Lost in the noise of the crowd?
Brands can get stuck on the ground, get left behind, and lose their voice.
Brands need to keep growing and evolving to keep above the crowd and to be relevant to people’s changing lives and experiences.
We help brands rise up
Depending on where you are on your journey, and what you have in place, we immerse ourselves in your business and work out what’s really you, what you stand for, and what you have to say. We then translate that into engaging creative using a simple, fun process that energises your brand.
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Immersive Collaboration
All of our ‘clients’ are partners on the journey and we can’t complete the job without them. We value collaboration with your team and also specialist thinkers and do-ers that can enhance the project.
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Design for possibility
Design solutions are meant to be durable and allow for possibilities. We build in flex for adaptability and practicality.
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Down to earth. No fancy frills
We don’t hide behind big strange words. Our driver is making sure everyone understands the why and the what.
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Optimistic pragmatists
Big ideas can create big change, but we’re pragmatic enough to make sure any idea can be realised, whatever the budget.
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Big agency impact, small studio flexibility
We might be small but we’ve worked with large agencies and brands, and appreciate that the world today needs more flexible solutions.
How we do it
Depending on where you are on your journey we can help you stand above. We’ve found that a clear process and clear communication at each stage makes for the most successful projects.
Decide
Working together to agree the project aims and scope
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Discover
Immersion into your world to find insights with research and Tonal Brandscapes
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Define
Establishing the strategy that drives the big idea and business growth
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Design
Creating an elevated brand with a distinctive visual and verbal identity
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Deliver
Crafting and launching your brand experience, nailing all the details
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Develop
On-going nurturing and supporting to ensure the brand stays true to the vision
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Combining grounded brand thinking with elevated creative design
Small brand agency with big brand experience
We might be small but we’ve worked with large agencies and brands, and appreciate that the world today needs more flexible solutions.
Creative brand design is not about having your head in the clouds and being unrealistic, so we have our feet firmly on the ground. But it doesn’t mean we don’t think big. Essentially we value empathy, and understanding, and making sure the smallest details underpin any growth.
We see the positive and the opportunities, and we love it when we see brands rise up
What we do
Brand is it at the heart of everything that we do – the why, the who, the what and the big idea. We’ve broken it down into three stages.
Brand Strategy
Everything we do is built from strategic thinking and philosophy. Want change, but nervous to get it right? We can help it be driven by real data and what your customers want.
Audits
Research
Analysis
Workshops
Positioning
Brand Identity
Whether it’s a full brand from scratch, a logo touch-up or a refresh, we create sustainable brand identities that reflect your company’s philosophy.
Brand architecture
Naming
Brand logo and icon
Visual and Verbal Identity
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Artworking
Illustration
Motion graphics
Photography
Brand systems
Brand Experience
Already got a brand, but need to bring it to life across website, merch, products, PowerPoints, printed goods and more? We’re on hand.
Website design and build
Maintenance and support
Campaigns
Packaging
Brand guidelines
Brand guardianship
Brands we’ve partnered with
From established global brands to funded startups. Here’s a few we’ve worked with.
Open collaboration
Ours is an open minded, collaborative, ideas driven studio. A space for ideas driven by people.
We collaborate with a select range of respected thinkers, researchers, writers, animators, printers and creators, who are head and shoulders above the rest.
Creative Recognition
Creativepool
Shortlisted
Azadi Skincare
2024
Creativepool
Shortlisted
Carousel Interiors
2024
Creativepool
Shortlisted
Surrey Hills Coffee
2023
Red Dot
Winner
Hennessy Le Grand Voyage
2018
DBA
Bronze
Glorious! Soups
2012
Eyes & Ears
Special Prize
Text Santa
2012
Design Week
Commended
Glorious! Soups
2011
DBA
Gold
Comfort Packaging
2008
DBA
Gold
Lloyds Pharmacy
2001
FX Awards
Silver
Ch'a Tea Houses
2000
D&AD
In-Book
Royal Mail Olympic Stamps
1998