Four ways in
Most work is Series A or B, billed as a project or a retainer. Once a month we also take one pre-seed team through a four-week sprint — idea in, usable brand or site out.
Most work is Series A or B, billed as a project or a retainer. Once a month we also take one pre-seed team through a four-week sprint — idea in, usable brand or site out.
The long programme: research, a model, then identity and a site — so a dense product reads as one story.
Four weeks, one startup. No queue of other clients in the same slot.
A monthly seat: we act as an extra design desk so pace does not wreck the system.
A tighter pact: senior hours against equity, not a standard invoice.
Strategy is the spine. It decides what you say, what you refuse, and why a buyer should trust the next slide.
Research & Insights
Brand Model
Positioning
Value proposition
Messaging
Verbal Identity
Naming
Identity is the set of marks people can spot from across a hall: type, colour, and form that do not look rented.
Logotype, Typography & Colour
Visual Language
Illustrations & 3D
Art Direction
Brandbook & Guidelines
Motion Design
Brand Applications
Sites here are built so an enterprise buyer can find the story, not hunt through decoration.
UX Design
Website Design
Responsive Design
Website Motion
Animations
Product UI should feel like the same company as the website — usable first, then handsome.
UX Design
User Testing
Prototyping
UI Design
App Design
Interaction Design
Jokes and warmth stay in the room so the work does not turn into a deck factory
these are colleagues you would still meet after the laptop closes. Culture is the filter.
Decency is the method. At Series A the brand is a relationship, and care is faster than performance.
Each brief gets a specific answer. No kit pulled from the last file.
Startups and scaleups on the books over ten years
Still trading after we branded them
Press that has covered clients includes The New York Times, Forbes, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Hypebeast, and Business Insider
Follow-on capital in three years, including cheques from Y Combinator, Atomico, and Project A
“Clarion Form led us through a full rebrand after last year’s merger. Over six months they stayed close, from strategy through design, and the result still feels right. We're absolutely satisfied with the outcome - whether its the strategy work or the design part. I can absolutely recommend working with Clarion Form.”
“Clarion Form helped us bring our brand perception to a whole new level. At first the team challenged us to simplify our company's narrative to then provide us with a new web and corporate design that we feel confident with that fits to our values and our market.”
“As an early-stage team we needed a sharper identity on a short clock. Clarion Form brought strategy, craft, and a network of film, 3D, and web people that made the leap possible.”
“They lined up our mission and values with how we look and sound. The collaboration was easy from the first workshop to the last file.”
“They understood the market quickly and turned that into a brand and site that later won awards. Working with a spread-out team still felt tight, and the design kept moving.”
RLY Network
Nomination
Best Use of Web3 Technology
Bluprnt
Next Big Thing
NBT Academy
Clarion Form
Reykjavik Fashion Festival
Gold Lovie
Silver & People’s Lovie
Gold & People’s Lovie
Gold Lovie
Silver & People’s Lovie
Reykjavik Fashion Festival
Design Award Special
Clarion Form
Agency of the Year Nomination
2020, 2021 and 2023
Ascon Systems
RLY Network
Next Big Thing
Radiant Studios
Clarion Form
Site of the Day, Developer Awards
Site of the Day. Developer Awards
Site of the Day, Developer Awards
Site of the Day, Developer Awards
Site of the Day, Developer Awards
Radiant Studios
Clarion Form
FWA of the Day
FWA of the Day
Ascon Systems
Rly Network
Next Big Thing
Radiant Studios
Clarion Form
WOTD, UI, UX, INN
WOTD, UI, UX, INN
WOTD, UI, UX, INN
WOTD, UI, UX, INN
WOTD, UI, UX, INN
Continental
Brand Communication Award