduation will be in the summer at Loughborough University when he will be officially classed a doctor in design.

Newshouse

We have begun work this week on a new line of branding concepts for Newshouse Cocktail bar. Newshouse have created 5 new nights and needed the right branding to promote the new nights.

As the projects get ticked off we will be posting the logos, fliers and posters up on line.

Glad to be back

After 4 away games on the bounce Ilkeston are back at home, and this means another match day programme for the robins. Saturdays match against Mossley is an FA Trophy match.

Lightning programme causes a storm

The Loughborough Lightning first match day programme has gone into print. The programme is for the official Loughboroug Lightning Netball Super League grand launch night at Loughborough University on Saturday 21st of November. The programme has articles on the recent game between Lightning and the Australian national side the Diamonds, along with a columns from the Lightning camp and features on how to try out for Lightning. All in all it is a good read and should compliment the evening very well.

5or6 new Website!

Work has started on a new 5or6 website, with everyone here putting ideas together to make a new easier to use, more elegant website. With an end date scheduled for next February everyone here is very excited to be working on it. 5or6 managing director Peter Simmons said...

"We are hoping to create something that represents us and our work, something we can be proud of. Everyone here is working very hard, and we should have it up and running by the end of February."

We will keep the blog up to date with all the latest news regarding our site so keep checking back.

5or6 re-jig

Over the next few months we are having a small re-jig here at 5or6. We are currently in the process of designing our new website (which will be fantastic!) and we will be linking this blog to it. So keep an eye out for all the new developments, and keep a check on Twitter as we will be posting news on there of our progress.

Lightning Storm

The grand season launch of Loughborough Lightnings season is fast approaching and the new e fliers, posters and postcards have been sent out to promote the event.

The event takes place on the 21st of November in Loughborough Universities Netball Center, with an All star netball match, fashion show, IMS grudge match and sports auction.

December WOW posted on myebook

The december issue of WOW has been posted on myebook. This months magazine was 20 pages long and featured EuroHockey winner and Loughborough student Richard 'Smudge' Smith on the front cover.

November Issue of WOW out

The November Issue of Lougborough Students Athletic Unions magazine WOW is now out. The magazine has interviews with current Loughborough student Richard 'Smudge' Smith, who recently won the EuroHockey Championships with England in Holland. Smudge and England, which include 4 ex-Loughborough Students including current captain Barry Middleton beat the Olympic Champions Germany in the final 5 - 3.

The issue also features articles on the currently high flying Loughborough Students Tennis team, the Students Womens Football side and an article on encouranging students to drink more water, 'winter warmer'.

WOW will be released online next week, so keep an eye out here for the link.

CSA'09 Video

The video for the Charnwood Sports Awards 2009 is up on YouTube now, so you can view it here.

November Newsletter

The new 5or6 newsletter for November is out, to view it click here.

Loc8me & Lakha banners arrive

Loc8me and Lakha, two local student housing companies commissioned 5or6 to create two banners for the new student housing year, the designs were sent off last week and the banners arrived in the office today.

Both parties are extremely happy with the new banners which will be displayed in Loughborough town centre as of tomorrow.

Lightning Strikes 5or6

On the 21st of November, Loughborough Lightning have their season lauch for the new Sky Sports Netball Super League. We are working closely with Lightning to produce all of the design work for the event. This includes a 24 page programme, poster, fliers, efliers and TV banner ads.

Charnwood Sports Awards '09 Presentation

Last night we attended the Charnwood Sports Awards presentation evening. The event was a great success and here at 5or6 we produced the programme for the evening, videos for the event, tickets, and branding. We also sponsored the coveted Sports person of the year award, and up for the award was Jo Jackson (world swimming silver medalist and world record holder), Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Olympic medalist) and Liam Tancock (world swimming gold medalist and world record holder). The award was eventually won by Liam Tancock.

"It is fantastic for the council and the community to recognise sporting achievements in Charnwood from Olympic athletes to local sports clubs" - Peter Simmons (photo second from the left) 5or6 Managing Director

The event was something that we actively seeked to be involved in due to our background in sport and sports design, and felt that it was a great event for the borough and for the county of Leicestershire, as it showed the dept in sporting talent we have here.