Branding

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The brief:

Kisaco Research works with the early adopters and leaders of growth markets in driving their respective industries forward and stimulate business growth quickly and effectively. They hold multiple conferences throughout the year. They came to us to look at branding for these events, encompassing advertising, brochures and on-site graphics.

The Solution:

We have developed a continuing relationship with Kisaco, after impressing on the first event we worked on with them. Starting with the logo and visual identity, we then moved on to brand guidelines that could be followed by their marketing team. We produced a sales brochure for potential sponsors and concluded with all the on-site branding at the event.

I first started working with Stone Creative over 16 years ago, so when I recently found myself looking for a design partner, they immediately came to mind.
 
Working with Paul and Eamonn is easy. They’re clearly experts in their field, but just as importantly, they take the time to understand our needs and the unique demands of the events industry. They’re responsive, collaborative and able to turn a brief into creative work that really delivers.
 
Stone Creative have supported us across everything from brand refreshes and marketing collateral to onsite event design, and throughout they’ve felt like an extension of our own team.
 
It’s been great to work together again after all these years, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.

Alice Eades
Marketing Director, Life Sciences, Kisaco
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The brief:

Kisaco Research works with the early adopters and leaders of growth markets in driving their respective industries forward and stimulate business growth quickly and effectively. They hold multiple conferences throughout the year. They came to us to look at branding for these events, encompassing advertising, brochures and on-site graphics.

The Solution:

We have developed a continuing relationship with Kisaco, after impressing on the first event we worked on with them. Starting with the logo and visual identity, we then moved on to brand guidelines that could be followed by their marketing team. We produced a sales brochure for potential sponsors and concluded with all the on-site branding at the event.

I first started working with Stone Creative over 16 years ago, so when I recently found myself looking for a design partner, they immediately came to mind.
 
Working with Paul and Eamonn is easy. They’re clearly experts in their field, but just as importantly, they take the time to understand our needs and the unique demands of the events industry. They’re responsive, collaborative and able to turn a brief into creative work that really delivers.
 
Stone Creative have supported us across everything from brand refreshes and marketing collateral to onsite event design, and throughout they’ve felt like an extension of our own team.
 
It’s been great to work together again after all these years, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.

Alice Eades
Marketing Director, Life Sciences, Kisaco
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The brief:

Kisaco Research works with the early adopters and leaders of growth markets in driving their respective industries forward and stimulate business growth quickly and effectively. They hold multiple conferences throughout the year. They came to us to look at branding for these events, encompassing advertising, brochures and on-site graphics.

The Solution:

We have developed a continuing relationship with Kisaco, after impressing on the first event we worked on with them. Starting with the logo and visual identity, we then moved on to brand guidelines that could be followed by their marketing team. We produced a sales brochure for potential sponsors and concluded with all the on-site branding at the event. 

I first started working with Stone Creative over 16 years ago, so when I recently found myself looking for a design partner, they immediately came to mind.
 
Working with Paul and Eamonn is easy. They’re clearly experts in their field, but just as importantly, they take the time to understand our needs and the unique demands of the events industry. They’re responsive, collaborative and able to turn a brief into creative work that really delivers.
 
Stone Creative have supported us across everything from brand refreshes and marketing collateral to onsite event design, and throughout they’ve felt like an extension of our own team.
 
It’s been great to work together again after all these years, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.

Alice Eades
Marketing Director, Life Sciences, Kisaco

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The brief:

We were approached by Eden to help with their brand positioning in a crowded market place. Though their garden room products are top-of-the-range, they were struggling to communicate this aesthetically.

Their brief was to stand out from their competitors, create a sense of elegance, genuine craftsmanship and particularly highlight the bespoke nature of their products. This had to be considered, not just within a logo, but threaded through their website, brochure, marketing material, photography and video.

The Solution:

We started with the logo. All of Eden’s builds are bespoke, so we wanted to give a sense of this, creating a unique font, which in turn gave us a very precise and engineered style word-mark. The colour palette was updated as well to give a premium tone. We then moved on to photo shoots at finished Eden builds, underlining the quality of their work through imagery. Using models, drones and props at multiple locations across the UK, we were able to create a visual library that can be used across social media, advertising, brochures and their website.

