creative x commercial

We create intelligent, commercial, brand and digital media for clients all over the world. Paris, St. Tropez, Vienna, Frankfurt, Kiev, Athens, Stockholm, New York, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Nairobi, Dubai and Muscat are some of the places our work has travelled.

form + function

We are design-led but commercially driven, which means that "looks" matter, almost as much as the results. In this respect we are deeply superficial, but our work needs to be as appealing as it is relevant to the brand, its business, its customers. The twin pillars of form and function underpin everything

 

 

innovation / design

Understanding the importance of building brand equity across all media, we invested in the development of Katana XL, our digital studio in Beijing. Our comrades

over there build the innovative digital solutions we dream up over here.

(environment & social)

Understanding the peril our planet appears to be in,

we also run a dedicated environment strategy and

design unit, Katana RE. We're saving the world, one

pixel at a time. 

 

* strategic creativity

As globalisation intensifies, with media channels fragmenting at increasing pace and social media forever altering familiar landscapes, we seek out credible and legitimate strategies to take you seamlessly off the printed page, onto the shop floor through the web and into your iPhone (and your pocket), with relevance, with intelligence, and without missing a beat.

 

we practice what we preach

We test our ideas, our principles and our technologies

on our own brands, and when invited (and it makes commercial sense), we take stakes in businesses that

we help develop.

25 staff, 2 cities, 7 languages

Our cosmopolitan team have lived and travelled all over the world and speak English, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese.

 

 

well travelled, well watered, well fed

Our cosmopolitan team have lived and travelled all over the world and speak English, French, German, Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese.

 

 

 

 

passionate, patient, persistent

We will welcome your call.