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Bloc Digital
About us
An award-winning digital visualisation and immersive tech studio. specialising in, and delivering cutting-edge animation, interactive AR & VR experiences and bespoke software solutions to businesses and brands. Supporting industrial sectors with marketing, training and industry 4.0 solutions as creative, digital visualisation, and immersive tech specialists.
Our products and services help you work smarter, be more connected, and have a greater impact on your customers by delivering the most cost-effective solutions.
We’re proud to call multi-national and blue-chip organisations like Rolls-Royce, Kongsberg Maritime, GSK, Siemens, JCB, Manchester Airports Group, and BBC Panorama our clients. We work with integrity and impact by improving visual communications and enhancing interactivity.
Our vision to disrupt the industry began in 2000 and remains integral to this day. From a team of 2 to over 50 in-house employees, and from the UK to the USA, over the past two decades, we’ve experienced strong and organic growth... and we’re only getting started!
DESIGN | 3D MODELLING | ANIMATION | IMMERSIVE | SOFTWARE | DATA
Products
CONCEPTING
Our understanding of the client, product, service and consumer plays a pivotal role in the design process, by expertly delivering the right messaging. Thanks to our user-centric approach, your assets are scalable and adaptable. Whether we’re required to think outside the box, or accurately follow a brief, our concepting services foster successful outcomes for all. POSITIONING | MESSAGING | IDEATION | VISUALISATION | RATIONALE | DEPLOYMENT
DESIGN
Design is at the heart of how your business is perceived. We're experts in branding, typography and visuals, right down to every little detail ensuring our work is always fit for purpose and exceeding expectations. From crafting colour palettes, typefaces and associated characteristics, that provide an overall look, feel and personality – we create eye-catching assets to suit all requirements, ready for anything! BRAND IDENTITY | INFOGRAPHICS | ILLUSTRATION | LITERATURE | PACKAGING | GRAPHICS
USER EXPERIENCE
From digital solutions, for bespoke event apps, to our technology services for digital twinning we’ve got you covered. We create solutions that think like the user, consider how they utilise systems and pinpoint exactly what they need. Our contextual studies, user research, ideation and prototyping all contribute to the end goal, enhancing business processes, raising engagement and awareness, conveying branded messages, and ultimately solving problems. WIREFRAMING | PROTOTYPING | USER RESEARCH | ACCESSIBILITY | USER INTERFACE | VISUAL DESIGN
DIGITAL MARKETING
Want to increase your exposure? Position your brand as a thought leader? Or generate new leads? By getting to the core of your audience’s interests and needs, we create content and copy for web, email, social media, and advertising that stands out, educates, and engages. So when you need more people to discover your business, click that share button or complete a contact form, we deliver high-impact content with results. CONTENT CREATION | COPYWRITING | SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT | ADVERTISING | PR | EMAIL MARKETING
EVENT EXPERIENCES
Our expertise in technical visualisation enables us to reinforce the connection between creativity and technology through captivating messaging and visuals. From traditional event stands to immersive gamification, CGI imagery or forced perspective billboards, we ensure our clients leave a lasting impact at any event, every time. STAND DESIGN | SIGNAGE | BUILD | IMMERSIVE | CONSULTANCY | PLANNING
PRINT MANAGEMENT
With over 45 years of experience in creative print production, buying and management, our exemplary ability to source, manage and deliver print solutions to the highest standards with tight deadlines speaks volumes, taking print off your hands with reliable processes. We have expertise in digital, litho and web printing with a range of specialist finishing. SOURCING | MANAGEMENT | LARGE FORMAT | PRINT FINISHING | OFFSET | MERCHANDISE
ANIMATION
Our award-winning team use the power of animation to help you showcase your offering effectively. From 2D to 3D animations, and product explainers to cinematic productions, we bring creative flair, technical accuracy, and intricate detail to any project. When you need to show the unseen inner workings of your product, simplify complex subjects or even amaze your audiences with hyper-realistic mythical beasts, Bloc visualise the impossible! 2D | 3D | MOTION GRAPHICS | TECHNICAL ANIMATIONS | CINEMATICS | PRE-VISUALISTIONS
VISUAL EFFECTS
What’s the sea without crashing waves? A dragon without blazing fire? A storm without lightning? Our VFX artists bring the finishing touches to any photorealistic animation or broadcast production. By combining attention to detail with the skills to create true-to-life visuals, we elevate any project into something truly spectacular. MARKETING | SALES | EVENTS | TV AND BROADCAST | FILM PRODUCTION
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Through brand promotions, interviews and ‘in the thick of it’ filming on-location, we capture the products, people and processes behind your business. Whether you need to share the voices of your experts or the approach that sets you apart, bringing that ‘human’ touch to your brand. Our versatile production team draw on unique programme-making experience to support you throughout this process. From concepting and filming to post-production and publishing, the end-to-end in-house involvement ensures results that are both impactful and reusable. POST-PRODUCTION EDITING | FILMING | AUDIO ENGINEERING | PODCASTS | TV AND BROADCAST
SCRIPTING
Our imaginative team transform the smallest idea into an engaging and informative script and storyboard – the critical first stage of delivering a production that meets your business goals. We work collaboratively with your brand to develop a unique concept, compelling message and visual narrative that helps you stand out. Utilise our in-house skills to kickstart your creative journey. IDEATION AND CONCEPTING | SCRIPTING | STORYBOARDING| VOICEOVER
