Ben Brannan
Design & Branding

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Selected Clients


Full case studies on request

Rowden Technologies
Brand identity, logo creation, design & art direction

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Ben has worked with Rowden for years, during which time we’ve grown from a handful of romantics into one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies. Throughout that journey, he’s helped elevate our brand from a set of ideas into a core part of our intellectual property.

– Rob Harper, Founder, Rowden Technologies

Minerva Intelligence & Sunday Briefing
Brand identity, logo creation, design & art direction

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Working with Ben on the Minerva brand identity and Sunday Briefing app was a joy. He understood exactly what we wanted to achieve and created something elegant, distinctive and perfectly suited to our audience. The process was seamless, efficient and considered down to the finest detail.

– Michele Lavery, Sunday Briefing

Rapha Racing LTD
Launches and publications

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I have worked with Ben on a variety of commercial and editorial projects. He has a talent for taking complicated ideas, often with conflicting stakeholders, and crafting designs defined by simplicity and longevity. His creative, adaptable and scalable solutions provide real added value, and he brings a calm authority I find invaluable.

– Mark MacKenzie, Head of Editorial, Rapha Racing,

Voor.kennis for Het Financieele Dagblad
Relaunch, design and art direction with Mark Porter associates

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“With ‘Voor.kennis’, the weekend newspaper of the future is already being printed.”

– Judging Panel, European Newspaper Awards

Wall Street Journal and NTT
Design and art direction

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About

Rowden Technologies

Distilling complex narratives into clear, engaging design, Ben Brannan is an independent designer and brand consultant specialising in brand identity and visual systems.

Working with rapidly scaling tech companies, editorial brands and blue-chip clients, Ben collaborates directly with founders and leadership teams to establish and evolve visual identities that become part of their brand DNA.

Across short-, medium- and long-term engagements, he embeds closely within a client’s business, ensuring their strategic ambitions are reflected across every aspect of their brand’s visual language.

Contact

ben@studiobrannan

Created in collaboration with Mark Porter Associates, the design and development of Voor.kennis (‘prior knowledge’) for Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) reimagined how compelling design could support analysis of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. Created for a discerning business audience, as part of a wider redesign that saw FD Weekend named European Newspaper of the Year.

● Rapha

Design direction and development of print communications for Rapha, the international luxury cycling and lifestyle brand. Crafting premium, brand-in-the-hand projects to engage and grow Rapha’s international community, Studio Brannan helped extend Rapha’s vision through magazines, newspapers and books, and across its global network of stores.

About me

“Ben has worked with Rowden for years, during which time we’ve grown from a handful of romantics into one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies. Throughout that journey, he’s helped elevate our brand from a set of ideas into a core part of our intellectual property.”

Rob Harper, Founder, Rowden technologies

“I have worked with Studio Brannan on a variety of projects, both commercial and editorial. Ben has a talent for taking complicated ideas and issues, often with conflicting stakeholders, and crafting designs characterised by simplicity and longevity. Offering creative, adaptable and, crucially, scalable solutions, he provides genuine added-value and cut-through; he also brings a calm authority I find invaluable.”

Mark MacKenzie, Head of Editorial, Rapha Racing,

“Working with Ben on both the launch of the Minerva brand identity and the app for Sunday Briefing was a complete joy. He completely understood what we were trying to achieve and created something that was extremely elegant, fitting perfectly with both the brand and the audience we needed to reach. It was a seamless and efficient process, as he had thought through every last detail while still delivering bold and distinctive designs.”

Michele Lavery, Sunday Briefing

“With ‘Voor.kennis’, the weekend newspaper of the future is already being printed.”

Judging panel, European Newspaper awards

About

Distilling complex narratives into clear, engaging design, Studio Brannan’s close collaboration with clients enables us to achieve results that become part of their brand DNA.