Their website was built to be fully responsive, and importantly could be updated by the client. It was integrated into devices like Salesforce, Google analytics and Meta.

We continue an have an ongoing relationship with Eden, managing the website, as well as documenting new builds through photography and film, which helps expand their visual library with up-to-date case studies.

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The brief:

Herts at Home wanted a complete brand refresh. From their logo, to their values, signage, stationery and website.

Their request was for an evolution of a tired brand, rather than a complete transformation. Once we started on the journey together, they wanted us to roll out the brand across all collateral including a new website which we were appointed to design.

The Solution:

The logo update was updated to something simpler, cleaner and more coherent. We spoke at length about extracting core values from the business and produced icons for each value. We created brand guidelines, a bespoke, responsive website that can be updated by Herts at Home. We shot all the photography on the website, visiting different sites to give them an extensive library of new imagery as well as portraits for the Senior Leadership Team.

Working with Stone Creative Design has been a great experience. They invested significant time and effort to get to know our company, ensuring that their designs are aligned with our values and mission. 
 
They has been instrumental in the refresh of our company brand and redesign of our brand values. Alongside the development of a brand new company website which will act as the launch pad for our growth in 2025.

Flexibility is another key strength, they are always willing to adapt and refine their approach based on our feedback, demonstrating a genuine commitment to delivering the best possible results. 
If you’re looking for a creative partner who is innovative, flexible, and committed to your success, Stone Creative Design are a great choice.

Debbie Cutts, Chief Executive Officer
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Lowickstationary

The brief:

Lowick invited us to reinvigorate their brand. They already had a logo, but the website, presentations and photography were not coherent.

The Solution:

We came up with a campaign that uses the L to create a frame. The idea being that Lowick focus on their clients, staff and the bigger picture. The frame idea was used alongside the photography we shot. This concept was then rolled out into a fully responsive, content managed website, designed and built by us. Powerpoint presentations were also created and produced as ‘unbreakable’ templates. Business cards and letterheads were then rolled out.

The Brief:

We were asked by Electron to come up with a new visual language and style for their brand. This included a new logo and tool kit with a graphical language they could use going forward. Their technology enables operators of networks, systems, local energy markets and distributed energy assets to unlock value in decarbonising energy systems.

The Solution:

Electron are at the forefront of technology and wanted a brand that conveyed this. We created a logo, subtly moving their previous one forward (as opposed to a complete re-design), produced brand guidelines and crucially a super graphic for use throughout all of their collateral.

The Brief:

We have a long-standing relationship with Kanda. In 2021 they decided to alter their business model, separating into three clear divisions. As a result of this restructure, it was decided that an entire brand overview should take place. They asked us to lead the project and work with their internal creative team. We created brand workshops and a brief for the team to work to.

The Solution:

The name Kanda is a hybrid of the idea of being candid, frank, honest and open. This is the concept that all creative work was judged against. The circles overlap to show inclusivity, community and the combining of ideas, all of which are imperative to Kanda’s business. Once a logo was chosen we produced brand guidelines, Word/Power Point presentation templates, designed and built a fully responsive website and photographed all staff members. We continue to enjoy a close working relationship and the latest piece of work is a short corporate film, showcasing Kanda’s brand values. We story-boarded, filmed, edited and produced this, including all the animation and photography.

The Brief:

McO are international civil litigators, with offices in the UK and US. Their purpose is to make whole those who have suffered injustice and their vision is a better world where the law works for everyone. They came to us requiring a new brand and website.

The Solution:

We started by hosting a brand workshop at their offices. This armed us with a comprehensive, strategic brief. They wanted a very simple and clean approach, with a colour palette which is sophisticated but playful and welcoming. Once the logo was chosen we created brand guidelines and went on to design and build a responsive site, which they are able to update themselves when required.

The brief:

AW Collective are sales representatives for many high-end interior design brands including Liberty, Jennifer Manners and Hamilton West Wallpapers.

The Solution:

When trying to lure some of the world’s leading interior designers into purchasing a client’s luxury fittings, a brand needs to reflect prestige and stature, which was very much the brief when AW Collective came to us. We purposely created a simple, elegant logo that could then be used to form a pattern. We produced a landing page website and a more detailed digital PDF document, which could be tailored for use in both presentations and sent directly to potential leads.

