Bespoke & Complex Design
For mandates that fall outside a standard service category - a complex regulatory document, multi-format investor communication package, bespoke scientific publication, or specialist data visualisation - where the requirement defines the scope.
Some Work Should Not Be Forced Into a Template
Certain mandates are too complex, too technical, or too specific to fit a standard service line. A regulatory filing, multi-format communication package spanning print and digital, bespoke publication, or custom visualisation needs to be built around the requirement itself.
We scope these engagements directly, combining experienced judgement with AI-supported production to extend capacity and accelerate execution without lowering the standard of the work.
Our Approach
The brief is the starting point. We define the scope around what the mandate actually requires and bring together the right disciplines - financial, scientific, technical, editorial, or visual - around that need.
The same information design principles still apply: structure first, hierarchy before decoration, and every design choice made in service of the material rather than the format.
The work that falls outside a standard category is often the work that benefits most from being designed around the brief. The requirement determines the shape of the engagement.
Who This is for
Companies with complex or regulated documents that need to communicate clearly within formats that do not fit a standard presentation or report.
Teams requiring multi-format communication packages spanning print, digital, and presentation formats within one consistent visual system.
Specialist publishers and technical teams needing bespoke scientific, technical, or data-led materials designed around the requirements of the content.
Our Bespoke & Complex Design Capabilities
Bespoke Document Design
Complex and non-standard documents, regulatory materials, long-form reports, and specialist publications designed around the specific requirements of the content.
Multi-Format Communication Packages
Integrated communication systems spanning print, digital, and presentation formats, designed to remain consistent and coherent across every output.
Specialist Visualisation
Custom data visualisation, scientific publication design, and bespoke infographics for complex information that standard formats cannot communicate effectively.
How We Engage
Scoped Project
Each bespoke mandate is scoped from the brief, with the deliverables, timeline, and required disciplines defined before work begins. AI-supported production helps accelerate execution without changing the custom nature of the engagement.
Brief-defined scope
Specialist disciplines brought together as required
Delivery to an institutional standard
Ongoing Specialist Support
Recurring support for teams that regularly require complex or non-standard communication across multiple formats.
Ongoing specialist mandates
Consistent execution across formats
Senior involvement throughout
Sectors We Cover
Our work is grounded in the sectors we know deeply. Domain knowledge changes the questions worth asking and the answers worth trusting, so every engagement is led by people who understand the industry, not just the discipline. Whichever sector you operate in, the work is shaped by how that market actually behaves, where the value sits, where the risks hide, and what a credible case looks like to the people you are trying to convince.
We also cover:
Frequently Asked Questions
We start with the brief: what the work needs to achieve, who will read it, the formats involved, and any technical or regulatory constraints. From there, we define the deliverables, required disciplines, and scope before work begins. Nothing is forced into a template that was not built for the requirement.
The value of treating complex work as one mandate is consistency. Splitting a non-standard project across multiple providers can create gaps between formats, messages, and visual standards. Managing it as one engagement keeps the information architecture and design logic coherent throughout.
Tell us the requirement and the constraints - the audience, formats, technical considerations, regulatory requirements, and deadline. We will determine whether the mandate needs a bespoke scope or whether one of our standard practices can address it more efficiently.
Charges vary by scope, complexity, number of formats, required disciplines, and turnaround. Because these mandates are non-standard by definition, each engagement is scoped and quoted individually before work begins.
Ready to Work?
Describe the brief and the constraint, and we will tell you exactly how we would approach it and what we would produce.