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30.10.24
Design Week | Persona Article

Our founders, Cat and Rog How, were interviewed by Design Week on whether they think User personas help create better designs →

29.10.24
Creative Review | Are creatives undervaluing themselves?

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed by Creative Review on knowing your worth and how that translates into getting paid fairly.

27.10.24
Cat speaks @ Brand New Conference

Our founder, Cat How, premieres our new Wild Thingz and Chester Zoo brands at the Brand New Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mindsparkle Magazine feature Wild Things
23.10.24
Mindsparkle Magazine | Wild Thingz

Our rebrand for Wild Thingz has made it onto Mindsparkle Magazine this week :)

22.10.24
Brand New | Wild Thingz

Our rebrand for Wild Thingz has landed a great review in Brand New: Under Consideration.

22.10.24
Cat is D&AD Shift Mentor

We're so thrilled that our founder, Cat How, is working with D&AD Shift as their program mentor: helping students from non-traditional design backgrounds break into the creative industry.

LA Tech Week @ Patagonia
17.10.24
LA Tech Week @ Patagonia

Our event at Patagonia Santa Monica was a huge success with Nina Arshagouni (Cash App) and Nick Barham (FNDR).

15.10.24
Creative Review | Wild Thingz

Creative Review feature our new rebrand for challenger candy brand Wild Thingz: calling it 'A scary Identity for a Sweet Brand'

15.10.24
Creative Boom | Wild Thingz

Veteran design publication, Creative Boom, have featured our rebrand for Wild Thingz. Punk, not junk all the way.

15.10.24
Bronze @ Brand Impact Awards 2024

We've won Bronze at the Brand Impact Awards 2024 for our work on the Aruba Conservation Foundation rebrand!

08.10.24
POV Budapest

Cat just returned from speaking at POV Budapest, where she talked about the importance of brand narrative and being brave.

06.10.24
Anti-Trend

Our founder, Cat How, recently spoke at Canva about Type Trends. We took the position of being playfully anti-trend—arguing that a brand should never be built on a trendy, transient typeface. Here's some creative from the talk.

03.10.24
GetEven 02 | Make Yourself Heard

Our second GetEven has landed. Our Priyjah Paramasivam, will be joined by coaches and co-founders of Concrete Wall Club, Carol-Anne Ward and Chloe Lowe, to talk about rewriting insecurity, body language and making yourself heard.

02.10.24
GetEven | Creative Boom

Katy Cowan interviews our founder, Cat How, in a feature on our GetEven initiative: a pro-bono, studio-funded program designed to support women in the creative industry.

30.09.24
Cat How speaks @ Type Trends

What is type saying to us in 2024? Our founder, Cat How, talks and joins a panel at Monotype's Type Trends evening at Canva in London.

30.09.24
The Drum | GetEven

The Drum’s new columnist, Nat Maher, features our new GetEven initiative and explores why there are so few women in design leadership positions.

27.09.24
Cat speaking @ Design Layers

Our founder, Cat How, is speaking at Design Layers—Readymag's online conference—where she'll be looking at aligning ethics, creativity and business goals.

17.09.24
SoHo House | What's your Story?

Our founders, Cat and Rog How, are doing a two-part workshop and brand strategy course at SoHo House West Hollywood in October. Stay tuned for a link to sign up!

16.09.24
Football Beyond Borders

Our team at How&How are participating in this year's Studio Super Cup: 5-a-side football tournament for design studios. In the run up, we've a £500 fundraising target to hit, all of which will be donated to charity, Football Beyond Borders →

13.09.24
GetEven | Know Your Worth

Our first studio-initiated GetEven session empowering female creatives kicks off with Nina Arshagouni (ex H&H) talking to financial coaches Alina Burlacu and Mykail James about Finances.

12.09.24
Cat talks @ D&AD Shift

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, will be giving a talk to the students of D&AD's Shift Program in October.

Wombles Key Chain
11.09.24
Brand New Review | Wombles

We're thrilled to have a first-class review of our rebrand for The Wombles in Brand New: Under Consideration. High fives all round!

10.09.24
Blaze Type | Wombles

Independent type design foundry, Blaze Type, feature our rebrand for The Wombles in a case study for their typeface, Kyle.

10.09.24
LA Tech Week @ Patagonia

After our sell-out talk at Patagonia in Santa Monica last year, we’re back with another event for LA Tech Week 2024. Our speakers come from Patagonia, CashApp and FNDR. Sign up now →

09.09.24
Fonts in Use | Wombles

Veteran typography publication, Fonts in Use, have featured our use of Nordvest; Kyle and Alkaline typefaces in our latest rebrand of the Wombles.

08.09.24
Design by Women | Mothers in Design

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed as part of an article looking at pioneering Mothers in Design.

07.09.24
Creative Bloq | Wombles

Creative Bloq feature our rebrand for the Wombles, finding it a "cosy blast of nostalgia".

07.09.24
Creative Boom | Wombles

Legendary design publication, Creative Boom, feature our latest rebrand for The Wombles.

06.09.24
Business of Creativity | Wombles

Sir John Heggarty's Business of Creativity featured our Wombles rebrand, citing the need for more of the grassroots environmental activism the characters' pioneer.

05.09.24
Creative Review | Wombles

Our recent 'glow up' rebrand for The Wombles has been featured in Creative Review.

04.09.24
Talk @ iMax Headquarters

Rog & Cat were invited to talk about brand narrative and storytelling to the creative team at the iMax Headquarters in LA.

02.09.24
It's Nice That | Wombles

It's Nice That have featured our 'suitably charming' rebrand for the Wombles.

28.08.24
H&H 2024 Speaking Agenda

We’re all over Europe and the US in the coming months. If you’re around, do come and say hi!

26.08.24
The Drum | LA here we come!

The Drum features our exciting expansion to LA! Check out our interview here →

05.08.24
Kittl Podcast

Our founders, Cat & Rog How, spoke to Drew Wilson from Kittl on creating visually memorable brands, covering everything from the creative process to finalizing a brand identity. Listen here →

25.07.24
Cat speaking @ Web Summit 2024

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon and will be the MC at the Creative Summit Stage.

02.07.24
Cat How @ POV Budapest

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed by The Brand Identity about her upcoming lecture at POV Budapest in September. Check it out →

12.06.24
BP&O feature our work for Hometree

BP&O feature our "visually uplifting", "striking" and "beautiful" rebrand for Hometree.

30.05.24
GetEven: call for coaches!

We've been working on our community's feedback for GetEven: our free mentorship program for women, by women. We're now looking for professional coaches before we release the final line-up!

28.05.24
Creative Boom | Pachama

Creative Boom has featured our rebrand for Pachama, a leader in carbon removal and nature restoration.

24.05.24
Cat How @ All Flows 2024

Our Founder, Cat How spoke at the 2024 All Flows Design Conference in London. It featured an incredible lineup of international speakers, creative thinkers, artists & innovators!

23.05.24
The Brand Identity | Yum Bun

Our rebrand for Yum Bun was featured in The Brand Identity's "Eight Brands with the Cutest Mascots".

22.05.24
LSN:Global | ACF rebrand

LSN:Global showcase our new rebrand for Aruba Conservation Foundation, an organisation speaking up for the interests of local ecosystems and reminding locals of their ties with the land.

22.05.24
We're 4!

We’ve turned 4! And we’re raising a glass to another exciting year ahead 🥳🥂 (can anyone see the hidden 4 here too?)

21.05.24
Cat Speaking @ Brand New Conference

Our Founder, Cat How, is speaking at the Brand New Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. BNC is a two-day event focused on brand identity featuring "influential practitioners from around the globe".

20.05.24
The Subtext | ACF rebrand

The Subtext features our verbal identity for the Aruba Conservation Foundation.

07.05.24
Kittl Podcast

Our founder, Rog How, was interviewed by Drew from Kittl on the importance of branding and how discovery is the most vital step in understanding your clients needs. Find the full episode here →

03.05.24
The Top Floor Podcast

Our founder, Cat How, talks to Colin Crooks MBE on running How&How and 're-imagining creativity'. Find the full episode here →

02.05.24
Creative Bloq | ACF rebrand

Creative Bloq feature our "transformative rebrand" for Aruba Conservation Foundation.

01.05.24
Brand New | ACF rebrand

Brand New have featured our latest rebrand for Aruba Conservation Foundation!

Aruba National Park Rebrand
30.04.24
Creative Review | ACF Rebrand

Creative Review have featured our latest rebrand for the Aruba Conservation Foundation, celebrating how our work "gives nature a voice".

17.04.24
Get Even

Calling the next gen of female leaders! We're launching GetEven, a free mentorship program for women, by women.

