The Drum Design 100: Numbers 59-40 revealed
The Drum Design 100 ranks agencies based on their UK fee income for 2011 and includes details of average numbers of design staff in 2011. The list provides an insightful overview of the UK design industry at present, with highlights including a growing trend towards digital.
This week we’re revealing, bit by bit, the list of those who made it into the final 100, which will be published in full this Friday.
Here we can reveal numbers 59-40.
40 HROC
41= CSI Media
41= Cube3
43 Mobas
44 Impact Design & Marketing
45 Earnest
46 Optima Graphic Design Consultants
47 TAMBA
48 Clock
49 HTDL
50 Wyatt International
51 The Neighbourhood
52 CHILLI UK
53 Creative and Brand
54 Zen Web Solutions
55 Uniform
56 Strawberry
57 Sumo
58 Turn Key
59 Thompson Brand Partners
For those who missed numbers 100-60 announced on Twitter earlier in the week, here are the results:
60 Mr B & Friends
61 AVC Media
62 Fifth Ring Integrated Corporate Communications
63= Duttons Design
63= Hampton Associates
63= Keepthinking
66 Clock Creative
67 Manifest Communications
68 Cafecreate
69 Uncle (now Jellyfish Group)
70 Alienation Digital
71 Zeta
72= FDC Studio
72= The Brand Nursery
74 Bluestorm
75 Avian
76 Lesniak Swann
77 Sigma
78 Strawberrysoup
79= Firedog
79= Selesti
81 Milestone Design
82 Happy Giraffe
83 Carpe Diem
84 Creative Stream
85 Juno Media
85 Rooster Digital
87 Barques Design
88 Gingernut Creative
89 Leepeckgroup
90 Project
91= Front
91= Great Minds Design
91= Imano
94 Katapult
95 Cubiqdesign
96 Kingsland Linassi
97 Classic Lines Design
98 Mocapone.com
99 The Media Group
100 Blue Square Design
The full report will be available for subscribers to download on Friday 30 March.
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CSI Media
Hello! We are CSI Media, an award-winning web and software development agency based in Cheshire who create world-class digital experiences.
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Mobas Group
Mobas Group is a creative marcomms agency delivering inspired thinking across four key specialisms: strategy, design, digital and PR & content. We’re based in Cambridge, but work with clients all over the UK and beyond.
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Earnest
Earnest is the award-winning B2B marketing agency that’s chasing out the humdrum in London and New York.
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TAMBA
TAMBA is a multi-award-winning viral and digital marketing agency specialising in social network applications, viral games and iPhone applications. We produce exciting, engaging and interactive campaigns across a plethora of social networks and work for brands and on a white-label basis, for agencies. Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/TAMBA_Internet
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HTDL
At HTDL we won't give you a load of hype, just good common-sense thinking and creative design, branding, advertising and digital work that hits the target. Dead centre. It's what's made us the leading European agency for some big international brands and led to us being on the approved roster for others.
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The Neighbourhood
The Neighbourhood is a Manchester based creative studio, where stories and worlds come to life across many forms of visual communication. We use our unique mix of expertise – in architecture, design, branding and narrative – to transform messages into memorable experiences. We believe in building worlds and telling stories.
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Strawberry
Strawberry was established in 1993 and is a full-services creative digital agency with a team of 37 highly talented staff.
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Sumo
Since 2000, Sumo has been making an impact with branding and design for forward thinking organisations including the BBC, Novartis, Qatar Museums Authority, National Trust and Barclays. Today with increasingly cluttered and competitive markets that impact is needed more than ever.
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Fifth Ring
Fifth Ring is an international integrated B2B communications agency specialising in the energy industry. Since our formation in 1991 we’ve dedicated ourselves to delivering strategic, joined-up communications and creating unique and powerful brands amalgamating five key disciplines:
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Duttons Design
Duttons is one of the South West's leading brand design agencies. With over 2 decades of experience, we have established a successful track record of working for leading brands across a broad range of sectors.
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Keepthinking
Keepthinking uniquely combines a digital design agency with software development for Museums, Galleries, Archives, Libraries, Performing Art Venues and other cultural organisations. We offer standard compliant Content and Collection Management software as well as bespoke design, consultancy and development for any web or mobile application.
