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Global growth for Bloc Digital with launch of US businessWe've launched a US business to unlock further opportunities for growth within North America. 

Global growth for Bloc Digital with launch of US business

Bloc Digital has signed a major £3 million contract with a global industrial brand that wants to secure the company’s expertise.

Bloc secures £3 million retainer contract from global brand

Bloc Digital is demonstrating the power of data visualisation to transform manufacturing operations with a production line digital twin for JCB.

The power of digital twins boosts manufacturing productivity 

Hear from our Directors, Keith and Chris, as they reflect on the highlights of 2022 and what’s to come in 2023.

New capabilities, new technologies, new year 

We are proud to demonstrate our commitment to a workplace environment where all our employees thrive.

Bloc Digital Signs Mental Health at Work Commitment

New partnership agreement between the University of Derby and Bloc Digital boosts R&D, next-generation skills development, and the retention of talent within the region.

University of Derby partnership will level up skills and innovation

Our Augmented Reality app bringing Errwood Hall digitally back to life has been featured by BBC East Midlands!

Errwood Hall AR App Launched and Featured by BBC News

Our digital twin solution to remote challenges in learning has been published in the open access Production and Manufacturing Research journal.

Digital Twin Laboratories For Online Practical Learning [Publication] 

The addition comes as the company embarks on its next phase of growth and development, expanding its reach across the digital visualisation and creative technology sector. 

Bloc Digital welcome Mo Suleman as Finance Director

Virtual is offering a vibrant, bright and strategic future for production. Drawing on our expertise in content creation, visual effects (VFX), modelling, and an eye for all things CG visualisation, we’re bringing our clients the latest in professional production and broadcast. 

Virtual production: turning vision into real-time reality

Let’s talk Metaverse… What is it? What happens in it? What technologies does it use? And how can businesses use it? Read on to find out. 

Momentum for the Metaverse: Explaining Web 3.0 and Immersive Technologies

At Bloc we’re drawing on our digital twin and IIoT know-how, and working alongside our project partners, to improve production quality, reduce lubrication usage and minimise environmental impact. 

Using IIoT and digital twins for ‘innovate-tive’ MQL research

We’ve been supporting the promotion of rail overseas with our big data analytics. As part of the 2018 “Rail Sector Deal” Bloc Digital were the chosen suppliers of the Supply Chain Capability Map! 

‘Deal’ing with Rail Sector Data: Supply Chain Capability Mapping

WebAR is enhancing the accessibility of AR experiences and offering up enormous potential for B2C, STEM audiences, and quick impact marketing. We explore with the University of Derby...

WebAR: bringing AR experiences direct to your browser

New capabilities, clients, tech and talent – see what our arts studios have been getting up to.

Catching up with Creative, Media and Arch Viz

We congratulate Front-End Web Developer, Alex Collyer, for winning Baltic Apprenticeships’ Apprentice of the Month.

Alex Collyer crowned apprentice of the month

Taking it back to our roots… we spoke with our Head of Sales and Solutions Development, Steve Bentley, to discuss the progression of our specialist Engineering, Technology and Learning studios!

Engineering, Learning, Technology: Back to our roots with Steve Bentley

Welcome to a new era of Bloc Digital. An exciting time as we develop our current offerings and create dedicated studios to meet our growing industry reach.

A message from our founders: We're evolving!

Bloc Digital will strengthen its growth in the space sector with an R&D presence at Space Park Leicester.

Bloc Digital lands at Space Park Leicester

Two of our apprentices share their experiences, their routes to industry and their tips for aspiring techies.

Investing in apprenticeships: Meet Alex and Jade

We take a step back and look to the future… and review some of the next tech trends.

Our top tech trends for 2022

As 2021 draws to a close, Co-Founder Chris Hotham shares our 12 Days of Bloc – the facts and figures that summarise our year.

12 Days of Bloc: Our year in numbers

Explore how we’re innovating sustainability through Industry 4.0 and virtual environments as COP26 continues.

Sustainability Spotlight: Innovating the path towards sustainable business growth

The creativity, growth, and pioneering vision at the heart of Bloc Digital is being celebrated as we secure our latest award – this time in the field of innovation.

Bloc Digital celebrates excellence in innovation win

Creative, digital and immersive technologies are evolving the marketing strategy landscape. We explore how we’re harnessing our disciplines to drive this digital acceleration.

Accelerate your marketing with creative and digital tech

Our legacy app will see the Derby Ram Trail return in colourful AR form.

