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Backstage

A little insight into what really goes on behind the scenes, with our team, our clients, and our community…

Taste Tibet

What a great team building session to have in lockdown! Huge thank you to Julie & Yeshi of @tastetibet for an excellent virtual cooking class. Fascinating insight into their history and the traditions around Tibet's food culture.

We've been enjoying their momos back in the d...

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Nick Offerman

Well I think after 3 years, we can declare this a Christmas Tradition! @nickofferman by the fire, sipping whisky, what could be more Christmassy?
Merry Christmas!

Reminded us of last year when the team saw Mr Offerman in our local pint shop in Oxford.

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Makers Market

This Saturday one of our talented designers, @cwhitworthdesign , will be at the Makers Market in Witney at Relics of Witney from 10am-4pm showcasing her personal prints and designs. She will be there with her very own Christmas cards, lino prints and other little handmade festive gifts 

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BullBear App

Ding ding! It's on between Nynke and Becky from the PM team, testing our new BullBear app. They're taking this very seriously - let battle commence! BullBear will be coming to the app stores soon #digitalapp #games #stockmarket #tradingapps

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BMA Awards

A really proud day for #CareCompanion but let's remember how serious this social challenge is: 7.6 MILLION people in the UK now care for a family member WITHOUT PAY Between them, they provide £57 BILLION in social care EVERY YEAR

#techforgood @warwickmedicalschool

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SHP Wireframes

Getting our hands dirty with some mid-fidelity Smart Handpumps #wireframing (see what we did there?) #UX #startedinoxford
 

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OHM

This week sees the launch of Oxford Homeless Movement, a project very close to our hearts. We are immensely proud to be a part of a project that helps the homeless of Oxford, and to be able to contribute from our Initiative Fund on top of this is even more fulfilling. It's been a privilege to...

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ChristChurch Meadow

Evening picnic and games at Christchurch Meadow for our games night this month #work #play #team

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Care Companion Launch

Thank you Jeremy Wright for your continued support for Care Companion #carers #app #carecompanion #support

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Care Companion Launch

One of our founding directors, Chris Sinclair, presenting Care Companion, at its launch last week. With features like an online diary, mood monitor, address book for storing useful contact details and a list of helpful resources relevant to your needs, Care Companion is a valuable resource for no...

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Chris Nynke and Veatriki

Early stage collaborative design with the users is our secret to discovering powerful ideas on how a system should work. An added bonus is when you get to meet your clients in illustrious places like Parliament! #parliament #design #workshop

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Paul Birthday

Happy birthday Paul #birthday #office #celebrate
 

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Big Data Institute

Another exciting user testing workshop for one of our innovative projects at the Big Data Institute, Oxford #usertesting #ux #workshop
 

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Meet the Team Claire

This is Claire, one of our designers here at Global Initiative. A bubbly, creative gem that we are lucky to have as part of our team. She has a passion for UI and animation and creates wonderful lino prints at home with her printing press #design #printing #ui #animation @cwhitworthdesign

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Meet the Team Sam

Meet Sam. He is one of our developers here at Global Initiative and has a degree in Computing and Web Development. He loves working on the backend and devops side of projects and also has a passion for photography #devops #developer #computing

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BullBear App #1

Today we present to you another project we are very proud of! BullBear is a fantasy finance app which allows you to trade and invest in a risk-free environment. We undertook a full service for our client - branding, marketing, blueprints and development. Available now on Android and IOS app store...

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Penna Award Stage

We are so excited to attend the Penna awards today and we are honoured to be finalists in the ‘Support for Caregivers, Friends and Family’ category for our work on Care Companion #penna #awards #care #finalist

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HS Property Design

We present another of our recently launched websites, this time for Henry Stewart Events. We undertook rebranding, restyling and redesigning our client’s digital representation. A beautiful design based on original illustrations that visualise the core values of the company #rebrand #restyl...

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Meet the Team Paul

Meet Paul @herespaulbarrett, one of our #developers, working hard on Care Companion, one of our current projects which is helping to improve the lives of carers. Paul really enjoys getting to grips with front end work. Give him coffee and watch him go! #scouser #drummer

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Happy International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! We are celebrating the women in our office today! #internationalwomensday #women #celebrate #womenintech
 

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William Green Architect Website

We are so thrilled our design for the William Green Architect website has won the mobile excellence award from @awwwards #design #award #winner #mobile

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Afro Avenue Branding

Where can you go to find great products especially for the Afro-Caribbean community? That's the question we have helped answer with our clients at AfroAvenue. A really challenging and exciting project to work on - we're very proud of it and it's available in the app stores now! www.af...

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Vizidox Branding

One of our recent branding work for Vizidox solutions, a UK based company providing digital credentials certification and verification solutions over the blockchain #branding #digital #design

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Le Regent Website

We redesigned the website, polished the branding and refreshed the marketing material for Le Régent College in Crans Montana, Switzerland #marketing #website #design @leregentcollege

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Winion and Failminion

Let us present to you our two precious pals, the Winion and the Failminion. We share them to enjoy success and embrace failure #office #success #fail

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Care Companion

Care Companion guides both you and the person you care for through your personal care journey. Providing invaluable resources, a diary, useful contacts and somewhere to keep track of how you are feeling. We are so proud to have been able to work on this fantastic project #carers #care #carecompan...

