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Fancy winning a trip to Sydney? Then have a go at ‘Round The World Or Bust’, the new quiz for Expedia – designed and built by Cherry.

The travel gurus at Expedia have set the questions – all you need to do is stake your travel miles on the answers. Finish with enough miles intact, and you’ll be in the draw to win a trip to Sydney.

Please let us know if you win the big trip!

www.roundtheworldorbust.com

You+360 Magazine: The Innovation Issue

The latest issue of You+360, The Innovation Issue, has just hit the streets. The magazine, produced by Cherry for 360 Training, is packed full of the latest thinking from the world of training and development.

The issue was borne out of the current economic climate, and the belief that innovative approaches in business can make all the difference. The features covers issues such as breaking down the barriers to innovation, learning from the true innovators in business, and how to take calculated risks.

If you’d like to find out more about You+360 Magazine get in touch with us at Cherry. To order a copy, get in touch with 360 Training.

Finally, we’re famous.

This week we get a mention in top industry journal, New Media Age, for our work on a new online game that has just been launched by Lonely Planet. We have to admit, we had a lot of fun with this one.

Lonely Planet's new 'Time Traveller' online game, designed by Cherry

Hunt Haggarty blog

Our friends over at boutique brand experience agency Hunt Haggarty always have plenty to say, show us, tell us and shout about. So they asked Cherry to design and develop their blog and all-round social media portal which went live this week.

Using a bespoke theme on the Wordpress engine, it has widgets to pull in their Flickr galleries, Tweets and Last.fm feed.

Already this week they’ve introduced us to a mini musical movement, shown us an incredible venue in Angel and made us feel hungry with their images of cheesy pizzas.

Brilliant blog, go take a bite here.

There’s been a real renaissance in the art of the hand-made here in London recently. Just walk around Spitalfields Market in the run-up to Christmas and you’ll be presented with dozens of independent traders lovingly sewing, knitting and stitching an array toys and gifts for shoppers looking for one-off pieces with a little more substance than the usual mass-produced stuff available on the high street. It’s good to see.

Those wanting more should head to Bust Magazine’s Christmas Craftacular – until now confined to New York and LA, this year the indie craft extravaganza comes to London. Happening on 6th December right next to Euston Station, it promises drinks, DJs and classes on making your own gifts. Perfect if the Credit Crunch is hindering your Xmas shopping.

For those unable to make it, there’s Etsy, a wonderful site with over 100,000 independent sellers offering handmade goods ranging from original illustrations to dancing robots. Coming over like a more wholesome eBay, it makes Oxford Street seem very unappealing indeed.

We recently extended our association with the London College of Communication by getting involved in their Mentoring Scheme. This gives students the opportunity to come in regularly to discuss their projects and portfolios, and to gain insight into the inner workings of a creative studio.

Passing on knowledge and skills to young people is an essential part of business in any sector, but in the creative world, it resonates just a little more than most. Making that transition from design school to the professional studio can be a tough leap, and is reliant on companies giving young people the chance to take placements and internships to start their portfolio building process.

But having this involvement with new talent has real two-way benefits. Aside from the practical benefits of having access to new talent at the LCC, having the regular injection of enthusiasm and ideas from students helps to keep us on our toes too.

Thanks to Neil Barnett for getting us involved with the scheme, and good luck with your move to Oz.