The Brief:

To create a logo, website, advertising and stationery for an affiliate and SEO marketing agency.

The Solution:

7thingsmedia are all about ‘making their mark’ in their sector. This led to the idea of producing a logo that was fundamentally a sticker, giving them an iconic, contemporary, individual and memorable logo. The sticker idea was then ‘applied’ literally to all marketing collateral, the business cards are produced as stickers, giving a really bespoke feel to every business card. The website again follows the idea through, showing pictures of their office and surrounding area where we have physically stuck logo stickers in places that help the narrative of the website and simply photographed them.

STONE CREATIVE DESIGN GOT UNDER THE SKIN OF OUR DESIRED BRAND FOCUS FOR 7THINGSMEDIA AND WORKING TOGETHER WE’VE CREATED A DISTINCTIVE, PROUD AND PERSONAL CONCEPT WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION IN THE MARKETING PLACE PLUS ALLOWING US TO FURTHER SCALE OUR OPERATIONS & AGENCY RESPECT MOVING FORWARD.

Chris Bishop, Managing Director, 7thingsmedia

The brief:

We were initially asked to create a new identity and brand guidelines for London Councils. After much consideration they decided not to implement this, mainly due to cost implications. However they tasked us to breathe new life to the old identity.

The Solution:

We had to create online and offline guidelines, a tool box of design elements and a new colour palette they could use. We then created sub brand logos for all 10 of the services that London Councils offer, including an identity for London Councils Freedom Pass, a service used by over 2 million Londoners.

LONDON COUNCILS APPROACHED STONE CREATIVE DESIGN TO BRING OUR PRINT BRANDING INTO THE DIGITAL AGE AND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOME MAJOR WEB DESIGN WORK. THEY WERE QUICK TO GRASP OUR PROBLEM AND MANAGED THE PROJECT REALLY SMOOTHLY. THEIR DESIGN WORK WAS EXCELLENT AND THEIR APPROACH WAS REALLY FLEXIBLE, EVEN ACCOMMODATING US CHANGING THE BRIEF PART WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT! THE DESIGNS TOOK ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO GET TO A POINT WHERE EVERYONE WAS SATISFIED.

Stephen Caffarey, E-communications manager, London Councils

The brief:

We were asked to create an logo, signage, leaflets and a responsive website for a secondhand car dealership in Buckinghamshire. The garage has been in the area for over 40’s and the branding had to encompass this traditional and family feel, whilst still being modern and trustworthy.

The Solution:

After creating the initial branding and supporting elements, one of the harder jobs was designing and creating a responsive website. CMC realised that the internet was becoming a powerful tool for them, more and more of their potential clients were viewing cars on their mobile phones. We created a site that can be viewed on all devices, that sums up the nature of the company. It is built on a Word Press platform and they were given training on the simple content management system,. The site allows the user to search for specific details i.e Manufacture, colour, number of seats etc. We used analytics on their previous site to build a new site which targets the information their costumers are looking for and allows them to access it quickly. We also undertook all the photography on the site.

STONE CREATIVE DESIGN HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT, FROM THE INITAL BRANDING, TO THE CREATION OF THE NEW WEBSITE. WE ARE A FAMILY RUN COMPANY AND WE WANTED THAT TO COME ACROSS IN OUR BRANDING, BUT WE REALISED THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ALONG WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY. THE WEBSITE THAT RESIZES ON ALL DIFFERENT DEVICES WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE AFTER, COMBINING THIS WITH THE FACT IS SO EASY TO UPDATE AND ADD CARS IS GREAT. WE ARE ALREADY RECEIVING SALES AND ENQUIRES THROUGH THE NEW SITE, MUCH MORE THEN PREVIOUSLY.

Edward Alty, Director, The Chalfonts Motor Company

The brief:

We were initially briefed to create a range of collateral that would work alongside their current logo. This included stationery items, Power Point presentations, reports, press releases as well as an A5 brochure. The strength of this work led to us being asked to create their website.

The solution:

We wanted to produce a fully responsive site which could work across the different platforms it may be viewed on. They wanted to be able to make updates themselves via a CMS platform and also get great rankings on Google. The result of all this hard work is a set of cohesive elements that all work together and communicate the same visual and tonal language of the Positive Marketing brand.