The Derby Ram Trail lives on in new realities with our legacy app

We celebrate the success of what has been an epic event of discovery by diving into the numbers and sharing our highlights.

The Derby Ram Trail in numbers

We’ve been collaborating across our studios to fill Derby with colour through the city’s Ram Trail.

From first steps to stepping along the Derby Ram Trail

virtURL® | Powered By Bloc: is our first dedicated product roll-out and an exciting enhancement to the Bloc Digital offering.

Bloc Digital's First Product Launch, virtURL®

Celebtrate the launch of the Derby Ram Trail with a first look at our R.A.M design.

R.A.M Revealed: Meet our Derby Ram Trail Sculpture

Bloc releases a first look at the Derby Ram Trail app as we count down to the highly anticipated event launch.

First look at Bloc's Derby Ram Trail App revealed

We’ve rounded up the most important metrics from web to branding to help you adapt your marketing efforts towards changed customer behaviours.

COVID-19 Marketing: The stats that matter from web to branding

The art of visualisations is often about creating a sense of the future – a vision of a development or an experience of new architecture – but when we were approached by our clients Verve Properties to support activity in a city centre site there was a delightful twist...

St. Bartholomew's Hospital: A historical Arch Viz showcase!

We love a bit of number crunching – the facts and figures that provide the vital insights into the motivations, hearts and minds of the modern home buyer. We've gathered those all-important stats and here they are…

Top capture stats for today's home buyers

A time for reflection, we mark a year from the first lockdown by sharing our clients’ positive news stories and tales of resilience.

A year on from lockdown: Celebrating client resilience

Maximising off-plan sales to help sell luxury properties with visual appeal… selling idylic lifestyles with both interior and exterior CGIs!

Munster Road CGIs: Luxury show & TEll

Ever tried to read signage or advertising but travel past before it’s possible? Rule number one when it comes to large format graphics – prioritise legibility!

Window and large format graphics: A quick guide

The typical length for the full home buyers' cycle can be anywhere between 11-27 months. This cycle can be broken down into 5 stages, all just as important as each other.

The new home buyers journey: Converting online footprint to purchase footfall

Find out how our animation team is pushing the boundaries with impactful visuals and engaging storytelling.

From engines to dragons: The art of animation

An effective personal LinkedIn profile can help build your network and develop opportunities. Here’s how to create one...

How to create an effective personal LinkedIn profile

From physical footfall to online footprints, the rapid digital progression of property marketing is clear. By providing digital solutions to digital problems, developers and estate agents can create a new world of readily available information...

*Alert* Digital shift in property marketing detected...

We caught up with Judith to find out more about her inspiration for Rameses' g-lamb-orous design.

Derby Ram Trail Artist Insights: An interview with Judith Berrill

We’re inspiring growth, investing in talent and creating a proactive workforce in 2021. While 2020 was a year of change and resilience, 2021 is one of building for the future… and our developing team is a perfect case in point.

Inspiring growth, investing in talent and developing a proactive workforce

Colour trends are a crucial part of any interior design, and it’s always important to consider expert and industry advice when it comes to creating something ‘on trend’, ‘desirable’ or ‘idyllic’ for an interior.

Colour Trends 2021: The calm, the cool and the colourful

The ‘art of property marketing’ is more than a single project in time or short-term output of effort… it’s a long game… attracting and converting – it’s all about the plan and strategy!

Presenting our new 'digital property marketing' strategy blueprint

Taking the visualisation of buildings and places to the next level, 3D modelling and immersive technologies are bringing this vision to life – improving communication before spaces are made a reality, and crucially, before mistakes may be ‘built-in’.

Modelling, immersive technology and the future of the built environment

CG Virtual Tours are no longer exclusive to those million-pound homes! They’re interactive, accessible and engaging… discover their importance when selling to the modern-day home buyer.

Brownsea View: Property CGI show and tell

While 2020 has brought unprecedented change and challenges and to local and global organisations, this week has been one for welcome celebration!

Bloc Digital take home two awards in a bloc-buster week

Through the power of photorealistic renders you can generate more leads, tender accuratly, increase off-plan sales and more.

The secret selling power of CGI's...

Don't just choose a colour that looks nice, choose one that works with our guide to colour and branding.

Choose the right colours for your brand

The charity project will bring science, community, vision and learning together in a space tailor-made to inspire – and with these core values at our heart the Bloc family were delighted to get involved.

