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Co-designing the Young Gamechangers Fund with the Co-op Foundation

Follow along our process, for the creation of the Young Gamechangers Fund. It’s bold. It’s built with young people. And it’s changing the way youth-led funding is delivered forever. Young people are transforming communities into safer, more sustainable and more inclusive places to live, powered by the £4.5m Young Gamechangers Fund from Co-op, the Co-op Foundation and the #iwill Fund.

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Why Collaborative Design is So Important

Whether you’ve not yet heard of co-design, want to understand what it is, or are keen to try it, we’ve got you covered. Find out everything you need to know about collaborative design - the method revolutionising the design process and transforming brands.

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Co-Designing the Youth Boat Race

We recently had the pleasure of creating fresh branding for an exciting new event - the Youth Boat Race. Check out how we approached it, the finished results and why we loved working on this youth sector project.

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Why co-design is fundamental to achieving gender equality

At nooh Studio, we champion creative co-design every single day. But this International Women’s Day, we’re shining a light on how including women in the design process has the potential to fundamentally improve their experiences and enhance their lives. Ultimately leading to a more equal society for everyone - now doesn’t that sound good?

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How creative teams should work together

Creative agencies offer a range of services that fit under an umbrella of Marketing and Digital Design. In today’s blog, we share the nooh Way of Working and how it can WoW your team.

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Changing Narratives on Social Care Future

In this blog, we introduce one of our latest projects, Social Care Future! We worked on telling their story through their branding, building a beautiful website and working on their social media communication. With a reach of over 100,000 people, this campaign has been huge.

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Nooh’s Journey: 1 Year Since our Re-Brand

A year after our name change, our team look back on where we have come from, what we’ve learnt and what we’re now doing as specialists in co-design. Plus explaining what makes nooh, nooh!

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How Gen-Z is Changing Brand Storytelling

In this blog, we can tap into new tools and methods of expressions like short form video, animation and film, the use of social media to quickly disseminate stories and raise funds, live video broadcasting on social media and other streaming platforms.

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Introducing: Nooh® Thinking

At nooh Studio, we believe that great design is not just about creating visually appealing graphics, but it’s about the thinking process behind it. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our new approach to design thinking, called the nooh Thinking.

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We Love Pen & Paper

From design sprints to the fine art of doodling; read our latest blog to find out our thoughts on why putting pen to paper is the bread and butter of any design process.

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Why User Research Matters

Guest interview with Matt Davies, a strategic design consultant with a background in customer experience design and research. He helps his clients by using strategic research and design to enhance their customer experience, in turn increasing engagement and revenue. The bottom line is: “If your product is inferior because you haven’t understood the customer, they’ll just go elsewhere.”

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Why Developing Your Personal Brand is Key

We want to go into depth about why developing your personal branding is so important. You might be a writer, film director, producer, poet, journalist, a freelance designer, makeup artist or illustrator - the list is endless. If you have a small business or service you want to sell, then read this!

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What is graphic glue & why do you need it?

‘Graphic Glue’ is our new coined term. It is the visual magic that sits between a brands logo, colour palette, fonts and imagery. It brings all those things together and creates a stronger brand identity: telling the story of your brand.

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The story behind our 'nooh' branding

Today is the day! We’ve been working on this for months… This blog post takes you through all the decisions that went into our ‘nooh’ brand, from the name choice, logo, colours, fonts, graphic identity and refined services.

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Why products matter in healthcare

A reflective post written by our founder, Helena Traill, on her latest design sprint at The Royal College of Art (RCA) x Imperial, where Helena is studying for a Masters of Research in Healthcare and Design. During the Behaviour Change module, each team had to produce a digital prototype, revealing the importance of physical products in a digital-first world.

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What is Wireframing?

Establishing a good UI/UX structure is possibly the most important part of designing a product. Read this blog to understand why we think wireframing is so important, how to start and what our favourite tools are!

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