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100k Initiative Fund

This week’s blog is all about our 100k Initiative fund. We want to give back to the community by offering to match up to 50% of successful applicants’ digital project development costs through the supply of design, development and project management resources. Link in bio #givingback...

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Inkpath In Progress Logo

Here is a snippet of the #inprogress logo development for our client Inkpath. During creation, an identiy can be organic and instant, or take a few iterations to get the perfect #brand . Either way is a rewarding process! - More to come from Inkpath...

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Meet the Team Lea

Meet Léa, our lovely French #developer! Her #passionfordesign and eye for detail continue to take our #creativity to the next level. Here is an animated teaser from our upcoming, fresh #newwebsite. More #svganimation of the people that make the magic happen are coming... stay tuned!

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Diving into UX

Diving into UX! Running our usability testing study for Paddle. This time in person at a brilliant user testing workshop. Remote and online methods to follow. Everyone was really excited to test out the app! @optimalworkshop #globalinitiative #workshop

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Brand Camouflage

Blog of the week •
This week's blog is written by one of Global Initiative's Directors, Gareth Nixon. Brand Camouflage - Being 'Bold' and 'Quirky' in a world full of 'Friendly' and 'Professional'...
#blog #blogoftheweek #globalinitiative...

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Web Psych 101

This week's blog is written by one of Global Initiative's directors, Chris Sinclair. An interesting read on the science behind keeping it simple


https://www.global-initiative.com/article/web-psych-101-science-behind-keeping-it-simple/

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Oxford Based

We love being in the heart of Oxford. What a beautiful city #oxford #globalinitiative #startedinoxford

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CyberASAP

Chris and Paul just arrived at the @CyberASAP demo day 2019 to support one of our projects. #cyberasap #academicstartupacceleratorprogramme @innovateuk #knowledgetransfer #knowledgetransfernetwork @level39cw
 

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World Class Web Development Award Winning UX

www.globalinitiative.com • Global Initiative, Oxford •



#globalinitiative #oxford #digitalagency #branding #design #developing #creative #website #appdesign #appdevelopment #webdesign #webdevelopment #business #digitalagencyoxford #digital...

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Take Away Tuesday

First take away Tuesday of 2019. Family style meal with the (amazing!) team. Happy New Year everyone!
#takeawaytuesday #takeaway #wagamama #familystyle #wemissyong

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Sinterklaas Chocolate

"Dear GI members of staff,

For those of you who might not be aware
I, Sinterklaas, arrived in Holland with my mare
Although I live in Spain most of the year
I birthday in a colder part of the hemisphere

I arrive in the Netherlands on a steamboat ashor...

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Greater Change

Fantastic article in today’s The Guardian about @greaterchangeuk and our Initiative Fund (spot the shout out in the bottom right hand corner!) #techforgood #greaterchange

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Melange Monday

Nynke’s face mélange Monday’s

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Supporting Self Care and Prevention of Illness Innovation Award

Awards faces! Care Companion is up for the Supporting Self Care and Prevention of Illness Innovation award at the Meridian Celebration of Innovation... Fingers crossed! #WMAHSNAwards18 #awards

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Games Night Croquet

Do you even #croquet bro?

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Win Tech Series

And we’re off again! Another packed out stadium full of #womenintechnology from across the world! #wintechseries
 

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Women in Tech

Having a ball at Women of Silicon Roundabout #wintechseries #womenintech #bigcity

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Games Night Homemade

Who needs @thirsty_meeples when you have Lea’s how made board games #beardeddragon

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Site of the Day

#SITEOFTHEDAY for the website we produced for Tamarindo Comms! @css.winner #ux #ui #webdesign #css

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Hetty's Award

We won!! Our project @hettyshospital is award winning at this years #Penna2017 awards! 

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Kupu New Project

Me, you, and Kupu! Kicking off this fantastic new project in style with donuts and post-it notes. #ux #ui #agency #postitnote #uxdesign

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Jamie May

This guy, our summer intern since 2012 is now a permanent member of the team! #abouttime #goals #dreamer

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Oxford University Innovation Job Fair

Nynke rocking the speed dating interviews at Oxford University Innovation Job Fair for #womenintech

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Games Night Just Dance

Ok games night has reached the next level #justdance4 #iknowilookstupidbutimtoocompetitivetocare
 

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GIturns18

Final adjustments to the suit #dressedtoimpress #giturns18 #party

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Oxford Uni Museum of Natural History

1 week until our party at the amazing Oxford Uni Museum of Natural History! Get in touch if you'd like to join us! @morethanadodo #GIturns18

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Hetty's Play in Hospital Week

All the crew are here @uclh for #playinhospitalweek #hettyshospital #techforgood #kidstech

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Party Time

Our invites are out! If you haven't received one of these beauties and would like to celebrate with us - get in touch! Party starts Friday 20th Oct.

