Branding agency in Southampton: look like you mean it.

A branding agency in Southampton for new businesses and established ones that have outgrown a home-made logo. We design identities that work everywhere you need them.

  • Logo design
  • Brand guidelines
  • Graphic design for print and web
Illustration: a brand board for Ferrystone Joinery with its serif wordmark on light and dark, five colour swatches with hex values, a type specimen, a button and a project card. Ferrystone Joinery is a fictional studio project.
Studio project: Saltmarsh Electrical home page on a phone, its lightning-bolt logo and condensed yellow headline

People decide whether to trust a business in seconds. Your logo, colours and type do a lot of that work before anyone reads a word.

A clear identity makes a small business look settled and professional. It also saves time, because every flyer, post and page starts from the same rules.

Branding in Southampton for businesses that want to be remembered

A city like Southampton has a lot of businesses doing similar things. Several electricians on every estate, plenty of cafés along the same streets, recruitment firms competing for the same candidates. A strong identity is one of the few ways to stand apart before a customer has spoken to you. That is the job of a branding agency in Southampton: give your business a look that is distinct, consistent and right for the people you sell to.

Logo design in Southampton

A logo has to work hard. It sits on a website header, a Google listing, a van door, a hi-vis jacket, an invoice and a social profile picture. Many home-made logos fail at small sizes or in one colour. We design logos that stay clear at every size and come with versions for light and dark backgrounds.

Graphic design in Southampton

Once the brand exists, it needs using. We provide graphic design for the materials small businesses actually need: leaflets for letterbox drops, signage, vehicle livery, menus, price lists and social templates you can edit yourself. Everything follows the same rules, so it all looks like it came from the same business. We can also create AI-generated images and video in your brand's style for your website and marketing.

Brand and website together

Your website is where most people will see your brand for the first time. Planning the two together avoids paying twice. See our web design service for Southampton, or get in touch to talk about your brand.

Branding and graphic design

  • Logo design

    A logo that reads at the size of a phone icon and the side of a van.

    • Initial concepts
    • Refinement rounds
    • Files for print, web and social
  • Brand identity

    Colours, typefaces and simple rules that hold everything together.

    • Colour palette
    • Type pairing
    • Short brand guide
  • Graphic design

    Everyday design work from the same hand as your brand.

    • Flyers and leaflets
    • Signage and vehicle graphics
    • Social media templates
  • Brand refresh

    A careful update for established businesses that want to look current without losing recognition.

    • Review of current assets
    • Modernised logo
    • Roll-out plan

From brief to brand files

  1. Brief

    We talk about your business, your customers and the competitors you are up against.

  2. Concepts

    We present a small number of distinct directions, with reasons for each.

  3. Refine

    We develop the chosen direction with your feedback.

  4. Hand over

    You get every file you need and a short guide to using them.

Questions

How many logo ideas will I see?

A small number of distinct directions, each one thought through. We find that works better than dozens of quick variations. Your written quote sets out how many concepts and rounds of revisions are included, and it is itemised so you can see what each part covers.

Do I own the logo?

Yes. Once the project is paid for, the rights to the final logo pass to you.

Can you design my website at the same time?

Yes, and it often saves time and money. The brand and the site can be planned together.

Planning a new website?

Tell us what your business does and what the site needs to do. We will reply with a plain answer and a quote.

  • Free, written quote
  • Reply within one working day
  • Meetings on Zoom or Google Meet

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