http://www.design-intellect.co.uk/top_50_packaging_design_branding_agencies_list.html
www.anthemww.com
I wonder if we will start this list all singing off the same song sheet? Well we certainly can with Anthem, they have won Gold and Silver at the PAC Leadership Awards, recognising their excellence in packaging design, they also won a Pentaward for their Nestlé Noir Packaging. Anthems portfolio examples all seem somewhat American in their design, but they do have a worldwide presence with 2 UK offices amongst their studios. The Coca Cola packaging they did for the Beijing Olympics is outstanding, as is their Nestlé Rolo Cone packaging.
Whether you are a packaging designer looking for some eye candy or a brand marketeer looking for their next potential design agency – you are sure to find one here.
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Big Fishwww.bigfish.co.uk
This one already opens up the analogy of 'are they a big fish in a small pond?' or a big fish in an ocean, which would make them small (blimey I talk some rubbish sometimes), well Big Fish are indeed a big fish in whichever water they choose to swim in, with a Design Week Award for the amazing stuff they did on Gü desserts, a Pentaward for Clipper Tea and a Gold Design Effectiveness Award for their work on Dorset Cereals proves they can be up there with the best. But are they as big a fish as a Blue Marlin?
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Bloomwww.bloom-london.com
I could start saying how blooming marvellous they are, but I guess that is the pun they intended in the name, or at least one of them, Bloom helps a brand grow, blossom and ultimately bloom into it's full glory. Be all that you can be, so they say! This agency is not a fan of entering awards, but that's not to say they haven't won any, they have been in D&AD Awards Books, a Pentaward & FAB Award for JW Black Label, have a Design Week Award for Best Branded Packaging and been awarded 'Best Design and Agency' from the Diageo Global Marketing Brilliance Awards for their Talisker limited edition gift pack design.
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Blue Marlinwww.bluemarlinbd.com
Are we back to that big fish conundrum already! I'm not going to pick any bones here, Blue Marlin are good at what they do and are voted Best Design Agency by the FoodBev Awards in 2011, have 10 DBA Effectiveness Awards and counting, 4+ Pentawards (the Pentawards are the only worldwide competition devoted exclusively to packaging design) and a Gramia (which sounds glitzy but is in-fact an award from the Grocer Advertising and Marketing Industry Awards). With offices in the UK, USA, and Singapore, Blue Marlin says that they are like a big family rather than a big impersonal agency.
Amazing work to look out for: Wonka Chocolate, Isklar, Balance Water, Tango, Shell Oil and Shell Deli2go and Schweppes amongst others.
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Brand Housewww.brandhouse.co.uk
It's a full house here and what a hand they play at the Brandhouse, they are an agency that uses the power of emotion to create high growth brands which deliver outstanding commercial success for clients and also won them international awards for effectiveness and creativity, awards such as DBAs and and at least 3 Pentawards in 2013 alone (I wonder if they have an awards shelf in their house :-) Look out for projects for Robinsons, Kellogg's, Britvic, San Miguel and Moulton Brown.
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Brand Mewww.brandme-uk.comk
An agency that needs to learn about web design a little or at least outsource it for a refresh, but then they famous for packaging so i guess it doesn't matter, especially when they helped create the likes of 'Taste the Difference' for Sainsbury's – the first premium supermarket sub-brand which has grown from zero to a £1 billion brand. They are winners of highly acclaimed UK Design Effectiveness Awards (Overall Design and a Grand Prix) and have also received a Clio Award, a Design Week Award and a few Pentawards. Most of their greatest work is for clients like Sainsbury's, Simple and Fosters.
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Brand on Shelf (BOS)www.brandonshelf.com
What can I say about BOS, well they aren't my boss so I can say what I like :-) Formerly called FLB, Brand on Shelf are a respected member of the branding and packaging design community and have been around for over 30 years building a solid reputation for effective award-winning design such as winning DBA Design Effectiveness Awards. So now that they are moving into their next phase and re-branded themselves as BOS to look forward, we can expect some bigger and better things in the near future. Portfolio pieces include: Cow & Gate, Asda, Indesit Hotpoint, Mira Showers and Kenwood.
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Brandopuswww.brandopus.co.uk
Brandopus has nothing to do with an octopus* but has in just 7 years of business, grown to become one of the youngest agencies in Design Week’s most prestigious top 100, racing up the ladder to become number 20 in the UK on billings 2013. Quite an achievement for a company with such a silly name :-)
Other Accolades include winning a growing total of 14 DBA Design Effectiveness Awards (5 of which were won in 2014) making them officially among the five most financially effective design agencies in the UK, 6+ Grocer Gramia Awards - one of which is a Diamond Gramia, an International Mobius Award for their Northern Foods brand re-design and a Silver Pentaward in 2013. Ohh, and before I forget, Brandopus have also been named The Grocer's Agency of the Year for Packaging in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 <–– I think there might be a pattern going on for 2014, and The Drum's Design London Agency of the Year in 2012 – beat that for a 7 year old. Let's keep an eye on them to see how far their 8 limbs can take them…
*yes I know I'm being a Neanderthal – an opus or Magnum Opus is 'the greatest work' so there we have it – the greatest branding.
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