"We are a creative design team with specialist expertise in motion graphics, animation and video production for broadcast and web."
Clients: This particular agency has chosen to display their clientele list in the form of an image. This is very clever for two reasons; one, because there are some high profile names in there, justifying their positive reputation, and two because it fits nicely within the bold graphic style they pride themselves on.
Competition?
Because they are studio whose sole intentions are working with moving image they would not be in serious competition with us considering we are print specialists. They do seem to dabble in 'traditional graphic design' so perhaps we should dabble in moving image. Just a thought.
De Facto (Graphic Design and Advertising)
Background: De Facto was formed in 1997 to create a team capable of taking branding projects and translating them creatively across all forms of media. From print to ecommerce, De Facto has built an excellent reputation for developing client brands - winning a number of prestigious national and international awards along the way.Client needs are at the heart of what we do and we keep things simple. Whether a client wants to talk to us about a new brand identity or a potentially complex e-commerce web site, we aim to keep the process as simple, jargon free and effective as possible. Our wide range of skills offers a number of benefits to clients, but most notably cuts down on the requirement to ‘brief in’ a number of agencies for any prospective project or campaign. This maintains a cohesive and confident look and feel to any creative output.
We also pride ourselves on being a very friendly, approachable studio and promote a high degree of contact between clients and our design team. This removes the sometimes unnecessary layers of account management and ensures that communication is delivered quickly and effectively between both parties. Importantly, we are renowned for delivering projects on-time and within budget.
Clients: De Facto have been fortunate enough to win contracts from a number of local, national and international brands, ranging from University of Nottingham, Ted Baker, Fred Perry, Yorkshire Water and Royal Parks. We now handle all Fred Perry’s creative marketing on a worldwide basis, having worked with them for nine very productive years. This has allowed us to launch new ranges, global advertising campaigns, brochures, e-commerce/multimedia projects and four TV campaigns for MTV - all produced in our studio in Nottingham. Please contact us for a full list of clients.
We are always interested in talking to new clients no matter how small a project may be. In our experience, our ability to deliver on initial projects inevitably leads to wider ranging requirements and long standing client relationships.
Core Disciplines:
Brand Identity
Advertising
Print Design
Illustration
Web Design & Ecommerce
Exhibitions & installations
Video/Multimedia/DVD
TV Advertising
In addition to the above, we also work closely with a number of PR Agencies, and can project manage any copywriting or publicity campaigns.
Images of a few projects undertaken by De Facto can be found below, they include: advertising, web and design for print.
Competition?
De Facto seem like a very competent studio with a professionally laid out website and a coherent approach to the graphic design industry. They take on briefs from a range of disciplines and seem confident enough within each of these. They have been around for nearly 15 years now, and would therefore eliminate themselves from competing with us. They have a fully formed reputation and I'm pretty sure they would not feel threatened by our small studio. This could be a positive or a negative thing. If we stay under their radar we can gain business of our without stealing any of their clients, which I'm pretty sure we couldn't do even if we tried.
From web: 'illustr8 has been building its reputation on its ability to deliver fresh, intelligent and future proof products in the world of design and new media, making big ideas come to life with passion and style.'
At illustr8 we all believe in one thing, creating solutions that adds value to brands. Whether its creating a new identity or developing an online presence, we offer our clients the very best guidance in the world of design and new media. If you feel you need a helping hand, then lets have a chat.
The images below show the range of fields they work within: animation, design for print and web.
Competition?
Again this studio seems very specialist, but this time with digital work. They call themselves a 'full service design & digital agency'. I don't know if that makes them serious competition with us in terms of potential clients, however what does make them relevant to us is the fact that they are newly established and are still looking to make a name for themselves. In terms of having 'a fresh eye', we would also consider that to be an attractive point of ours, therefore we would have to twist the wording slightly to ensure one step ahead.
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