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Consider your audience for branding - how to define, prioritise, profile and target

Audience: Define, prioritise, profile, target

Understanding of your current and future audience types mean the foundations of a brand can be built. How to define, profile and target them?

By Fran Johnson : 30/06/2017
Is branding manipulative? And if so, is it ethical.

Is branding manipulative?

Brands manipulate customers emotions on a regular basis, but how do they do this well, long term?

By Fran Johnson : 23/06/2017
How to consider notifications - both error and positive messages

How to design notifications?

How to write error messages, notifications and design for experience. Keep them short but sweet and ensure they are brand led.

By Fran Johnson : 04/06/2017
Craft beer - a dozen eggs looks at 7 of the best.

Craft beer brands – 7 of the best

Craft Beers continue to be big business. Local, quirky, and with the unmistakable authenticity that makes them so popular, there’s a lot of scope here for some really personalised…

By Michelle Barnett : 23/05/2017
How to be a good design client?

How to be a good design client

How do you have a successful working relationship with your design agency? Michelle unpicks the main points about clarity around deadlines, budgets & expectations.

By Michelle Barnett : 07/05/2017
How to beat your creative block.

How to beat your Creative Block

We've all suffered with creative block. That moment when all the ideas feel like they've run dry. But there are tried & tested methods to beat it - Michelle takes us through.

By Michelle Barnett : 14/04/2017
The importance of typography

Brand Typography

Typography is central to branding. It can establish a tone of voice - how you look and feel. Beth delves into this area and highlights a number of examples to demonstrate the importance of type.

By Beth Evans : 06/04/2017
Brand values - what’s at the core?

Brand Values: What’s at the core?

What are your brand values? An important step into establishing a brand strategy is to select a number of words that you can measure decisions against.

By Fran Johnson : 20/03/2017
The power of purpose, and why it is important within brand strategy.

Purpose: Working out the WHY?

Successful brands are are build when the business case for purpose is established - understanding of the core reason your business exists is the first step towards getting a brand that actually works.

By Fran Johnson : 17/03/2017

Our favourite projects

Taking a look at some of our favourite projects. Jo – National Counter Trafficking Service Developing the brand identity for the newly launched National Counter Trafficking Service at…

By Michelle Barnett : 27/02/2017
Flexible brands - how brands can be showcased on buildings, digitally and in print.

Step up Flexible Branding

Branding that changes depending on who is looking at it, and the wider context.

By Jo Wdowiak : 23/01/2017
Why the logo is only part of the brand.

Do I need a logo or a brand?

What is a brand? What is a logo? One of the key questions within our industry, and one that is fundamental to establishing a brand that works.

By Michelle Barnett : 23/01/2017