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples

Our new Dutch contingency takes board games very seriously

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Niki Forecast UX Oxford

Our very own Head of Design @nikiforecast up on stage last night at #uxoxford talking about #womenintech!

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Escape Room

More escape room fun! #wetookthiswaytooseriously

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Archery

Archery you say? #kevincostneraintgotnothingonme #cockup or #cockout #itsanarcherything

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Friday Pims

Fridays

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Christ Church - The Wolsey Manuscripts

Fantastic launch at Christ Church of the Wolsey Manuscripts - such an exciting project! #oxford #christchuch

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Afro Avenue Big Celebrations

Big celebrations as @afroavenue gets launched! Such a fun project can't wait to see it grow!!

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Christ Church

When a client meeting turns into a spontaneous Harry Potter tour #wheresthemagiceiling

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Boarding Pass

Hanging out at the airport ready for Edinburgh flight, en route to Code First Girls 2017

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Christmas Prezzie Time

Christmas prezzie time!

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Afro Avenue Celebrations

More celebrations with our client @afroavenue, thank you for all the chocolates!! Super excited to get this project out to the public! #groupshotfail

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Hippograph Sketches

Few early sketches by @waltondesigns for the #logodesign of our new app #Hippograph. #branding #sketch #sketchbook #logo

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Games Night Bowling

#bowling for games night #onlygrownupshere

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Oxford Meetup Coffee

Learning how to make decent #coffee at #dopm #oxford #meetup

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KFC Marketing

'Local instagrammer struggling for followers resorts to taking pictures of other people's food'.

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples #2

Games night @thirsty_meeples #doubleparked #thirstythursdays #boardgames

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User Story Mapping Session

Getting the client doing the work for you - first User Story Mapping session with Oxchange Talent. #userexperience #ux #oxford

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Oxford Illustration

Because we love this city #oxford

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Hetty in Oxford

@nikiforecast showing Hetty the sites of Oxford! #oxford #illustration #characterdesign #digitalagency #digitaldesign #appdesign

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Exciting Game

The victors and losers of the #excitinggame #breakoutroom #gooniesneversaydie #oxford #digitalagency

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George Street Social Lego

And there's #Lego?! Ok I'm in. #beer @georgestreetsocial

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Digital Oxford Workshop

Really pleased with our #userinterface #wireframing kits for yesterday's #digitaloxford #workshop #ui #ux #userexperience

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Halloween Bake Off

The office #bakeoff has reached new levels! Happy halloween from initiative_uk #webdesign #webdevelopment

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Wheels For All

Lovely sunny day for #Director Chris @foodslashtech on location at #Oxford Wheels for All. #sunburn #wheelsforall #ospa #dslrfilming #sportsfilming #videographer

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Loop Packaging

Super pleased with our #packaging for #loop #energymonitor - #design #packagingdesign #graphicdesign #graphics #branding

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Worton Equestrian Branding

Our logo design and branding for #Oxfordshire based #WortonEquestrian #logodesign #logo #branding #horse #design #illustration #horses

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Beech Cottage Identity

Trying out some patterns as part of the #brandidentity #patterns #patterndesign #graphicdesign #branding #colour #fruit #flatdesign #graphics

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Global Initiative

Here we go Instagram - our very first post. #illustration #flatdesign #graphicdesign #oxford #vector #graphics #design

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Hack Day

We've not gone away! Just been working lots lately. So we decided to start the year with a team #hackday. Our theme is how to help people, individuals, through COVID, isolation, and WFH. We have some really exciting ideas which we will publish later on today... #watchthisspace

#solv...

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New Website

AND IT'S LIVE! Our brand new all-singing, all-dancing website has been launched this week with a clean new design that makes things easier to find and better showcases our expanding portfolio and dynamic team. We couldn't have done it without our talented team so THANK YOU to everyone inv...

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William Green Architects Taxi

Our work is going places! Pleasant surprise to see our branding for William Green Architects on an Oxford city centre taxi. Fare-ly cool! #branding #advertising #logo #green #williamgreen

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OHM

We are so proud of our clients and the amazing things they do to make a difference. We are honoured when we can participate and help realise their vision. Oxford Homeless Movement had a successful launch event last week - come and join the Movement #community #movement #partnership

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BMA Awards

Wow! And a (surprise!) Highly Commended for the User Engagement category!
#bmaawards #bmapiawards #ux #userengagement @thebma @warwickmedicalschool @universityofwarwick #initiativefund #patientengagementinnovation #CareCompanion

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BMA Awards

And so it begins! #bmapiawards @thebma

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Care Companion

Great to see Professor Jeremy Dale featured in this article, talking about the importance of Care Companion. We are proud to be a part of building this wonderful app that supports non-professional carers #carers #app #carecompanion https://thecareruk.com/nihr-research-for-patient-benefit-funds-2-...

