We’re Jess and Reuben Mansell and together we run mansellmade, our namesake design studio specialising in logo design and brand identity.
We’re Jess and Reuben Mansell and together we run mansellmade, our namesake design studio specialising in logo design and brand identity.
We’re Jess and Reuben Mansell and together we run mansellmade, our namesake design studio specialising in logo design and brand identity.
Authenticity is at the heart of everything we do because good branding needs to be rooted in something truthful. People don’t trust marketing anymore, but they do trust brands they’ve come to know and love. Our approach has always been to get to know our customers, find what makes them unique and base their brand identity on those wonderful things. No artificial colours, no artificial flavours. This is what will resonate with your customers and help you to build your brand.
If this sounds like what you are looking for for your business, drop us a message, we would love to hear from you.
Authenticity is at the heart of everything we do because good branding needs to be rooted in something truthful. People don’t trust marketing anymore, but they do trust brands they’ve come to know and love. Our approach has always been to get to know our customers, find what makes them unique and base their brand identity on those wonderful things. No artificial colours, no artificial flavours. This is what will resonate with your customers and help you to build your brand.
If this sounds like what you are looking for for your business, drop us a message, we would love to hear from you.
I fell in love with graphic design in 2013 when I did my first illustrator course and never looked back. Since then I’ve been working to hone skills in branding and web design. As a self-taught designer my training has really come from hard-won experience and a varied experience it has been. I’ve worked on print design, UI, packaging, signage, even graphics for film. But it became clear that my one true love was logo design and brand identity. Seeing the excitement of a client as they see their new brand come to life never gets old.
My style is clean and paired back with an emphasis on colour and typography. I ere on the side of minimal but always with a little bit of warmth and a human touch. I aim to create something timeless for my clients, and with a background in brand strategy my designs are always rooted in something meaningful.
DRINK OF CHOICE: Oat milk flat white or a glass of red
FAVOURITE CITY: NYC (sorry London)
MOST WATCHED MOVIE: Hook
FAVOURITE PASTIME: Cooking for people I love
STYLE: Oversized shirts, all white trainers and probably a bit too much black
GUILTY PLEASURE: Cinnamon socials, Monty Don and Fleetwood Mac
BAD HABIT: Nervous nail biting
I got my first job in web advertising when I was 20 years old and have loved it ever since. I worked for an agency in London and later in New York City. During that time I worked on campaigns for some great companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, AmEx, Sky, Vodafone and Dell.
Whilst I was in New York, I decided to go freelance. Initially I specialised in mobile friendly websites as that was a new thing in 2012. During that time, I developed a fascination with figuring out what makes a large company’s website feel so much more premium than a small business site. I soon learned it was branding. Like most people I thought branding just meant a logo, but looking into this led me to learn the science and the art behind it.
When Jess came on board we found ourselves taking on more and more brand projects and although we have worked on all kinds of web and design projects – branding is where we have continued to develop our expertise.
My style is definitely simple and clean and I love typography. (When reading a menu sometimes I’m too busy trying to work out what the font is and I forget to decide what I want to eat – although that’s usually chips anyway) I am a fan of great copy, especially the kind you find in classic advertising like the VW campaigns from the 60’s. I particularly enjoy the creative industry because I love to learn new things and as my friends will attest, I am a sucker for anything with novelty value.
DRINK OF CHOICE: Gamma Ray or Camden Hells
FAVOURITE CITY: It’s either New York or Hatfield
MOST WATCHED MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
FAVOURITE PASTIME: Eating Ice Cream, preferably in Barcelona
STYLE: Casio is as high end as I go
GUILTY PLEASURE: Hall & Oates, UB40
BAD HABIT: I don’t know how to end conversations…fortunately Jess is good at it!
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