About Us
DUO is Paul & Emily, an independent design agency based on the cobbles of Dock Street in Leeds City Centre. We specialise in brand identity and development. We combine design and individuality, with the belief of keeping it simple, our aim is to create impact and engagement for our clients.
Services
Branding
Branding is what drives us, from creating an initial concept to rolling it out across print and online media, making it strong, consistent and recognisable across absolutely everything. We have created Branding solutions and Brand Guidelines for a variety of clients from start-ups and independents to large corporate clients.
Logo Design
As part of the Branding process we create bespoke Brand Identities including logos, icons, straplines, logotypes, logomarks and symbols. The logos we create are unique to the company unless we are re-drawing an existing logo such as the Crest for Harrogate Council www.harrogate.gov.uk
Graphic Design
We are experts in Graphic Design, communicating visual ideas and concepts through Typography, Editorial Design and Illustration for use in Print and Digital formats.
Illustration
Some of our projects include skills in Illustration where we will hand draw, sketch to create digital illustrations or drawings to support a particular piece of design.
Typography
Some of our projects include skills in Typography where we manipulate typefaces, letterforms and fonts to create unique logos and identities.
Editorial Design
Some of our projects include skills in Editorial Design where we will design creative layouts for multipage documents for use in Print and Digital formats.
Art Direction
Some of our projects include Photo Shoots where we will provide Art Direction to achieve the style or type of photo required for a particular piece of design.
Print Design
We create design work for Print, including Printed Brochures, Leaflets, Magazines, Postcards, Stationery including bespoke Business Cards. We use various print finishing techniques and special paper and card usually supplied by GF Smith https://www.gfsmith.com
Social Media Design
When developing a brand for a product or service we design and create bespoke elements for use on Social Media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Online Design
When developing a brand for a product or service we design and create the style and art direction for use digitally online.
Exhibition Design
We also specialise in working with the cultural sector, creating bespoke Exhibition Design for special gallery spaces. We work with Leeds City Council http://www.leeds.gov.uk for Leeds Museums and Galleries. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries including most of the following sites, Leeds City Museum, Temple Newsam, Lotherton Hall, Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall Abbey, Armley Industrial Museum, Leeds Discovery Centre, Thwaite Mills and Leeds Art Gallery.
Clients
DUO is a small branding agency based in Leeds.
We specialise in brand identity and impactful graphic design.
We are versatile. As well as working with start-ups and emerging brands, we also have substantial experience evolving more established brands.
Branding is what drives us, from initial concept to roll out we’re constantly thinking about how an identity can be consistent and recognisable across all outputs.
We have worked together for over 17 years, our experience and skills compliment each other. We are experts in Graphic Design, communicating our concepts through various services; Brand Identity, Logo Design, Brand Guidelines, Advertising, Packaging, Illustration, Editorial Design & Exhibition Design.