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Our PHilosophy

Change is a fact of life—business or personal—that often comes with major, long run implications

And with change being the only constant, we understand what this means for businesses in all sectors. For some companies, it is the bane of their existence; for others, an opportunity. No matter which camp you fall under, we’re here to help you weather these changes. 

With our trained specialists and investigators, we help you make more apt changes to your functional and communication efforts – from the more ground-level changes up to the heart of your strategies.

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When's the best time to act on change?

Needs almost always change, and when that happens, not only should supplier capabilities change; brands, too, must change. But when should you decide to go for full-scale overhaul of your identity in an everchanging environment?

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Mission

We help African professional services firms establish enduring, flexible corporate and service brands. We’re slated to be the company of choice for corporate and service brand identity development and management.

Our Vision

As the go-to corporate brand design firm, we ensure that Design8 is the professional services firm’s most meaningful, stable and lasting partner by delivering an unbeatable design experience.

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Our History and Development

Our founding director first took a stab at this venture in 2017, established the first official business in 2018 and ratified the business that you know today in 2022. The idea behind this firm crystalized about late 2021, initialising our 3-year R&D journey that began in 2022.

Initially, we were a symbol-intensive corporate identity firm. However, leveraging visual design solely isn’t enough to generate nor sustain the authenticity and distinctiveness required for any business to thrive.

Over the years, we developed and designed (and now manage) new services and attendant sub-process within the remit of brand identity development and management. We’re now able to better identify with your specific needs and match our services accordingly, acting at all levels of your firm’s operations and identities.

The Result

A multi-disciplinary, corporate brand design firm

We’ve invested the last 3 years in researching and developing new services, reengineering processes and refining our qualities. We did this so that we can absolutely identify with your needs and focus the entire organisation on meeting them. We’ve now risen to a multi-disciplinary, corporate brand design firm. What does this mean for you?

Corporate Brand Design

We ensure that your organisational identity, corporate identity, image and reputation sing in harmony, fuelling your business strategy.

Multi-disciplinary

Our cross-disciplinary approach combines inside-out and outside-in thinking, helping you to effectively create and communicate an authentic and credible identity to all stakeholders.

How can we help you today

Have any questions? We are always happy to talk about your business, new projects, brand opportunities and how we can help you.