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39steps have been working with PR, events and marketing agency, The Inside Line for some time now. Recently we were approached to produce a high quality brochure to help a new LeMans race team win sponsors for the coming year. It was a great job to work on, we effectively captured the excitement that surrounds the Le Mans event and the hi-octane thrills of the race circuit through the use of great emotive photography. A clean, understated design paid homage to the race’s heritage and echoed the association to leading premium brands such as Rolex and Michelin. There was a snag however and it wasn’t an unusual one from our point of view. The deadline was unbelievably tight, but we nailed it nonetheless. The brochure was turned around within 5 working days, including print and delivery. The Inside Line were really impressed with the printed material and more importantly so was their client.

“We love working with 39steps because we can rely on them to understand what we want. They have a unique insight into the world of motorsports and we see them very much as a part of our core team. 39steps produced a really attractive and effective brochure for our client within a very tight timescale. They even managed to get a very high quality print run done in record quick time. Our client was delighted with the result and the professional look of the brochure has already helped in attracting sponsors for this new LeMans team.”
Gavin Miller, The Inside Line

Team RLR will be competing in the highly competitive LMP2 class in the LeMans series, which culminates in the spectacular test of speed and endurance that is the legendary LeMans 24 hour race. RLR would be delighted to speak to any businesses looking for world class exposure and the unbeatable glamour that comes with sponsoring a LeMans team. Contact Gavin at The Inside Line for more info.

Scottish SPCA asked us to design an invitation and information booklet for their annual Christmas Leap frog fundraising event. The event is aimed at nurseries and is a fun and educational game for kids to take part in.
This project required a number of cartoon frog illustrations and the design of a frog mask for the kids.
Thanks to Bedlam Paintball for lending us a paintball mask to display this on fort the photograph. None of us were up for the embarrassment of donning the green kiddies masks ourselves for fear we would appear more attractive than normal.

We’ve recently completed the FSB Scotland’s Lobbying Guide which, as it says, is a handy guide to understanding the lobbying process. As well as providing tips on lobbying and what channels to go through it also tells you what MPs, MSPs and Councillors do and what areas they deal with. The small fit-in-your-pocket format is ideal to carry around without being overbearing and again we’ve ensured that brand consistency is carried through in the use of style and colours.

We were approached by Paul Wilson, Depute Director at the Volunteer Centre Edinburgh, to handle all design requirements for themselves and have recently designed their Annual Report. Volunteer Centre Edinburgh aims to involve more people more effectively in volunteering to solve real problems and enrich communities. Consistency of brand message is important and that’s exactly what we’ve done for VCE to promote them and their services. Through a number of marketing materials and their recent Annual Report we’ve sought to put their message across in a clear and concise manner.
“After successfully helping us with a range of marketing leaflets I asked 39steps to help me in my panic of preparing our dreaded Annual Report, which of course I had left to the last minute. As always they were great. They immediately got what I needed, made helpful suggestions and came up with a concept for the design that was just right. They put up with my stupid time scale and my last minute changes. Having worked with a range of design companies over the years, the team at 39steps are a real breath of fresh air, willing to help and crucially for me, understanding the specific needs of a small voluntary organisation with grandiose ideas.”Paul Wilson, Depute Director, Volunteer Centre Edinburgh

We’ve just finished working on an exciting branding project for NGenTec Limited, a spinout company from Institute for Energy Systems, in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Developed with funding from Scottish Enterprise under the Proof of Concept programme, NGenTec are developers of multi-MW direct drive permanent magnet generators and providers of specialist electro-mechanical engineering services for the power engineering sector. The key to the C-GEN technology is the elimination of undesirable magnetic forces, which brings with it benefits in ease of manufacture, ease of assembly, and a significant savings in cost and mass. We designed a corporate identity, stationery, events banner, posters and a website.