04.04.24
Happy 404 Day!

It's National 404 Day... the origins of which came from making mistakes—which we thought was fun. Here's to making mistakes, and celebrating them!

03.04.24
Leaders of Great Britain

Our founder, Cat How, has been invited to Parliament to speak with Lord Blunkett, as part of Leaders of Great Britain.

02.04.24
The Brand Identity | Biozeroc

Our rebrand for materials innovation (bio-concrete) company, Biozeroc, has been featured on The Brand Identity.

29.03.24
New Studio!

We've moved to a beautiful new studio in Shoreditch, London! Finally :)

28.03.24
BP&O feature our work for Pachama

Pachama's logo - the symbiosis of nature, technology and community - has been featured in BP&O as one of the very best in contemporary logo design.

08.03.24
The Brand Identity | Health & Wellness

The Brand Identity features our Emm rebrand in it's article 'Eight Identities for Health and Wellness'.

08.03.24
Creative Bloq | Gender in the Design Industry

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, offers her thoughts on 'the baby question', leadership, pay gaps and more.

05.03.24
International Women's Day Round Table

Cat joins Mustard's Creative Industries Round Table for a discussion on women in the workforce as part of International Women's Day.

05.03.24
Let's Spark Podcast

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, talks creative equity with Natasha Smith-Langridge and Lucy Doolan on the Let's Spark Podcast.

Thank you post!
29.02.24
Thank you!

A little thank you from us to all the 1000's of people who applied to our open roles in the last few weeks! We are honoured and truly grateful for the response 🙏

21.02.24
Offcuts

There's always so much beautiful creative that ends up on the cutting room floor... But we're flying the flag for The Rejects! Here's some work for a recent project that ended up cut.

09.02.24
Cat's interview with Readymag

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Readymag about maintaining a work-life balance and how it feels to be a design leader.

22.01.24
Secrets Behind World's Coolest Agencies

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Future London Academy on what makes creative founders unique. Cat talks of turning the reality of 'what is...' into the tantalising prospect of 'what could be...'

19.01.24
All Flows Festival 2024

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at the All Flows Festival. The conference delivers an expanded programme of talks and workshops between May 22-24, plus film screenings and social events.

08.01.24
Award-winning Year!

We scooped a bunch of awards in Brand New's Year in Review 2023! Thanks to our incredible team at How&How.

01.01.24
Happy New Year!

Welcome 2024! What have you in store for us...?

06.12.23
No time for Greenwashing: Brands need a New Way to Talk about Sustainability

Greenwashing is wearing thin. As the climate crisis gets realer than real, consumers are becoming increasingly switched-on and savvy when it comes to environmental issues. What can Brands do about it?

30.11.23
Cat features on the My Life in Design Podcast

Cat spoke to Claire Blythe from the ‘My Life in Design Podcast’ on her route into design. Cat runs us through her career so far, from journalism, to building and selling creative businesses and how it prepared her to launch How&How during lockdown.

29.11.23
How&How 3D

What better thing to squash than our logo? 3D explorations from the studio.

23.11.23
Cat features on Creative Boom

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Creative Boom on the importance of soft people skills, winning friends and influencing people.

14.11.23
Cat speaks @ Web Summit

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, opened the Creatiff Stage Web Summit in Lisbon, then MCd it for the rest of the morning. She spoke about her journey through creativity and how it instilled a passion to liberate ideas the world deserves — using creativity as a vessel of meaning, and a building block of culture.

13.11.23
Systems Thinking

Because our minds are better at creating ideas than storing them, we create adaptable toolkits that not only give brand teams everything they need to effectively manage their brand, but empower them to work autonomously. Read more here!

07.11.23
Rog speaks @ Hotsauce, NYC

Could you build a brand which lasts 7,000 years? Our founder Rog How looked at this and much more in his talk on 'Designing for Possibility' at Hotjar's #Hotsauceconference in New York City this week 🔥

24.10.23
Creative Review | Sustainable Brands

Freetree, Biozeroc and Hometree all feature on Creative Review’s ‘The Changing Face of Sustainable Branding’ which explores how the visual language around sustainability is evolving.

19.10.23
Cat judges & speaks @ ADC*LI

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, judged the ACE*LI Awards in Vilnius, Lithuania and was invited to do a talk afterwards. She also presented the Design Awards to the winners at the end of the two-day event, and can't wait to see what they get up to next!

16.10.23
Brand New | Hometree

Brand New — Under Consideration feature our new identity for Hometree to rave reviews in “No Countree for Old Boilers”

11.10.23
Creative Boom | Hometree

Creative Boom have featured our colourful rebrand for Hometree - loving our riff on Maple the tree mascot as a ‘transition companion’

11.10.23
Cat speaking @ Web Summit 2023

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon.

11.10.23
Design Week | Hometree

Design Week features our playful rebrand for Hometree, a residential energy service transitioning its move towards a cleaner, greener energy.

27.09.23
Visa Sponsorship @ H&H

We’ve been firmly anti-Brexit. Firmly anti Trump’s Wall. Firmly anti-borders at all to be quite honest. That’s why we help sponsor the VISAs of all full-timers at How&How at our different studio locations. Borders are there to be broken ✌️

20.09.23
Cat talks @ ADC*E Awards

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, will give a keynote speech at the ADC*E Awards in Vilnius this October. Her talk, The Never-Ending Story, looks at how to build memorable brands that people not only understand and recognise, but rally behind.

20.09.23
Cat How interviewed on Design by Women

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, was recently asked by Design by Women to give her opinion on whether she believes the design industry is ageist. Here are some of her thoughts...

18.09.23
Cat's Judging @ ADC*E Awards

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, has been asked to judge the Design category of the ADC*E Awards in Vilnius this year.

06.09.23
Golden Oak Rebrand

A rebrand for Golden Oak: a transformational school that combines both educational and psychedelic therapeutic practices to develop human intuition and an animistic relationship with the Natural world.

Letting the Ideas in...
31.08.23
Letting the Ideas in...

What distinguishes a great brand identity from a good one? Here's our take on it...

30.08.23
Cat How talks @ Typocircle

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, will talk at Typocircle (London) on how we do, what we do at How&How. Find tickets here ↗️

23.08.23
Kato Rebrand

Swap hassle, for hustle! Our latest work for Kato (formerly Least and AgentsInsight) celebrates the simplicity of blocks and docs.

16.08.23
The Drum | Biozeroc

The Drum believed in boring by featuring our latest cleantech project for Biozeroc: "Why a branding agency set out to make ‘boring’ carbon-neutral concrete cool."

15.08.23
Recycling Illustrations

Illustrations we’ve been working on for a household name, now manifesting into a recycling-focused fashion brand. All illys are of scraps of household waste that can be upcycled or reused. 

09.08.23
It's Nice That | Biozeroc

Design publication, It's Nice That, enjoy how we've avoided "an overly 'friendly or soft'” look in their write-up about our bio-concrete rebrand, Biozeroc.

03.08.23
LS:N Global | Biozeroc

LS:N have featured our rebrand to Biozeroc. They write: "The use of subversion in sustainability messaging is proliferating. This creative strategy can draw attention to topics that the wider public is tired of hearing about, or doesn’t care for much, to initiate a climate conversation."

01.08.23
Designing the Not Yet

Turning 3 has made us reflective. Here's a little piece on our agency's idealistic, overarching brand idea: turning what is, into what could be.

31.07.23
Creative Review | Biozeroc

Creative Review feature our bold identity for Biozeroc, a British startup aiming to revolutionise the construction industry.

31.07.23
Creative Boom | Biozeroc

Creative Boom feature our identity for a new zero-carbon alternative to concrete, from material innovation startup Biozeroc.

26.07.23
The Brand Identity | Yum Bun

Life's too short to not have fun. If we had our way, we'd do these every day! Our Yum Bun rebrand made it into The Brand Identity's hit-list this week of playful rebrands, thrilled to be in such good company too 🥳

30.06.23
The Brand Identity | Joana Fatela

The Brand Identity interview our wonderful motion designer, Joana Fatela, on animation, side projects, and the tastiest studio snacks.

26.06.23
Cat hosts Creatiff & PandaConf Stages @ Collision

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, hosted the Creatiff Stage and the PandaConf Stages at Collision Conference 2023. The Toronto-based summit has been dubbed "the Olympics of Tech", and brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry.

19.06.23
Designing for Possibilty

Chances are you know what a "Brand" is. Perhaps even a "Design System". But we've merged these ideas in new work designing Brand Systems: taking the creative raw materials of a brand and applying systems thinking to equip teams with the tools they need to work more collaboratively, more creatively and more effectively. Our Design Director, Luke Scott, looks at how we future-proof brands by designing for possibility.

