Blog

02 Aug Taranaki Chamber Of Commerce Showcase 2018

Posted at 14:16h in advertising, branding, Community, Customer Service, design, marketing, people, Signage

TGM had an amazing evening at this year’s Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase. Andrea, David and Hana were on the stand meeting local businesses and making sure everyone entered our TGM competition! This year we decided to ask the people of Taranaki what they thought the letters...

19 Jun Makeup By Annalee Website Launch

Posted at 14:35h in advertising, Communications, design, marketing, people

We’re excited to announce the launch of makeupbyannalee.com. We’ve been working with makeup artist and social media influencer Annalee Muggeridge for the past few months to create a simple, beautiful and functional website. We sat down with Annalee to talk a little bit about her...

25 May Accelerator Programme with Taylor Russell

Posted at 12:09h in Community, design, people

Taylor is joining us this year as part of the Accelerator Programme. The Accelerator Programme helps local students make connections with the business community, giving each student insight into their potential career path. As a student of Inglewood High, Taylor has a busy schedule with a...

03 May What is UX Design?

Posted at 13:09h in branding, Communications, Community, content, Customer Service, design

A few weeks ago a few members of our TGM Team went along to the Taranaki Technologies seminar on UX Design. We found it so valuable we thought we would write a blog about what we learned. If you’re unfamiliar with UX Design, the definition itself...

23 Mar 8 Steps to Writing a Good Blog

Posted at 11:41h in Communications, content, marketing, news

8 Steps to writing a ‘good’ blog We get lots of clients telling us they’re writing blogs –which we love! But often they’re unsure if they’re doing it ‘right’. So we’ve put down 8 steps that help make a ‘good’ blog so you know if you’re on the right...

18 Jan Design Trends 2018

Posted at 09:50h in design, illustration

Step away minimalism, white space and sans serifs. 2018 is the year of boldness, risk and pushing boundaries. With bright colours, bespoke illustration and typography, the rise of GIFS and cinemagraphs, brands are becoming more adventurous and designers are eager to break out and play...

07 Dec New year, new goals

Posted at 08:16h in Communications, Holidays, marketing, people

As the year starts wrapping up it’s a time to celebrate, reflect and rest. While you enjoy the summer and festivities, it’s also a great time to think about your goals for the New Year. Taranaki has had great success in 2017 with the naming of...

24 Oct Who is the conscious consumer and why should you care?

Posted at 03:26h in advertising, Communications, marketing, people

The conscious consumer are shoppers who are increasingly choosing to make conscious buying decisions, by purchasing local, ethical and environmentally friendly products. They are more frequently choosing which companies to shop with based on how environmentally or socially conscious they are. Or at least project...

25 Aug Danika Laffoley – Intern Designer

Posted at 02:25h in Community, design, people, staff

Meet Danika our design intern from WITT. Danika has been working with us for the past few weeks getting to know the team and what it’s like working in the industry. She has always had a flair for art and design, excelling in her creative studies...