We can’t wait for this talk and to visit the Mshed exhibition…

Branding is about creating something unique in a sea of sameness. It’s about stand-out and individuality — we don’t create brands that blend in, we create them to stand out.

We take our visual cue from a relevant category and then give our designs just enough of a twist to be different. It creates a sense of belonging. And like us, it’s tribal.

Inevitably we brand ourselves by the clothes we wear, the brands we follow, the products we buy, the causes we support, and the people we hang out with. But for a large number of people it goes deeper than this. It goes skin deep.

The West of England Design Forum is hosting an event that celebrates all things ancient and modern in the world of tattooing. It’s obsessiveness within the design community and – unlike the ephemerality of fashion trends – the inky permanence of branding yourself.

INKED – The Graphic Art of the Tattoo

Like this? You might also like the current MShed exhibition ‘British Tattoo Art Revealed’ then!

An ambitious three-year project from 2016-2019, Life Cycles & Landscapes was a partnership between Activate, producers of the Inside Out Dorset festival, artists And Now: and Landscapes for Life, the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Lost & Found are working with this consortium to document this project and produce a beautifully crafted, hardback book, featuring essays, interviews and project imagery.

Slow down, look, look again… Change your perspective, your vision and your story. See your life, your work and your world with fresh eyes.

This is the message of Look Again, a photography and mindfulness company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Look Again offer a plethora of packages for all, ranging from training for business and workshops for charity, to workshops for education and photography retreats.

Lost & Found have been working with Look Again to formalise their brand strategy and create communications to reflect their different product offerings. Look Again will be attending the national mindfulness conference later in the year, so we have been ensuring they have everything they need to get noticed and get their message across.

Verity Symcox is a business coach with bags of personality; she offers a fresh, feminine approach in what is predominately a masculine environment.

Newly qualified and ready to freshen up the market place, Verity approached Lost & Found to help brand her business and develop a set of communications including presentation templates, promotional literature and website.

Watch this space, this lady is going all the way to the top.

It has travelled all over the world and wowed thousands, now Luke Jerram’s internationally acclaimed Museum of the Moon is making its way to Dorset for the first time as part of Dorset Moon; an exciting new arts event.

The centrepiece will be Luke Jerram’s, Museum of the Moon as well as a full programme of free lunar-inspired events to inspire and create a sense of wonder.

Lost & Found have had the pleasure of working with this creative consortium to brand the event and have been working with Dashing Bear Productions and papercut illustrator, Lee-Ann Donaldson to create unique, location-specific animated papercut illustrations. The film will aim to promote this fantastic event and whet the appetite, we aim to take you on a voyage of lunar discovery and explore the Dorset landscape.

We really can’t wait for this event. See website for more details: https://dorsetmoon.com

Gloucestershire Young Carers are a charity providing a range of services for young carers who look after an ill or disabled family member.

Working with a student from the University of Gloucestershire, Lost & Found will act as a mentor to help create a new brand identity that will be rolled out across all communications during 2018-2019. The new brand will freshen communications, providing a more graphic, considered approach, more fitting to their target audience.

Once the brand identity is established, Lost & Found will continue working with the charity, acting as a brand consultancy, delivering marketing collateral and branded communications, both in print and online.