Posters and adshels.
The power of the poster.

From one off posters to integrated campaigns with impactful and memorable messaging, there’s still plenty of power in the humble poster.

aurora borealis featuring in Moody's ESG brand launch advert

Moody's ESG Solutions
Leading insight, championing change

Nabarro LLP
Clarity Matters

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. The Goldsmiths' Company redrawn Coat of Arms, shown using gold foil blocking onto stationery. Highlighting the high quality of detailing applied to each of the elements of the Coat of Arms, all crafted to elegantly interlink with each other – reflecting the new high standard of all Goldsmiths' Company communications outputs, which underpin their new positioning Touchstone. A positioining inspired by the touchstone (an essential tool of the trade for testing alloys) held by the demi-maiden in the Coat of Arms. Part of the new brand identity for The Goldsmiths' Company. The Goldsmiths' Company a Touchstone for the industry. Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

The Goldsmiths' Company
Brand positioning & identity

Branding by Neon - UK Sport - Performance Pathway Team graphic athlete silhouettes designed by Dana Robertson

UK Sport Performance Pathway Team
Giving Team GB an edge

Nabarro LLP graduate recruitment campaign 'Your future as a lawyer. Leave nothing to chance.' highlighting the key benefits for graduates joining Nabarro LLP, illustrated by fluffy car dice. Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

Nabarro LLP
Your future as a lawyer.
Leave nothing to chance.

HW Fisher advertising by Neon - Feature image

HW Fisher advertising
Express your talent...

Branding and advertising by Neon - CMS London Law Firm - Law sector branding - Creative Modern Specialist London City Airport advertising designed by Dana Robertson

CMS
Competitive/Muscle/Strengthened

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. Nabarro 125 London Wall interiors branding black and white styling stair detail. A chance to create a total branded environment. We’ve worked with international commercial law firm Nabarro LLP for nearly 10 years. Over that period, we’ve helped them develop a distinctive positioning (reflected in their strapline Clarity Matters), and a a powerful monochrome-based visual identity. So when they told us they were moving their London headquarters to a prestigious new address in the heart of the City, we saw a fantastic opportunity to create a total branded environment; a new home that would bring the firm’s values and personality to life, at every level. Making full use of a flexible brand system. Working closely with interior design specialists TP bennett, we worked with them to create a scheme for the entire building. An early concern was that our black-and-white brand identity could look a bit stark, on such a big scale. But the brand system developed by Neon proved up to the challenge, enabling us to introduce a number of other elements to soften and “humanise” the look and feel of the new building. For example, we saw the impressive double height walls as the perfect place for dazzling flocks of birds, in Nabarro’s origami visual style. And the lift lobbies – where employees and visitors would have a little time to linger and enjoy the view – presented us with an even more enticing creative opportunity. For one, we created a gallery of great buildings of the world, also in origami. For another, we laid every image from our extensive brand library on a powerful black background. For yet another, we challenged lift-users with our campaign of brain-teasing typographic conundrums. While, on the fourteenth floor, we conducted a fascinating in-depth investigation into the number 14… Brand achitecture, in a literal sense. Architecturally, without a doubt the most impressive feature of Nabarro’s new home was the stunning – and strongly branded – steel and marble spiral staircase, to accommodate which it was necessary to remodel the building, drilling through 15 floors. Worth it, though, we think you’ll agree? One other rather lovely feature deserving a mention; the 25 foot wall in the canteen and break-out area. Our idea: to use it, in keeping with the black and white theme, with a giant blackboard highlighting to Nabarros staff the facts and figures of the work require to create their amazing new office spaces – and a competition inviting the firm’s people to submit ideas for us to bring to visually to life in chalk. We’re pleased to say that Nabarro love their new home. And their clients have also responded very positively indeed. Since we started working with the firm, their commitment to establishing a clearly defined positioning and identity has given them a clear edge over their competitors. Now they’ve raised the bar again; this time, not by building a brand, but by branding a building. Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

Nabarro LLP
125 London Wall

Branding by Neon- Nabarro Law Firm - Law sector branding - 125 London Wall - Welcome Wall designed by Dana Robertson

Nabarro LLP
'Wonder-wall'

Branding and website design by Neon - designed by Dana Robertson - Silver Speaks exhibition logo

