This client organises specialised events which attract a calibre of participant that makes the event unique in the sector: delivering not only the optimum networking opportunity but also the perfect sales platform.

aka’s profile needed to be lower than that of the events it delivers, while communicating the senior, credible expertise of its people.

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The name was given but it needed a typographic twist: so we gave it one … literally.

Paul is the Design director of this new software company, so it fell to him to wrangle the views of his new business partners with the requirement to look the part in the events management software arena.

A fresh, confident, cheerful and approachable logotype characterises the ethos of this plucky tech start-up.

We were commissioned by Rebecca Owen on behalf of Liverpool’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology to develop an identity for a series of coordinated arts exhibitions and events across the West Midlands.

The identifier reflected the approximate geographic distribution of the events with Brirmingham at the centre, while the separate elements give visual cues to the digital nature of the works.

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The brief asked for a lot of related but hard to reconcile ideas to be incorporated into a single identifying mark.

We elected to develop a symbol-based approach where urban living, mobile technology, logistics, vehicles, and navigation are all represented.

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A change of emphasis for one of our long-standing clients resulted in a new name for the business, which required a design for an identifier.

Sound engineering had always been a component of their business activities, but the exclusive emphasis on supplying PA systems for a range of indoor and outdoor events and activities demanded a review of the presentation and description of the business offering.

The idea is a really simple one: sound waves and their source

A simple, fun symbol resulted from distilling the myriad software, hardware, and logistical complications of modern vehicle security. A robust, geometric typeface completes this strong visual identity.

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When we were first asked to design a mark for a colleague, we had no idea how far outside of our normal orbit this would take us, nor how it would challenge – and develop – our digital drafting skills.

Nevertheless, the result is simply charming.

Next Step Forward commissioned us to design an identity for start-up consultancy Ektelo Partners. This company aimed to help financial technology software companies develop more effective sales strategies, thereby achieving greater value from sales investment and resources.

Another very simple idea: targets.

FISITA (with one of its member societies) founded a specialised event for engineers, manufacturers and academics working in the area of braking technologies across automotive and rail transport.

The identity needed to express something about braking technology and the European focus. Technologically the range of applications seemed to share one feature: a disc for applying braking forces to. Thus, the idea is a really simple one: a brake disc with star-shaped caliper, derived from the European Union flag in form and colour.

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Next Step Forward commissioned us to redesign Expand Consulting’s identity as part of a complete review of their print and online presence.

The work entailed redrawing the existing griffin and developing an identifier which embodied the values that the consultancy had already established for its client base, while complimenting the appearance of new collateral we were also designing.

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FISITA commissioned us to design an identifier for an international student engineering competion they sponsored.

The competition entailed the design and construction of a prototype racing car, with sucess being evaluated by testing.

Our design represented the sponsor and title while reflecting the competitive nature of the events.

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Designing an identifier for oneself is one of the hardest projects to undertake. Remaining objective can be difficult.

Our idea was straight-forward enough: communication under any circumstances. This embraced not only the needs of different clients and their disparate audiences, but also the range of traditional and digital media we design for.

The expression is a little more complicated: we wanted to illustrate our ethos too, encapsulated by ‘hands-on’. Thus, hands were the literal image. Paul’s hands (drawn from life, of course) are signing an ‘h’ inside an ‘o’.

When IAM RoadSmart implemented a redesign of their identity and collateral, Solent Advanced Motorcyclists decided to follow their lead.

There were shared objectives in terms of road safety and recruitment, combined with a desire to shake-off the perceptions which sometimes detract from the benefits of advanced rider training.

Motorcycling is a diverse activity, and we wished to avoid fixing ideas and perceptions around any single motorcycle design or type. Taking visual cues from the IAM RoadSmart designs, the identifier reflects the range of riders and motorcycles, symbolising the historical connection with the Solent, while suggesting that the training really happens in candidate’s heads.

Another tricky one: the identifier needed to embrace a range of technical subjects including conventional and high-pressure fuel tanks, materials and manufacturing processes, and associated fueling systems.

Such complexity needed distilling: in essence it’s a container for a liquid or a gas, with a means of delivering either for combustion.

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This distinctive, quirky logotype is a visual play on the title and its punctuation, itself an observation on the content of many of the photographs.

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Streets Ahead was an initiative aimed specifically at owners of properties with solid walls. Given the title of the initiative a road-sign format offered the appropriate design answer.

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We worked collaboratively with Anna Douglas for the Djanogly Art Gallery to develop an identity for an exhibition of photography which explored the concept of authenticity.

The identity had to reach further than the logotype: it embodied a simple graphic idea – mirror – manifested in the typography, layout and organisation of the exhibition and accompanying book, while evoking a period appearance.

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Asked to develop an identity for an annual high-level meeting in the automotive sector, we designed an identifier with a nod to the World Economic Forum.

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