1. What kind of clients do you work with?

We work with startups, established brands, and creative teams who value clarity, purpose, and thoughtful design. Whether you're launching something new or refining an existing presence, we adapt our approach to your needs.

2. What services do you offer?

Our core services include brand identity, digital design and creative direction. We often work across multiple touchpoints to ensure consistency and cohesion in everything we create.

3. How do you price your projects?

We price based on scope, timeline, and deliverables- never by the hour. After a discovery call, we’ll provide a custom proposal aligned with your goals and budget.

4. What is your typical project timeline?

Timelines vary by project, but most projects take 4–8 weeks, while larger projects may range from 6–12 weeks. We’ll always agree on key milestones before starting, and agree regular check-ins throughout the process.

5. Can we collaborate remotely?

Absolutely. Most of our work is done remotely, and we’ve partnered successfully with clients across time zones. Clear communication and structured check-ins keep everything on track.

6. How many revisions are included?

Our process is collaborative and structured. Rather than presenting dozens of options, we focus on one strong direction - refined through feedback. The number of revisions depends on the scope, but clarity and alignment are our priority from the start.

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We’re an independent motion design studio. Creating visual content with storytelling at its heart.

28
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Years of Experience
1735
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Projects completed

We translate complex ideas into clear visual storytelling.

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What we do...

Our Creative Directors support you from early creative development through to final delivery. We help to shape clear visual ideas and establish a consistent visual logic early.

We specialise in 3D animation and motion design, fluid and particle simulation, AI integrated workflows, live-action direction, 2D logo & type animation, audio and editing. We build scalable toolkits for multi-market versioning and deliver to spec across all platforms, including social, broadcast, cinema, always-on and OOH.

Our Creative Directors can support you from early creative development through to final delivery. We help to shape clear visual ideas and establish a consistent visual logic early.

We translate complex ideas into clear visual storytelling.

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Sky Original

Broadcast & Cinema ident

BBC Two

Channel ident rebrand

Bowmore ARC-52

Unboxing Product Reveal

Aston Martin Vantage

Vantage Product Launch

One Za'abeel

Experiential for Hospitality

Augustinus Bader

Skincare Product Launch

Sky Original

Broadcast & Cinema ident

BBC Two

Channel ident rebrand

Bowmore ARC-52

Unboxing Product Reveal

Aston Martin Vantage

Vantage Product Launch

One Za'abeel

Experiential for Hospitality

Augustinus Bader

Skincare Product Launch

Sky Original

Broadcast & Cinema ident

BBC Two

Channel ident rebrand

Bowmore ARC-52

Unboxing Product Reveal

Aston Martin Vantage

Vantage Product Launch

One Za'abeel

Experiential for Hospitality

Augustinus Bader

Skincare Product Launch

Services

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Creative Direction

Our Creative Directors work with you and your team throughout a project. Supporting the creative intent, adding structure and perspective. We take briefs and help shape them into clear, cohesive visual ideas.

Narrative Structure

Concept Development

Animation Specialists

Visual Exploration

Creative Support

Mainframe services work: building storyboard and previs logic in a narrative-led style for cinematic production.

Storytelling

We work with you and your team to create initial storyboards and previs animations to effectively communicate your brands story in motion. With you we explore pacing, clarity and effectiveness. Our experience with all forms of media ensure we are telling your story beautifully in any medium.

Visual Storytelling

Animation Specialists

VIsual Exploration

Storyboarding

Animatic/Previs

Mainframe services work: producing 3D CGI and liquid simulation in a photorealistic AI-assisted style.

Production

We choose production methods best suited to the brief. Whether delivered entirely in-house or in collaboration with talented and trusted specialists. We work across 3D animation, CGI, motion design and 2D, including complex particle and liquid simulation, AI-assisted asset creation, live-action production, audio and editing.

3D Animation

Motion Design

Product Visualisation

2D Logo & Type Animation

AI Specialists

Flexible workflow

Delivery

We build scalable asset systems and toolkits that can be reused and adapted across campaigns, markets and formats. We deliver to spec across all platforms whether that be broadcast, cinema, print ready imagery or social and anything else in between.

Scalable Assets

Project Templates

Social Crops

Language versions

Experiential, OOH, Broadcast, Cinema