Hello & kia ora.

Cypher is a design studio based in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Design craft aligned with strategic purpose can create great results for business.

We strive to build long term relationships with our clients, and assist them to evolve and grow their business endeavours. Our aim is to help these SME’s & start ups, and their owners, find meaning in their brand, whilst communicating it with their audience in a human and authentic way.

Our capabilities encompass brand + identity design, standards + guidelines, strategy, print communications, books + publications, financial + investment documents, packaging, branded environments, way finding + signage systems, website design, photography + art direction, and brand asset toolboxes.

Brinnson Research
What we’re doing / Sneak peek – concept packaging.

R.R.R. Rescue. Revive. Rehome.
What we’re doing / Brand Story, Design Direction, Digital Production, WordPress Development, Assets Toolbox.

R.R.R. are our 2021 Community Sponsorship Programme recipients.

Simply put – no strategy fees, no creative fees, no design fees and no studio fees for 2021. Because we care… and can!

Each one of us can make a difference. Together, we can make change.

Barbara Milkulski

Mangatawa Marae
What we did / Identity Design – Design Direction, Identity Design, Assets Toolbox, WordPress Development.

3175 Brewery
What we’re doing / eCommerce Development – Design Direction, Digital Production.

BRIN Nutraceuticals
What we’re doing / Identity + Brand Design – Design Direction, Packaging, POS, eCcommerce – In Development.

Danish Furniture
What we did / Identity Refresh + Spring 2020 Catalogue – Design Direction, Identity Design, Assets Toolbox, Art Production.

Cavius
What we did / 2020 New Zealand & Australian Catalogues – Design Direction, Art Production.

Tussock Brands
What we did / Identity + Brand Design – Design Direction – In Development.

Silo Systems Australia
What we did / Website Development – Design Direction, Digital Production, WordPress Development.

Flegg Brothers
What we did / Identity Design – Design Direction, Art Production, Business Stationery – Work in Progress.

Meretaka Trust
What we did / Wordmark, Identity Design.

Houe Danish Furniture
What we did / 2019/20 Collection Catalogue, Design Direction, Art Production.

Conveyor Industries
What we did / Website Development – Design Direction, Digital Production, WordPress Development.

Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore Trust
What we did / 2019 Environmental Plan, Design Direction, Art Production.

KRW Finance
What we did /  WordPress Development, Business Communications.

Med Green Pharmaceutical
What we did / Brand + Identity, Investor Document, Due Diligence Report, Art Direction, Business Communications.

Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore Trust

What we did / Brand + Identity, Art Direction + Photography, Business Communications, WordPress Development, Assets Toolbox.

Realm Consulting
What we did / Brand + Identity, Art Direction + Photography, Business Communications.

Awa Music & Paritua Vineyards
What we did / Design Direction + Packaging.

Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore Trust – Education
What we did / Publication Design, Art Direction + Photography.

Cavius Nano 2019
What we did / Brand + Identity, Art Direction + Photography, Packaging, Catalogues, Point of Sale, Business Communications, Environment & Trade Show Design.

PayPros
What we did / Brand + Identity, Art Direction, Business Communications, Assets Toolbox, UI + UX Design.

Houe Danish Furniture 2019
What we did / Brand + Identity, Art Direction + Photography, Catalogues, Environment & Trade Show Design, Business Communications.

Dr Des Kahotea
What we did / Publication Design, Art Direction + Photography.

Pirihima Whanau Trust
What we did / Brand + Identity, WordPress Development, Art Direction + Photography, Business Communications.

Whitfield Consulting – NZ Manuka
What we did / Brand Story, Investment Documents.

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Portfolio 1 – Nesian Mystik
What we did – Design Direction, Photography & Art Direction, Music Packaging. Clothing, B2B + B2C Communication + Literature.

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Logos and Marks
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Portfolio 2 – Moana Roller Derby
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Environmental Display – HOUE Danish Furniture
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Portfolio 3 – Sammy Mac’s
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Portfolio 4 – CAVIUS Nano
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Portfolio 5 – Plus Group of Companies
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Portfolio 6 – The Grange
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Whether you’ve got a potential project in the works that good design will make better, or you’re on the lookout for a new creative agency to service your business, we’d love to help!

Let’s talk.

Our Services

  • Strategy Design

    Brand Strategy
    Brand Architecture
    Design Strategy
    Naming
    Visualisation

  • Identity Design

    Brand Identity
    Design Direction
    Art Direction + Photography
    Brand Guidelines
    Brand Asset Toolboxes

  • Activation Design

    Print Design
    Web Design
    Publication Design
    Packaging + Display Design
    Environmental + Signage Design

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