"From its humble beginnings as a one-man operation to becoming a respected name in expressive, personality-driven branding, Angel & Anchor’s journey is one that TBI has been thrilled to follow. As the Belfast-based design studio celebrates its 10th anniversary, we sat down with Founder & Creative Director Ben Connolly to reflect on this decade of creative evolution. And what a decade it’s been! In this comprehensive interview, Connolly looks back on the studio’s growth, vital lessons learned, and his shift from hands-on designer to Creative Director.⁠⁠In the run-up to revealing Angel & Anchor’s refreshed brand identity and new website, he also reflects on how both the studio and he himself have transformed over the years – from wrestling with perfectionism to embracing collaboration and nurturing meaningful, long-lasting relationships.⁠⁠"

Read the full interview with A&A founder, Ben Connolly, here.

That’s an entire decade of creative projects–big and small, for spirited founders to large-scale teams. We’re incredibly proud to reach this milestone and deeply grateful to everyone who’s been part of our journey—clients, creative collaborators, and supporters from near and far. Your trust and support mean everything to us. It’s been a wild ride so far, and in many ways, it feels like we’re just getting started!From day one, we’ve been driven by a commitment to excellence, always striving to push boundaries, and putting people at the heart of it all.

Ten years later, we're excited to continue helping people build something they can be truly proud of. Ready to level things up? Send us an email and let’s make something remarkable together.

After five years, we are closing our brand on the side, Final Final. It was our place to learn how to design and source products, a break from client work, and another brand to grow over a longer period of time.

As A&A continues, it’s becoming harder to put our all in to Final Final. It’s time to move on and clear a bit of desk space!

As part of the close, we have a huge sale online, with huge savings. Grab some early Christmas gifts here.

We are so honoured to have our brand identity & packaging design for Process Coffee featured in Designing Coffee. The coffee table book showcases some of the best in global cafe interiors, visual identity and packaging. It means a lot then that author, Lani Kingston, and publisher, Gestalten, included us.

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Our work has been featured in Counterprint’s latest release, ‘Animal Logo.’ Four of our logo designs made the cut, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Huge thanks to Counter-Print for the honor, and a special shoutout to our clients for entrusting us in the first place.

Logos included for Triple Co Roast, Well Fired Pizza, New Kid Coffee, Lucky Duck Chinese.

“Coffee and graphic design has had somewhat of a destructive relationship down the trend cycle since the ‘third-wave coffee’ boom in the 2000s. Shops began to look sleek and built up a name for themselves as being trendy, and a bit unfriendly. That’s why the WAC is a breath of fresh air. While Angel & Anchor are only a few years into their relationship with the organisation, they are bringing some joviality into both industries.”

Read more from the full piece by Liz Gorny at It’s Nice That here.

Introducing The A&A Ninth Year Scarf, We’re celebrating the end of 2023 with this limited edition scarf, now available to buy in our shop. It’s super-soft and features our two-sided, ‘always in motion’ design.

We’re excited (and a little relieved!) to squeeze this release in before the end of year. If you’re in the UK you can free shipping.

Buy it here.

Brand strategy, name generation, art direction, copywriting and visual identity for Gather cafe by Alana. Follow them here.

We’re honoured to have our work for Process Coffee, shortlisted for the award for Best Coffee Packaging at this year’s Dieline Awards 2022.

Check out the piece on their site here.

“A new niche trend seems to be emerging in the creative world. Plucked from the world of vintage television, please welcome packaging in the shape of VHS tapes. Just when we thought we’d seen all there was to see in the arena with Love’s Andy Warhol TV-inspired skincare packaging, Belfast-based branding studio Angel & Anchor has knocked it out of the park with an entirely different take on the concept

Read more from the full piece by Liz Gorny at It’s Nice That here.

Speciality coffee… in an instant. Packaging design for Process Coffee collaboration with Voila.

To celebrate sevenish years of Angel & Anchor, we are so excited to release The Seven Year Cap. In collaboration with Ebbets Field, the limited edition cap is now available in our shop.

This hand-sewn piece is made from genuine cotton twill cloth and built to last a lifetime. ‘7’ cut-out felt, embroidered details, and our signature blue make this something we’re super proud of.

“Having sought a greater visual and strategic alignment across their two locations, Lost & Found turned to Belfast-based branding studio Angel & Anchor to achieve as much; channelling their existing candour, character and personality across a refined aesthetic and structural process. Working closely with the team itself, Angel & Anchor defined the tone of voice, audience, values and messaging for Lost & Found, culminating in a satisfying and friendly visual identity.” Read the full piece by The Brand Identity here.

Logo design for Ancoats Soap Co., a small, Manchester-based soap company that we have helped with brand, packaging and photography support since 2019.