Haringey Council

Are you in?

Haringey Council ran one of the worst-performing boroughs in London. It suffered from a lack of foreign and government investment and had earned an unfair reputation. The council asked us to devise an energising placemaking brand that would celebrate the area’s diversity and put the borough’s residents back at the heart of Haringey.

Haringey brand logo

Our placemaking work celebrated the positive spirit that unifies the borough. The new brand platform was disruptive, spirited, unique, and ready to take Haringey into the future, this reinvention needed to roll out across guidelines, staff comms, brand film, website, signage and even uniforms.

Haringey website

We met with the council during a period of transformative change. It needed a platform through which it could deliver new values of proactivity and positivity. They wanted to switch out the “top-down authority” idea for “bottom-up enabler”.

Haringey brand icons
Haringey brand application

To understand the borough, we connected with as many of Haringey’s people as possible: businesses, community groups, residents and council figures. We learned that the people of Haringey are its strength. Some people talked about the borough’s diversity, some loved its green spaces. But the common factors were a belief in Haringey’s potential and a strong sense of community.

 

Haringey people newsletter
Haringey basketball signage

Our several consultations led us to the proposition of “Are you in?” Whoever you are, you’re part of making this borough a better place. Haringey is more than just a place. It’s an attitude. People are proud of the borough’s vibrancy and energy. Haringey is a celebration, and our work conveys this.

Haringey logo sign
Haringey playground signage
WHAT OUR CLIENT SAID

“There is investing in a project and then there is investing heart and soul, and you guys have gone beyond that. This was an extremely challenging brief - to get people to reappraise the borough, to signal change, and to capture something that reflects the personality of the borough. The quantity and quality of work has been fantastic and they have created a distinct identity to help us stand out. The response has been immense and what we hoped for. It’s an absolute game-changer. Very happy. Brief 150% met.”

Joe Goldberg, Haringey Council
DELIVERABLES
  • Brand development
  • Branded materials
  • Brand guidelines
  • Film
  • Internal comms
  • Photography
  • Print advertising
  • Social media
  • Strategy
  • Wayfinding
  • Website