About

Lark is a branding and design agency that creates, evolves and refreshes brands. Whether you want to reach a new audience or delight loyal customers, if you're looking for unique ideas that make an impact, you'll love the way we do things.

Case studies

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The words 'How do you take the physical into a digital world?' in white text on a darkened collage of images.
White text on a darkened image of a 20-something man that reads 'How do you speak to a new audience?'

Process

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You want your brand to look good. But you’re here because you want it to mean something too. Before we create anything, we look for the little spark that makes it different, or exciting, or inspiring. That’s where we’ll find our idea – and how we’ll help your brand take flight.

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The best projects start with good conversations, so we listen to your ideas and take time to understand what you need. And we’re not afraid to ruffle feathers. If we disagree, or think we could do something better, we’ll say so. Because honest, collaborative relationships lead to better work.

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Thoughtful design and branding relies on in-depth understanding of who you are, what you do and why. We ask lots of questions to uncover the heart of your brand, then turn what we find into a clear creative strategy.

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What that strategy becomes depends on the project. It could be a new brand identity, or a campaign concept. A website refresh or exhibition display. Whatever it is, we’ll work closely with you on the designs before delivering the artwork, guidelines, or build.

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But we don’t always work alone. When needed, we call on our talented flock of strategists, designers, developers, animators, illustrators, and writers to build a bespoke team for your project.

Kind words

  • “We love what has been delivered and wouldn’t hesitate to work with Lark again in future!”

    Emma Hopkins — Learning Specialist, Ordnance Survey

  • “Lark provided inspiration, creativity and exquisite skill in crafting and developing our new brand.”

    Sara Hope and Emily Cosgrove — Co-founders, Conversation Space

  • “Working with a smaller agency made us feel valued as clients and they were always on hand to answer questions or respond to any challenges quickly and professionally”

    Sean White — Marketing & Communications Coordinator, England Lacrosse

  • “They channelled our values and how we’d like to be perceived into something super clever and, frankly, totally adorable. I can’t imagine ever getting bored of it.”

    Sophie Titcomb — Founder and lead copywriter, Yarn

  • “Lark are a real partner. From the first conversation they got right to the heart of what we were looking to achieve for our brand.”

    Bryony Simpson — Founder, Engineers for Pioneers

  • “As a client I felt that Lark really understood what I was wanting to convey with my business, I would highly recommend their services.”

    James Coutts — Owner, JCStrength

  • “Lark guided us through a structured process to identify our skills as individuals, and to distil our ideas into a coherent mission statement.”

    Julia Olisa — Co-founder, Literacy100

  • “Working with Lark was a great experience and not only did they understand what we were looking to achieve, the brand created far exceeded our expectations.”

    Nigel Hargreaves — Owner, Homesite

The studio

The front of a red-brick mews building photographed on a bright and sunny day. A bright blue sky with wisps of cloud are above it.

Every project’s led by our founder: Keith Hancox, a designer with more than 15 years’ experience working for leading brands and agencies.

Over the years he’s designed for Royal Mail, Waitrose, Boots, The National Trust, KPMG and others. He even worked on Deloitte’s global rebrand. But he founded Lark to leave the red tape and bottlenecks behind and get back to what he loved: working personally with clients to build thoughtful brands that both look good, and mean something too.

You’ll find him doing exactly that from a bright and airy studio in Leamington Spa. Our home in the Old Coach House is a great spot to settle in and talk about your ideas. And it’s not much of a trip — the historic spa town is less than an hour from Birmingham and just a bit further to London.

Our clients

It’s not all about the big names for us. We just like to work on interesting brands with interesting people. So, our client list is as varied as our portfolio.

University of Cambridge logo
Literacy100 logo
Conversation Space logo
Place2Be logo
Tick Tock logo
British Lacrosse logo
University of Oxford logo
Knit Nights logo
Waitrose Supplier Partnership Group logo
Yarn logo
Dragonfly Tea logo
England Lacrosse logo
Ordnance Survey logo
Stak logo
JCStrength logo

Our services

Website development, exhibition design, or creating a new brand identity from scratch – whatever you need, we know how to make it soar.

Branding

Art direction
Brand audit
Brand guidelines
Brand identity
Brand strategy
Copywriting
Naming
Rebranding

Print

Campaign creation
Editorial design
Exhibition design
Graphic design
Large format graphics
Packaging
Signage and wayfinding
Stationery

Digital

Animation
Digital campaigns
Email marketing
Social media
Presentation templates
UI/UX
Website design
Wireframing