ICM - Leeds Design Agency

Just a quick post to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from each and everyone of us here at ICM. We hope you all have a wonderful time and our best wishes for a fun and prosperous 2012.

And we couldn’t resist but show you this amazing cake made by one of our fantastic clients – nothing has made the sweet-toothed members of studio happier than this! We will enjoy the demolition just as much as the building…

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A few months ago I wrote two posts about mine and Richard’s creative interests in photography outside of ICM. The Hobby Photographer, Richard and The Hobby Photographer, Melissa. Both posts show how we don’t switch the creativity off when we leave our desks and we can turn our hand to many different things.

A few weeks ago I decided that I would like to try and master cake decorating. I have always loved baking, so I thought, this is just the next step. So with decorating instruction book in hand (I love instructions and lists. If you have them, use them!) I sketched out my final design the evening before and made a detailed list, then took myself off to Sainsburys to purchase my required items. I evicted husband, toddler and all cats from the house so I could concentrate and 6 hours later, I was finished.

So, here is the result. I was quiet proud of myself to be honest. I will never be as good as a professional but not bad for a first proper go.

The baking bit

The roses

I made the roses and the chocolate leaves the night before.

The result

Louise

The best bit about this is that I inspired Louise to get baking and creative and I love the result.

I think we can both confirm that they tasted good as there was non left to bring into work.
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I do seem to be making a habit of writing posts about things I would very much like to own, and this Penguin series of 20 books is no exception.

The stunning design combined with the fascinating content are right up my street. The Great Food Series brings together “the sharpest, funniest, most delicious writing about food from the past 400 years,” according to Penguin. The cover designs by Coralie Bickford-Smith feature ceramic designs which reflect the period the book was written in, complemented by lettering artist Stephen Raw. The style is further enhanced by embossed lettering and spot varnishes picking out the details of the illustrations.

Cover for Love in a Dish and other pieces by MFK Fisher. Cover design based on a pattern from a Century side plate by Eva Zeisel for Hallcraft, 1957

So, if you’re reading this Father Christmas, please add these to my li…

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