RECENT NEWS

>> Dictionary of Art anniversary

Nov '11 The 15th anniversary of Macmillan's 32-volume Dictionary of Art was celebrated at the Art Workers Guild in London. Both the directors of Thameside Media worked on this seminal project of the 1990s.

>> Maproom launched

Nov '11 Thameside Media has launched an e-commerce site selling royalty-free editable maps of Britain and Ireland at www.maproom.net. We know of no other site offering such a wide choice of vector maps for these countries!

>> Blue Guide India published

Nov '11 A lively party at the Nehru Centre in London has marked the launch of Blue Guide India. Thameside Media is proud to have worked with the publishers of the eminent Blue Guides and the BBC author, Sam Miller, on this project.

>> Betjeman's Best British Churches on sale as hardback, ebook and app

Oct '11 The launch for our opus of 2010–11 has taken place at author Richard Surman's stately home overlooking Wimbledon Common, including a presentation about church architecture and the project.

>> Thameside Photography showcase

Autumn '11 Our photography showcase has grown so much that we have given it a dedicated site at www.thamesidephotography.com

>> Dragons' Den tie-ins for new series

Summer '10 The new series of Dragons' Den ties in with a trio of books we've produced for HarperCollins. We've had a lot of fun shooting on location for this project.

>> World Whisky wins IACP award

Summer '10 We are proud to announce that our World Whisky book produced for long-time client Dorling Kindersley has won the IACP first prize for Best Cookbook!

Thameside Media is a specialist agency
for digital and print projects.

We have a long track record in creating bestselling content for printed books, ebooks, online and printed catalogues, apps, brochures and websites. Among our projects are award-winning lifestyle books and high-profile TV tie-ins.

We can help you improve existing material or create new content from scratch. We offer superb photography, design, mapping and editorial services as part of an integrated language of text and image. And in the age of iPads, Kindles and the like, we have the technical proficiency to create content in elegant structures tailored to multiple platforms.

>> SAMPLE PROJECTS

Betjeman's Best British Churches

Client: HarperCollins

A major revision and expansion of the classic work on churches by the poet laureate Sir John Betjeman. We researched 2,500 churches and pinpointed their GPS coordinates for digital maps. Working alongside the venerable writer/ photographer Richard Surman, we undertook half the location photography, created all the printed maps, and designed and edited the work. We also wireframed the iPhone app.

Dragons' Den

Client: HarperCollins / Two-Way Traffic / BBC

We produced three titles as tie-ins to the Dragons' Den TV series. Our work involved interviewing entrepreneurs who had appeared on the show to turn their stories into lessons that chimed with the business themes of the books. We had access to the Dragons' set during filming at Pinewood Studios to photograph material. Timing was key to the success of the project, as the books had to be available when the series was broadcast.

Oz & James Drink to Britain

Client: Pavilion (Anova Books) / BBC

Produced to coincide with a BBC TV series, this book was reminiscent of a holiday scrapbook based on the summer road trip of Oz Clarke and James May, backed up by factual information about British drinks. The project entailed another tricky schedule, as the book needed to be produced while the series was still being filmed.

World Whisky

Client: DK (Pearson)

Winner of the IACP Cookbook Award, this was a large logistical project, involving us sourcing hundreds of images and bottles of whisky from around the world. We worked with seven authors, and built up a team of 10 editors and designers at the height of the project, as well as shooting on location in Speyside and Islay.

Thameside Photography

New dedicated website

Photography has always been a significant part of Thameside Media, and now we have a site dedicated solely to this side of the business. There, you'll find information about our architectural and studio photography services and see samples of our work.

>> go to www.thamesidephotography.com

Maproom

E-commerce site

Building on our substantial cartographic and digital geo-tagging experience, we have launched a service selling vector map bases to cartographers, designers and editors. The initial launch covers maps of Britain and Ireland, with more countries in the pipeline.