08.06.23
We host LA Tech Week w/ Patagonia

We partnered with Patagonia to host a talk as part of LA Tech Week. "Planet & Profit: can brands have it all?" will see our Founder & Managing Director, Rog How, speak with a panel from Patagonia, Seabin, LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Ecodrive and The Verticale.

31.05.23
Sauce Labs | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our vibrant rebrand for software testing platform, Sauce Labs, in their edit this week.

24.05.23
Cat How on Creative Review's Podcast

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke on Creative Review's podcast: What do you earn? She discusses the thorny subject of pay in the creative industries with Eliza Williams, CR’s editor and podcast host; Sachini Imbuldeniya and Stu Outhwaite-Noel.

23.05.23
Achieved 80 Points on B-Corp!

So. We got there. Big fat old 80 (more like just over 80 but we like a round number). Our work towards getting here has taken almost a year, and once we submit to B Corp UK then it will most likely take us another 6 to 9 months to get certified. But it has been worth every minute. 

18.05.23
Cat How on Creative Meetup

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, chatted to the talented folks at #CreativeMeetup next week: sharing some new work and discussing her initiatives for How&How in 2023 ⚡️

11.05.23
How to Systematise a Brand | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity asked us to share our thoughts on a notion that brand designers are faced with time and time again: systemisation.

11.05.23
Cat How speaks at WEDF

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, delivered a keynote speech to a sold-out audience about her creative journey from Bristol in the South West of England, as part of the West of England Design Forum's "Creative Roots" night. She spoke alongside Global ECD of JKR, Lisa Smith.

Renaming your baby
08.05.23
Renaming your baby

There will never be a better time than today to change your name. So you might as well pull the trigger. Here's why.

Yum Bun | Creative Boom
03.05.23
Yum Bun | Creative Boom

Creative Boom have featured our fresh and optimistic rebrand for Yum Bun, London's OG streetside bao vendors. They highlighted our color palette, 'bunrises' and how we developed the mascot called Bowie. Lifting spirits. Raising standards. They loved our feel-good fusion vibes!

01.05.23
Yum Bun | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity featured rebrand for Yum Bun, praising our "velutinous tone" and "undeniably joyous identity system."

06.04.23
Hey Buddy!

Hey buddy. How are you? Sometimes this question is all it takes to transform a grey day into a more sunny one. Caring for our team-mates is something we feel very strongly about at H&H. That’s why we've started a Buddy System in our studios—where everyone is allocated a new buddy each month, along with some pocket money to spend together on hanging out.

We're a Living Wage Employer!
04.04.23
We're a Living Wage Employer!

We're so proud to now be a Living Wage Employer, after having been officially certified by the Living Wage Foundation. The LWFaccredits Living Wage Employers for their commitment to paying their staff according to the cost of living.

03.04.23
Shillington Industry Panel

We've been invited to talk on the Industry Panel as part of Shillington Education's Graduate Review sessions this week. Our London team's Design Director, Luke Scott, and Senior Designer, Lucy McGinley, will be flying the H&H flag and answering any questions 🙌

22.03.23
Flyp | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our colourful rebrand for property-disruptors, Flyp, in their Edit this week.

21.03.23
Collage Explorations

Colour and collage exploration we worked on recently while exploring some new styles for an exciting conservation project we’re working on this year. Watch this space… 👀 🌱

We talk at World Wide Lisbon
15.03.23
We talk at World Wide Lisbon

Descomunal Design Talks asked our Assoc. Creative Director, Chris Beck, to speak to a sold-out crowd about why we love Lisbon so much as a place to live and work.

Cat is judging the Design Week Awards
14.03.23
Cat is judging the Design Week Awards

Excited to announce our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, will be judging the 2023 Design Week Awards!

Female Founders | Creative Boom
08.03.23
Female Founders | Creative Boom

As part of International Women's Day 2023, Creative Boom interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on her tips for success setting up your own business in the creative industry. Cat's response: "start yesterday".

SauceLabs | Design Week
01.03.23
SauceLabs | Design Week

Design Week interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our latest rebrand for SauceLabs and how we created our “retro-futurist” illustrations.

Sauce Labs | Creative Boom
28.02.23
SauceLabs | Creative Boom

Creative Boom feature our rebrand for SauceLabs, writing: "How&How elevates the SAAS platform giant with an elegant, code-inspired brand identity"

27.02.23
How much do you earn? | Creative Review

Creative Review interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on How&How's pioneering approach to gender equality in our studio. Discussing the pros and cons of total salary transparency.

17.02.23
9-Day Fortnights at H&H!

Today is Friday… and our team are being paid to take the day off. At How&How all full-timers operate on a 9-day fortnight, meaning we pay our team to take every other Friday off in order to rest, relax and recuperate. With absolutely no change to their salary :)

Amphico | The Brand Identity
13.02.23
Amphico | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our Amphico rebrand, writing: "How&How adorn their pro-bono identity for Amphico with watery inktraps and lotus-inspired imagery."

10.02.23
New Website 2.0 for On the Edge

Read more about how we designed and built a fully responsive Headless CMS website for On the Edge...

H&H's Return on Investment
09.02.23
H&H's Return on Investment

Sometimes it surprises people how financially powerful good design can be to their business. So it’s always nice to see how our rebrands have significantly helped our partner’s win funding, reach Unicorn status or just be considered… HOT.

Behind the Design | Mindsparkle Magazine
08.02.23
Behind the Design | Mindsparkle Magazine

Mindsparkle Magazine jump on a plane to Portugal and interview our Founders, Rog and Cat How, in our Lisbon studio.

Undervaluing Graphic Design | Creative Boom
06.02.23
Undervaluing Graphic Design | Creative Boom

Creative Boom asked us for our thoughts on why, and what, clients often undervalue about graphic design. We had some advice :)

Emm | Brand Identity
02.02.23
Emm | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our Emm rebrand writing: "How&How turn the tide on female healthcare in their vibrant identity for femtech revolutioner, Emm"

31.01.23
Industry Leaders Podcast

Nikky Lyle interviews our Founder, Cat How, about her journey in building a successful agency, and what she looks for when hiring candidates for How&How.

Amphico | LSN Global
25.01.23
Amphico | LSN Global

LSN: Global interview our founder Cat How and Jun Kamei, founder of Amphico, on our rebrand and how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.

25.01.23
The Value of Brand | Creative Boom

Our editorial for Creative Boom on our belief in the value of branding. We ask the question: if yesterday's brands were all about repetition, what are they today?

24.01.23
Amphico | LSN:Global

Trend forecasters, LSN:Global, showcase our new rebrand for mono-material outdoor company Amphico.

B-Corp Studio Policies
15.01.23
B-Corp Studio Policies

2022 saw us steadily build our B-Corp points up to the golden prize of 80, constantly adding new policies, ways of working and goals for people & planet to weave into the fabric of our business. Here are some of the policies we've now implemented...

05.01.23
2023 Trends | Design Week

Design Week invite our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, to predict the trends she sees emerging in the coming year. Asking: what will branding look like in 2023?

04.01.23
Amphico | It's Nice That

It's Nice That feature our latest work for mono-material pioneers, Amphico, writing: "Amphico’s rebrand spotlights the outdoor industry’s recycling problem and the material tackling it."

NO NEED FOR LINK TO EXTERNAL SITES - JUST USE VIDEO
01.01.23
Happy New Year 2023

Happy New Year! Here's to 2023 🥳

12.12.22
Emm | Dieline

Design publication, The Dieline, feature our rebrand of Emm, writing: "Branding agency How&How worked with Emm to develop a brand strategy that reflects period's cyclical nature."

Veriff | Brand Identity
02.12.22
Veriff | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our latest rebrand for Veriff, writing "How&How’s strategic identity for Veriff conveys the purpose-driven ethos of transparency and trust."

Emm | Creative Boom
11.11.22
Emm | Creative Boom

Creative Boom interview our founder and creative director, Cat How, for this piece, writing where she explains how her team crafted a visceral new visual identity for this groundbreaking new device.

11.11.22
Emm | Design Week

Design Week feature our latest work for Emm, and celebrate our rebrand of the world’s first smart menstrual cup!

10.11.22
Five Climate Projects | It's Nice That

It's Nice That have chosen to feature our Eat Less Plastic work as part of their selection of publications, research projects, fonts and campaigns that respond to the future-proofing of our industry and planet.

10.11.22
Eat Less Plastic | It's Nice That

When It's Nice That featured our Eat Less Plastic campaign as part of COP27 last week, we realised that despite being a campaign spun up by our team pro bono in 2020, it still had even more pressing relevance today...