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Sociability App

We have another #socialfund app to show off - this time it's @sociabilityapp #digitalApp to make cities more SociAble. We combined #crowdsource data, with #augmentedreality assistance, in a fully accessible design. Contribute and enjoy on Apple/IOS or Android #sociabilityapp

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Xtreme

Global Initiative goes Xtreme! Team quadbiking safari in the Oxfordshire countryside. We all kept to the speed limits, honest! And no one got injured, which is always a bonus! Go team!! #extreme #quadbiking #noaandetoday #collarbonesintact #staffday #teambuilding #extremesports #gopro

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Warwick University eVoting

We are so excited for our work to be once again featured on the BBC: e-voting, touch screen technology. We have been building this app in collaboration with Warwick University and saw it used in the real world for the first time last week at the local elections. Read the full article here www.bbc...

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Care Companion Launch

Our beautiful marketing materials for Care Companion at today’s very exciting launch event. Chris even got to see where William Shakespeare used to live! He is naturally very happy about this, just as he likes it #Stratford #launch #Shakespeare

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Sociability App

We are so proud to see our client, Matt Pierri, on the BBC talking about the creation of the Sociability app that we are bringing to life. The app helps users see which social venues are accessible Take a look at the video to find out more #sociability #app #oxford #bbc

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Old Road Campus

Our designer and UX aficionado Veatriki attended a well organised workshop on user centred design at the Old Road Campus in Oxford. All phases of the process covered in 2 hours! It provided a great example of the value of UX to new businesses and why it should be considered a tangible asset today...

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Meet the Team Jamie

Meet Jamie. The longest serving member of the GI team. He is an experienced developer and brilliant mentor to the junior members of our team. He keeps us on our toes everyday in the office with his daily pop quizzes #quizhost #developer #minion

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BullBear App

Today we present to you another project we are very proud of! BullBear is a fantasy finance app which allows you to trade and invest in a risk-free environment. We undertook a full service for our client - branding, marketing, blueprints and development. Available now on Android and IOS app store...

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Patient Experience Network Awards

Repost from Ruth Evans, MBE. Great turn out today at the Patient Experience Network Awards #pen #penna #awards #finalists

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HS Property Design

We present another of our recently launched websites, this time for Henry Stewart Events. We undertook rebranding, restyling and redesigning our client’s digital representation. A beautiful design based on original illustrations that visualise the core values of the company #rebrand #restyl...

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Meet the Team Robson

We would like to introduce Robson, one of our #developers here at Global Initiative, working hard on a number of fantastic #app projects! Robson is from Brazil but is luckily acclimatised to the British weather thanks to his passion for snowboarding! #brazil #snowboarding #coffeelover
&nbs...

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Proud to be Women in Tech

Proud to be women in tech!
Up until 2 years ago there was only one female employee working in the Global Initiative team. Today we have 5 fabulous women; designers, developers and project managers. They say only 20% of jobs in the world of technology are held by women. The amount of girls...

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William Green Architect Award

We are so thrilled that our design for the William Green Architect website has won the mobile excellence award from @awwwards #design #award #winner #mobile
 

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Afro Avenue App

Where can you go to find great products especially for the Afro-Caribbean community? That's the question we have helped answer with our clients at AfroAvenue. A really challenging and exciting project to work on - we're very proud of it and it's available in the app stores now! www.af...

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Vizidox Branding

One of our recent branding work for Vizidox solutions, a UK based company providing digital credentials certification and verification solutions over the blockchain #branding #digital #design

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Le Regent Website

We redesigned the website, polished the branding and refreshed the marketing material for Le Régent College in Crans Montana, Switzerland #marketing #website #design @leregentcollege

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Polaroid

Games Night #office #social #games #polaroid

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Care Companion

Care Companion is a helpful tool that we are privileged to be able to design, build and bring to life #care #carers #carecompanion
 

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Matt

Last week we welcomed our newest web developer, Matt, to the team. Welcome to Global Initiative! #team #webdeveloper

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Inkpath Animation

Blast off! A glimpse at some of the #animations we were able to create for our client Inkpath - The #identity lent itself to modular illustrations which enabled us to create a little world of Inkpath logos! #inkpath

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Meet the Team Claire

We are delighted to introduce one of our #designers @cwhitworthdesign ! She is the #lifeandsoul of the office as well as being an exceptional #illustrator and a keen SVG #coder, this is one of her creations!
 

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Pathio Branding

Our recent branding work for @pathio.xyz just got released and it looks great.

It is an extended visual identity for a true next-generation 3D printing slicer. The pathio.xyz ident visually echoes a 3D printed P along with a “skirt” which is typically added by a #slicer

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CareCompanion Penna Award

Delighted to say our project with @warwickmedicalschool @universityofwarwick , Care Companion, is shortlisted for a Penna award! #penna #pennaaward #globalinitiative

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Meet the Team Nynke

Meet the team! •
This is our project manager, Nynke. She comes from the Netherlands and is the glue that holds us all together! She's been taking care of managing the team's projects and making sure everything is running smoothly since 2017 •
#globalinitiative #oxf...