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Manifest
We are Manifest – an integrated marketing communications agency like no other. Born from a desire to inject innovation and energy into every project, Manifest is built around the changing shape of the media, the changing role of brands and the changing demands of their audience.
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Jellyfish
Jellyfish is a marketing performance company for the platform world, where success demands a creative, multi-platform mindset. We help brands thrive, by navigating, connecting, and harnessing the platforms that drive growth.
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After Digital
Two decades of experience and a forward-thinking team has resulted in a strategic digital agency that understands that there is no standing still when it comes to technology. To stay on top, you need to be thinking about what's next. Welcome to After Digital.
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Zeta
Sure, we’re a full service digital agency, but here at Zeta we like to think we offer more than your average web development / design / marketing troupe. While your agency is spending your fee wining and dining prospective clients, we’re putting that extra 110% into all our projects, from big brands to fresh new startups. Zeta is the agency that quietly gets on with producing outstanding, measurable results while the rest are making empty noise. Zeta looks at the bigger picture, creating bespoke strategies that bring a whole new meaning to ROI - then we get elbow deep in the tactical stuff. We’re continually investing in our own development: you can guarantee that our tools will be the sharpest in your box. Zeta is committed to innovation - we use staff ideas to develop mobile apps, so no matter how new the technology is, we’ve already test-driven it on our own projects - not yours.
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FDC
FDC is the first full design agency in Leicestershire to service the Midlands at a genuinely affordable rate.
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Bluestorm
We’re Bluestorm, a creative and energetic team specialising in top-notch integrated marketing. As a full-service design, PR, marketing and digital agency, we have been supporting our clients with award-winning communications services, on and offline, for over 10 years. In that time, we’ve worked with more than 150 regional, national and global clients, in sectors such as B2B, education, food and retail.
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Avian Communications Network
In June 2013, two award winning design and marketing agencies, Avian Communications and Blue Square, joined forces to form one of Scotland’s largest agencies.The new Group is now firmly in the top ten creative agencies in Scotland with a staff count of twenty-six.
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Sigma Consulting Solutions
We are a user-focused digital communications company. We design and build smart solutions for web, mobile, and corporate applications that look great, that are easy to use and totally engaging. We put users at the heart of our solutions and we believe that investing in user experience, research and engagement delivers better products to a happier audience.
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Strawberrysoup
Strawberrysoup began in 2005 designing and developing websites for local businesses, and we’ve picked up some incredibly talented people along the way to where we are today.
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Selesti
If you’re really ambitious to change and grow, you’ll need a partner who can help you do and achieve much more. This is our value proposition, and being an excellent digital partner to our clients is the driving force behind everything we do.
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Milestone Creative
Delivering brand activation, corporate identity, brand strategy, internal and external marketing programmes, packaging and digital communications.
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Happy Giraffe
We’re a strategic brand agency. We think clever thoughts. We create great brands. We deliver real results. No smoke and mirrors. No agency fluff.
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Carpe Diem
We're an independent website design and digital marketing agency based in Warrington, between Manchester and Liverpool. We're as strong on design as we are on development.
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Rooster Marketing
Rooster Marketing is different from your average digital marketing agency. We’re able to offer what many organisations cannot - the full digital package.
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Gingernut Creative
Hello! We are Gingernut Creative. If you’re looking for a marketing campaign full of bright ideas, we’re your people.
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Great Minds Design
Great Minds Design is a Digital creative agency based in Marylebone, London. Creating beautiful website, award winning digital campaigns for creatives and corporates large and small .
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Cubiqdesign Ltd
Cubiqdesign, launched in 2004, offers a wealth of creative services including web, branding, advertising, packaging design, direct mail, marketing and PR amongst many other talents, across a board of national and international clients. An award-winning agency with a creative edge.
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The Media Group
The Media Group is an integrated creative agency delivering strategy and implementation across design, digital, video, and event management. Each service can be provided independently but our strength is offering an in-house, joined-up approach across multiple platforms. We’re passionate about customer focus and have developed long-term, collaborative relationships with our clients. Our latest accolades include being named in the RAR Top 100 agencies, The Drum Design 100 and in The Drum Top 10 Agencies for Client Service.
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