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Is there anybody left? (November 2006)

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JO
Joe
Also, should this thread not be renamed?
AJ
AJB
Jugalug posted:
They may have been good a while back, but there are so many companies to choose from, why does it seem to automatically go to Red Bee...?


I don't understand because they updated the BBC1 2002 package, the BBC 2 idents, and CBBC bugs package, all originally designed by Lambie-Nairn. I don't get why they don't go back to LN as they originally designed them.
To their credit, they did win a competative pitch for BBC ONE and BBC FOUR though, but not BBC TWO, and I presume Red Bee produced a pitch for BBC TWO.

Although there has been critisism of LN, they do seem to have a consistently high record in TV branding, especially for the BBC.
JO
Jonny
Would everyone agree that Red Bee's best work has been the BBC Four idents?
I think they look fantastic, at least compared to Red Bee's other work...
JO
Joe
I've said it before, I think Bee are better at extending existing idea, rather than thinking up their own from scratch. BBC Two Morris Dancers was very good for example.

Anway, I really, really like Lambie Nairn's work, they are usually very original, and really match the design to the client. Just looking round their website I think shows this.
JO
Joe
They seem to have created some sort of character, similar to Wilson the Butler, but no part of him appears on screen. His name's Keith, and he seems to do everything; make-up, tea, lighting, directing, camera-work...

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