DIGITAL IMAGERY
Visualise new products before they’re a reality, concepts that go beyond what’s physically possible, or get the perfect marketing ‘shot’ every time. There are no limits to our creativity. We develop stunning stylised and photorealistic imagery for promotional or training use. So when you need to showcase internal engine components or highlight your future focus with a space-age robot, you can count on us to bring any vision to life. 3D VISUALISATIONS | CGI | SALES & MARKETING | EXHIBITIONS | TRAINING
3D MODELLING
From scratch, CAD drawings, or reverse engineering using photogrammetry, we build operationally accurate and highly detailed 3D models to help customers visualise and explore your products and services. Your completed digital asset can be cost-efficiently utilised across our in-house capabilities, forming the building blocks for product CGIs, animations, digital twins, interactive apps and more! ASSET CREATION | PHOTOGRAMMETRY | FORCED PERSPECTIVE DESIGN | DIGITAL TWINS
MARKETING APPS
From gamification to informative product explainer progressive web apps (PWAs), we create bespoke and distinct software programs designed to improve face-to-face interactions and business prospects. Our apps are cross-platform, available offline, multi-language marketing assets that help you engage, inform and support existing and potential customers, forming a greater relationship with your brand and messaging. PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS (PWA) | DESKTOP | MOBILE | TABLET | IOS | ANDROID
WEB SOLUTIONS
Pioneering Web 3D development across multiple industries, our web solutions are tailored to your specific needs, from customer e-commerce websites, to fully integrated cross-platform products. We enhance interactivity, display data-driven dashboards and visualise complex logic algorithms designed to improve information retention. Integrating Bloc’s 3D elements into web design and online experiences ensures your assets, are unique, adaptable and future-proof. WEB3D | CONTENT MANAGEMENT | CROSS-PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT | E-COMMERCE
INDUSTRIAL IOT
Our systems can monitor, evaluate, and optimise on-demand or sandbox scenarios for future implementation – improving systems and personnel efficiency. With smarter factories and real-time data dashboards, you can modernise production and operational opportunities, make better data-driven decisions, and improve your preventative maintenance, asset lifespan, safety, and performance. DEVICE INTEGRATION | DATA ANALYTICS | SUPERVISORY CONTROL | CONDITION MONITORING | REMOTE SURVEILLANCE AND MANAGEMENT | SENSORS
DIGITAL TWINS
Embrace Industry 4.0 with our digital twin capabilities to optimise performance, predictive maintenance, safety, costs, training and insights. The bespoke digital twins we create are tailored to your specific assets or systems, ensuring high accuracy in representing their real-world counterparts, crucial for industries where precision matters most, such as aerospace, aviation, manufacturing, and healthcare. REAL-TIME DATA INTEGRATION | IOT CONNECTIVITY | DATA SIMULATION | PERFORMANCE MONITORING | VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING | INDUSTRY 4.0
DATA VISUALISATION
Unleash the true power of your data by making it more accessible, understandable and actionable with our visualisation skills. We enhance communication, allowing you to analyse, interpret and share intuitive visuals from raw data. Simplifying complex information into intuitive industry-leading visuals designed to support industries in identifying trends, outliers and patterns in data to improve your decision-making processes. CUSTOM DASHBOARD DEVELOPMENT | DATA INTEGRATION | REAL-TIME | BIG DATA | MOBILE AND RESPONSIVE VISUALISATION | REMOTE SURVEILLANCE
IMMERSIVE TECH
Empowering the future with Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) or Mixed Reality (MR), we create cost-effective immersive digital experiences that are compelling and unique. Our team can visualise complex engineering components or create impressive virtual worlds using hand tracking and gesture control technologies to transform your marketing and operational support. AR | MR | VR | GAMIFICATION | EMPLOYEE TRAINING
News
EXPANDING US HORIZONS WITH VISITS TO NASA AND GEAUGA COUNCIL
In a recent strategic initiative, our Business Manager, McKenna, visited the NASA Glenn Research Center followed by a presentation at the Geauga Business Advisory Council, further cementing our presence in the aerospace and defence sectors across Ohio.
INTRODUCING OUR NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM!
Poised to drive our business forward, forge new partnerships, and further elevate our presence across the digital landscape. This marks an exciting change for a brighter future!
BLOC DIGITAL OPENS OVERSEAS BASE IN NORTH AMERICA!
Open for business: introducing our new us office.... We’re thrilled to unveil our new North American headquarters located at The Matchworks Building in Mentor, Ohio.
BLOC DIGITAL WINS BEST ANIMATION AT THE LENS AWARDS 2024!
An evening to remember in London: As leaders in the realm of animation and digital visualisation, we're thrilled to announce that we walked away with not one, not two, but three prestigious awards at the 2024 Communicate Magazine Lens Awards.
BLOC DIGITAL WINS SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2023!
A brilliant way to conclude an incredible year of growth, development, and community, our success at the 2023 Derbyshire Business Awards represents the culmination of tireless efforts, unwavering dedication, and a shared commitment to excellence.
DIGITALLY TRANSFORMING AEROSPACE INSPECTIONS
A cutting-edge 3D imaging technology called NeRF (Neural Radiance Fields), will be harnessed to drive the digital transformation of aerospace inspections...
MO WINS BIG (TWICE) AT THE EAST MIDLANDS LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Mo had an exciting night networking with some of the region’s best across an audience of 250 business owners and leaders.
OPENING THE ALL-NEW EAST MIDLANDS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Fuelling careers of the future with the EM IoT in a strategic regional collaboration.