Our Blog Posts
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MadeBrave® Embarks on Tinggly Adventure
As if he’s not busy enough, Mr Boss Man, Andrew Dobbie, can now add serial entrepreneur to his CV after launching a new brand this week, Tinggly.com. Tinggly is a new online gift experience website that sells amazing once-in-a-lifetime activities from across the globe in…
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MadeBrave® at the Graphic Design Festival Scotland
Two weeks ago our Senior Designer, Chris Wilson shared his wisdom and expertise at the highly anticipated Graphic Design Festival Scotland, as a Mentor. Joining a team of industry experts, Wilson donned his elbow patches and monocle (not really) for 2 days and set to task at shaping the young and…
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Proud Winners of an Inspiring City Award
Last week our Director Andrew got all suited and booted up to attend the Inspiring City Awards, hosted by The Herald, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and People Make Glasgow. He was nominated by his team of Merry MadeBravers for the Outstanding Contribution by a Young Business Leader Award, which we’re…
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MadeBrave® Makes Front Cover of the Scottish Herald
It’s not everyday you’re in the Scottish Herald, but today we made it to the front cover of the business magazine, with a full 2 page spread to boot! Journalist Colin Cardwell visited Studio 404 to chat with The Gaffer (Andrew Dobbie) on what it takes to make a business…
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Team MadeBrave® Are Ready for the Commonwealth Games
While the likes of Michael Jamieson and Usain Bolt have been busy eating their greens and training night and day for the Commonwealth games, we’ve also been practising our skills (numchuck skills, bowhunting skills) in preparation for competing this summer in the form of Team MadeBrave®. With a team of…
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Glesga Rides – Cycle Around Glasgow
The Squinty Bridge, The Armadillo, The Squiggly Bridge, The Barras, Clockwork Orange; us Glaswegians love a good nickname. So when it was announced yesterday that Glasgow are introducing a new cycling scheme we had to get in there early with a nickname. So we hereby…
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It’s the Final (TEDxGlasgow) Countdown
TEDxGlasgow is less than 3 weeks away now, so we’ve pretty much been eyes down (on phones, tablets, keyboards, mice), getting the website up and working some social media magic to get the TEDx chat going. As Creative Partners, we’ve been doing all sorts of illustration, design, development and copywriting…
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MadeBrave® in the News
We’ve made a few appearances in the Scottish press recently which naturally we’re pretty pleased about! If you missed them, here are the links to the stories in The Herald and the Evening Times. …
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Racing Cars, Watches & Beards: 10 Minutes with Jonny Adam
On Friday, our Kirstin and Laura caught up with Aston Martin racing driver Jonny Adam. The interview took place in The Ritz in London. Jonny opted for a healthy, high protein smoothie, whilst Laura and Kirstin had champagne cocktails. Kidding, we actually did the interview on the phone; we…
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Debrand is the New Rebrand, Didn’t You Know?
So we couldn’t help ourselves, we had to join in April fools day and since it’s after 12pm we have to tell you (booooo). We definitely managed to fool some of you with our Coca-Cola Debrand job, showcasing their new ‘invisible’ (aka blank) cans to help them stand out in…
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Our Andrew is Ready to Get the CROWD Going…
No, he's not going back to his rock'n'roll band days (he can't, his guitar is now on the wall of our studio), but he is going to get in front of a Crowd.
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The Scotsman Visit Studio 404
Yesterday we had a new visitor to Studio 404 – Stephen Emerson, Online Editor at The Scotsman. Armed with a video camera and questions (nothing controversial, thankfully), he came to interview Andrew and chat building businesses, sharing entrepreneurial tips and TEDxGlasgow. The video interview will…
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