End of financial year, our phone here at The Offices rings off the hook with clients keen to deepen their brand’s storytelling – visually and verbally.  Business storytelling is big It’s been a big week for brand storytelling. First, this story on Inc.com about the rise of the Chief Storytelling Officer. Then, this one… Read More

Everything we try to explain to clients about good, relevant, fresh brand experiences is summed up in life size at Vivid Sydney.   Each winter in Sydney, when the air gets just brisk enough for us to swap T-shirts for sweatshirts, the city’s nightscape transforms under Vivid’s myriad light displays. Almost 100 pieces this year, in… Read More

May 9, Sydney – A website refresh has dramatically increased business leads for independent Aussie dairy brand, Pat and Sticks Ice Cream Co, since launching in February, the company’s directors have announced. Page views have also increased 60 per cent in that time. The visually rich new website is the latest in a series of branding exercises… Read More

Think you’re in a hurry to roll out your new logo or visual identity? Better check this list of potential handbrakes first, to see how realistic your expectations are.    You’ve been there before. That moment when you grab a pile of materials to show a potential client, and then it hits: all your messaging is out… Read More

Ever wanted to see the runners-up that nearly made it as a final brand identity? Or learn how long it all took? Our client, Norrsken Ko, kindly agreed to share their recent branding journey.   With every new brief, there’s a fresh buzz in our office. Every time. Because even the simplest-seeming projects have their… Read More

Brand identities need regular upkeep, just like a haircut – for startups and established brands alike. A local hairdresser has recently achieved for one The Offices partner what no other has before – convinced me of the need to maintain an eight-weekly appointment. You see, hold off any longer (lazy sod that I am) and this curly… Read More

Our first children’s book! Providing editorial guidance, illustration and design, we worked with children’s book author Jim Shanahan to create a new reader-format ebook for children aged 5–10. Each book takes young readers to a different country, introducing them to the local sights, flavours and people through the eyes of the main characters, Jasmine and… Read More

Seen these around town yet? Pat and Stick’s have a knock-out new range of ice cream in cartons (four scrumptious flavours, in fact). We were given a few tubs of each flavour to inspire us in creating a richly distinctive packaging solution. It was also a chance for us to tell the Pat and Stick’s… Read More

We’re big book fans. Current reads circulating at The Offices are the complete Game of Thrones box set, The Outsiders, The Book Thief and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Stephanie re-living her youth). That’s why it gave us great joy to help develop design / illustration for online book retailer Bookworld with the… Read More

We were thrilled to see the launch of a brand we know and absolutely love. Ridiculously Delicious Peanut Butter launched a few weeks ago at Melbourne grocer A. Bongiovanni & Son. We’ve had good reports from many including Jeremy at Jacky Winter whom said he was smashing through a jar himself recently. Best of luck to Ben… Read More

We’ve just completed an original piece of wall art for creative industry recruiters, Hartas & Craig. Completed over several days on-site using the finest of acrylic paints, the cartoon-style illustrations give a humorous (and acerbic) insider’s take on the people and attitudes of the media, advertising and other creative industries. “How can he do an… Read More

NEW OFFICE – Open. NEW WEBSITE – Open. Look for updates and informative additions in the next day or so when we’ve caught our breath. The shop should be open within a week or two with some interesting projects and ephemera to choose from.

We were asked to create a calendar to be sold at the Orange Grove Public School Art Show, a fundraiser. The calendar was to highlight the art projects from each class in the school and give parents a chance to contribute a small amount to the event. While the smart-tech set all have online calendars… Read More