25.10.22
Flyp | Design Week

Design Week feature our rebrand for flyp, interviewing our founder and creative director, Cat How, on creating a new design system to help the company in its bid to turn the housing market on its head.

Flyp | Future Laboratory
24.10.22
Flyp | Future Laboratory

All hail the property revolution! LS:N Global and The Future Laboratory have written about our recent rebrand for flyp.

09.10.22
Electro Camel Branding

A snapshot of the branding work we did for a vibey Austrian street food and techno bar brand inspired by the founder's love of falafels and DJing.

How to Communicate | Brand Identity
05.10.22
Managing Difficult Clients | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity asked us our thoughts on how to manage difficult clients. We told them: “There is no such thing as a difficult client. We work with every client to set up a process that works for them, in order for us to get what we all need to make progress and great work.” 

01.10.22
A Different Perspective

We created this because we liked how it made us think differently about the Planet. Changing perceptions is important. As a studio it’s our mission to find different ways of visually communicating the urgency of the climate emergency. Onwards.

26.09.22
Lovers Magazine Interview

Lovers Magazine interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on her daily routine and the path that took her into design.

26.09.22
H&H Studio | LA 🇺🇸

We love Europe, but we love America too. 🌴 This is why we’re NOW opening a studio in LA!

26.09.22
H&H Studio | London 🇬🇧

It may be rainy, but we still love it. 🌧 Here are some reasons why one of our studios is based in LONDON!

26.09.22
H&H Studio | Lisbon 🇵🇹

Sunshine for 300 days a year? 😎 Here are some of the reasons why one of our studios is based in LISBON!

23.09.22
Veriff | Design Week

Design Week feature our latest rebrand for Estonian tech unicorn, Veriff. "How&How creates new hologram-inspired identity for verification platform Veriff," writes Henry Wong.

14.09.22
NDA Podcast

Our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, discusses Salaries, Secrecy & Lies in this explosive NDA podcast. She chats with host Katie Cadwell about things people are too afraid to ask around this taboo subject.

24.08.22
Odd Jobs

Pot washer. Journalist. Drug dealer. Lawyer. Builder. Cigarette packer. Librarian. Top 40 Chart Show Producer. Supermarket ‘cheese cube’ promoter. Ice cream dolly. Fish gutter. Sandwich delivery driver. Bartender. Erm, Royal Money Counter? At How&How we've had all these jobs, and we think it makes us a more diverse (and interesting) team. Oddjobber? Come join us!

04.08.22
Our B-Corp Journey | Design Week

Design Week interviewed us about our journey to B-Corp. Our Founder Cat How explains how, “It has made us adopt policies and initiatives that we wouldn’t have even thought of, which is 100% a fantastic thing.”

Freetree | Brand Identity
18.07.22
Freetree | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our rebrand for tree-planting app, Freetree writing "How&How bring character and comprehension to commerciality in Freetree’s playful identity system."

01.07.22
No Gender Pay Gap

At H&H we're incredibly proud of our Open, Equal & Transparent Pay Brackets. We publish all our salary tiers internally and the same job roles are paid exactly the same. Irregardless of gender. Because we think that's fair.

17.06.22
How to Leave a Job on a High | If You Could

Cat How chats to If You Could and offers five practical steps to help designers level up in their creative careers.

11.05.22
Freetree | It's Nice That

It's Nice That feature our Freetree rebrand writing, "How&How’s tree-planting app rebrand is full of floofy foliage that pops with fuzziness when you click."

11.05.22
Freetree | Design Week

Design Week interview our creative director, Cat How, about our latest rebrand for Freetree writing "How&How helps tree-planting app Freetree grow with “fuzzy” rebrand".

Freetree | Creative Boom
10.05.22
Freetree | Creative Boom

Creative Boom interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our latest rebrand for Freetree and how the studio "asked to be paid in 60,000 trees" instead for the job.

Yearly Training Allowance
01.05.22
Yearly Training Allowance

We give every member of our team £1000 (€1200) a year each to spend on any courses, training initiatives or programs which can help them grow, develop and explore their practice.

26.04.22
Two Locations | If You Could

It's Nice That's latest publication, If You Could, interviewed us about the pros and cons of setting up two studios across Europe in London and Lisbon.

13.04.22
Get Set | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our studio's new pro bono environmental initiative. “We want GetSet to be a positive, exciting opportunity to tackle something scary,” she explains.

10.04.22
Studio Illy Experiments | Scale

Some illustration explorations looking at shifting perspectives and scales we created as part of brand dev last week ✏️

29.03.22
Studio Illy Experiments | ProCreate

Playing around with ProCreate as part of some illustration experiments for a new rebrand.

18.03.22
People & Planet | It's Nice That

We're big fans of It's Nice That so was great to see a piece on our GetSet initiative (called "People & Planet") by editor Matt Alagiah for Extra Nice featured on the publication this week.

13.03.22
Studio Illy Experiments | Leaves

As part of an ongoing rebrand we’ve been looking at lots of leaves and the stuff that lives on them. Here are some illustration experiments we worked on last week 🌱🐞🐛🪲

26.02.22
Four weeks. Four stages. All to play for!

If your startup is creating solutions for people and planet then apply for our free rebrand initiative this quarter!

25.02.22
9 Day Fortnight

2022 has been our busiest year yet. Because of that we, er, decided to take more time off. Back in January we started a 9-day fortnight where every other Friday we're paid to put our feet up! We're off today. Here's what some of us got up to last time ✌️

23.02.22
GetSet | Design Week

Design Week interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our mission of assigning £200,000 of our budget every year to four climate-related start-ups.

21.02.22
GetSet: All about our Initiative

GetSet is our studio-funded pro-bono environmental initiative. Find out what, why and how we set it up here →

10.02.22
Can Design save the World?

It’s a question we’re often asked, and our answer is often sniffed at. Believe what you like. Because we believe, yes. Yes it can. Creativity and brand-building are some of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal. That's why we launched GetSet!

09.02.22
Introducing GetSet

After months of hard work, we’ve launched GetSet—our studio-funded environmental initiative where we’re contributing £200,000 to four climate-tech startups in 2022. Come join us!

Integiro Website Launch
25.01.22
Integiro Website Launch

Last week saw us launch the new redesign and website for Swedish fintech Intergiro, using the latest technologies in the field of Static Site Generation—resulting in increased performance, security and site speed.

19.01.22
Following Your Heart | Briefbox

Our Founder, Cat How, was interviewed by the team at Briefbox on the importance of using your head while following your heart.

12.01.22
On the Edge | Brand Identity

Our disruptive rebrand for On the Edge makes it onto The Brand Identity this week.

11.01.22
H&H Studio Feature | It's Nice That

It's Nice That have written a full studio feature about us. Jenny Brewer's article covers three new branding projects, from a bouncy ad agency to a Swedish fintech via floaty seaweed forests.

06.01.22
On the Edge | The Future Laboratory

Our rebrand for On the Edge is featured in LSN:Global's The Future Laboratory. Their insight on our work: "When communicating issues related to the environment, avoid overused branding and messaging. Instead, implement positive and future-facing cues that will engage new audiences."

Happy New Year 2022
01.01.22
Happy New Year 2022

Out with the old… Happy New Year everyone 🎊

10.12.21
On the Edge | Print Magazine

Print Magazine feature our rebrand for On the Edge, writing how we "bring the outside into the digital realm."

03.12.21
On the Edge | Design Week

Design Week interview Cat How, our Creative Director, on our latest rebrand for conservation charity, On the Edge. Henry Wong writes how the rebrand "features elements inspired by the natural species the organisation hopes to protect."

Marketing Animations for Second Home
03.11.21
Marketing Animations for Second Home

We’ve been working from the London, Lisbon and LA Second Home locations since we started, growing alongside the plants in their beautiful offices. Earlier this year, we worked alongside their in-house Marketing team on a series of animations and motion graphics for their social media.

19.10.21
Hotjar | Print Mag

Print Mag feature our rebrand for Hotjar, writing how we "helped Hotjar’s branding go from Tinder look-a-like to a strong identity system."

10.01.21
Penguin Books | Ladybird Winter Campaign

Penguin Books commissioned us to design a six-week Winter Campaign for Ladybird Books—Penguin’s imprint of children’s books for 0-7s. Our Little Big Year campaign examined 2020 through the lens of data visualisations, using warmth and humour to help visualise a complicated and difficult year.

