About Us.

Since

1990

Hothouse Design

HotHouse Design Group was incorporated in the early 1990’s and rose to play a significant role in Design and Advertising, collecting numerous print and publishing awards. We established Digital River as a pre-press house mid-to-late 1990’s, using the then cutting edge digital technology.

Digital River

Digital River became a well known innovator of pre-press methods and ingenuity led by Aaron Shipman, Stan and Vincent. Clients expanded into all types of media, including web design, outdoor and indoor large format digital printing and software development.

Tucker BDMA

After selling the businesses [Digital River and Hothouse], Stan established a freelance business Tucker BDMA as an original ‘digital nomad’. Working from hot desks, small regional offices and a home office, this allowed for editorial and photographic journeys, most notably Subaru’s Symmetry magazine, and New Zealand Fish and Game magazine.

BDMA Revolution

From around 2010 to today, BDMA Revolution has worked on numerous campaigns, various projects and brand development for many clients. Vincent and Stan have been partners since HotHouse Design, and continue to work closely together, fully committed to our clients successes.

Think.

Creative.

Design.

With collectively over 65 years experience in Brand Strategy, Design, Digital, Marketing and Advertising, we’ve embraced the digital world from the outset, and our creative and production tool sets cover print, digital, web design & build, video, social media and outdoor.

AI is here and is shaping the media landscape. Best practice allows us to understand this shift and the opportunities and pitfalls this exposes. The image below is a prime AI example.

Packaging.

Publishing.

Web Development.

Advertising.

Brand Identity.

Our Process.

Brainstorming & Strategy.

We encourage strategic direction through documentation and a sound set of rationales. We like to work closely with our clients to maximise impact.

Research & Planning.

Playing with a full knowledge base is where to begin, so some research is imperitive to a solid understanding of the client goals. We also like to plan our way to a result, meeting milestones along the way.

Design & Refining.

“Nothing Great is Easily Won” is a motto from my old primary school, and it applies here with our approach to our projects. Design thoughts, inspirations and concepts are explored and then refined.

Brand Development.

Exploring ideas and honing the brand requires some disipline and future thinking. All of our projects, large or small, follow a similar path that supports the greater vision.

Production.

Years of expertise in production, print and digital gives us a complete understanding of all media requirements. Consultations with placement agencies, print brokers, ePublishers and any other visual with audio platforms have provided a sound technical base to meet the deadlines.