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Refresh Your Brand with 2026 Colour Trends
As the seasons change, so do the expectations and aspirations of your audience. Colour trends are a powerful way to re-energise your brand and keep it current. You’ve got to stay at least one step ahead! Let’s see what is in store for 2026.
A Feel-good Brand Boost Event
We celebrated the New Year in style this January with the Feel-good Brand Boost event! The event took place at the beautiful Bowcliffe Hall, home to our studio. We had an absolute blast!
2024: Our Year In Review
2024's motto was "rise and shine", and we certainly rose to the occasion with the launch of The Brand Power Manifesto book. Much of the year commemorated this special achievement, and we're so grateful for the opportunity.
Accessibility in Design: Persona Spectrums
Good design solves people’s problems by addressing their unique needs. We can achieve this by being empathetic. You’re a beautifully complex being, with a wealth of experience, and your own back-story, thus it’s deeply hurtful when others make assumptions about our lives.
My Placement at Buttercrumble: Harry
My name is Harry Mabbs, I am a student at the University of Leeds studying Graphic and Communication Design. Not many people can say that their employer did the same course as them at the same University – but I can!
Design Perspective: Back to School Style
This new beginning motivates us to reinvent ourselves, exercise our strengths, and remedy our foibles. I find this especially true of our young generation climbing social ladders and (literally) growing out of their former selves!

As the seasons change, so do the expectations and aspirations of your audience. Colour trends are a powerful way to re-energise your brand and keep it current. You’ve got to stay at least one step ahead! Let’s see what is in store for 2026.