30.10.24
Design Week | Persona Article

Our founders, Cat and Rog How, were interviewed by Design Week on whether they think User personas help create better designs →

Mindsparkle Magazine feature Wild Things
23.10.24
Mindsparkle Magazine | Wild Thingz

Our rebrand for Wild Thingz has made it onto Mindsparkle Magazine this week :)

LA Tech Week @ Patagonia
17.10.24
LA Tech Week @ Patagonia

Our event at Patagonia Santa Monica was a huge success with Nina Arshagouni (Cash App) and Nick Barham (FNDR).

15.10.24
Bronze @ Brand Impact Awards 2024

We've won Bronze at the Brand Impact Awards 2024 for our work on the Aruba Conservation Foundation rebrand!

03.10.24
GetEven 02 | Make Yourself Heard

Our second GetEven has landed. Our Priyjah Paramasivam, will be joined by coaches and co-founders of Concrete Wall Club, Carol-Anne Ward and Chloe Lowe, to talk about rewriting insecurity, body language and making yourself heard.

30.09.24
The Drum | GetEven

The Drum’s new columnist, Nat Maher, features our new GetEven initiative and explores why there are so few women in design leadership positions.

16.09.24
Football Beyond Borders

Our team at How&How are participating in this year's Studio Super Cup: 5-a-side football tournament for design studios. In the run up, we've a £500 fundraising target to hit, all of which will be donated to charity, Football Beyond Borders →

Wombles Key Chain
11.09.24
Brand New Review | Wombles

We're thrilled to have a first-class review of our rebrand for The Wombles in Brand New: Under Consideration. High fives all round!

09.09.24
Fonts in Use | Wombles

Veteran typography publication, Fonts in Use, have featured our use of Nordvest; Kyle and Alkaline typefaces in our latest rebrand of the Wombles.

07.09.24
Creative Boom | Wombles

Legendary design publication, Creative Boom, feature our latest rebrand for The Wombles.

04.09.24
Talk @ iMax Headquarters

Rog & Cat were invited to talk about brand narrative and storytelling to the creative team at the iMax Headquarters in LA.

26.08.24
The Drum | LA here we come!

The Drum features our exciting expansion to LA! Check out our interview here →

02.07.24
Cat How @ POV Budapest

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed by The Brand Identity about her upcoming lecture at POV Budapest in September. Check it out →

28.05.24
Creative Boom | Pachama

Creative Boom has featured our rebrand for Pachama, a leader in carbon removal and nature restoration.

22.05.24
LSN:Global | ACF rebrand

LSN:Global showcase our new rebrand for Aruba Conservation Foundation, an organisation speaking up for the interests of local ecosystems and reminding locals of their ties with the land.

20.05.24
The Subtext | ACF rebrand

The Subtext features our verbal identity for the Aruba Conservation Foundation.

02.05.24
Creative Bloq | ACF rebrand

Creative Bloq feature our "transformative rebrand" for Aruba Conservation Foundation.

17.04.24
Get Even

Calling the next gen of female leaders! We're launching GetEven, a free mentorship program for women, by women.

02.04.24
The Brand Identity | Biozeroc

Our rebrand for materials innovation (bio-concrete) company, Biozeroc, has been featured on The Brand Identity.

08.03.24
The Brand Identity | Health & Wellness

The Brand Identity features our Emm rebrand in it's article 'Eight Identities for Health and Wellness'.

05.03.24
Let's Spark Podcast

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, talks creative equity with Natasha Smith-Langridge and Lucy Doolan on the Let's Spark Podcast.

09.02.24
Cat's interview with Readymag

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Readymag about maintaining a work-life balance and how it feels to be a design leader.

08.01.24
Award-winning Year!

We scooped a bunch of awards in Brand New's Year in Review 2023! Thanks to our incredible team at How&How.

30.11.23
Cat features on the My Life in Design Podcast

Cat spoke to Claire Blythe from the ‘My Life in Design Podcast’ on her route into design. Cat runs us through her career so far, from journalism, to building and selling creative businesses and how it prepared her to launch How&How during lockdown.

14.11.23
Cat speaks @ Web Summit

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, opened the Creatiff Stage Web Summit in Lisbon, then MCd it for the rest of the morning. She spoke about her journey through creativity and how it instilled a passion to liberate ideas the world deserves — using creativity as a vessel of meaning, and a building block of culture.

24.10.23
Creative Review | Sustainable Brands

Freetree, Biozeroc and Hometree all feature on Creative Review’s ‘The Changing Face of Sustainable Branding’ which explores how the visual language around sustainability is evolving.

11.10.23
Creative Boom | Hometree

Creative Boom have featured our colourful rebrand for Hometree - loving our riff on Maple the tree mascot as a ‘transition companion’

27.09.23
Visa Sponsorship @ H&H

We’ve been firmly anti-Brexit. Firmly anti Trump’s Wall. Firmly anti-borders at all to be quite honest. That’s why we help sponsor the VISAs of all full-timers at How&How at our different studio locations. Borders are there to be broken ✌️

18.09.23
Cat's Judging @ ADC*E Awards

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, has been asked to judge the Design category of the ADC*E Awards in Vilnius this year.

30.08.23
Cat How talks @ Typocircle

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, will talk at Typocircle (London) on how we do, what we do at How&How. Find tickets here ↗️

15.08.23
Recycling Illustrations

Illustrations we’ve been working on for a household name, now manifesting into a recycling-focused fashion brand. All illys are of scraps of household waste that can be upcycled or reused. 

01.08.23
Designing the Not Yet

Turning 3 has made us reflective. Here's a little piece on our agency's idealistic, overarching brand idea: turning what is, into what could be.

26.07.23
The Brand Identity | Yum Bun

Life's too short to not have fun. If we had our way, we'd do these every day! Our Yum Bun rebrand made it into The Brand Identity's hit-list this week of playful rebrands, thrilled to be in such good company too 🥳

19.06.23
Designing for Possibilty

Chances are you know what a "Brand" is. Perhaps even a "Design System". But we've merged these ideas in new work designing Brand Systems: taking the creative raw materials of a brand and applying systems thinking to equip teams with the tools they need to work more collaboratively, more creatively and more effectively. Our Design Director, Luke Scott, looks at how we future-proof brands by designing for possibility.

24.05.23
Cat How on Creative Review's Podcast

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke on Creative Review's podcast: What do you earn? She discusses the thorny subject of pay in the creative industries with Eliza Williams, CR’s editor and podcast host; Sachini Imbuldeniya and Stu Outhwaite-Noel.

11.05.23
How to Systematise a Brand | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity asked us to share our thoughts on a notion that brand designers are faced with time and time again: systemisation.

Yum Bun | Creative Boom
03.05.23
Yum Bun | Creative Boom

Creative Boom have featured our fresh and optimistic rebrand for Yum Bun, London's OG streetside bao vendors. They highlighted our color palette, 'bunrises' and how we developed the mascot called Bowie. Lifting spirits. Raising standards. They loved our feel-good fusion vibes!

We're a Living Wage Employer!
04.04.23
We're a Living Wage Employer!

We're so proud to now be a Living Wage Employer, after having been officially certified by the Living Wage Foundation. The LWFaccredits Living Wage Employers for their commitment to paying their staff according to the cost of living.

21.03.23
Collage Explorations

Colour and collage exploration we worked on recently while exploring some new styles for an exciting conservation project we’re working on this year. Watch this space… 👀 🌱

Female Founders | Creative Boom
08.03.23
Female Founders | Creative Boom

As part of International Women's Day 2023, Creative Boom interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on her tips for success setting up your own business in the creative industry. Cat's response: "start yesterday".

27.02.23
How much do you earn? | Creative Review

Creative Review interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on How&How's pioneering approach to gender equality in our studio. Discussing the pros and cons of total salary transparency.

10.02.23
New Website 2.0 for On the Edge

Read more about how we designed and built a fully responsive Headless CMS website for On the Edge...

Undervaluing Graphic Design | Creative Boom
06.02.23
Undervaluing Graphic Design | Creative Boom

Creative Boom asked us for our thoughts on why, and what, clients often undervalue about graphic design. We had some advice :)

Amphico | LSN Global
25.01.23
Amphico | LSN Global

LSN: Global interview our founder Cat How and Jun Kamei, founder of Amphico, on our rebrand and how material innovation will accelerate the leisure sector’s move to a sustainable future.

B-Corp Studio Policies
15.01.23
B-Corp Studio Policies

2022 saw us steadily build our B-Corp points up to the golden prize of 80, constantly adding new policies, ways of working and goals for people & planet to weave into the fabric of our business. Here are some of the policies we've now implemented...

