Welcome to Direct Design
public sector
Direct Design are one of the principal partners in the Catalist accredited QS Consortium...
health
We’ve been involved in a wide variety of health related products and communication since we worked on some of the earliest Nurofen packs in the 70s...
technology
It’s a wonderfully complex technical world … and most of us don’t have a hope of understanding it...
corporates
You might think that people in larger enterprises would be very different to work with but usually they are not...
smaller businesses
Or maybe we should call them personality businesses. Many reflect the nature and personality of their owners...
The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) supports the police service by providing expertise in areas as diverse as information and communications technology, support to information and intelligence sharing, core police processes, managing change and recruiting, developing and deploying people.
public sector — Direct Design are one of the principal partners in the Catalist accredited QS Consortium, a group of small businesses who have achieved a pre-qualified framework agreement with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to work on public sector business under EU legislation. This essentially means that we can both tender and work with public sector clients under the terms of our framework without the need to resubmit our credentials every time. This saves public sector buyers time and expense and assures delivery.
Celebrity chefs have created some thoughtful and healthy menus for the Prostate Cancer Charity and the men you love. Photographs: Georgia Glynn-Smith.
health —We’ve been involved in a wide variety of health related products and communication since we worked on some of the earliest Nurofen packs in the 70s. Now we are more concerned with prevention rather than cure, which means getting to grips with the biology and health claims of a wide variety of pills and potions, making sure that we are putting the right messages across to a very sensitive market. This area is now much more life style conscious and has become mainstream as more consumers look for alternative remedies.
'I have worked with Direct Design for more than 15 years enlisting their invaluable support with a wide range of projects and brands that include almost all the marketing materials for Kwai Garlic, a complete rebranding of an independent day surgery, patient communications and developing corporate ID for a healthcare group. Direct Design are in my experience, so much more than a design agency – they think, they initiate and they understand. They always answer the brief to give you exactly what you want, not what they think you ought to have.' - Sonia Job, Marketing In Practice
iipay are a payroll solutions provider serving clients across the globe.
technology — It’s a wonderfully complex technical world … and most of us don’t have a hope of understanding it. But most of the technology has been designed to achieve a purpose and this seems to get buried in the gobbledegook about how it does it rather than what benefit it actually brings. So we try and simplify things, to understand what the benefits are and get those across in a way that we can all understand.
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Atkins are the most popular graduate employer in their sector.
corporates — You might think that people in larger enterprises would be very different to work with but usually they are not. As ever, it comes down to having a successful working relationship with the individuals who you are actually supporting. Marketing and communications is normally seen as a corporate service function and the teams have to push quite hard to roll out projects against a tide of apathy or even open resistance to change. But businesses have now realised that good communication can actually deliver real business value and that if it isn’t effective, the business can suffer. Corporates are now employing more talented, qualified professionals who understand the value of design to the business and are great to work with.
We’re hooked!
smaller businesses — Or maybe we should call them personality businesses. Many reflect the nature and personality of their owners. There is always a great deal more than time and money being invested on their part and opinions are often expressed as emotions. We have to step back and be practical and make sure that we are recommending the best business decision rather than a personal preference.
More than anything else though, there is always terrific enthusiasm and energy to make things happen, especially with the new businesses where there may not actually be anything more to go on than a good idea and a dream.