Sherwood Observatory: Brining an 'out of this world' visitor attraction to life

Read our strategy for locating and influencing a target audience as part of a lead generation campaign.

Lead generation on LinkedIn: A guide

This month we’re celebrating 20 years of Bloc – 20 years of innovation, creativity and pushing the boundaries; 20 years since the Bloc vision was first brought to life.

Building bloc's: Bloc Digital in 20 words

From early start-up days and home offices to multiple awards, a US base and a family of companies. It’s been a whirlwind of a journey since directors Keith Cox and Chris Hotham first brought the Bloc vision to life 20 years ago.

History, ethos and 2020 vision: An interview with directors Keith Cox and Chris Hotham

Developing new ways for clients to reach customers, here’s how we’ve been supporting the transition to the socially-distanced, new ‘virtual’ normal with our virtual event product.

Bloc Digital at Farnborough International Airshow: Innovating the shift to the virtual world

Over the years myself and the Bloc team have supported market-leading multinational companies to exhibit at Farnborough – helping engage visitors with innovative digital solutions. Despite COVID-19, this year is no different.

Bloc Digital at Farnborough Internation Airshow: Driving real world impact

In the early ‘start up’ days myself and fellow director Chris Hotham had made do with home offices, then came our first rented space.

Thank you Stanton Young

Immersive tech business Bloc Digital and University of Derby are announcing a new collaborative working partnership and the relocation of Bloc’s digital visualisation studio to the University’s Enterprise Centre.

Growth and innovation drives Bloc Digital move to University of Derby's Enterprise Centre

You’ve done the research, gauged the benefits and have a business case for harnessing Virtual Reality (VR) capabilities, so what’s next?

Implementing virtual reality into your business

As the new normal continues to take hold, businesses across the globe agree we’re entering a new age of communication – one with a permanently changed world of work and learning. Digital is paving the way forward – keeping organisations connected both

Beyond video communication: Virtual and VR tools for learning, meetings and events

A growing number of organisations are looking to digital experiences to engage visitors now and in the future. For some it’s been about bringing these experiences into our homes, while others are turning their attention to life after lockdown.

AR Environments for public engagement

Over the last few years real time rendering has become far more powerful and, with the addition of real time ray tracing, the workflow is starting to become a viable alternative rendering method for high quality animation.

What could real time rendering mean for the future of digital visualisation?

Monday morning and working life has a new look and a different perspective. In less than a week we’ve created a new normal.

'Business as usual'... The new normal...

Having been in the creative industry for over 45 years we’ve seen many ups and downs in the global economic landscape. Focus on the future, think long-term and stay resilient. Let’s get through this – together!

Coronavirus and marketing: How to look after your brand and plan for the future

Whether you’re building a new brand or updating an old one in 2020, here are four points to keep in mind.

Building a brand in 2020

Businesses are using the technology to improve their marketing strategies and production processes. Consider how it can be incorporated into your business structure. Is your business ready for the future?

The future of business: IoT and Industry 4.0

There’s no better time to get organised, reflect on what worked in 2019 and note what needs to change for 2020.

Your ultimate marketing checklist for a successful 2020

When it comes to choosing between web offset, litho and digital printing techniques, here's what you need to consider...

Print is not dead, long live print!

To help you create a brand identity that accurately reflects your business, here are our do’s and don’ts of branding and logo design.

The do's and don'ts of branding and logo design

As a leader in the use of digital technology – with global blue-chip clients including Rolls Royce, Lubrizol and GSK – Bloc Digital were delighted to win the East Midlands Chamber award for Derbyshire Business of the Year.  Bloc Newsroom

Bloc Digital crowned business of the year

In this guide we provide instructions on how to perform some common tasks in your WordPress CMS.

A client's guide: using your WordPress CMS

Special print finishes can increase the quality, durability and impact of your printed collateral, ensuring it stands out from your competitors and adds value.

Using finishes to improve the quality of your print

Every business generates reports of some kind, be they HR reports, CSR documents or even an annual report. They often contain large amounts of important information that needs to be displayed in the most effective and engaging way possible.

12 tips for desiging an engaging report

To produce effective case studies that will demonstrate your business credentials, here are a few things you should start to think about.

News & Insights

Global growth for Bloc Digital with launch of US business

Bloc secures £3 million retainer contract from global brand

The power of digital twins boosts manufacturing productivity

New capabilities, new technologies, new year

Bloc Digital Signs Mental Health at Work Commitment

University of Derby partnership will level up skills and innovation

Some of our awards

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