Case study

Old Is Gold

ClientOld Is Gold
What we didEvent artwork, Social campaign, Print
DisciplineGraphic design, Marketing
I.

Event artwork for Old Is Gold, old-school garage, R&B and hip hop shows for an older crowd, at District's rooftop, Ten Mill Lane, The Angel Hotel and USC at Santa Pod.

Old Is Gold Rooftop Series A2 poster, 4pm to 10pm, listing Sat 27th June with Chris Goldfinger, Sat 11th July with Seani B 1Xtra and Sat 25th July with Rampage Sound 1Xtra, over a gold boombox in a blue sky, with the District logo.Old Is Gold Rooftop Series Summer A3 poster for June 27, July 11 and July 25 with Rampage Sound, Seani B and Chris Goldfinger at District, partygoers among sunflowers and a disco ball on a purple-pink sky.
Old Is Gold Rooftop Series feed post for Seani B (BBC Radio 1Xtra) on Saturday 11th July, a gold boombox floating in a blue sky above flowering hedges, with the District logo.Old Is Gold Rooftop Series artist card for Monique B at the Saturday 25th July pay weekend rooftop party with Rampage Sound, a 'Cardiff's favourite day party' sticker and pink butterflies on blue sky.
Old Is Gold 6th birthday feed post for Sat 7th March with Donae'o headlining, Jordan Valleys b2b Monique B, DJ Nezzy, DJ Veejay and DJ Paz, hosted by Mr Bigs, among gold '6' balloons on pink, with the Ten Mill Lane logo.
II.

Rooftop Series

Old Is Gold already had a recognisable name and a good share of the market. They needed someone to maintain the brand and develop new assets and promotion around it.

Three summer Saturdays on District's rooftop with Chris Goldfinger, Seani B and Rampage Sound: promotional posters, feed posts and artist cards.

Old Is Gold 6th birthday countdown story, '4 weeks to go!!', for Sat 7th March with Donaeo and the DJ lineup, gold balloons, cassettes, a birthday cake and a boombox on pink.
Old Is Gold bank holiday feed post for Sunday 3rd May 2026, 'This Sunday!!', a crystal-covered gold boombox on purple with a 'No work the next day' sticker and the Ten Mill Lane logo.Old Is Gold bank holiday artist card for Mr.Bigs, Sunday 30th August, 10pm to 6am, the host on the mic in a circle frame over a pink-orange-yellow gradient, with the Ten Mill Lane logo.
Old Is Gold at USC (Ultimate Street Car) card for Saturday 1st August 2026: Mista Bibs holding a boombox, 'Dance Tent Takeover', tent times 8pm to 1am, Santa Pod Raceway.Old Is Gold USC festival board reading 'Drop it like it's hottt' in yellow bars above a purple Porsche with roof speakers and butterflies on a purple-to-pink gradient.
III.
The main events had to stand apart from every other night.
Old Is Gold A3 board with the lyric 'It's ya birthday and I know you wanna riiiddddeeee' in cream type on a pink gradient inside a thin cream frame.
Old Is Gold A3 board with the lyric 'One time for the birthday chick' in cream type on a teal gradient inside a thin cream frame.

The 6th birthday

Donae'o headlined, with a countdown from four weeks out, then bank holiday posts, artist cards and lyric boards for birthdays.

Old Is Gold Haunted Hotel A3 poster for the Halloween party on Saturday 31st October at The Angel Hotel, 8pm to 1am, with WSTRN in red, dripping red title type and Halloween-named DJs and hosts under a purple storm sky.
IV.

Festival and Halloween

Alongside sell-out shows and big headliners came festival bookings, with Old Is Gold hosting the tent.

A Dance Tent Takeover at USC, the Ultimate Street Car festival at Santa Pod Raceway, and a Haunted Hotel Halloween party at The Angel Hotel.

Old Is Gold Slow Down A3 poster for Saturday 4 July with Jordan Valleys and Monique B, Old Skool R&B and Slow Jamz, a collage of 90s and 2000s R&B artists on a pink-to-orange gradient.
Old Is Gold Halloween A2 board reading 'Pretty Little Nightmares' in black gothic type over hot-pink clouds.
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