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Greater Change

How about using that phone you carry around all day? People can donate to a rough sleeper they see and get some feedback on how they've helped afterwards. We can all change lives #greaterchange #globalinitiative #oxford #givesmarter

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CyberASAP

Thanks a phenomenal response to our #MVP. So brilliant to work with a client like @universityofwarwick and #WarwickVentures on this #cyberASAP project. Thank you, Paul, for coming! Great work on the demo with Jamie and our epic design and #UX team.

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Full Service Digital Agency

We're a full service digital agency advancing development practices and driving user experience further Take a look at www.global-initiative.com •

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Becky

2019 is already looking very exciting: we welcomed our new Office Administrator Becky to the GI team this week! #welcometotheteam #newyear #globalinitiative

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples

The intensity increases... Codenames is out #gentlemancheating #dolphin #trapezium

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Franco Manca Fridays

Start of a new office tradition: ‘Franco Manca Fridays’, just because we’re suckers for alliteration #pizza #francomanca @francomancapizz

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Avatar construction

Avatar construction for the Global Initiative website! #avatars #staffphotos #smileplease

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JS Oxford

We are at #jsoxford for some exciting talks about animated SVGs and CSS shapes! Trying on some headwear while we wait... #javascript #meetup #sillyhats

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Blavatnik School

Hanging out at the Blavatnik School reviewing wireframes for our latest project with Mr Matthew Pierri 

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Games Night Croquet

Games night has just got a bit more swanky - formal invites for croquet tonight! #graphicdesign #invites #stationary #croquet #design #typography

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Win Tech Series

Celebrating a fantastic day of talks, discussions and debates at #wintechseries #chinchintuesdays

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Hetty's Hospital View

Stunning views from the 29th floor at Guy’s Hospital for our talk on @hettyshospital #patientexperience #pen

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Happy Easter

Nynke’s first egg hunt!! Happy Easter everyone!

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Hetty's Penna Award

Celebrating in style on the train home! #thirstythursdays

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Expresso Martini

When you get totally thrown by the 2-for-1 offer and end up with 6 drinks for 2 #schoolboy #2times2is6

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Same Shirt

No the digital industry is definitely not becoming homogenized. #whoworeitbest

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GI Christmas Card

The official GI Christmas Cards have arrived!! #merrychristmas #christmas #illustration #isometric

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Greater Change

Huge congrats to @greaterchangeuk winning the #startedinoxford event. Presented by last year's winner @fungry_uk. That's two-for-two clients.

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GIturns18

Celebrating 18 years thanks to you all! 

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GIturns18

#GIturns18 #party

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18 Years Ago

Mashup special for #throwbackthursday - whilst Gareth & Chris were founding Global Initiative, this is what Claire, Paul, Niki, and Nynke were up to! #GIturns18 #Party20Oct

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Hetty's Big Launch

Train entertainment sorted - en route to UCLH for Hetty's big launch! #appsforkids #ux #uxkids #hettyshospital
 

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Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye to our favourite bearded Australian in style #seeyalatermate

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples

No friends on game night, playing Room 25 at Thirsty Meeples. #whosthesnitch #boardgames #noonelikeseachotheranymore

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Hetty's Hospital Audience

Testing out the reaction of our target audience towards the Hetty's Hospital characters - all looking good!

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Archery day

Everyone's a winner today. But mostly the 3 in the top right, they're more winners. #winning #archery #coolkids

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Inkpath branding

Delighted with our #businesscards for Inkpath - premium printing #branding #stationary #logo
 

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We're Hiring

Global Initiative is currently recruiting digital designers (with UX / UI skills) and full stack developers. Visit global-initiative.com/careers for details. #ux #ui #developer #design #handlettering

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Christ Church - The Wolsey Manuscripts

Dressed to impress for the launch of our latest project with Christ Church - The Wolsey Manuscripts! #christchuch #oxford #lookatallthebooks

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Wolsey Manuscripts

Super excited for our latest project with Christ Church - bringing the digitisation of the two 500 year old Wolsey Manuscripts online! Simply incredible!

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Edinburgh

Fare well Edinburgh it's been a blast! See yoos soon

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Christmas P A R T Y

 

Christmas P A R T Y

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Merry Christmas GI Card

Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy our Gin-itiative recipe! #gin #ginitiative #christmas

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Afro Avenue Celebrations

More celebrations with our client @afroavenue, thank you for all the chocolates!! Super excited to get this project out to the public! #groupshotfail

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Games Night Bowling

Backwards through the legs #whateverittakes #innovation #justwatchme

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Obligatory Coffee Photo

#obligatorycoffeephoto #coffe #barrista

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KFC Video

On set for our latest videos for @kfc_uki #social #socialcontent #kfc #chicken

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Global Initiative Marketing

"No Chris we don't need any more banners" #excessiveuseofbanners #print #marketing #design

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Gloucester Green Market Chicken Curry

'Not so chilly chilli chicken' - a box packed flavour, very reasonably priced. Today's lunch review from the Sri Lanken stall at #gloucestergreenmarket #streetfood #lunch #srilanka #srilankan #chicken #chillichicken #oxford

