Can we fix it? Well, I haven’t got the tools with me right now but…PRP Architects

Those of us of a certain age can remember a time before Bob the Builder – it was a time when builders were merely men: scary men with tattoos and a predatory instinct towards passing lady folk, but men all the same. That’s not to say that these men didn’t do great things – not only did they build some incredible structures, but they established the platform of low slung trouser wearing so popular amongst today’s youths – without the builders of yesteryear, Tiny Rascal and Dizzee Stryder would be dressed sensibly.

Then Bob – voiced by marriage ruining badly behaved man Neil Morrissey – arrived on the scene and changed everything. Here was a builder that was not only not sexist, but was intelligent, caring and pleasant. The world of construction was changed forever -and for the better.

Which brings me on to our animation for PRP Architects. They’re currently involved in a very worthy project to modernise old houses, making them all energy efficient and what not and they wanted us to create a piece that would explain the whole process simply and clearly. Before Bob this simply wouldn’t have been possible, the builders would have been too menacing and the content too adult but now…

We handed the project over to our animation guru’s Rob and Doug who plugged into after effects and set about creating simple but charming characters who, although they’re literally squares with eyes, tell the whole story in a simple, entertaining and engaging way. Bravo lads.

Lesley Ash was not touched in any way during the production