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Simple on purpose.

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Simple is what's left after the hard decisions.

Simple design is often mistaken for minimal design. They're not the same thing. Minimal is a look; simple is the result of making hard choices about what a brand needs to say first.

Our process starts with a single sentence: what should someone know about this company after five seconds? Everything on the page either supports that sentence or waits its turn.

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Cutting our logo down to a single mark made it the most recognised thing we own.

Sora Mikami

Sora Mikami

Finance lead, Lumen Bank

Finance lead, Lumen Bank

Significance comes from the details that remain. When there's less on the page, the typeface, the spacing and the photography all have to be excellent, because nothing is there to hide behind.

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Remove until it breaks, then add one thing back.

We review every layout at arm's length and on a phone held at a glance. If the main message doesn't survive both, we simplify again.

The goal is a brand that feels calm and confident, never empty.

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Andy Palmer

Andy Palmer

Senior designer

Senior designer

Andy is a senior designer at Agenciex focused on websites, product interfaces and design systems.

Andy is a senior designer at Agenciex focused on websites, product interfaces and design systems.

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