British paint manufacturer, Sadolin Paints is the largest paint supplier in Uganda. As the products lend themselves to many unique concepts, we developed many long term ad campaigns. When we started working with them, they had a very strong set of corporate quidelines for their collateral. After building their confidence in us, we eventually got them to break out and take a few more chances. The new look was well received and from there they took their business to new heights.

Lafarge, building better cities, a world leader in building materials with top-ranking positions in Cement, Aggregates and Concrete.
They needed new concepts for their ads. Promoting their different products in a cleaner more modern way, this is what we did for them.

Many of the people working for Balton, in a hostile change, formed a new company called Bolton. After being frustrated with the poor customer service provided by the former company, Bolton International wanted to let customers know the same great products were still available but with greatly improved service. Their goal was to directly compete with the former company. Bolton International provides solar panels, generators, insecticides and fertilizers to a variety of companies.

Also under a monthly contract with UTL, we took on all their design needs. They had strong corporate guidelines, using a repeating graphic which, while making their materials recognizable, it was quite restrictive. We slowly lead them into a new look which was more opened with more whitespace.

While under a monthly contract with Stanbic Bank, we designed everything and covered all their design needs. Their projects included advertisements, billboards, TV screens for inside their banks, web banners, email campaigns, logo design for their products and promotions. We did it all.

The perception of Orange Telecom in Uganda was that they are a European company with little understanding of the local market. We designed a new approach to their advertising while still keeping within their corporate guidelines.

Niko Insurance wanted to run a new ad campaigns that broke out of the standard way of getting people interested in all forms of insurance. They did not want an image of hands holding a house or the standard ways of showing caring. We thought a little out of the box and gave them 3 different ad campaigns based on 3 different concepts — #hit happens, you never know what’s right around the corner and gamble or be safe and covered.

We have a long standing relationship with book publisher Elsevier in Philadelphia. We do both book covers and book interiors—also designing templates for overseas production. Because the books are mostly technical and medical books, we always look for fresh ways to make seemingly dry material look exciting and engaging. We do single book covers in addition to book series that have many different volumes but related styles and designs.

Working with Mukwano Industries, they wanted a new, more western design for their bottled water, Aqua Sipi. Their goal was to move forward from being the 2nd largest selling brand in Uganda, to the first. We redesigned their labels and packaging and also helped with the launch the new look designing billboards, newspaper and magazine ads. We concepted them their radio advertising and after a successful campaign, their sales increased by 16% in the first year.

British American Tobacco, Uganda was a long term client until they closed their local offices. We designed everything from annual reports, brochures and trade show environments. We also worked with them to brand the walls for their corporate offices. BAT is very focused on corporate responsibility so we also designed many pieces to promote their educational, training and community programs.

Orange Telecom was bought out by Afrimax Telecom. After working with Orange we transitioned into doing the startup launch for Afrimax.

Importer and seller of trucks, Tata want a bold advertising campaign for their dealership to highlight their newly available trucks and buses.