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Gloucester Green Street Food Market

Thursday lunch at the Gloucester Green Street Food market - today's choice is Spetzle with Beef #Imgonnathrowthiscanatyouifyoudontgetmypecksin #lawsuit #streetfood #sunshine #oxford #agencylife #developers #doyoulift

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Paul Barrett

Our new #frontend #developer @paulbarrett79 survived his first week #embarassthenewbie #keen #agency #digitalagency #newbie #baller

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Afro Avenue UX Workshop

Fab #UX workshop with our client @afroavenue, can't wait to get this project out in the open!! #agency #webdesign #digitaldesign #digitalagency #userexperience

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Destroyer ZX5000

I call it the Destroyer ZX5000. It's just missing the shooty shooty bit. #Lego

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Drinks and Pie

#drinks and #pie before #uxoxford meet up @georgestreetsocial

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Hetty's Hospital Sketches

An awful lot of #scamps for our up coming app 'Hetty's Hospital' #sketches #drawings #childrensillustration #appdesign #illustration #HettysHospital

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Loop Responsive Design

Testing out the #responsivedesign for #loopenergysaver #webdesign #design #userinterface #ui #ux #userexperience #spottheduck 

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Design Agency Process

Getting all the ideas out on the table ready for the next project #oxford #idea #creative #designagency #webdesign #softwaredevelopment #webdevelopment

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Lisa Marie Goldsmith

Our logo design project for the incredible Lisa Marie #Goldsmith #Designer #Gold #JewelleryDesign #Jewellery #Metalwork #Handcrafted #Handcrafts #branding #logodesign #logo

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Loop Printing

First copies coming through! Smells amazing in here #hopetheresnotypos #print #prints #design #packaging

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Beech Cottage Logo

One of the best design projects you could ever hope for - brand identity and website for the lovely lovely Beech Cottage B&B in Bath. #logo #logodesign #oxford #identity #brandidentity #graphics #graphicdesign #colour #airbnb #colour #type #typography

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Care Companion

In these worrying and uncertain times, it is vital, more than ever, to care for those more vulnerable than ourselves.
Those who care for others in their homes day-to-day may now be experiencing acute worry and anxiety and not know where to turn to. Finding help and resources online can be...

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We're hiring

We're hiring! We’re looking for a senior PHP developer. Click the link in our bio to find out more #hiring #careers #developer

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Happy Halloween FailMinion

Our office mascot, FailMinion, is ready for the trick or treaters... Happy Halloweeeeen!  #halloweenion

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Oxford Homeless Movement

Oxford Homeless Movement has officially launched. Come together and join the Movement #community #partnership

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BMA Awards

The results are in!! Prestigious company and so proud to have received Runner Up in the Community Care category!

Praised in particular for the project's approach to receiving guidance and validation from carers.
#bmipiawards #initiativefund @warwickmedicalschool @thebma

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BMA Awards

We're at the BMA Awards 2019! Our project with @warwickmedicalschool CareCompanion is already Highly Commended... fingers crossed for a special award!

Supported by our Initiative £100k Social Fund and Warwick Council.
#initiativefund #initiative100kfund
#bmipiaaw...

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GIturns20

Happy birthday Global Initiative!! 20 years old today! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our team for the last 20 years. And a big thank you to our amazing clients. Here’s to another 20 years! #birthday #cake #office #champagne

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Sociability App

We attended the @sociabilityapp launch party this evening! #accessibility #digitalapp #mobileapp #sociable #sociability #globalinitiative #uxdesign #uidesign #development
 

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Warwick University eVoting

See e-polling in action! We made a companion video for our recent project with the University of Warwick which featured in the local elections and BBC News, demonstrating how the way we all vote could change for the better. Have a look and see the future! Link in bio - https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Care Companion Launch

Some lovely photos from @martinneevesphotography who captured some great moments from the Care Companion launch last week. Here you can see one of our founding directors, Chris Sinclair, presenting the work we have done building Care Companion along with Jeremy Dale, professor of Primary Car...

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Care Companion Launch

@MattWestern_ Ops Director Chris Sinclair attended the launch event of Care Companion today at Stratford Hospital alongside Gillian Grayson-Smith, Jeremy Dale and Matt Western, MP for Warwick and Leamington. It raised awareness of this important and much needed resource as it is rolled out across...

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Sociability App

Fantastic meeting with Sociability this week. Showcasing the work we have done so far for this exciting project, helping wheelchair users see the accessibility of social venues #sociability #globalinitiative #app

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Beginners not-a-guide to Laravel

In this weeks blog: Find helpful tips from our experienced Laravel developer, Paul, that will help save you time if you’re a Laravel beginner #laravel #blog #developers #beginner

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Inkpath Animation

We are proud to share another of our exciting projects. Inkpath is an app designed to help students, researchers and employees showcase their skills, find personalised recommendations for training courses as well as providing a profile for life and a way of maximising attractiveness to employers....

