Clients like MEED (Middle East Business Intelligence), Cartoon Network Arabia,
Arabian Automobiles, Emirates Pilots Club, Fresh Express, Carrefour, CNN, the
Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural understanding, Jumeirah College, TBWA
RAAD Dubai, Dubai Luxury Homes, Sharjah Aviation Services and Ketchum PR
demand and expect the highest standards and we listen and oblige.

From some of the people we have worked with:

Alex worked with us to develop clearly defined branding for our Passenger Services division “Hala” at Sharjah Aviation Services, which has now been rolled out through large format Passenger Guidance Systems, POS, boarding passes, loyalty cards and more.

As we have such a varied customer demographic it was essential to use design elements that could be interpreted by all nationalities - and we were hugely impressed with his development of the “vector” concept that conveys our sales messages visually without the need to represent several languages.
Michelle McDonald, Marketing Manager, Sharjah Aviation Services

I met Alex through a newsletter he had sent out on email. A marketing guy, especially a creative one doing marketing for his own business. This was someone I needed to meet. Alex worked with us initially on a number of pitches and help deliver a huge amount of work within the tight time frames. Throughout Alex's work ethic and attitude were spot on, just what we needed in a highly stressed environment.

Alex proved his creative skills were first class on those early pitches which led to him becoming a regular addition to the Tequila team.

Alex later became critical member of the team working with us on one of our largest clients, Carrefour Hypermarkets. Alex was engaged as photographic lead for the weekly offers leaflet. This meant his team coming in for 10 days a month and shooting, selecting and colour correcting 200 to 300 pack shots every week. His team has taken this huge task in their stride and helped us gain the trust of a very busy client team. His part in running this account can not be under estimated, from simply getting the job done on time and secondly adding his dash of creative genius to make a can of baked beans look like a super model. He is very clever I can vouch for this first hand.

I can highly recommend Alex and his team to anyone if they are looking for very safe and creative hands.
Peter Hubbersty, Director, CRM - Middle East & North Africa, Tequila/TBWA

I recommend Clear and Transparent to anyone who is looking for a company to fulfil all design and branding requirements. We approached Alex at Clear and Transparent with almost no idea what we were looking for in terms of logo, corporate image and web site. He came back to us within days with five very separate design branding ideas. We picked one and from then it was full steam ahead! The team accommodated all our requirements throughout, including changes that we needed as our business model developed. They took a huge load of my shoulders and took control of all aspects from web site design and hosting to branding and all printing requirements.
Zeena Gorton, Managing Director, Emirates Educational Consultancy

Thanks for everything over the last few years – it’s been so refreshing working with a designer that is so competent and also happy to oblige with last minute changes so patiently. Always efficient and always creative! Thanks Alex.
Cassie Start, Campaign Manager MEED. Middle East Business Intelligence. www.meed.com

Alex has lectured in the Graphic Design and Advertising Programme at the Institute for over two years and is consistently rated as one of our most informative lecturers. He brings the subject to life with creative examples and demonstrates great expertise. He regularly teaches alongside Creative Directors, Art Directors and Brand specialists from multinational and regional companies and I consider this to be a great accomplishment. He draws on a great depth of knowledge to explain the most difficult of subjects in a manner which students can grasp quickly and easily. He always shows real passion and commitment and his teaching presentations are highly educational. Any student who is taught by Alex is at a distinct advantage.
Nowshir Engineer, Founder, Executive Director, EMDI Institute of Media & Communication, Knowledge Village, Dubai

I am absolutely thrilled with the website, you were able to capture and produce exactly the image we wish to portray. Your incredible patience and professionalism while working with us made this a very painless exercise. Thank you very much indeed!
Glenn Campbell, Partner/Operations, Coastal Technical Divers

Thank you for doing a great job from start to finish with the Emirates Pilots Club 10th Anniversary Celebration Ball. I was very impressed with the all aspects of Clear and Transparent’s services and products. I would have no hesitation in recommending the company to others.
Keren Butler-Smith, Emirates Pilots Club www.emiratespilotsclub.com

I wanted to thank you for being such an amazing designer to work with. To be heard is a big thing... and I always felt heard even when I was being unclear myself. The end result has been really excellent, and the proof is in the fact that people passing by are stopping and looking at the windows and asking for cards... and we are not even open yet!

It has been a great pleasure working with someone who holds such high professional standards. It is hard to find this quality in people in this part of the world. I honour that quality in you and value it as a professional. I just thought I would express my gratitude and am joined by Greg and all of the OHC team.
Nargis Raza, owner - Dubai Osteopathic Health Centre www.osteopathydubai.com

I must say this is by far the easiest relationship that I’ve had with any designer in my time here. We ask for something, you clarify and it gets done to a good standard quickly, without stupidly high costs. Perfect… I used to stress and curse continually with previous experiences!
- Mark Leale, Partner, Dubai Luxury Homes www.dubailuxuryhomes.com

Thank you for the signed canvases Alex, you have a great eye for capturing images of the Emirates, my wife and I have put your abstract pieces on the walls of our villa and alongside our other collected Emirati Art, they look great.
Mohammed Abdul Aziz, canvas buyer, Dubai

Thank you for sending back all the Jonathon Dimbleby stuff. Forgot to thank you for the boss job. Jonathan was ecstatic with them.
Andrew Burgess, Press Officer, London Weekend Television

Hi Alex, here is my progress chart. I would like to thank you for the kindness and attention you have shown me on the course, without it I may have packed it in.
George Bramner, after attending Adobe® Photoshop software training

Really nice images Alex. I’m currently developing a site on Dubai so your images look perfect! Keep up the good work.
Tim Langford, Website Designer, after buying images from our portfolio at istockphoto.com

You’ve always shown real creative flair with the work you’ve done for me over what? - 5 years? - and I’ve always very much enjoyed working with someone who knew what a deadline was!
Bill Jones, Controller of Documentary, History and Science, Granada Television

We needed branding and we needed it fast. After speaking to many design
agencies none could work within our timeframe and budget. Clear and Transparent
were the perfect fit!
R Bhatia, Director, OnlineChemist4u