NO NEED FOR LINK TO EXTERNAL SITES - JUST USE VIDEO
01.01.23
Happy New Year 2023

Happy New Year! Here's to 2023 🥳

Emm | Creative Boom
11.11.22
Emm | Creative Boom

Creative Boom interview our founder and creative director, Cat How, for this piece, writing where she explains how her team crafted a visceral new visual identity for this groundbreaking new device.

10.11.22
Eat Less Plastic | It's Nice That

When It's Nice That featured our Eat Less Plastic campaign as part of COP27 last week, we realised that despite being a campaign spun up by our team pro bono in 2020, it still had even more pressing relevance today...

09.10.22
Electro Camel Branding

A snapshot of the branding work we did for a vibey Austrian street food and techno bar brand inspired by the founder's love of falafels and DJing.

26.09.22
Lovers Magazine Interview

Lovers Magazine interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on her daily routine and the path that took her into design.

26.09.22
H&H Studio | Lisbon 🇵🇹

Sunshine for 300 days a year? 😎 Here are some of the reasons why one of our studios is based in LISBON!

24.08.22
Odd Jobs

Pot washer. Journalist. Drug dealer. Lawyer. Builder. Cigarette packer. Librarian. Top 40 Chart Show Producer. Supermarket ‘cheese cube’ promoter. Ice cream dolly. Fish gutter. Sandwich delivery driver. Bartender. Erm, Royal Money Counter? At How&How we've had all these jobs, and we think it makes us a more diverse (and interesting) team. Oddjobber? Come join us!

01.07.22
No Gender Pay Gap

At H&H we're incredibly proud of our Open, Equal & Transparent Pay Brackets. We publish all our salary tiers internally and the same job roles are paid exactly the same. Irregardless of gender. Because we think that's fair.

11.05.22
Freetree | Design Week

Design Week interview our creative director, Cat How, about our latest rebrand for Freetree writing "How&How helps tree-planting app Freetree grow with “fuzzy” rebrand".

26.04.22
Two Locations | If You Could

It's Nice That's latest publication, If You Could, interviewed us about the pros and cons of setting up two studios across Europe in London and Lisbon.

29.03.22
Studio Illy Experiments | ProCreate

Playing around with ProCreate as part of some illustration experiments for a new rebrand.

26.02.22
Four weeks. Four stages. All to play for!

If your startup is creating solutions for people and planet then apply for our free rebrand initiative this quarter!

21.02.22
GetSet: All about our Initiative

GetSet is our studio-funded pro-bono environmental initiative. Find out what, why and how we set it up here →

Integiro Website Launch
25.01.22
Integiro Website Launch

Last week saw us launch the new redesign and website for Swedish fintech Intergiro, using the latest technologies in the field of Static Site Generation—resulting in increased performance, security and site speed.

11.01.22
H&H Studio Feature | It's Nice That

It's Nice That have written a full studio feature about us. Jenny Brewer's article covers three new branding projects, from a bouncy ad agency to a Swedish fintech via floaty seaweed forests.

10.12.21
On the Edge | Print Magazine

Print Magazine feature our rebrand for On the Edge, writing how we "bring the outside into the digital realm."

19.10.21
Hotjar | Print Mag

Print Mag feature our rebrand for Hotjar, writing how we "helped Hotjar’s branding go from Tinder look-a-like to a strong identity system."

29.10.24
Creative Review | Are creatives undervaluing themselves?

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed by Creative Review on knowing your worth and how that translates into getting paid fairly.

22.10.24
Brand New | Wild Thingz

Our rebrand for Wild Thingz has landed a great review in Brand New: Under Consideration.

15.10.24
Creative Review | Wild Thingz

Creative Review feature our new rebrand for challenger candy brand Wild Thingz: calling it 'A scary Identity for a Sweet Brand'

08.10.24
POV Budapest

Cat just returned from speaking at POV Budapest, where she talked about the importance of brand narrative and being brave.

02.10.24
GetEven | Creative Boom

Katy Cowan interviews our founder, Cat How, in a feature on our GetEven initiative: a pro-bono, studio-funded program designed to support women in the creative industry.

27.09.24
Cat speaking @ Design Layers

Our founder, Cat How, is speaking at Design Layers—Readymag's online conference—where she'll be looking at aligning ethics, creativity and business goals.

13.09.24
GetEven | Know Your Worth

Our first studio-initiated GetEven session empowering female creatives kicks off with Nina Arshagouni (ex H&H) talking to financial coaches Alina Burlacu and Mykail James about Finances.

10.09.24
Blaze Type | Wombles

Independent type design foundry, Blaze Type, feature our rebrand for The Wombles in a case study for their typeface, Kyle.

08.09.24
Design by Women | Mothers in Design

Our founder, Cat How, was interviewed as part of an article looking at pioneering Mothers in Design.

06.09.24
Business of Creativity | Wombles

Sir John Heggarty's Business of Creativity featured our Wombles rebrand, citing the need for more of the grassroots environmental activism the characters' pioneer.

02.09.24
It's Nice That | Wombles

It's Nice That have featured our 'suitably charming' rebrand for the Wombles.

05.08.24
Kittl Podcast

Our founders, Cat & Rog How, spoke to Drew Wilson from Kittl on creating visually memorable brands, covering everything from the creative process to finalizing a brand identity. Listen here →

12.06.24
BP&O feature our work for Hometree

BP&O feature our "visually uplifting", "striking" and "beautiful" rebrand for Hometree.

24.05.24
Cat How @ All Flows 2024

Our Founder, Cat How spoke at the 2024 All Flows Design Conference in London. It featured an incredible lineup of international speakers, creative thinkers, artists & innovators!

22.05.24
We're 4!

We’ve turned 4! And we’re raising a glass to another exciting year ahead 🥳🥂 (can anyone see the hidden 4 here too?)

07.05.24
Kittl Podcast

Our founder, Rog How, was interviewed by Drew from Kittl on the importance of branding and how discovery is the most vital step in understanding your clients needs. Find the full episode here →

01.05.24
Brand New | ACF rebrand

Brand New have featured our latest rebrand for Aruba Conservation Foundation!

04.04.24
Happy 404 Day!

It's National 404 Day... the origins of which came from making mistakes—which we thought was fun. Here's to making mistakes, and celebrating them!

29.03.24
New Studio!

We've moved to a beautiful new studio in Shoreditch, London! Finally :)

08.03.24
Creative Bloq | Gender in the Design Industry

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, offers her thoughts on 'the baby question', leadership, pay gaps and more.

Thank you post!
29.02.24
Thank you!

A little thank you from us to all the 1000's of people who applied to our open roles in the last few weeks! We are honoured and truly grateful for the response 🙏

22.01.24
Secrets Behind World's Coolest Agencies

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Future London Academy on what makes creative founders unique. Cat talks of turning the reality of 'what is...' into the tantalising prospect of 'what could be...'

01.01.24
Happy New Year!

Welcome 2024! What have you in store for us...?

29.11.23
How&How 3D

What better thing to squash than our logo? 3D explorations from the studio.

13.11.23
Systems Thinking

Because our minds are better at creating ideas than storing them, we create adaptable toolkits that not only give brand teams everything they need to effectively manage their brand, but empower them to work autonomously. Read more here!

19.10.23
Cat judges & speaks @ ADC*LI

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, judged the ACE*LI Awards in Vilnius, Lithuania and was invited to do a talk afterwards. She also presented the Design Awards to the winners at the end of the two-day event, and can't wait to see what they get up to next!

11.10.23
Cat speaking @ Web Summit 2023

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon.

20.09.23
Cat talks @ ADC*E Awards

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, will give a keynote speech at the ADC*E Awards in Vilnius this October. Her talk, The Never-Ending Story, looks at how to build memorable brands that people not only understand and recognise, but rally behind.

06.09.23
Golden Oak Rebrand

A rebrand for Golden Oak: a transformational school that combines both educational and psychedelic therapeutic practices to develop human intuition and an animistic relationship with the Natural world.

23.08.23
Kato Rebrand

Swap hassle, for hustle! Our latest work for Kato (formerly Least and AgentsInsight) celebrates the simplicity of blocks and docs.

09.08.23
It's Nice That | Biozeroc

Design publication, It's Nice That, enjoy how we've avoided "an overly 'friendly or soft'” look in their write-up about our bio-concrete rebrand, Biozeroc.

31.07.23
Creative Review | Biozeroc

Creative Review feature our bold identity for Biozeroc, a British startup aiming to revolutionise the construction industry.

30.06.23
The Brand Identity | Joana Fatela

The Brand Identity interview our wonderful motion designer, Joana Fatela, on animation, side projects, and the tastiest studio snacks.