THE TEAM AT STONE CREATIVE IS A PRETTY PERFECT MIX OF WISDOM, CREATIVE FLAIR AND EXPERIENCE. WE LIKE THEIR ABILITY TO PUSH US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MAKE OUR CRAZED THOUGHTS AND FINE WORDS LOOK GREAT. THESE GUYS ARE GOOD – JUST DON’T TELL EVERYONE!

Paul Maher, Managing Director, Positive Marketing

The Brief:

We were asked to create an identity for a new London bridge across the Thames. With the backing of Wandsworth council this would be one of the first Thames crossings developed specifically to meet the needs of both pedestrians and cyclists. The logo would primarily be used for the consultation phase of the project. It needed to engage with local residents and reflect the bridge’s amazing architecture. It also had to be simplistic and should consider longevity being that it could form the identity for the bridge on completion of this phase.

The Solution:

Following an international design competition, Bystrup had been commissioned by Wandsworth Council to design the bridge. Taking it’s architecture as our starting point, we explored various abstract forms of it’s design. Once the logo was approved we produced brand guidelines and it has now been used extensively online and at exhibitions during it’s consultation process.

The Brief:

We were asked to create a logo for a brand new architecture firm. Award winning architect Kevin Gray decided it was time to go on his own after many years of working for companies like Foster + Partners and Rodgers Stirk Harbour + Partners. He wanted a logo that was different from his competitors but still fell in line with his design principles. It was a varied target audience but the logo had to portray Kevin’s passion for architecture, form and function.

The Solution:

The logomark is based on simple architectural forms, which can morph and change to give the logo a customised appearance based on it’s positional requirement. This allows for fluidity and creative licence to adapt to certain projects. The type sits on different faces of each ‘structure’ offering varying perspective views. As well as business cards and stationery we were asked to create brand guidelines. We continue to work with FormWork on their company collateral.

The Brief:

We were asked by Adam Leventhal (Sky Sports) through his publishing company, Tales From to design a new book cover entitled Rocket Men.

THE SOLUTION:

Rocket Men charts the journey of Luther Blissett, Ross Jenkins, Ian Bolton and Steve Sherwood, the only men to play in all four divisions during Watford FC’s incredible rise under Graham Taylor that started in the late 1970’s. The book cover was illustrated in a comic fashion being that their journey was not unlike something out of ‘Roy of the Rovers’. We added elements to the illustration that we hoped Watford fans would spot the more they looked at the cover. The flames and smoke that emit from the rocket forms the antlers of the clubs iconic hart that sits on the badge and the window of the rocket was shaped to emulate the badge itself.

Aside from this we photographed the first private meeting of the four ‘Rocket Men’ in twenty years or more. These images and the book cover graphics formed the basis of social media marketing for the book sold out launch event at Watford Palace Theatre. We shot this evening as well as the accompanying press tour at the BBC, Sky Sports and Talk Sport Radio.

The brief:

To modernise the Royal College of Surgeons logo, improve legibility, create versions that work at different sizes. We were also asked to supply a definitive brand guidelines document incorporating colour palettes, typography guidance, logo placement, online and offline collateral design templates, stationary items and signage. We were also tasked with creating sub brands for all of the RCS’ divisions including the Hunterian Museum.

The Solution:

We wanted to keep the symbolism and tradition of the original eagle, but make it more modern and easier to view at all different sizes. This was achieved by illustrating the eagle out of positive shapes rather than thin lines, we also introduced a new font to work alongside the new mark whilst still maintaining the heritage of the brand. Once the logo was finalised we rolled out a comprehensive 45 page brand guidelines document. We also produced templates for their reports, brochures, email campaigns, stationary and signage.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT WORKING WITH YOU ALL, THE REACTION TO THE NEW DESIGN AND GUIDELINES FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, SO FROM THE VERY TENTATIVE PITCH I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. IT WILL BE AMAZING TO SEE THE EAGLE COME INTO NEW LIFE! SCD HAVE BEEN REALLY AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.

Fiona Edwards, Membership Communications Manager, The Royal College of Surgeons
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