All of us, or just some of us?
Mars or the cloud?
Team finite or team infinite?
Answers to big questions require some heart and a little creative glue
Important problem to fix?
Get help with some creative glue.
We're a team of humans with heart, awake to the challenges of today, and deeply committed to helping out, with considered creative, story-telling, and brand design.
Making good ideas great
Transforming an idea from merely an idea into something of real value is challenging. Even more so when you want to make it regenerative or purpose-driven. Whether you're a thought leader, SME, start-up, or regenerative business entrepreneur, we understand the kind of will, mindset, and open-hearted courage it takes to do both, plus the creative and strategic support required to make it fly.
PREVIOUS CLIENTS
Senior level experience without the agency fat
When challenging the status quo, you often do it on a tight budget. We get it, as a virtual agency we can engage with you in various ways to honour your budget and still deliver results. Our decades of accumulated experience mean we’re nimble, quick, and polished, but without the cumbersome overheads of a traditional agency. For jobs needing more grunt, we can raise our posse.
Creative glue with a Meta-Modern mindset
There are lots of great models and theories all trying to navigate a path through the poly-crisis. From meta-modern, integral, and regenerative, to purpose-driven or collective impact, our creative approach is deeply informed by each of them.
We appreciate that the path is deeply complex and nuanced, so we're committed to working with you in ways sensitive to what is seeking to emerge, refreshingly creative, and radically supportive.
BRAND DESIGN
Creating the best possible story and pitch for your idea includes how you look, feel, and sound. Our brand approach is more than just fonts and colours though. We care about the full experience of your new idea or service.
PRINT | WEB | DIGITAL | SOCIAL | LOGOS | INFOGRAPHICS
Strategy & Planning
Every breakthrough idea needs grounding in the real world. With a laser-focused strategy, we help you build the structures you need to stick the landing.
BRAND STRATEGY | POSITIONING | MEDIA PLANNING
Meaningful Storytelling
Storytelling happens across many types of platforms, from social media, film, podcasts, blogs, and editorials. We help you work out the best path for you to tell your story effectively.
COPYWRITING | SCRIPTWRITING | MEDIA STRATEGY | PLANNING
Services
From brand design, strategy and planning to meaningful storytelling
Key humans
Giles Kershaw
Giles is a brand design expert, creative director, and storyteller for a purpose-driven regenerative future–bridging the space between outer systems transformation and inner human transformation by using creativity to bring good ideas to life.
Giles has decades of experience working internationally on major brands across various sectors including telecoms, music & the arts, food & beverage, retail, charities, and the built environment.
With a deeply embodied understanding of the theoretical and practical issues of the poly-crisis, he brings nuance and careful attention to every creative problem.
Nick Jankel
Nick has deep expertise and experience gained from three decades spent supporting the success of high-growth start-ups and ambitious organizations like Nike, Unilever, Intel, Virgin, PlayStation, and Novartis and hard-won from his years as a successful, serial entrepreneur on the frontlines of digital disruption (he founded his first business aged 24).
He is also a global top 50 headliner keynote speaker, booked by corporations, institutions, conferences, associations, and nations — Kellogg's, LEGO, WWF, Pfizer, Abu Dhabi, Neom, Google, HP, No.10— who want customized keynotes that captivate hearts, ignite minds & inspire change.
We are two humans who deeply care about this place we call home. As a team we have over 50 years collective experience in the world of branding, innovation and purpose-driven organisations. We love to co-create with others for a future of possibility.
What clients say
"It was an absolute pleasure to collaborate on California's Doughnut Economics report. A strong aesthetic eye and ability to bring abstract ideas to life was highly supportive. Also the inclusion of levity and collaborative presence made our design meetings enjoyable throughout the process of working together"
Julian Kraus-Polk
Policy Lead - CALDEC
"Extremely grateful... cannot recommend enough! Love the look, feel and brand identity we now have for NatureFix"
Waminda Parker
Founder - NatureFix
"This work has had a profound impact on our growth at The Men’s Table. The team have extremely high emotional intelligence, are great listeners, and conceptually strong, turning a brief into impressive results quickly and comprehensively."
David Pointon
Founder and CEO - The Mens Table