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We are lukecharles, a design collaborative
based in London. We create bespoke,
engaging and effective solutions for
companies of all sizes, all around the world:
from branding, digital, editorial, exhibition,
illustration, packaging to print design.A network of creative talent allows us to
offer our clients innovative and appropriate
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We believe fantastic thinking and design
are significant tools in delivering the
ambition of our clients.Together these can be used to achieve an
organisation’s objectives and redefine
the measure of success within its sector.In projects from small to large we can be
adaptive to your needs and budget.
Our collaborative enables us to stand out
and be different; delivering the very best
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With a combined experience of 20 years,
Luke Gifford and Charles Taylor met at
the world’s leading brand consultancy,
Wolff Olins, forming lukecharles in 2009.While at Wolff Olins they worked together
on many iconic projects, none so widely
discussed as their first collaboration — the
brand for London 2012.Since forming, lukecharles have partnered
with internationally acclaimed digital
studio Universal Everything in the first
re-brand of MTV International for 27 years.With big thinking and an unrivalled passion for design, the lukecharles’ ever-expanding network uses the very best
talent in a streamlined approach for each commission. This allows for a uniquely exciting and adaptive process: consistently different, consistently appropriate, delivered by the founders with one consistent direction.lukecharles welcomes all sizes and types of projects, and offers in return an unparalleled ambition to deliver the most effective creative solution for their clients.
Art direction
Brand expression
Brand strategy
Identities
Moving image
Illustration
Posters
Brochures
Books
Stationery
Packaging
Information graphics
Interactive installations
Interiors
Exhibitions
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Bupa
“lukecharles have created a global expression that is consistent with our healthcare aspirations and relevant to the needs of different audiences, with the ability to influence customer perception — making Bupa more attractive and accessible and, ultimately, generating commercial returns.”
Sarah Stevens —
Head of Brand Expression at Bupa“We needed to update our look and feel to be in line with the role Bupa plays in people’s lives, and to have a distinctive identity that would stand out in the marketplace. lukecharles have helped us to create a completely new conversation with our customers through a strong identity system that helps
us to focus on customers. It’s a complete transformation from
where we were two years ago.”Fiona McAnena —
Global Brand Director at Bupa“In a rapidly changing world, with more complex and growing customer expectations of healthcare provision, Bupa must
build on 60 years of healthcare leadership to become a trusted
and relevant healthcare partner for today’s challenges.With a consistent approach around the world, behaving as
‘One Bupa’, we will build a brand that is both recognised and valued as being truly engaged in our customer’s lives, wherever and whenever they encounter us.”Martin George —
Managing Director,
Group Development at Bupa
National Trust“Luke and Charles led the creative with an unstinting desire
to deliver the right solution to our challenge. The task of refreshing the brand expression of such a large, devolved organisation as the Trust is huge; Luke and Charles worked tirelessly with great skill, humour and impeccable project management to make it happen.”Craig Robson —
Design and Visual Identity Manager,
National Trust (Whole Trust)“The Catering identity has allowed us to communicate our
fresh local seasonal message over in an exciting way showing
the individuality of each property without bombarding the customer with too much information.”Lynda Brewer —
Catering Project Specialist
National Trust
MTV“Working with lukecharles on the MTV Worldwide Re-brand Styleguide gave it structure, coherence and a supreme attention to detail.”
Matt Pyke —
Founder Universal Everything
Booz & Company“You hit the ball out of the park…”
Shumeet Banerji —
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‘Your healthcare partner providing expertise for life.’
For over 60 years Bupa has been at the heart of providing leading-edge healthcare services to over 10 million customers in 190 countries with a further 20 million lives served by Health Dialog. In a highly competitive market Bupa wanted to re-establish itself as the leader, the expert and become more accessible to customers.
By unifying one Bupa and creating a new dialogue with its customers, the flexibility of the modular system and its visual elements combined, creates a powerful platform for the brand expression to engage, surprise and reflect the diverse and ever expanding ‘world of Bupa’ allowing for constant reappraisal.
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The National Trust Catering identity is designed to act as an authentic platform for each property that is reflective of the honest ethos at the heart of the Trust. Turning convention on its head,
the catering identity is confidently quiet allowing the key messages to take centre stage.For many people, the experience of eating and drinking at a National Trust property is an essential part of their visit. Key to this experience is creating an inviting and engaging environment that communicates the unique messages
on offer: ‘taste the seasons’, ‘love local’
and ‘made here today’.Inspired by the original signage found in the Trust gardens across the country,
a unique and bespoke signage system
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Luke and Charles, founders of lukecharles led the creative and art direction of this project while at Wolff Olins.
From an institution to an organisation for the future, the new identity for the National Trust builds on shared experiences and an inclusivity that makes the Trust ownable by everyone.
The National Trust looks after a breathtaking number and variety of beautiful and historic places. Each place, distinctive, memorable and special to people for different reasons.
The visual style is designed to welcome and inspire, communicating the Trust as an enabler, allowing both ‘place’ and ‘supporter’ to take centre stage. This platform invites people to experience the National Trust: to visit, explore, respond, collaborate, join, give, volunteer and take part.
A contemporary organisation that helps people belong to places, and places belong to people.
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Universal Everything were asked to create an international re-brand for MTV, the
first ever for the non-US network. For 27 years MTV has challenged the norm and denoted the boundaries. The task was
to re-establish the iconic brand as the
one-and-only for pop culture. The ‘viewer’ is dying, long live the ‘user’.We were commissioned by Universal Everything, to communicate the digital
re-brand ‘Pop x 1000%’ where a range of emotions are pushed to the extreme; Joy x 1000%, Speed x 1000%, Love x 1000%… through a set of four international styleguides. We designed a 16:9 grid that stayed true to the medium of screen and aligned the two core visual themes of the re-brand — the logo, which is ‘always on’ and a ‘universe of content beyond the screen’. -
Luke and Charles, founders of lukecharles led the creative and art direction of this project while at Wolff Olins.
Edwin Booz defined the management consultancy profession when he launched his business in 1914.
Booz Allen Hamilton decided to separate the United States government business from the global commercial business.
This provided the opportunity to re-launch
a near-century old brand.In May 2008, Booz & Company was launched, a new name for the founders of the management consultancy profession.
Its purpose and identity is powerfully embodied in the brand, which is a platform for the company to show and share
its unique expertise. It is a space for foresight, knowledge and impact, consistently creating and delivering essential advantage. This idea provides
a powerful platform for the company to refocus around its intellectual capital and the experience of its people — essential in today’s fundamentally different business environment.