Paint-a-Mural Challenge
Some people look at clean surfaces and wince at the thought of getting them dirty. We, at BNP, look at them and see an opportunity to use our creativity. That’s how one of our casual chit-chats during lunch ended up giving way to a Paint-a-Mural Challenge. It’s a good thing some of us are already well-acquainted with murals, so the idea received no opposition. However, we thought there would be no fun in assigning the task to two or three experienced people so we decided on asking everyone to participate instead. We gave the project a jumpstart by exchanging ideas on what theme we would like to use and settled on the concept of an amusement park. Then we brought out our sketchpad and passed it around for the staff to draw on. When we finally had a rough draft of the images we wanted on the wall, our first volunteer got some chalk and started drawing the outlines of the mural-to-be. We then took our paintbrushes and took turns in tracing the outlines with acrylic paint and adding some fine details on the painting until it was done. After that, we started to color the BNP logo which was sandwiched among the fluffy characters we drew and left the rest of the painting in black and white. The whole process only took three days to complete (shorter than we expected), so by the fourth day the previously bland wall in the pantry was already sporting a different look – and the way some of the staff have been casting knowing glances, it won’t probably take long before the rest of the walls get a make-over of their...
read moreGoodbye 2010, Hello 2011!
We’re back! After a refreshing two-week vacation, BNP Design Studio is excited to welcome the New Year with new features to our site and blog. Check out our now up and running Gallery of stock and custom illustrations, photographs, print and web designs, and our newly uploaded Valentine-themed cliparts. With everything 3D all the rage these days, we’ll be including more and more of them in our latest releases so make sure you watch out for them. So here’s to our best year yet! Cheers!...
read moreChristmas Vacation at Last!
Wohoo! Only fourteen days to go before Christmas now. BNP will be having its annual Christmas vacation starting from the 18th of December to the 4th of January, so we can hardly wait. Our office will be closed during the said dates (after finishing all our current projects, of course ), but feel free to leave a message should you have any questions regarding our products and services. And we’ll answer them first thing in the New Year. Until then! Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!...
read more101 Christmas Tree Designs Finally Up!
At last, after two weeks of working on our 101 Christmas Tree Design Challenge, BNP is thrilled to announce that the final designs are already available for viewing in our gallery. It took us an extra week to convert all the illustrations into vectors, clip arts, and 3D graphics, but we can say that it was time well spent. Anyway, just follow the link above to see them for yourself. A download link for our free clip art design from the collection have also been provided at our homepage. Enjoy! ^_^
read morePlant-a-Berde; Painting the Town Green One Tree at a Time
Marathons aimed at promoting environmental awareness have been in vogue lately, and although we want to do our little part in advancing this cause, we’re afraid our less-than-sturdy physiques won’t be able to take all the strain, especially considering the only exercise we get during weekdays is the inconvenient walk between our work stations and the water dispenser. Luckily for us, the guys from Green Team Philippines had a different idea in mind when they invited us to join “Plant-a-Berde,” a tree planting project organized by the group in coordination with local government units and non-government organizations. So, equipped with backpacks containing some water and snacks, we left Lucena City in the morning of November 6th to head for the plaza of Sariaya, Quezon where we were supposed to meet up with the other groups who will also be participating in the said project. We initially thought we’d follow the organizers’ vehicles on their way up to Barangay Mamala, a sizable area covering a portion of Mount Banahaw-San Cristobal where we will be planting the rambutan and acacia saplings that we had with us, but it turned out that they had requested military officers to give us a hitch in their military trucks. Given how the medical doctors, teachers, and students who were with us that time gamely climbed aboard the imposing truck, we think it’s safe to say it was an idea that was well-received. After traveling for about an hour, we stopped a few hundred meters away from our intended destination to travel on foot after the narrowing path made it difficult for the large truck we were on to proceed. It was a good thing the day wasn’t particularly hot, thanks to the bulky trees along the road, so the uphill climb was still enjoyable even if we had to stop walking a couple of times to catch our breath. When we reached an abandoned patch of land that was said to have been cleared using kaingin methods, the coordinator led us to the spot where we were supposed to plant the saplings, although they had us participate in a native ritual intended as an offering to the guardians of the forest first. They gave us the signal to start planting after that, but they advised us to check the holes where we will be planting as there were some “buried treasures” in them. When all the saplings had been planted, they rounded us up to award the treasures which turned out to be some gift certificates among other things. After all the prizes had been given out and the organizers called it a day, we all prepared to leave, although of course, everyone flashed their best smiles for some souvenir shots first. It was already past lunch when we reached the town plaza where our short journey started, but in spite of our hungry stomachs and soiled shoes, it was an experience we truly...
read moreCovering New Grounds
The month of October is a month of new beginnings for BNP Design Studio. Not only have we launched our very first blog and added some new modifications to our official website and merchandise store this month, our long delayed plan of moving in to a bigger and more appropriately designed studio has also finally pushed through. From a small improvised office converted from a one story studio-type apartment unit to a two story building with minimalist interiors, our staff of eight people all packed and manually carried our equipment and belongings to the place we’ll be calling our new home – or office to be exact – sweating and collecting specks of dust along the way. It took us about half a day to unpack and rearrange our stuff, and when we had the chance to rest and scan our new environment with its grainy walls, smooth painted floors, ample bookshelves, spacious drawing area, and sleek and shiny computer units atop pristine desks, choosing which newly purchased seat will belong to whom became a race. Of course the matter was settled amicably, and after a hearty meal and some casual exchange of lighthearted jokes in between bites, we decided to call it a day. All in all, it was a tiring task. But that aside, it was really...
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