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BullBear App

Today we present to you another project we are very proud of! BullBear is a fantasy finance app which allows you to trade and invest in a risk-free environment. We undertook a full service for our client - branding, marketing, blueprints and development. Available now on Android and IOS app store...

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Support for Caregivers, Friends and Family

We are so excited to attend the Penna awards today and we are honoured to be finalists in the ‘Support for Caregivers, Friends and Family’ category for our work on Care Companion #penna #awards #care

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HS Property Design

We present another of our recently launched websites, this time for Henry Stewart Events. We undertook rebranding, restyling and redesigning our client’s digital representation. A beautiful design based on original illustrations that visualise the core values of the company #rebrand #restyl...

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Hetty’s Hospital App

Download Hetty’s Hospital, our mobile and tablet app that helps children become less anxious about hospital visits and procedures. New episodes coming soon so stay tuned! Here we present a sneak preview of our new story - Joey visits the dentist. #anxietyhelp #hospital #childrensanxiety

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Should There Be more Women

As it’s International Women’s Day today, this week's blog is written by the fabulous Niki - a strong advocate for women in tech. Take a look at what she has to say on www.global-initiative.com/blog • #internationalwomensday #women #tech #blog #womenintech #girlswhocode #girls...

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William Green Architect Website

There’s still time to vote for our design of the @williamgreen website for the @awwwards site of the day award! Link in the bio #awards #awwwards #design #vote

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Afro Avenue Branding

Where can you go to find great products especially for the Afro-Caribbean community? That's the question we have helped answer with our clients at AfroAvenue. A really challenging and exciting project to work on - we're very proud of it and it's available in the app stores now! www.af...

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Vizidox Branding

One of our recent branding work for Vizidox solutions, a UK based company providing digital credentials certification and verification solutions over the blockchain #branding #digital #design
 

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Le Regent Design

We redesigned the website, polished the branding and refreshed the marketing material for Le Régent College in Crans Montana, Switzerland #marketing #website #design @leregentcollege

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Claire and Veatriki

Our talented designers, Claire & Veatriki, once again defying the laws of time this afternoon. They bring your visions to life with their creativity and amazing eye for detail #concentrationface #design #team

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Care Companion

Care Companion guides both you and the person you care for through your personal care journey. Providing invaluable resources, a diary, useful contacts and somewhere to keep track of how you are feeling. We are so proud to have been able to work on this fantastic project #carers #care #carecompan...

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William Green Animation

We have been asked to reflect William Green Architect's main values in their new identity. Their passion for design, their love for natural light, their respect for simplicity. The result is clean and exciting, notably memorable but timeless #branding #williamgreenarchitects

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Inkpath Logo

This is one of our branding Case Studies for our client Inkpath! An elegant and modern identity with modular illustrations that complement the brand. Inkpath synchronises educational paths, and guides both students and administrators along their chosen journey! #education #path

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Looking Glass

Just for you - a sneak peek through the #lookingglass at our upcoming fresh new #website for our #digitalagency in the heart of #oxford 's #wonderland. The big reveal is coming soon... #Alice #whiterabbit

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Le Regent

Le Régent Crans Montana College worked closely with us on their new marketing pack and we think you’ll agree result is strong and elegant. This was a truly exemplary collaboration, thanks to everyone who was involved in creating this!

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Meet the Team Alex

This week we welcome our newest member of the team, Alex. DevOps Engineer. Welcome Alex!



• #team #teamwork #work #devops #development #website #app #computers #global #globalinitiative #oxford #digital #digitalagency #engineer #engineering #we...

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Heart of Oxford

Global Initiative www.global-initiative.com




#globalinitiative #oxford #digitalagency #branding #design #developing #creative #website #appdesign #appdevelopment #webdesign #webdevelopment #london #digitalagencyoxford #digitalagencylon...

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Greater Change

How can people give to rough sleepers in a cashless society? • #greaterchange

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CyberASAP

Brilliant set of presentations today! Really proud to be demoing to an incredible group of investors and academics. #CyberASAP #secureevoting #evoting #endtoendverified

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Chris’s Birthday

We celebrated Chris’s Birthday last week (the big 4 OH!)! It was a wonderful evening in which Chris and Jamie decided to come dressed as each other! #whoworeitbest #twins





#globalinitiative #oxford #digitalagency #b...

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Graeme, Robson and Fahim

Looking back on a great 2018 in which we welcomed 3 amazing developers to the team! Graeme, Robson and Fahim, here’s an official welcome to the GI family! #2018 #developers #team

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples

It's Thursday, it's the last one of the month, which can only mean... #gamesnight. Getting rowdy already... #hivemind #games #wheredoyoueat

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Dan Leaving Do

Saying farewell to our beloved Dan, a stand up man. #dontleave

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GIturns19

Celebrations in the office today for GI’s 19th Birthday #yesthisisworthcelebrating #anyexcuseforapartyhat #victorianportrait
 

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CareCompanion Highly Commended Award

CareCompanion only went and won a Highly Commended award in its category! A great honour, well done to everyone involved! #itscominghome #WMAHSNAwards18

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Games Night Croquet

#holdmybeer #croquet #oxford

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Win Tech Series

elfie in the sun! London is looking neat #wintechseries

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Women in Tech Merch

Meet @nynkeboef merch queen #wintechseries #womenintech #youaretheproduct

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Gareth

Celebrating a smashing week at GI with some bubbles!

