A branding agency that uses the Power of Creativity
WMH&I is a branding agency that uses the Power of Creativity to create meaning, connection and impact in a world that never stands still.
The agency has a 25-years award-winning and cross-sector experience, working with multinational corporations to SMEs. As a multidisciplinary agency, WMH&I creates complete brand worlds across identity, packaging, communications, web and moving image.
Clients include Amazon, Castrol, Carlsberg, GameStop, The Hershey Company, Holcim, Lamb Weston, NX Nippon Express, Pernod Ricard, Walmart and many more.
WMH&I has won over 375 awards for both creativity and commercial effectiveness. Awards include coveted D&AD Yellow Pencils, Cannes Lions, Creative Review, DBA Design Effectiveness, Marketing Magazine Design, Type Directors, New York Festivals, Transform and Clios.
Switch on an electric future - brand creation
Castrol ON
The world is accelerating into an electric future. Castrol provides e-vehicle manufacturers with the fluids they need to further progress the development of e-vehicles. WMH&I was asked to create the positioning, name and identity for this new brand. Taking the Castrol brand into an electric future.WMH&I created a brand that is bright and future-focused. The 'ON' brand name and logo uses the digital toggle button - swiping from left (off) to right (on) - as inspiration. A world of electric blues with energy lines communicating progress.
Changing the way we see food - repositioning and rebrand
High Liner Foods
Despite its century-old heritage, High Liner Foods maintains an ambitious, disruptive spirit, focused on bringing new ideas, sustainability practices and new processes to fuel growth. Building on High Liner Foods’ purpose of “Reimagining Seafood To Nourish Life”, the company is set to change the way we see food.The rebrand brings forward a bold graphic twist as the key element of the new look. It focuses on changing perceptions of High Liner Foods, highlighting its leadership and positive actions towards building an optimistic future for the seafood industry.This graphic twist is central to HLF's new identity. Present throughout from logo through to a modified typeface by Dalton Maag, it represents the change of perspective and signifies the active transformation HLF is spearheading in the food industry. The full 360-degree brand identity for High Liner Foods captures the humanity of the brand, its creative potential and optimistic future journey.
Creation of a new global shipping company
Ocean Network Express (ONE)
WMH&I brought together Japan's largest container companies (NYK, MOL and K Line). Through finding a common purpose that targets B2B customers across the world, WMH&I created an identity that is deployed across 2 million containers and 240 enormous ships.
ONE's most distinctive visual asset, its magenta colour, takes inspiration from Japan's iconic cherry blossom. This eye-catching colour disrupts the shipping-container market. In addition, WMH&I created a visual identity based on the shape of the humble container itself. Enabling ONE to 'frame' the world and its resources, as well as highlight the company's ability to transport assets around the globe.
Seeing possibilities in potatoes - repositioning and rebrand
Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston makes and delivers high quality frozen potato products to foodservice and retail customers all over the globe. Hugely innovative, forever asking 'what next?', Lamb Weston has a range of industry firsts to its name and this restless pursuit of innovation was encapsulated in the brand purpose of 'inventiveness'.Simple and witty, the potato shaped ellipses bring Lamb Weston's 'seeing possibilities in potatoes’ proposition to life across branding, workspaces, customer campaigns, packaging and employee’s engagement communications.WMH&I’s work contributed to a net sales increase of 54% to £3.7billion in five years since rebrand. Ten years on, our collaboration with Lamb Weston continues to go from strength to strength, working with multiple teams globally.
We find the way - a global rebrand
NX Nippon Express
Nippon Express are the No.1 logistics-based business solutions provider in Japan and across the Far East. The company is on a journey to become a true global player in the logistics market.We need to unit the previous fragmented collection of individual businesses across the globe under one new group company, with one brand idea, and one brand identity.The company's ambition is to grow revenue from non-domestic markets to 50% of their total. To achieve this goal, they need to become stronger together.Central to the identity are the lines of progress communicating how Nippon Express' brand purpose of We Find The Way.
Daisy Benn
Daisy studied Italian and Design in London and Milan before starting her career in London. Since then, she has gained over 15 years experience working in branding and communications. Before becoming Managing Director Daisy’s background was in client services, building powerful relationships with clients by quickly getting to grips with their business challenges and working with the strategy and creative teams to deliver creative solutions that breakthrough the noise and create competitive advantage. As Managing Director Daisy heads up the agency ensuring we are valuable partners to our clients and our creative surpasses their expectations, both in execution and in its impact in the world.
Mark Nichols
Responsible for all creative output at WMH&I, Mark ensures the work matches the needs of a brief and the highest creative standard. He has a proven track record in exceptional award-winning work for the likes of Castrol, Royal Mail, Pernod Ricard and ONE. Mark is trained as a multi-disciplined designer and joined WMH&I as a graduate, worked at leading agencies such as Taxi Studio and Jack Renwick, before returning home to WMH&I as Creative Director. He has been recognised for his work by various awards, including Art Directors Club, Transform, Design Week, Pentawards and Brand Impact amongst others. He has also been a judge at D&AD New Blood, FAB Awards and Creativepool. Beyond his professional achievements, Mark is committed to nurturing future talent. He serves as a visiting lecturer at his alma mater and Universities of Falmouth, Preston, and the London School of Communication, as well as Delaware and Barcelona IDEP.
Wybe Magermans
Wybe became a board director at 38 and now serves as the Director of Growth at WMH&I, where he champions inclusivity. From studying Architectural Design in the Netherlands to leading strategy at a London-based agency with a £20m turnover, Wybe has embraced challenges that demonstrate the creative industry's transformative potential. Throughout his tenure at Fitch, Brandhouse, Pearlfisher, and WMH&I, Wybe has collaborated with diverse clients ranging from global giants like HONOR and Castrol to cultural icons like Absolut and disruptors like Coco de Mer. He actively fosters inclusivity, mentors LGBTQ+ professionals, and allocates 25% of WMH&I's profits to meaningful causes. His efforts were recognised with a Campaign Magazine 40 over 40 Award and he is a fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.