08.06.23
We host LA Tech Week w/ Patagonia

We partnered with Patagonia to host a talk as part of LA Tech Week. "Planet & Profit: can brands have it all?" will see our Founder & Managing Director, Rog How, speak with a panel from Patagonia, Seabin, LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI), Ecodrive and The Verticale.

23.05.23
Achieved 80 Points on B-Corp!

So. We got there. Big fat old 80 (more like just over 80 but we like a round number). Our work towards getting here has taken almost a year, and once we submit to B Corp UK then it will most likely take us another 6 to 9 months to get certified. But it has been worth every minute. 

11.05.23
Cat How speaks at WEDF

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, delivered a keynote speech to a sold-out audience about her creative journey from Bristol in the South West of England, as part of the West of England Design Forum's "Creative Roots" night. She spoke alongside Global ECD of JKR, Lisa Smith.

01.05.23
Yum Bun | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity featured rebrand for Yum Bun, praising our "velutinous tone" and "undeniably joyous identity system."

03.04.23
Shillington Industry Panel

We've been invited to talk on the Industry Panel as part of Shillington Education's Graduate Review sessions this week. Our London team's Design Director, Luke Scott, and Senior Designer, Lucy McGinley, will be flying the H&H flag and answering any questions 🙌

We talk at World Wide Lisbon
15.03.23
We talk at World Wide Lisbon

Descomunal Design Talks asked our Assoc. Creative Director, Chris Beck, to speak to a sold-out crowd about why we love Lisbon so much as a place to live and work.

SauceLabs | Design Week
01.03.23
SauceLabs | Design Week

Design Week interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our latest rebrand for SauceLabs and how we created our “retro-futurist” illustrations.

17.02.23
9-Day Fortnights at H&H!

Today is Friday… and our team are being paid to take the day off. At How&How all full-timers operate on a 9-day fortnight, meaning we pay our team to take every other Friday off in order to rest, relax and recuperate. With absolutely no change to their salary :)

H&H's Return on Investment
09.02.23
H&H's Return on Investment

Sometimes it surprises people how financially powerful good design can be to their business. So it’s always nice to see how our rebrands have significantly helped our partner’s win funding, reach Unicorn status or just be considered… HOT.

Emm | Brand Identity
02.02.23
Emm | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our Emm rebrand writing: "How&How turn the tide on female healthcare in their vibrant identity for femtech revolutioner, Emm"

25.01.23
The Value of Brand | Creative Boom

Our editorial for Creative Boom on our belief in the value of branding. We ask the question: if yesterday's brands were all about repetition, what are they today?

05.01.23
2023 Trends | Design Week

Design Week invite our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, to predict the trends she sees emerging in the coming year. Asking: what will branding look like in 2023?

12.12.22
Emm | Dieline

Design publication, The Dieline, feature our rebrand of Emm, writing: "Branding agency How&How worked with Emm to develop a brand strategy that reflects period's cyclical nature."

11.11.22
Emm | Design Week

Design Week feature our latest work for Emm, and celebrate our rebrand of the world’s first smart menstrual cup!

25.10.22
Flyp | Design Week

Design Week feature our rebrand for flyp, interviewing our founder and creative director, Cat How, on creating a new design system to help the company in its bid to turn the housing market on its head.

How to Communicate | Brand Identity
05.10.22
Managing Difficult Clients | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity asked us our thoughts on how to manage difficult clients. We told them: “There is no such thing as a difficult client. We work with every client to set up a process that works for them, in order for us to get what we all need to make progress and great work.” 

26.09.22
H&H Studio | LA 🇺🇸

We love Europe, but we love America too. 🌴 This is why we’re NOW opening a studio in LA!

23.09.22
Veriff | Design Week

Design Week feature our latest rebrand for Estonian tech unicorn, Veriff. "How&How creates new hologram-inspired identity for verification platform Veriff," writes Henry Wong.

04.08.22
Our B-Corp Journey | Design Week

Design Week interviewed us about our journey to B-Corp. Our Founder Cat How explains how, “It has made us adopt policies and initiatives that we wouldn’t have even thought of, which is 100% a fantastic thing.”

17.06.22
How to Leave a Job on a High | If You Could

Cat How chats to If You Could and offers five practical steps to help designers level up in their creative careers.

Freetree | Creative Boom
10.05.22
Freetree | Creative Boom

Creative Boom interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our latest rebrand for Freetree and how the studio "asked to be paid in 60,000 trees" instead for the job.

13.04.22
Get Set | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our studio's new pro bono environmental initiative. “We want GetSet to be a positive, exciting opportunity to tackle something scary,” she explains.

18.03.22
People & Planet | It's Nice That

We're big fans of It's Nice That so was great to see a piece on our GetSet initiative (called "People & Planet") by editor Matt Alagiah for Extra Nice featured on the publication this week.

25.02.22
9 Day Fortnight

2022 has been our busiest year yet. Because of that we, er, decided to take more time off. Back in January we started a 9-day fortnight where every other Friday we're paid to put our feet up! We're off today. Here's what some of us got up to last time ✌️

10.02.22
Can Design save the World?

It’s a question we’re often asked, and our answer is often sniffed at. Believe what you like. Because we believe, yes. Yes it can. Creativity and brand-building are some of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal. That's why we launched GetSet!

19.01.22
Following Your Heart | Briefbox

Our Founder, Cat How, was interviewed by the team at Briefbox on the importance of using your head while following your heart.

06.01.22
On the Edge | The Future Laboratory

Our rebrand for On the Edge is featured in LSN:Global's The Future Laboratory. Their insight on our work: "When communicating issues related to the environment, avoid overused branding and messaging. Instead, implement positive and future-facing cues that will engage new audiences."

03.12.21
On the Edge | Design Week

Design Week interview Cat How, our Creative Director, on our latest rebrand for conservation charity, On the Edge. Henry Wong writes how the rebrand "features elements inspired by the natural species the organisation hopes to protect."

10.01.21
Penguin Books | Ladybird Winter Campaign

Penguin Books commissioned us to design a six-week Winter Campaign for Ladybird Books—Penguin’s imprint of children’s books for 0-7s. Our Little Big Year campaign examined 2020 through the lens of data visualisations, using warmth and humour to help visualise a complicated and difficult year.

27.10.24
Cat speaks @ Brand New Conference

Our founder, Cat How, premieres our new Wild Thingz and Chester Zoo brands at the Brand New Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

22.10.24
Cat is D&AD Shift Mentor

We're so thrilled that our founder, Cat How, is working with D&AD Shift as their program mentor: helping students from non-traditional design backgrounds break into the creative industry.

15.10.24
Creative Boom | Wild Thingz

Veteran design publication, Creative Boom, have featured our rebrand for Wild Thingz. Punk, not junk all the way.

06.10.24
Anti-Trend

Our founder, Cat How, recently spoke at Canva about Type Trends. We took the position of being playfully anti-trend—arguing that a brand should never be built on a trendy, transient typeface. Here's some creative from the talk.

30.09.24
Cat How speaks @ Type Trends

What is type saying to us in 2024? Our founder, Cat How, talks and joins a panel at Monotype's Type Trends evening at Canva in London.

17.09.24
SoHo House | What's your Story?

Our founders, Cat and Rog How, are doing a two-part workshop and brand strategy course at SoHo House West Hollywood in October. Stay tuned for a link to sign up!

12.09.24
Cat talks @ D&AD Shift

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, will be giving a talk to the students of D&AD's Shift Program in October.

10.09.24
LA Tech Week @ Patagonia

After our sell-out talk at Patagonia in Santa Monica last year, we’re back with another event for LA Tech Week 2024. Our speakers come from Patagonia, CashApp and FNDR. Sign up now →

07.09.24
Creative Bloq | Wombles

Creative Bloq feature our rebrand for the Wombles, finding it a "cosy blast of nostalgia".

05.09.24
Creative Review | Wombles

Our recent 'glow up' rebrand for The Wombles has been featured in Creative Review.

28.08.24
H&H 2024 Speaking Agenda

We’re all over Europe and the US in the coming months. If you’re around, do come and say hi!

25.07.24
Cat speaking @ Web Summit 2024

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon and will be the MC at the Creative Summit Stage.

30.05.24
GetEven: call for coaches!

We've been working on our community's feedback for GetEven: our free mentorship program for women, by women. We're now looking for professional coaches before we release the final line-up!

23.05.24
The Brand Identity | Yum Bun

Our rebrand for Yum Bun was featured in The Brand Identity's "Eight Brands with the Cutest Mascots".

21.05.24
Cat Speaking @ Brand New Conference

Our Founder, Cat How, is speaking at the Brand New Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. BNC is a two-day event focused on brand identity featuring "influential practitioners from around the globe".

