Category: Social Media

  • Cafe Logo Design

    This is a case study for a cafe logo design for the Willow Barn Cafe based at Easton Farm Park near Woodbridge in Suffolk. The cafe is located at the Farm Park, but has become a destination in its own right, attracting visitors from the surrounding area who who use the cafe as a handy place to meet up.

    The logo reflects the willow plantation at the farm, next to the picturesque Deben river. Here the willow is cultivated and used in the manufacture of high end cricket bats which are then exported across the world. The cricket bat silhouette can be found in the logo which then forms part of the tree.

    Cafe Logo Design Menus

    The cafe logo design is then used on signage and menus, along with external advertising and posters. Above shows their spring menus which are supplied as PDFs for the cafe to print on demands. It can also be uploaded to the their website to give visitors an idea of what the cafe offers.

    Cafe Logo Design

    In order to separate the cafe from the farm park and help become established as a place to visit, even without children, it has its own colour palette and typefaces. The farm itself has now moved to a more child friendly brand giving the opportunity for the cafe to attract wider demographic with those looking for a great cafe with homemade food to meet friends during the day.

    Cafe Logo Design POS

    Above shows examples of the signage used in the farm and cafe. Left is the coffee menu, plus the blackboard to display the specials, and on the right is a sign explaining to the farm visitors how the cafe is changing to allow entrance even without tickets to the farm park.

    The logo is just the start of the brand, and having a Suffolk freelance graphic designer as part of your team will give you the continuity and expertise of a marketing agency for the fraction of the cost. Please get in touch if you have any questions about the logo design process and I’ll be happy to have a no obligation video call with you to explore your options.


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  • Logo Design Examples

    As a freelance graphic design from Suffolk, I have the privilege of being asked to be involved a huge range of products, from Start-ups, to established large organisations. The initial logo design and visual identity is a great way to set the tone ans how the businesses communicates to their customers. It is your chance to make a good first impression. Here are a few logo design examples completed over the last 12 months.

    Suffolk Painter Logo Design

    Logo Design Examples

    Simple yet effective logo for a local decorator. Using this new brand on direct mail leaflets, advertising and social media, this really helps them stand out from the crowd and gives potential customers an idea of their attention to detail.


    Logo example for Suffolk Cafe

    Logo design examples for the Willow Barn Cafe at Easton Farm Park. The logo references the willow trees grown near the Deben which are highly sought after in the use of cricket bats. The colour choices are designed to differentiate the cafe from the more primary colours used in the farm park to help attract a wider gae group to just use the cafe as a place to visit with friends and family.


    Mayhem logo design example

    Logo for a range of pyrotechnic products sold by Trafalgar Fireworks. The Mayhem name and range brings all these products into one famiuly making it easier to market and help with customer identification.


    Logo example of local building company

    social media support advertising and onsite hoardings

    Visual identity for building company based in East Anglia. These example show the advertising and social media support for marketing a new housing development in Brentwood.


    Logo design for specialists in financial markets search consultancy and website design project.


    Wellbeing logo design

    Logo design and visual identity for Suffolk based wellbeing start-up


    Logo Design Examples

    If you are involved in a start-up or an established company and need to have a logo designed, or your existing brand givena refresh, then please get in touch and I’ll be able to discuss your best options.


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  • Food Vendor Logo Design

    This food vendor logo design project was a great example of someone who has turned their passion into a viable and successful business. Staring off as just a hobby of curing their own meats, Dirty Dog Dorest have now grown into a company that supplies many farm shops and restaurants with their charcuterie products and have now expanded to a high end mobile pizza restaurant.

    The inspiration

    Food Vendor Logo Design project

    The inspiration for the logo was the owners dog, an important companion and employee. The logo was designed to act a seal around the products as well being able to operate as roundel on it’s own for the main brand. It also had to be designed with the pizza restaurant in mind, so needed to be flexible enough to retain its identity with alternative text added.

    Food Vendor Logo Design examples

    Logo in use on a leaflet, business cards and T-Shirt

    Dirty Dog Dorset charcuterie

    Christmas cured meat

    Dirty Dog salami

    Christmas charcuterie products

    The logo and brand design was rolled out over a series of products, website and additional marketing material.

    Food Vendor Logo Design restaurant

    Pizza version of the logo

    Final Food Vendor Logo Design

    Above are the initial visuals. the pizza version of the Dirty Dog logo and the final set-up.

    Food Vendor Logo Design Project

    Alongside the cured meat products, Dirty Dog Dorset purchased a Streamline trailer and opened a mobile pizza restaurant. Using a special multi-pizza oven imported from Italy, they travel the country attending fairs, festivals, corporate events and weddings. As well as the food vendor logo design project, this is also example of vehicle graphics. Liaising the install team, artwork was produced based on Photoshop visuals which had been signed off by the client.

    The logo was designed to be used a stencil as it was envisaged to be used on multiple colours and textures. It also gave us the opportunity to explore physically branding the logo onto wooden chopping boards and pizza stones in order to extend the brand into merchandising.

    With the cured meats and pizza restaurant now successful it opens the possibility of having more trailers to extend the customer base and attend multiple events on the same weekends. This could be beneficial given the seasonality of the outside pizza offer.

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    If you have need for a freelance designer to help you with either a logo design project, brand development ideas or vehicle graphics, please get in touch,


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  • Christmas Retail Campaign

    Christmas is an important part of any retail operation and forms a vital part of overall annual sales. It is therefore vital to maximise this opportunity as many other campaigns throughout the year depend on the financial success of the holiday period. A well planned and executed Christmas retail campaign could make or break your year ahead.

    Banham Zoo use this time to promote a Santa experience to generate extra revenue, plus engage with the increased visitor numbers and promote their important conservation activities.

    The event included a Santa’s grotto, which incorporated a lot of the educational and conservation messages important to ZSEA. The visitors were invited to participate with craft activities and make a bird feeder to help the local bird population over Christmas. This important campaign was designed to show visitors that conservation is just as important in their own back gardens as the work ZSEA undertake. The local bird population is struggling and anything that the visitors could learn, the better chance they have. BBC article on the declining wild birds in British gardens >>

    Christmas Retail Campaign social media activity

    Social media posts showing the Santa image with birds. The challenge was then how to bring these elements across al aspects of the event, from signage, adverts and promotional material.

    Christmas wayfinder design

    Wayfinders and promotional posters using the Santa image or using the background moon/colours. This allowed the zoo to clearly identify which areas had been repurposed for the Christmas experience.

    Christmas Retail Campaign for food outlets

    Alongside the main attractions, the Christmas retail campaign included some food outlets being used for seasonal offers such as snacks and hot chocolates. A separate style was rolled out for some kiosks to given them their own identity.

    Retail examples

    Examples of retail activity. TV screen which is positioned behind the main ticket area, POS example upselling Christmas toys and a series of baubles which were presented on a real tree within the main retail area allowing visitors to buy experience gifts for Christmas.

    Do you have a Christmas Retail Campaign?

    If you want to develop a Christmas retail campaign and need help from a freelance graphic designer based in Suffolk, then please drop me a line and we can talk.


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