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Ashmolean

Team trip to the Ashmolean to see the Michelangelo drawings! #wesocultured #fieldtrip #ashmolean

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Hetty's Penna Award

The #winners of the #penna2017 award for ‘Communicating effectively with patients and their families’

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Jamie and Zack

The day that Jamie came dressed as Zack from #savedbythebell #throwback #ninetieskid #cottontraders

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Nynke and Niki

Christmas party! Really lovely afternoon with poetry, a quiz, lots of Sonos speakers, table tennis and champagne!

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Winion

Huge shout out to Jamie, first ever winner of the 'winion' for implementing a python minimization routine. #winning #winion #thisguy #baller

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Claire and Stewie

The #awkwardmoment when you come dressed as Stewie #familyguy #whoworeitbest

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Women in Tech

Ladies of GI! #womenintech

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GIturns18

Woohoo party day!! Very excited in the office - can't wait to see you all later!  #GIturns18
 

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Jamie 18 Years Ago

So excited for our 18th birthday next Friday! Here’s a #throwback to what our developer Jamie was doing 18 years ago! #GIturns18 #Party20Oct

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Cobalts Bomb Disposal

GI Director @gareth.nixon introducing the users of our client Cobalts #bombdisposal software at #uxoxford

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Veatriki

And another fantastic recruit! Delighted to welcome Veatriki - our all new Greek import - to the design team! #mugshot #yesiknowmytshirtisawesome #whydoweputpeoplethroughthis

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Nynke Boef

So excited to welcome Nynke Boef - our all new Project Manager to the team! #Ilooknothinglikethisavatar #agencylife

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C

Супер!

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Robin Hood

#justcallmerobinhood

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Inkpath Stationary

It's all about the core colour #stationary #design #branding

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VR Headsets

Mixed reviews of the VR headsets at the Digital Health Oxford Workshop! #vr #digitalhealth

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Moët and Bananas

Moët and bananas - the key ingredients to all good launch parties

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Ancient Manuscripts

The incredible process behind digitising ancient manuscripts

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Programming From Scratch

Programming from scratch at #cfgnconf17 - introducing the Americans to Jelly Babies. Quote 'But why would you wanna eat tiny children?!'
 

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Sonos

OMG Christmas prezzies! #sonas

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Christmas Jumper Day

Happy #christmasjumperday everyone!

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Oxchange gift

Huge huge thank you to our amazing client @oxchange for the #moet! Such a lovely gift!

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Games Night Bowling

#xxl makes you feel more manly

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Oxford Meetup Location

Love the location of this months #dopm #oxford #hipster #hipstercafe #cafe

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KFC Behind the Scenes

Behind the scenes of our latest project for @kfc_uki #kfc #chicken #videoproduction #slowmotion #zingertotheface #agencylife

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KFC Brainstorming

Brainstorming ideas for our new project with @kfc_uki #KFC #seeifthisflies #wingingit #chickenpuns #mockstockphotography #thatsathing #excessiveuseofipads #excessiveuseofhashtags

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User Story Mapping Post It

You know it's been a good #userstorymapping session when you've got a stack of #postitnotes this high at the end. #userinterface #ux #userexperience #ui #lean #projectmanagement #postit #stationary #usm

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Free Coffee Vouchers

One of our redeemed #freecoffee #vouchers available in our new #brochures #graphics #graphicdesign #handrenderedtype #coffee

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Hetty Selfie

#selfie #illustration #characterdesign @nikiforecast

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Global Initiative Brochure

First print run of our new #brochure! #print #design #graphicdesign #agency

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Logo Initiative

#Lego #initiative #playtime @georgestreetsocial

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UX Workshop

At the using cartoons in UX workshop at #uxinthecity #ux #scamps #cartoons. A lot of very happy and angry stick men!

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Ben Walton

Initiative's new Junior Designer - Ben Walton @waltondesigns. #graphicdesign #designer #digitalagency

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Loop Web Design

Adding the final #design touches to our new site for Loop - a brilliant Energy Saving monitor. #webdesign #photoshop #ui #userinterface #designagency #oxford #responsivedesign

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Games Night Thirsty Meeples

Games night at #thirstymeeples #boardgames #cafe #oxford #thirstythursday

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Worton Equestrian Business Cards

#wortonequestrian #businesscards #logodesign #branding #stationary #graphicdesign #oxford #horse #horses

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Loop Packaging Design

Hanging out at the printers getting our latest #packagingdesign #printed for Loop - a fantastic energy monitor. #design #print #ink

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Global Initiative Balloon

A balloon making a break for it. #nopilotneeded #design #graphics #vector #graphicdesign #flatdesign #balloons

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