03.05.24
The Top Floor Podcast

Our founder, Cat How, talks to Colin Crooks MBE on running How&How and 're-imagining creativity'. Find the full episode here →

Aruba National Park Rebrand
30.04.24
Creative Review | ACF Rebrand

Creative Review have featured our latest rebrand for the Aruba Conservation Foundation, celebrating how our work "gives nature a voice".

03.04.24
Leaders of Great Britain

Our founder, Cat How, has been invited to Parliament to speak with Lord Blunkett, as part of Leaders of Great Britain.

28.03.24
BP&O feature our work for Pachama

Pachama's logo - the symbiosis of nature, technology and community - has been featured in BP&O as one of the very best in contemporary logo design.

05.03.24
International Women's Day Round Table

Cat joins Mustard's Creative Industries Round Table for a discussion on women in the workforce as part of International Women's Day.

21.02.24
Offcuts

There's always so much beautiful creative that ends up on the cutting room floor... But we're flying the flag for The Rejects! Here's some work for a recent project that ended up cut.

19.01.24
All Flows Festival 2024

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, is speaking at the All Flows Festival. The conference delivers an expanded programme of talks and workshops between May 22-24, plus film screenings and social events.

06.12.23
No time for Greenwashing: Brands need a New Way to Talk about Sustainability

Greenwashing is wearing thin. As the climate crisis gets realer than real, consumers are becoming increasingly switched-on and savvy when it comes to environmental issues. What can Brands do about it?

23.11.23
Cat features on Creative Boom

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, spoke to Creative Boom on the importance of soft people skills, winning friends and influencing people.

07.11.23
Rog speaks @ Hotsauce, NYC

Could you build a brand which lasts 7,000 years? Our founder Rog How looked at this and much more in his talk on 'Designing for Possibility' at Hotjar's #Hotsauceconference in New York City this week 🔥

16.10.23
Brand New | Hometree

Brand New — Under Consideration feature our new identity for Hometree to rave reviews in “No Countree for Old Boilers”

11.10.23
Design Week | Hometree

Design Week features our playful rebrand for Hometree, a residential energy service transitioning its move towards a cleaner, greener energy.

20.09.23
Cat How interviewed on Design by Women

Our Founder and ECD, Cat How, was recently asked by Design by Women to give her opinion on whether she believes the design industry is ageist. Here are some of her thoughts...

Letting the Ideas in...
31.08.23
Letting the Ideas in...

What distinguishes a great brand identity from a good one? Here's our take on it...

16.08.23
The Drum | Biozeroc

The Drum believed in boring by featuring our latest cleantech project for Biozeroc: "Why a branding agency set out to make ‘boring’ carbon-neutral concrete cool."

03.08.23
LS:N Global | Biozeroc

LS:N have featured our rebrand to Biozeroc. They write: "The use of subversion in sustainability messaging is proliferating. This creative strategy can draw attention to topics that the wider public is tired of hearing about, or doesn’t care for much, to initiate a climate conversation."

31.07.23
Creative Boom | Biozeroc

Creative Boom feature our identity for a new zero-carbon alternative to concrete, from material innovation startup Biozeroc.

26.06.23
Cat hosts Creatiff & PandaConf Stages @ Collision

Our founder and ECD, Cat How, hosted the Creatiff Stage and the PandaConf Stages at Collision Conference 2023. The Toronto-based summit has been dubbed "the Olympics of Tech", and brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry.

31.05.23
Sauce Labs | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our vibrant rebrand for software testing platform, Sauce Labs, in their edit this week.

18.05.23
Cat How on Creative Meetup

Our Founder & ECD, Cat How, chatted to the talented folks at #CreativeMeetup next week: sharing some new work and discussing her initiatives for How&How in 2023 ⚡️

Renaming your baby
08.05.23
Renaming your baby

There will never be a better time than today to change your name. So you might as well pull the trigger. Here's why.

06.04.23
Hey Buddy!

Hey buddy. How are you? Sometimes this question is all it takes to transform a grey day into a more sunny one. Caring for our team-mates is something we feel very strongly about at H&H. That’s why we've started a Buddy System in our studios—where everyone is allocated a new buddy each month, along with some pocket money to spend together on hanging out.

22.03.23
Flyp | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our colourful rebrand for property-disruptors, Flyp, in their Edit this week.

Cat is judging the Design Week Awards
14.03.23
Cat is judging the Design Week Awards

Excited to announce our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, will be judging the 2023 Design Week Awards!

Sauce Labs | Creative Boom
28.02.23
SauceLabs | Creative Boom

Creative Boom feature our rebrand for SauceLabs, writing: "How&How elevates the SAAS platform giant with an elegant, code-inspired brand identity"

Amphico | The Brand Identity
13.02.23
Amphico | The Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our Amphico rebrand, writing: "How&How adorn their pro-bono identity for Amphico with watery inktraps and lotus-inspired imagery."

Behind the Design | Mindsparkle Magazine
08.02.23
Behind the Design | Mindsparkle Magazine

Mindsparkle Magazine jump on a plane to Portugal and interview our Founders, Rog and Cat How, in our Lisbon studio.

31.01.23
Industry Leaders Podcast

Nikky Lyle interviews our Founder, Cat How, about her journey in building a successful agency, and what she looks for when hiring candidates for How&How.

24.01.23
Amphico | LSN:Global

Trend forecasters, LSN:Global, showcase our new rebrand for mono-material outdoor company Amphico.

04.01.23
Amphico | It's Nice That

It's Nice That feature our latest work for mono-material pioneers, Amphico, writing: "Amphico’s rebrand spotlights the outdoor industry’s recycling problem and the material tackling it."

Veriff | Brand Identity
02.12.22
Veriff | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our latest rebrand for Veriff, writing "How&How’s strategic identity for Veriff conveys the purpose-driven ethos of transparency and trust."

10.11.22
Five Climate Projects | It's Nice That

It's Nice That have chosen to feature our Eat Less Plastic work as part of their selection of publications, research projects, fonts and campaigns that respond to the future-proofing of our industry and planet.

Flyp | Future Laboratory
24.10.22
Flyp | Future Laboratory

All hail the property revolution! LS:N Global and The Future Laboratory have written about our recent rebrand for flyp.

01.10.22
A Different Perspective

We created this because we liked how it made us think differently about the Planet. Changing perceptions is important. As a studio it’s our mission to find different ways of visually communicating the urgency of the climate emergency. Onwards.

26.09.22
H&H Studio | London 🇬🇧

It may be rainy, but we still love it. 🌧 Here are some reasons why one of our studios is based in LONDON!

14.09.22
NDA Podcast

Our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, discusses Salaries, Secrecy & Lies in this explosive NDA podcast. She chats with host Katie Cadwell about things people are too afraid to ask around this taboo subject.

Freetree | Brand Identity
18.07.22
Freetree | Brand Identity

The Brand Identity feature our rebrand for tree-planting app, Freetree writing "How&How bring character and comprehension to commerciality in Freetree’s playful identity system."

11.05.22
Freetree | It's Nice That

It's Nice That feature our Freetree rebrand writing, "How&How’s tree-planting app rebrand is full of floofy foliage that pops with fuzziness when you click."

Yearly Training Allowance
01.05.22
Yearly Training Allowance

We give every member of our team £1000 (€1200) a year each to spend on any courses, training initiatives or programs which can help them grow, develop and explore their practice.

10.04.22
Studio Illy Experiments | Scale

Some illustration explorations looking at shifting perspectives and scales we created as part of brand dev last week ✏️

13.03.22
Studio Illy Experiments | Leaves

As part of an ongoing rebrand we’ve been looking at lots of leaves and the stuff that lives on them. Here are some illustration experiments we worked on last week 🌱🐞🐛🪲

23.02.22
GetSet | Design Week

Design Week interview our Founder and Exec. Creative Director, Cat How, on our mission of assigning £200,000 of our budget every year to four climate-related start-ups.

09.02.22
Introducing GetSet

After months of hard work, we’ve launched GetSet—our studio-funded environmental initiative where we’re contributing £200,000 to four climate-tech startups in 2022. Come join us!

12.01.22
On the Edge | Brand Identity

Our disruptive rebrand for On the Edge makes it onto The Brand Identity this week.

Happy New Year 2022
01.01.22
Happy New Year 2022

Out with the old… Happy New Year everyone 🎊

Marketing Animations for Second Home
03.11.21
Marketing Animations for Second Home

We’ve been working from the London, Lisbon and LA Second Home locations since we started, growing alongside the plants in their beautiful offices. Earlier this year, we worked alongside their in-house Marketing team on a series of animations and motion graphics for their social media.