Archive for the ‘Inside Advocate’ Category

Run Hannah Run

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

We love to big-up our fellow Advocate team members, and we’re super happy to announce that our very own Artist Agent and Editor Hannah Abbo will be running her way to victory in this year’s London Marathon on April 21st!

As well as training hard, Hannah’s been making mountains of gingerbread and organising events to raise a whopping £1677 for mental health charity Mind! Which has exceeded her expected target, so well done Hannah!

There’s still time to donate to this fantastic cause and to support Hannah as she prepares for the big day, just visit her fundraising page here. As you can see below, she’s is fighting fit and ready for the challenge, so go on! Every little helps :)

PS. We hope you enjoy this little cartoon of Hannah drawn by our Designer Dean!

Look at our stand!

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

With the Bologna Children’s Book Fair now in full swing, have a look at our stand that Ed, Hannah and Kate have taken with them!
The stand features some of our fantastic children’s illustrators, and has a lovely woodland theme and we all think it looks great.

Come and visit us if you’re at the fair, we’re very friendly!

Tom Percival featured in The Bookseller Magazine!

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Check out Tom Pervical‘s illustration in the Children’s Bookseller segment of the Bookseller Magazine! The children’s book illustration is featured in an article that discusses the importance of combining strong story concepts and art work that communicates with its target audience in todays competitive children’s book market.
The article covers what publishers look for in book ideas and illustrations, and talks about what they’ll be keeping their eyes peeled for at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. It’s definitely worth a read, so pick up the magazine if you can!

Have a look at more of Tom’s fantastic work in his Advocate portfolio by clicking here. 

Funny for Money!

Monday, March 18th, 2013

It was red nose day on Friday, and here a Advocate we decided to get into the spirit of the occasion! March 15th is a day dedicated to ‘doing something funny for money’ in aid of Comic Relief, so Angelika got creative with her face paints and painted little red noses on peoples cheeks. Look at how cute they are! Comic Relief raise money for people in need all over the world, and this Red Nose Day they raised an outstanding £75,000,00! It’s an extremely worthwhile cause, and you can still donate to the charity here.

 

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Monday, March 11th, 2013

It was Laurens birthday on Wednesday, so here at the Advocate offices we surprised her with a big cupcake birthday cake and presents!

The cake was delicious, and of course we all sang her happy birthday!

We  hope you had a fantastic day and a great birthday weekend, Lauren!

 

Kates Adventures!

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

With Kate just arriving back from her Adventures across the pond, we thought we’d show you what she’s been up to over the past week!

She started off the week at the London Toy Fair, before jetting off to Nuremberg, Germany, for the biggest toy fair in the world! Next stop was New York City for yet another Toy Fair, before heading to a very cold Minnesota, Minneapolis. With a short stopover in Chicago, we finally have Kate back in the Advocate offices! Welcome back, Kate!

 

Where’s our stand!

Monday, February 4th, 2013

This week, the Advocate stand made the move from the Frankfurt Paper World fair all the way to the Birmingham NEC for the Spring Fair. It looks fantastic, and the show continues until Thursday, so we’re hoping the stand will contribute to a successful fair!

The new stand in action!

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

An update on our work in progress! With the new Advocate stand being used for the first time at the Frankfurt Paperworld exhibition this week, we’re very happy with how fantastic it looks. With it’s lights and hundreds of images by our artists being displayed around the stand, it’s been drawing a lot of attention. Maybe we’ll catch you at one of the fairs soon, and you can see it in action for yourself!

 

Advocate Arts new Exhibition Stand!

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Here at Advocate, we’re very excited to unveil our new Exhibition Stand! If you’re visiting us at any fairs or shows in the future, this is where you’ll now find us. It’s been months in the making, and it’s bigger and better than ever before, and we’re very proud. It even glows! You’ll have to pop by for a chat at one of the events to sneak a peek. See you there!

Frankfurt here we come!

Friday, January 25th, 2013

It’s been a busy couple of days at the Advocate offices! With Hannah and Natasha jetting off to Germany for the Frankfurt Paperworld Fair, it’s been all hands on deck with creating mockups for our new card designs. There’s some great work being produced by our artists, so we’re excited for the new designs to get out there!

New Sends folder on its way!

Friday, January 25th, 2013

We recently received our new sends folders here at Advocate! The re-design includes lots of pictures of our Advocate Artists, and it matches our brand new exhibition stand! We use them for sending out our Artists portfolio’s, so if you’re expecting any artist work, you’ll be seeing one of these awesome new folders in the flesh very soon!

Heads up for Heads up!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

We’ve been extremely busy at Advocate this week getting our 2013 edition of the Heads Up calendar and agency book sent out! The offices have been looking a lot like Santas workshop, with hundreds of boxes to fold and pack, it’s all been very hectic!

The calendar features plenty of wonderful work from our artists throughout 2012, with lots of inspiration to get you through the new year! It ranges from children’s books and greetings cards to real style and photography, and now that these little packages should be arriving, we hope you love Heads Up as much as we do!