Despite the commercial scale today, everything is still hand-made in small batches, without artificial colouring, additives or preservatives, to Margaret’s original recipes.

We were asked to produce a website to match the amazing re-branding they underwent in 2008.

The website is a sophisticated e-commerce solution, that also allows full content management, however the real beauty of the site is in the use of flash animation.

We have fixed a flash footer to the bottom of the screen that brings the hand drawn packaging theme to life.  A truly unique website.

You can visit patchwork-pate.co.uk here, or you can just google it.

Type in pâté and you will find it listed above any other pâté selling website in the world.

Unicorn IT.

Manchester is synonymous with the textile trade, there was a time when the city was the centre of the world’s fashion industry. In the early 19th century the city was nicknamed Cottonopolis owing to its sprawl of cotton mills.

There is still a thriving fashion-related network in modern day Manchester, and with 15 years industry experience, Red Alert is at the centre of that community.

They have a reputation for trend-spotting and innovation, and needed to refresh their own brand to match the style and presence of those that they represent.

The deathbydesign solution was to create a flowing, joined-up typeface that was also substantial and solid in appearance.

We also built them an award-winning website, which can be seen here! The website was built using Flash, specifically a full screen video player with content layered above. The video was supplied by the various brands that they represent.