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Notes from the work.

What we've learned building brands, sites and campaigns that have to earn their keep — written for the people who have to sign them off.

Your website is slow, and it is costing you the enquiry. WEBSITES

Your website is slow, and it is costing you the enquiry.

Website speed is not a developer problem you fix at the end. It is a design decision you make at the start — and Google now measures it on your behalf. 4 MIN READ READ → What you are actually paying for when you buy a logo. BRANDING

What you are actually paying for when you buy a logo.

The same brief comes back at wildly different prices, and the difference is almost never the drawing. Here is what moves the number, and what you get for it. 3 MIN READ READ → Your packaging gets three seconds, and forty rivals. BRANDING

Your packaging gets three seconds, and forty rivals.

A shelf is the most competitive media your brand will ever buy. Packaging that works is designed for the glance, the grab and the rival beside it. 3 MIN READ READ → What a social media manager actually does all month. SOCIAL

What a social media manager actually does all month.

Not posting. Posting is the last twenty minutes of a long process — and the reason most brand accounts stall is that everything before it was skipped. 3 MIN READ READ → How to tell it is your brand, and not your business. IDENTITY

How to tell it is your brand, and not your business.

A rebrand fixes a perception problem, not a product, price or process problem. Knowing which one you have will save you a great deal of money. 3 MIN READ READ → What actually costs money in a brand film. CREATIVE

What actually costs money in a brand film.

Not the camera. The budget for a video is decided by decisions made weeks before anyone shoots — and by how many times you change your mind afterwards. 3 MIN READ READ → Your logo has half a second. That's the whole brief. IDENTITY

Your logo has half a second. That's the whole brief.

A mark doesn't get studied — it gets glimpsed. Here's how we design for the half-second it actually gets, and why that changes every decision. 2 MIN READ READ → Stop making your homepage a scavenger hunt WEBSITES

Stop making your homepage a scavenger hunt

Most homepages hide the two things a visitor came for. A simple structural fix — one promise, one next step — usually outperforms a redesign. 2 MIN READ READ → Where the eye actually goes (and why your CTA is invisible) CREATIVE

Where the eye actually goes (and why your CTA is invisible)

Reading an ad isn't a linear act. The eye lands, travels, and rests in a fairly predictable path — and most layouts fight that path instead of using it. 2 MIN READ READ → Reels that get views aren't reels that get leads. SOCIAL

Reels that get views aren't reels that get leads.

Views are a vanity metric until the video routes somebody somewhere. The difference is usually the last three seconds, not the first three. 1 MIN READ READ → Consistency isn't a brand rule. It's the entire strategy. BRANDING

Consistency isn't a brand rule. It's the entire strategy.

Recognition compounds. Every time you look like yourself, you deposit; every time you don't, you spend. Most brands are quietly running a deficit. 1 MIN READ READ → The brief is the work. The design is just what's left. PROCESS

The brief is the work. The design is just what's left.

Almost every project that goes badly went badly at the start. Here are the questions we ask before anyone opens a design tool. 2 MIN READ READ →
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