We all know how powerful YouTube has become and the power of video is now being applied to website design. If a picture speaks a thousand words, then video speaks a thousand pictures.

Hampshire Cosmetics Limited was described by themselves as 'Hampshire's Best Kept Secret'. Based near Portsmouth, HCL was originally founded to offer a contract filling service for cosmetics and toiletries clients, but have since developed and extended their skills and capabilities to offer a full service facility from concept to delivery. That basically means that when you walk into a High Street chemists, the chances are very high that HCL have had something to do with developing, filling and packaging the products you see on the shelves.

As the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-9 drew to an exciting close in St Petersburg earlier this year Cradducks were finalising the wrap-up issue of Life at The Extreme, the gorgeous, glossy race magazine which says as much about the way we like to design and produce our magazines as it does about the most exciting professional yacht race ever. But the race didn't stop there.

To date, Cradducks have worked with local author Sarah Lucas on three books in her 'Snails' series - there are still two more in the pipeline but just to keep her hand in in the meantime, Sarah has been involved with a fabulous new project for her local primary school.