BRAND / FILM
Blackpepper Radio
A pirate-radio identity for a streaming upstart. 340% lift in subscriber intent.
independent creative studio — est. 2019
Cold work
gets cut.
Furnace forges brands, films, and campaigns at high temperature. If an idea will not survive the heat, it does not leave the building.
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What we forge
Five disciplines, one temperature setting. We take fewer projects and push each one further.
01
Brand Identity
Naming, systems, and voices that refuse to blend in.
02
Film & Motion
Direction and post for spots, titles, and docs.
03
Campaigns
Ideas built to travel — OOH, social, stunts.
04
Digital Experience
Sites and products with a pulse, not a template.
05
Art Direction
Photography, set design, and worlds worth stealing.
selected work
Out of the kiln
A rolling shelf of recent output. Hover to hold one still.
CAMPAIGN
Molten Bottleworks
Glassware shot at 2,000 fps and a tagline you cannot unhear. Sold out in nine days.
IDENTITY
Static Union
A record label rebrand built from broadcast interference patterns.
DIGITAL
Ovenbird Bakehouse
E-commerce that smells like the shop. Cart size up 61%.
BRAND / FILM
Blackpepper Radio
A pirate-radio identity for a streaming upstart. 340% lift in subscriber intent.
CAMPAIGN
Molten Bottleworks
Glassware shot at 2,000 fps and a tagline you cannot unhear. Sold out in nine days.
IDENTITY
Static Union
A record label rebrand built from broadcast interference patterns.
DIGITAL
Ovenbird Bakehouse
E-commerce that smells like the shop. Cart size up 61%.
awards
Metal for metal
Grand Ember, Type & Image BiennaleStatic Union identity2026
Gold, Motion Craft AwardsBlackpepper Radio launch film2025
Best in Show, Independent SitesOvenbird Bakehouse2025
Silver, Outdoor CraftMolten Bottleworks OOH2024
Studio of the Year, Northern CircuitFurnace2024
studio
Built in a foundry, literally
Fourteen people in a converted iron foundry north of the river. No account layer, no committee edits — the people who sell the work are the people who make it.
We keep one rule on the wall: if the room goes quiet when the idea comes up, it ships.
14makers, zero suits
7yrmedian client tenure
38brands forged
1rule on the wall
contact
Bring us
something raw
Budgets from serious, timelines from honest. Tell us what keeps your category boring and we will take it from there.
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