Our passion and specialty is creating contemporary, unique brand designs that represent you ideally. UNIVERSE is different from other studios because we create brand identities that go beyond the generic, with one-of-a-kind custom illustrations and artwork. We encourage you to consider the design style of our studio and how this relates to you and your brand vision.
Canadian Urban Institute
Various graphic design, report design, and branding projects for the Canadian Urban Institute.
The Social Finance Fund Hub
Brand, logo, and website design for Canada's Social Finance Fund Hub. This project includes a minimal, accessible, bilingual Wordpress website and a modern logo design.
U of T Centre for the Study of Pain
Branding and website design and development project for The University of Toronto's Centre for the Study of Pain (UTCSP).
Wendy Wong
Logo and brand design for a Canadian Professor of Political Science + Principal’s Research Chair.
Canadian Caregiving Summit
Website design for a Canadian Caregiving Summit event. Brand development and all accompanying design assets created for the conference.
Unnatural Glow
Logo, branding and website design for a Toronto fibre optic costume designer and fire + flow arts performer.
Bonsai Creative
Logo and brand design for Bonsai Creative, Ontario wedding videographers. This brand design is remarkable and features a subtle psychedelic style, custom illustrations, and a flexible logo set.
Aardvark Book Club
Branding and logo design and website development for Aardvark Book Club, a book subscription service. The colourful illustrated identity is very versatile and creates a distinct personality for the brand.
Research Digest Podcast
Brand design for New Horizon's research podcast, an Ontario think tank. The geometric abstract art communicates futurism and science in a minimal way and will give the podcast immediate visual recognition.
FAQs
How much is a brand design package?
Our brand designs start at $2500.
How do we get started with my logo and brand design?
We will send you a creative design brief that will kick off our strategy phase of the project. A deposit will also be required at this stage.
How long will my brand design take?
The entire process will typically take about a month to complete. We have our research and discovery time, design time, presentation, review and refinement, and package creation.
How many logo designs do I get?
We create and refine as many versions of a logo as necessary to get it right. We have been specializing in logo design for 15 years so our process is effective at getting to the mark as efficiently as possible.
Do you provide a discount if I need a website too?
Yes! Bundling your assets will give you a discount on your complete brand design package, but most importantly, help your branding to be as cohesive as possible. Additional design assets often requested with a brand design:
- website
- brochure
- social media image templates
- report design template
- business cards
Projects by Industry Type
Research departments, researchers + think tanks
Health, cannabis + psychedelic research branding
Creative + portfolio websites
Sales of products + services
The brand design process
Strategy + Research
- Our creative brief is completed, detailing your ideas and goals
- We research the landscape to provide you with more ideas and considerations
- We create a strategy presentation to review and discuss over Zoom
Stylescape Designs
- We create 2 stylescapes with unique visual schemes for your consideration
- The stylescapes present logo ideas, icon ideas, colours, typography and style elements (patterns + photography)
Refinement Stage
- We refine a stylescape, its logo and all accompanying assets until everything is perfect.
Brand Assets Packaged
- A style guide (PDF) is designed that has details of your logo, colours, fonts, patterns, with design examples to demonstrate how the brand design should be used
- Logos files are created in all standard usages .ai. .png, .jpg, light and dark versions, stacked, wide, icon etc.
Ready to get started?
Get in touch if our work speaks to you and we can help with your project.