Carpe Diem!
Carpe diem. It may not seem like a particularly relevant motto at this moment in time, but we’re here to tell you why now, during this ‘unprecedented period of uncertainty’, it is more applicable than ever.
Thoughts on branding, packaging and design from the K&S team.
Working From Home: connected, creative, and cheerful.
As our first week of working from home draws to a close, we’re reflecting on how we’re coping, both as a business and personally, with these strange times we find ourselves in.
A Handcrafted Gift for Our Dedicated Team at K&S
Each year we like to give a token of appreciation to each member of the K&S team to thank them for another year of hard work. For Christmas 2019 we approached talented local potter Sam Marks Ceramics to create a collection of bespoke ceramics for each of our team.
K&S wins gold at World Brand Design Awards
We are over the moon to announce we claimed gold at the ever-inspirational World Brand Design awards, as well as ‘Best Agency Work of the Year’ for our rebrand of Young’s Brewery. This project saw us revitalise one of the UK’s most celebrated heritage beer brands.
Kingdom & Sparrow wins first place at Dieline Awards for Small Beer!
We’re category winners at this years Dieline Awards in Chicago! The Dieline Awards recognise the absolute best in consumer product packaging design worldwide.
Needless to say we’re unbelievably proud to have been awarded first prize within the ‘Cider, Low and No Alcoholic Beer and Spirits’ category for our Original Small Beer brand and packaging design.
Our Studio Space
Bringing creativity and craftsmanship back to Falmouth’s original School of Art.
When is it time to refresh your brand?
It could be sooner than you think! The average food or drink brand updates their identity and packaging every three to five years, but in an industry that’s forever evolving, it’s so important to stay fresh, current and exciting to your consumer base.
Communicating brand through typography
What is type and typography?
Type refers to pre-fabricated, replicable lettershapes. Typefaces are families of these lettershapes that share characteristics – like DNA – and work together as one.
The Sustainability Series – Downloadable PDF
As brand strategists and designers in the food and drink industry we’re increasingly involved in conversations with clients around sustainability.
Communicating sustainability with design
As a design agency specialising in food and drink brands, we’re increasingly tasked with finding effective ways to communicate commitments to sustainability and environmentalism through brands’ logos, messaging and packaging design. So what can you or your design agency do to help get this across?
The rise of big brand sustainability
In part 3 of our Sustainability Series we look at how supermarkets and mainstream brands in the food and drink industry are making sustainable changes.
Packaging and sustainability
In Part 2 of our Sustainability blog series we’re looking at the hot topic of sustainable packaging. Whether you’re launching a new brand or you’ve been operating for years there’s no doubt that the use of plastic is a crucial conversation for food & drink brands, now more than ever.