'Silver Speaks'
Exhibition & event branding

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. Natural craft skills. Neon were approached by award winning garden builders Walmsley Shaw, to help them to become top of mind for commissions from respected and renown garden designers, architects and developers. The subsequent new brand identity and website took inspiration from owner Martin Shaw’s belief that ‘you build with nature, not against it’. With copy from award winning writer Lindsay Camp, the new website was designed to be more ‘tell’ rather than ‘sell’ with the goal of not only showcasing Walmsley Shaw’s building and landscaping skills, but also their considerable communication, logistic and planning abilities. Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

Walmsley Shaw
Brand identity

Brand campaign by Neon - Action for children Jo Cox loneliness awareness campaign image 2 designed by Dana Robertson

'It starts with hello' Loneliness campaign
for Action for Children

Branding by Neon HW Fisher Chartered Accountants girl making triangle with hands Feature image

HW Fisher rebrand
Taking accountancy from dry-and-dusty to dynamic

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. The Bench café brand identity, signage. As part of Neon's wider involvement in this ground-breaking development, we were asked to name and create the brand identity for The Goldsmiths’ Centre’s new café. The aim was to provide a friendly and inspiring environment in which members of the silversmithing trade, patrons, partners and the visiting public could relax and rub shoulders, helping to forge a flourishing creative community. The name we came up with — The Bench — was a reference to both heritage (the silversmith’s classic workbench) and the informal ambience of the café itself. The Bench café brand identity also celebrated silversmithing heritage, replacing cutlery with classic silversmithing tools – selected from world renowned silversmith Grant MacDonald’s studio. The Bench café brand identity was rolled out on signage, uniforms, crockery, literature, and environmental graphics. – Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

The Bench café
Naming & identity

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. The Goldsmiths' Company Gold: Power & Allure posters featuring the three signature graphic photomontages of crowns created by Neon. Neon were commissioned by to create a campaign idea to promote their exhibition Gold: Power & Allure featuring over 400 gold items. After reviewing the 400 objects, Neon celebrated this variety by building three unique and elegant ‘crown’ montages using a variety of different objects from the collection. The ‘crowns’ then become the hero graphic elements on posters, national advertising, literature and web comms. Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

The Goldsmiths' Company
Gold: Power & Allure

Akin feature image naming and branding by Neon

Akin
The meeting of like minds

Moody's No.1 advertising by Neon brand consultancy

Moody's
APAC advertising

Branding by Neon Wollens Solicitors Devon, new Wollens brand mark over dune grasses designed by Dana Robertson

Wollens
The law firm that thinks in full colour – but keeps things black & white

Brand campaign by Neon - designed by Dana Robertson - Charity sector branding - Action for children - An hour for good graphic

An hour for good
for Action for Children

By Dana Robertson Creative Director and Founder of Neon. Nabarro brand visual style refresh paper models dragon. They say the solution to any creative brief is right there on the page in front of you. On this occasion, that was literally true. Long time client Nabarro LLP needed a powerful new lead image style for use across all their communications, to help make their brand even more distinctive within the legal sector. We thought long and hard about what the brand stands for - simplicity, clarity of thought, elegant economy of expression; and then we thought about the firm’s goal of always being able, when advising their clients, to sum up the essence of the issue - or the solution - on a single page. And suddenly, that notion of the single page became our inspiration. How could we use it, we wondered, to create a simple, infinitely flexible and unique visual theme that would work within the brand’s black and white style? And as soon as we started folding that piece of paper we knew we were on the right page… Iconic paper models became the cornerstone of the Nabarro brand visual style refresh. And we didn’t just create a few of them, we came up with a veritable plethora - an entire (and on-going) image library of simple, clear and engaging visual metaphors representing different aspects of the firm’s services, expertise and sector focus which would be equally as memorable on-line as they were in print. Of course, that wasn’t the end of the story. To create a whole new visual style for the firm, we also developed a number of other elements, including stylish cut-out imagery, infographics and refreshed typography - and put it all together in a user-friendly new set of guidelines. It was also rolled out through the a printed literature scheme and digital materials including the forms .com website.– Idea, art direction and design by Neon Design & Branding Consultancy www.neon-creative.com

Nabarro LLP
Brand visual style refresh