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🎖️ Huge news... The Spark Labs have been awarded the ERS GOLD AWARD by the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association! 🏆Gol...
16/07/2026

🎖️ Huge news... The Spark Labs have been awarded the ERS GOLD AWARD by the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association! 🏆

Gold is the top tier of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, and it can be quite difficult for a sole trader to achieve, usually it's big organisations with whole teams behind them. So this one means a lot.

It's recognition our to support the Armed Forces Covenant, from sharing information, running events, to championing our reservists, veterans and their families.

Official presentation is on Saturday 14th November at the Royal Salute in York, I can't wait 🥂

Thank you to everyone who's supported this journey. This is just the beginning. 💛

One of the clearest signs that a brand identity isn’t quite complete is when consistency requires constant effort.When e...
23/04/2026

One of the clearest signs that a brand identity isn’t quite complete is when consistency requires constant effort.

When every new piece of content, every updated document, every new marketing asset involves a fresh set of decisions about colours, fonts and layout, that’s not a workflow problem. It’s a foundation problem.

A complete brand identity removes those decisions. Not by restricting creativity, by creating a clear enough system that the right choices become obvious. The colours are specified. The typography is defined. The templates exist. The guidelines explain how everything fits together.

With that in place, producing something new is simply a matter of working within a system that’s already been thought through. The effort goes into the work itself, not into re-deciding how the work should look.

This is what we mean when we talk about brand identity as a foundation. Not something you look at occasionally. Something you build on every single day, quietly, consistently, without thinking about it.

When your brand identity is doing its job properly, you almost stop noticing it’s there.

That’s when you know it’s working.

If your brand still feels like it needs re-deciding every time you create something, it might be time to finish the system behind it.

Send us a message and let’s take a look at what’s missing.





Most businesses have brand elements.Far fewer have a brand system.The difference shows up in the day-to-day. When a new ...
22/04/2026

Most businesses have brand elements.

Far fewer have a brand system.

The difference shows up in the day-to-day. When a new piece of content needs producing. When a proposal goes out. When someone updates a social profile or creates a new document.

A brand system means those moments are straightforward. The colours are exact. The fonts are defined. The templates exist. The guidelines explain how everything fits together.

Without that system, every new piece of work involves a fresh set of decisions. Nothing quite matches. Consistency requires constant effort rather than happening naturally.

What we build at Brand Lab isn’t just a visual identity. It’s a complete working system, one that makes showing up consistently the path of least resistance rather than a constant effort of will.

Which side of this feels most familiar to you right now, system or collection? Tell us below.





Most businesses have a logo.Far fewer have a brand identity, the complete system that sits around it and makes it work p...
21/04/2026

Most businesses have a logo.

Far fewer have a brand identity, the complete system that sits around it and makes it work properly.

The distinction matters more than people realise.

A logo is a mark.

A brand identity is the framework that tells you, and everyone else who touches your business, how everything should look, feel and behave across every surface it appears on.

It typically includes:

📌 A logo and its variations.

📌 A colour palette with exact values that can be applied consistently across print and digital.

📌 A typography system, the specific fonts, how they’re used, and what they’re each for.

📌 A visual language that covers the broader aesthetic, imagery, graphic elements, the overall feeling.

📌 Usage guidelines that explain how everything works together.

📌 Templates, the practical tools that make the identity usable day to day without starting from scratch each time.

Most businesses have some of these.

The logo exists. The colours exist, roughly.

But the guidelines were never written.
The templates were never built.
The system was never quite finished.

Those missing pieces are usually the ones quietly causing the most friction, the inconsistency, the slow decisions, the sense that keeping the brand consistent takes more effort than it should.

A complete identity changes that. It gives you something solid to build from, and something that works for the business rather than against it.





We're a finalist. 🎉The Spark Labs has been shortlisted for Creative StartUp of the Year at the 2026.North East, Yorkshi...
16/04/2026

We're a finalist. 🎉

The Spark Labs has been shortlisted for Creative StartUp of the Year at the 2026.

North East, Yorkshire and The Humber. Leeds. 16th June.

One very happy studio.

Spark Labs is built this on a belief that good work deserves to be seen properly, and that clarity has to come before anything creative begins. That idea has taken us further than we imagined.

Win or not, we'll be in that room. And we cannot wait. ✨

I came across this today and couldn't stop thinking about it.All that weight. All that presence. Balanced on something t...
14/04/2026

I came across this today and couldn't stop thinking about it.

All that weight. All that presence. Balanced on something that small.

It works because of geology, ancient rock, shaped over thousands of years by ice, wind and weather into something that looks like it shouldn't be standing at all.

But it made me think about how many businesses are trying to do the same thing with their brand. Stacking marketing on top of design on top of a brand identity that was never quite solid enough to hold it all.

Sometimes it holds for a while.

But the foundation always matters more than what's on top of it.

📍 Idol Rock, Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire

Someone has already formed an impression of your business today.You didn't see it happen.You weren't part of the convers...
08/04/2026

Someone has already formed an impression of your business today.

You didn't see it happen.

You weren't part of the conversation.

But it happened anyway.

If you think about it, you do this all the time too.

Someone's name comes up and you go, "I'll have a quick look…"

You open their website.
Scroll a bit.
Maybe click once. Maybe not.

Then you're like, "Hmm… yeah, not for me" or "Okay, they look good actually."

And you move on.

That's exactly what's happening with your business.

Not on a call. Not in a proper conversation. Just in those in-between moments, usually on someone's phone, half distracted.

And you're not there for it.

So your website is.
Your branding is.
Whatever shows up when they look, that's what's doing the talking.

And it doesn't have long. Twenty, thirty seconds maybe. Just enough time for someone to get a feel for whether this looks right… or not.

The tricky bit is, for a lot of people, what they're seeing in that moment is a version of the business from a while ago. Before things really clicked. Before the work got better. Before you grew into what you actually do now.

You've moved on.
But what they're looking at hasn't.

And sometimes that's all it takes for someone to quietly close the tab and never come back.

We’re on the shortlist. Two categories. We’re not calm about it. ✨The Spark Labs has been named as a finalist in Creativ...
31/03/2026

We’re on the shortlist. Two categories. We’re not calm about it. ✨
The Spark Labs has been named as a finalist in Creative StartUp of the Year and Marketing & Advertising StartUp of the Year at the North East, Yorkshire and The Humber 2026
Chosen by a panel of expert judges. Recognised in our own region. Genuinely buzzing.
If we win the regional final, then it’s the national stage at in September, but right now I’m just taking a moment to appreciate how far The Spark Labs has come.
To everyone who has cheered us on, worked with us, and believed in what we’re building, this one’s for you. 💚🧡
Who else from the North East is in the finals? Tag yourself below 👇

Good design removes hesitation. It supports trust without saying a word.That's the quiet work it does every day. ...
19/02/2026

Good design removes hesitation.

It supports trust without saying a word.
That's the quiet work it does every day.

Design doesn't need to shout to work.Its job is reassurance, helping people feel comfortable enough to stay, read, and e...
17/02/2026

Design doesn't need to shout to work.

Its job is reassurance, helping people feel comfortable enough to stay, read, and engage.

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