[a] design project is underway.

You’re looking at the new [a] design agency website.

We’re not big on website lauches, or the subsequent launch parties. So, in February 2024, we made the bold/stupid decision to edit this site whilst it is under development.

Don’t watch this space.

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[a] CONSULTANT

[a] COMPANY OF ONE

[a] CREATIVE AGENT

[a] CHANGE MAKER

[a] MOBILE STUDIO

[a] FLEXIBLE TEAM

[a] CONSULTANT [a] COMPANY OF ONE [a] CREATIVE AGENT [a] CHANGE MAKER [a] MOBILE STUDIO [a] FLEXIBLE TEAM

[a]
design agency

Brand facilitators.

[a] provides: planning, creative consultancy and delivery for branding projects.

Creative consultants who deliver.

We’re flexible, scalable and are masters of every* trade.

*every brand/design trade

[a] bold claim?

We’re an agency by definition.

That’s important to us because it means we don’t have a core team.

We don’t need one.

Instead, we collaborate with the best independent talent out there, whether that’s individuals, agencies or freelance teams.

We build our teams around your requirements as opposed to selling you outputs based on the strength of one permanent team.

Just like everyone else, we’ve worked with clients.

And it just wouldn’t be an agency website without a handful of client logos. So here you go—

They’re not ‘our clients’ or ‘partners’ but we are proud of the work we’ve delivered for them.

CREATIVE PARTNERS

+ DESIGN THINKERS

+ CONSULTANTS WHO DELIVER

+ PROBLEM SOLVERS

+ CLICHE LOVERS

+ DESIGNERS WHO DESIGN

CREATIVE PARTNERS + DESIGN THINKERS + CONSULTANTS WHO DELIVER + PROBLEM SOLVERS + CLICHE LOVERS + DESIGNERS WHO DESIGN

Keeping good company

Collaboration is a core principle on which this agency is founded.

We work with best-in-class creatives who are selected specifically for their individual expertise. They tend to be independent or freelance collaborators.

We call them associates because:
[a] it starts with an a
[b] the word partners isn’t accurate.

What we do

[a] provide: planning, creative consultancy and delivery for branding projects.

Don’t see what you’re looking for?

Ask us
about that—

audit/
logo/
identity system/ identity guide/ colour palette/ stationery/ lookbook/ catalogue/ annual report/ pitch deck/
marketing tool/
website/
web guide/

…graphic/
design brief/
social graphic/
presentation/
exhibition stand/
interpretation/
signage/
campaign/
visual guide/
photo shoot/
video/
animation.

We couldn’t list everything we do and we are forever trying new things in different ways.

Ask us here—

How we do it

The process we take you on is easy to remember. It’s as simple as [a] [b] [c] …and [d].

  • It is often easier to identify an oppotunity than it is to leverage it. We almost always begin work with a consultancy phase.

  • Challenge understood, we’ll write a brief and assign budget. This is a work in process. Things (almost) always change during delievry.

  • We build a team tailored to your creative brief.

  • Our design process doesn’t stop at consultancy and recommendations. We project manage and creatively direct from start to finish.

Our Why

[a] exists because creativity is good for people and good for business.

Our core values are: independence and freedom.

Marketing and design is often seen as a necessary evil by organisations. Individuals within the creative industries all have their horror stories.

We believe that the creative process requires both passion and patience.

These values are shared by an ever growing roster of independent creative and strategic folks.

And our select client base benefits from the results of freedom of thought and freedom of choice.

Introducing—

STEWART AINSLIE

Stew is [a] brand consultant.

Stew’s career started in 2007 working in print design. Later, he worked in a brand studio for five years.

Since 2015 he has traded as [a] design agency.