Braes Design – A boutique graphic design studio bringing inspiration and creativity into focus.

The Children’s Drawings book for Waging Peace

Braes Design collaborated with Waging Peace to create an 84-page, full-colour book telling the story of child survivors of genocide in Sudan. The book was typeset in both english and arabic, and featured stunning images from the UN photographer Albert González Farran. The cover was hard-bound in flame-red fabric and die-stamped.

Modern Slavery project

Worthington Financial Planning logo

Logo design for a financial planning company. The W icon was designed to show an overlapping of two blues to symbolise the relationship between advisor and customer. The diamond shapes subtley evoke wealth.

Farm & Rural Business Awards logo

Original logo design for an agricultural industry award. The colours symbolise the green crops, earth, sky and grains found in the union of nature and agriculture.

Giant Toub Banners for Waging Peace

Colourful and joyous banners designed to celebrate the creation of a long Sudanese "toub" scarf. The toub was created by women of the Sudanese diaspora in the UK as part of the "Peace by Piece" project and marched through London as part of the International Women's Day in March, 2024

20 years of genocide in Darfur logo

Waging Peace commissioned this logo to mark 20 years since the 1994 genocide in Darfur and draw attention to the ongoing conflict in Sudan. "Freedom, peace and justice" was the slogan of the protestors during the 2018-2019 Sudanese revolution. The jagged red stripes are evocative of wounds and drawn in the iconic shape of a Sudanese conical straw house, a "guttiyya", to symbolise destruction of Sudanese homes.

Network for Africa Impact Report 2025

Vibrant 2025 impact report created for a British and American charity working across several countries in Africa to support conflict survivors in rebuilding their lives and communities. The report included custom maps and the stunning photography of Simone Fior.

Winter Stock Festival logo

A logo design for a regional agricultural festival where livestock was shown, sold and competed. The branding incorporates the different animals featured at the show in a wintry colourway. This logo was part of a set of sub-brands designed for this client, the East of England Showground, and shared a common visual layout and strapline treatment.

Game On dog training business logo

Logo design created for a dog training business that was produced in multiple colour variations and used across the web, on stationery, and also printed in the main colourway and in glitter on team sweatshirts.

The Situation in Sudan Report September 2025

Waging Peace asked us to create this 24-page in-depth report to be given to MPs and organisers to communicate the complex history and political situation within war-torn Sudan. Striking photography from Jérôme Tubiana and Albert González Farran was included along with over 80 reference footnotes and links.

Nix Pocketbook cover and pie chart illustration 2018

A composite original illustration showing a 3D "agricultural pie chart" was commissioned as part of a book cover which we created in Photoshop using stock images.

NKT rebrand

Autumn Fair 2016

Raleigh logo

An original logo created for a rural estate in Somerset with a budding farmshop business. The estate manor house was extremely old with a fascinating history and the client wanted a logo based on a stone crest from the building. The crest was used as the basis for the modern branding used on the farm products.

Savoy Place vintage style invitation

An interesting retro invitation for a promotional event in london mimicking an antique baggage tag and airline ticket. The invitation was printed to look aged and then die-cut out to give it the vintage ticket shape.

John Nix Pocketbook 2017

Cultiv8 logo

IET Annual Dinner 2016

Invitation to the prestigious annual IET Annual Dinner that was part of a suite of materials (menus, seating plans, etc.) designed for this event. The invitation was enclosed in a pocket that had the IET brand hexagon die-cut out so that when the invitation was pulled out, the face of the guest speaker, Dr. Brian Cox, was revealed.

Tugby Church Leaflet

AB Agri HQ wayfinding map

A colour-coded map that was used in a fold-out welcome brochure and wayfinding posters for the headquarters of an international agricultural company. Different departments and sub-brands were themed in their brand colours.

Farm Business Awards rebrand

AB Agri Early Careers cards

Just Dogs Live 2014

Logo design commissioned for a family-friendly annual show at the East of England Showground that attracted over 7000 visitors and 10,000 dogs across a 3-day event.

London play 2 remember

Just Dogs Live 2017

IET Venues: Austin Court wedding poster

Large size poster to promote a Birmingham venue for wedding bookings.

Stoke Rochford Estate branding

Waging Peace Sudan infographic

IET Venues business cards

Autumn Fair 2015 logo

Waging Peace business cards

AB Agri Formula24 brochure

Network for Africa Trifold

Waging Peace rape report

Savoy Place top ten promotional flyer

Promotional poster for IET London: Savoy Place venue

IET Venues embossed wedding venue brochures

People 4 Sudan logo

East of England Smithfield Festival 2016

IET Venues Teacher Building wayfinding and murals

East of England Smithfield Festival 2014

East of England Smithfield Festival 2013

Harry Smith careers banner

Waging Peace Darfur testimonies posters

Shaw-Gardner wedding invitation and order of service

IET Venues curved exhibition stand

Exhibition stand for a hospitality trade show that incorporated the branding of three different venues and AV equipment.

Point electrical and plumbing logos

Logo design created for an electrical company in England. Point Electrical later expanded into plumbing and electric vehicles and had us create additional logos as part of their brand expansion.