Identities that hold on a stage, a screen and a hoarding.
Festivals and broadcasts need one identity that works in every format in the same week. Publishers do too.
- 5 brands on our roster
- 1 case study
- How we approach it
Events and media brands are judged in motion and at scale. They are judged in a hurry.
A festival or a broadcast has to look right on a stage and in a newspaper. It has to look right on a hoarding and in a social cut, often all in the same week on a short lead time. A logo alone doesn’t survive that.
The identity needs to be a kit. It holds the type and colour and the layouts, with rules a team can apply fast. It does not degrade with every new format.
What Media & events brands usually get wrong.
These are patterns in the category, not a verdict on any one company. Each one is fixable, and most are cheaper to fix early.
A logo with no kit around it
A festival or channel needs more than a mark. It needs lower-thirds and stage graphics, sponsor lockups and social frames. Without the kit each vendor improvises, and the identity fragments by the first week.
Designing for print, then adapting
Events live on screens and stages, on signage and on phones, all at the same time. If the identity is designed for one and stretched to the rest, something always looks like an afterthought.
Sponsors treated as an afterthought
Sponsor placement affects revenue and the look of the event. A clear system for lockups and hierarchy protects both.
Late press planning
Coverage that starts the week of the event misses the moment attention is built. Press plans need lead time and a story beyond the programme.
A brand that disappears after the event
The audience is valuable year-round, and so are the speakers and partners. A brand that goes silent between editions throws away the audience it just built.
How we approach Media & events.
Design the kit, not just the mark
Type and colour, layouts and templates that other teams can use quickly. The brand stays intact under deadline.
Plan for every format on day one
Stage and outdoor, print, on-air and social are specified together. That avoids last-minute improvisation.
Build press and presence together
For launches, earned media and the visual system are planned as one. The coverage then looks like the event.
What good looks like.
Five markers we hold Media & events work to, whoever does it.
A kit, not just a mark
Stage and broadcast elements are designed together with signage, print and social, under clear rules.
Works at scale and in motion
Legible on a stage screen and a phone, and on a printed pass. It works still and moving.
Sponsor-ready system
Clear lockups and hierarchy. Spacing rules protect the event identity.
Press and presence together
Coverage planned alongside the identity, with a story for each audience.
An identity that outlives the date
Year-round content and community so the next edition starts with an audience, not from zero.
5 brands, in good company.
The Media & events brands on our roster. Select any brand to see where we worked with it.
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How the five services apply in Media & events.
Most engagements start with one discipline and add another when it earns its place. Here is what each one means in this sector.
Creative & Content
Event films and photography are produced under one art direction. Social cutdowns and on-the-day content follow the same direction.
Branding & Identity
Identities for events, broadcasts and publications are designed as complete kits. They hold across stage, screen, print and social.
PR & Growth
Media partnerships and press kits are planned weeks ahead. Speaker positioning is too. The event is covered before it opens.
Website & UI/UX
Event and publisher sites carry schedules and ticketing paths, plus archives. They are built to handle traffic spikes and mobile-first audiences.
Performance Marketing
Ticketing and registration campaigns are tuned to the run-up to each edition. Audience campaigns follow. All of it is measured on registrations and attendance.
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Before you hire an agency for Media & events.
Questions worth asking any studio, including us.
- Ask what is in the identity kit. Ask who will apply it on the day: the stage team, the broadcast team and the social team.
- Ask how sponsors will be accommodated without breaking the identity.
- Ask for a timeline that starts well before the event. It should include press planning and content planning.
- Ask how the brand will keep an audience between editions.
- Ask who produces cutdowns and highlights, and how quickly they are delivered.
- Ask who owns the footage after the event. Photography and files need an owner too.
Events and media involve rights to footage and music. Speaker likenesses and sponsor material have rights attached too. Agree usage rights in writing and check licences before publishing.
Asked often in this sector.
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What makes branding for Media & Events different?
Festivals and broadcasts need one identity that works in every format in the same week. Publishers do too.
What do you design for Media & Events brands?
Design the kit, not just the mark. Type and colour, layouts and templates that other teams can use quickly. The brand stays intact under deadline. Plan for every format on day one. Stage and outdoor, print, on-air and social are specified together. That avoids last-minute improvisation. Build press and presence together. For launches, earned media and the visual system are planned as one. The coverage then looks like the event.
Can one identity work on a stage, a screen and a hoarding in the same week?
That is the brief: we start from the touchpoint list and design the system to hold at every format.
Do you design broadcast packages?
MasterChef Rajasthan Season 2 included the show identity and the on-air package, plus social cuts.
Can you handle the launch as well as the identity?
Jaipur Health Festival included a press launch with Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran. A unified visual system came with it, and so did outdoor and social work.
Can you work to event deadlines?
Event dates do not move, so we agree a dated plan up front. We tell you in the proposal if the date is not realistic.
Which Media & Events brands have you worked with?
We have worked with 5 brands in this category; the projects with full case studies are MasterChef Rajasthan. The full list is on the clients page.
Who checks claims and compliance in Media & Events work?
Claims need an owner. We ask you to confirm every claim before it publishes and recommend that your own adviser review anything regulated. Events and media involve rights to footage and music. Speaker likenesses and sponsor material have rights attached too. Agree usage rights in writing and check licences before publishing.
Do you work with Media & Events brands outside Jaipur?
The studio is in Jaipur. The work runs over calls and email, with WhatsApp for the quick questions, and we have clients across India and beyond.
What should I prepare before the first call?
Send whatever you have. Current materials help, and so does knowing who you sell to and what has and has not worked. A rough budget band is useful too. Rough is fine; the first conversation is for sorting out the rest.
Building in Media & events? Let’s talk.
Send the brief you have, even rough. We’ll tell you plainly how we’d approach it and what we’d do first, within four working hours.
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