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11/05/2026

The lesser-spotted, Valhalla branded, black van in the wild 🖤

09/05/2026

It’s like watching paint dry!

I’m giving the Valhalla Branding studio a makeover. What colour do you think?

04/05/2026

If you’re a disruptor, an underdog, or building a business with real purpose. The kind that wants to take on the world, challenge the status quo, and give the big players a bloody nose, we should talk.

Because ambition like that needs more than a logo.
It needs a brand with teeth.

The kind that cuts through noise, rallies people behind you, and makes your presence impossible to ignore.

If you’re ready to stop playing safe and start showing up like you mean it, drop me a message.

Oh, and Happy Star Wars Day!

22/04/2026

The ones that never make it out into the world.

Working in the creative industry means living with a constant stream of ideas. Most are stepping stones. Bridges that lead you toward the right solution for a client. But along the way, a lot of good work quietly disappears.

These were concepts I designed for a record cover for a brilliant harpist. The music was haunting, melancholic, nostalgic, and full of longing. Modern compositions, played on ancient instruments. A tension between past and present. Between digital disconnection and the deep-rooted need for human connection.

One of the central themes was migration. Disappearing populations, the quiet shift from rural landscapes to urban life.

These designs tried to capture that.
Remote, empty landscapes.
Overlaid with subtle markers. Fragments representing the people no longer there.

The graphic elements are deliberately digital. The photography is unapologetically analogue. Atmospheric and grainy.

I’ve always loved music. And as a designer, record sleeves have always held a certain magic for me. Inevitably, your influences find their way in; there are echoes of Hipgnosis and Peter Saville in these.

I stumbled across them again recently and felt they deserved to be seen.

20/04/2026

I’ve just come back from an inspirational break in Barcelona, and I’m reminded how powerful it is to step away in order to move forward.

In A Technique for Producing Ideas, James Webb Young talks about gathering “raw materials”. Not just for the problem in front of you, but by constantly enriching your general store of knowledge.

That’s exactly what this, my second visit to the Catalan capital, has been. The first one was for a graphic design conference nearly 20 years ago!

From wandering the streets of the Catalan capital to standing in front of Gaudí’s jaw-dropping Sagrada Família… Nothing prepares you for it. Even the second time.

The scale.
The detail.
The craftsmanship.
The storytelling.

It’s a masterclass in what happens when vision, belief, and ex*****on align over time.

As a branding designer, inspiration isn’t a luxury; it’s part of the job.

And here’s something I’ve noticed:
When clients go through a proper brand reset, something shifts.

Clarity creates momentum.
New tools unlock confidence.
Energy returns.

It’s like they fall in love with their business all over again. And when that happens?

People notice.
It’s easier to attract clients.
Value goes up.

If your brand isn’t giving you that feeling right now, it might be time for a change

17/04/2026

What a Cornish designer sees when he’s walking around Barcelona 🥟🇪🇸

I’d already edited this in my head before I took the picture 😂 Swipe for the rebrand!

23/03/2026

I don’t mean to be a tease, but...
..something new is stepping up to the crease… 🏏

Valhalla Branding is proudly sector agnostic. I genuinely love working across a variety of markets, although it’s a bonus when a project overlaps with a personal passion.

This one’s been exactly that.

What’s coming could genuinely change how cricket clubs approach their matches… and I can’t wait to reveal more.

For now, a simple line. A small clue. A boundary shift!

Keep your eyes peeled for a full reveal, soon.

20/03/2026

Spring has sprung!

A recent Valhalla Branding project for captured in the wild 🌺

19/03/2026

The name’s Brand…

Modern brands aren’t just one fixed identity. They’re a flexible system of visual and verbal elements.

You rarely see the whole thing at once. But when a brand is strong, even a few carefully chosen elements can carry the message clearly across any platform.

The most powerful brands go a step further. They know the rules so well that they can bend them, or even break them, and still be instantly recognisable.

Sometimes, a bold twist is exactly what’s needed to stop people in their tracks.

This limited edition 007 Coca-Cola can (photographed in the sunshine in my kitchen) is a perfect example.

🖤

18/03/2026

Case Study: Cazology - Learning Reframed

Most education brands look like…
education brands.

Formal.
Institutional.
Safe.

But Cazology isn’t here to reinforce the system.

It’s here to reframe it.

Cazology is a skills-based learning methodology.

It doesn’t teach subject content.

It builds:
• Clarity
• Capability
• Resilience

The skills students actually need to succeed.

So the brand couldn’t feel traditional.

It needed to signal a shift in perspective.

Not a new course.

A new way of seeing learning.

The idea came from a simple tension:

The old way vs the new way

Structured academic typography…
disrupted by bold, hand-drawn marks.

Like someone took a Sharpie
and rewrote the page.

That gesture became the brand.

Not correcting the system.

Redrawing it.

The wordmark reflects this perfectly:

“ology” → classic, academic, structured
“Caz” → hand-drawn, human, expressive

Old meets new.
System meets challenger.

We extended this into a full visual language.

Custom hand-drawn graphics.
No off-the-shelf icons.

Built to carry the same energy across every touchpoint.

Including the core frameworks:

CCR:
• Clarity
• Capability
• Resilience

Schools:
• Explore
• Question
• Shape

The result?

A brand that feels:
Human.
Confident.
Unmistakably different.

Sometimes the role of branding is simple:

Take a Sharpie to the way things have always been done.

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