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How can drone photography give you a new perspective?

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 4 July 2025 - Categories: Creative, Services, Video
Aerial view of a marina taken by a drone, showing numerous boats docked along piers in a narrow waterway. In the background, a sandy beach, wind turbines, and an industrial port area are visible. This was captured as part of a video project for the Independent Monitoring Authority.

At Design102, our licensed drone operators are frequently tasked with taking their machines to the skies. Explore how we tell a story from a different perspective and offer spectacular results at a relatively low cost.

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Subtitles and captions: What’s the difference?

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 1 November 2024 - Categories: Accessibility, Advice, Creative, Video
Screenshot of a video featuring a man speaking at a local football pitch-side interview. A name card indicates he is David Dein, Former vice-chairman Arsenal and the FA. Closed captions overlaying the image detail the dialogue: “Sport changes lives. Football can change lives. We're going to show you how.”

Subtitles and captions are essential for accessibility, and now more than ever people are using captions to better understand content. Learn why captions are important and what to keep in mind when adding them to a video.

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How Design102 brought a 700-year-old Coronation tradition to the public

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 17 May 2024 - Categories: Creative, Design, Services, Team
Examples from the website version of the Coronation Roll

In a historic first, the Coronation Roll of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla has been made publicly available as an interactive website. Read on to discover how Design102 did it.

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Learn 5 proven tips for designing for children

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 4 November 2022 - Categories: Advice, Animation, Creative, Design, Illustration, Video
A black and white cut-out style photograph of a smiling girl and a hand in a ‘thumbs-up’ position are surrounded by colourful accents on a graph paper background

As communications experts, Design102 know that child audiences can be challenging to engage. Our award-winning illustrator shares her 5 top tips to help you create designs that are sure to have impact.

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Futuristic hyperlapse - how to bring your video subject to life

Posted by: Design102 team and Willow Elias-Stagg, Posted on: 14 May 2021 - Categories: Creative, Design, Services, Video
Mural painted on a brick wall at street level. It depicts the actor Chadwick Boseman looking at the viewer, alongside the words ‘Black Panther lives, Chadwick Boseman, 1976 to 2020’.

Video helps us tell stories and connect with people – and that’s why Design102 now offer drone footage, 360 degree photography and hyperlapse video. Learn how hyperlapse video could bring unique and exciting energy to your projects.

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It still matters: Talking to sexual abuse survivors about support

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 19 February 2021 - Categories: Case studies, Creative, Design, Services
The words ‘It still matters: Talking to sexual abuse survivors about support’ are overlaid on a photograph of a typical 1980s kitchen. A sink, washing machine and hob with a kettle are visible. Daylight streams in through a window. The tiles and crockery have bird and plant patterns evocative of the era.

[Trigger warning: sexual abuse] We detail how we created a campaign encouraging victims and survivors of sexual abuse to reach out for support – and changed the way we think about audience in the process.

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Learn how our designs help challenge myths about hiring ex-offenders

Posted by: Design102 team, Posted on: 2 August 2019 - Categories: Case studies, Creative
Image of Tyler, a Greene King chef and ex-offender, working in a kitchen

Getting ex-offenders into work: a case study Recruiting ex-offenders can change lives: but currently, only 17% of offenders are able to get a job within a year of being released...

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