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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Brand Innovation, Design and Strategy Agency |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | London, UK:
10 Dallington Street, London, EC1V 0DB |
Key people | WMH&I Richard Williams, Chairman & Founder; Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner; Carol Lavender, Managing Director; |
Services | Innovation: Brand creation, growth business platforms, products and services, positioning, brand behaviour and services development. Strategy: Positioning, brand behaviour, portfolio architecture, communication strategy. Creative: Packaging, identity, naming, comms, in store activation, digital content and film. Activation: Packaging roll outs, campaign activation, retouching, artwork, photography |
Number of employees | 30 |
Parent | Writtle Holdings |
Website |
wmhagency |
WMH&I (formerly Williams Murray Hamm) is a brand innovation, design and strategy agency based in London.
Williams Murray Hamm (WMH) was founded in 1997 by Richard Williams and Richard Murray. [1] Garrick Hamm joined the firm a year later. [2]
WMH was acquired in 2006 by Loewy Group, a business that was itself acquired by Writtle Holdings in 2011. [3] [4]
Richard Murray died in 2010. [5] Wybe Magermans was appointed to the board in 2016 and became the agency's Managing Director in 2019. [6]
In 2021, WMH merged with Identica, another design and branding agency, to form WMH&I. [7] Carol Lavender was named Managing Director and Magermans became the Growth & Development Director. [7]
WMH's work in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging for GSK's Horlicks, [8] Hovis, [9] McVitie's Jaffa Cakes [10] and Sainsbury's SO organics [11] [12] and Sainsbury's Basics [13] [14] led to the business being named Design Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine in 2002 and 2004. [15]
WMH has won DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its work on Here Organics, Sainsbury's SO organic, [16] [17] Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil), [18] [19] while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively. [20] [21]
Other work includes 2003's redesign of the Barclays Bank identity, [22] 2004's relaunch for Fortnum & Mason, [23] via a brand book and repackaging exercise. The company has maintained an eight-year relationship with Syngenta, the Swiss agrochemicals business. [24] Other WMH clients include Beazley, [25] Way to Blue [26] and Jamie Oliver's store Recipease venture, [27] Burger delivery start-up Chosen Bun, [28] Magic Me, [29] JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks), [30] Syngenta, [31] charity Ella's Home, [32].
More recent work includes the launch of Waitrose & Partners Free From range of foods, creation of completely new container shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE), and USA-based food producer Lamb Weston. [33]
In 2015, the agency was awarded the top prize at The Drum's inaugural Dream Awards [34] and gold at the Fresh Awards [35] for its packaging design for UK erotica brand Coco de Mer. [36] Additionally, WMH won gold in the body category at the celebrated Pentawards [37] for its work with beauty brand Prismologie. [38]
2016 saw WMH's return to win gold at the Design Effectiveness Awards (Design Business Association) for their interactive brand design work with JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks). [39] The award-winning continued for its brand identity and packaging work for Coco de Mer winning the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil Award, [40] the Drum Design Award, [41] Design Week Award (Package Design Category) [42] and Creative Review Annual where it was awarded 'Best in Book: Design'. [43]
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promotional tone. (May 2024) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Brand Innovation, Design and Strategy Agency |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | London, UK:
10 Dallington Street, London, EC1V 0DB |
Key people | WMH&I Richard Williams, Chairman & Founder; Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner; Carol Lavender, Managing Director; |
Services | Innovation: Brand creation, growth business platforms, products and services, positioning, brand behaviour and services development. Strategy: Positioning, brand behaviour, portfolio architecture, communication strategy. Creative: Packaging, identity, naming, comms, in store activation, digital content and film. Activation: Packaging roll outs, campaign activation, retouching, artwork, photography |
Number of employees | 30 |
Parent | Writtle Holdings |
Website |
wmhagency |
WMH&I (formerly Williams Murray Hamm) is a brand innovation, design and strategy agency based in London.
Williams Murray Hamm (WMH) was founded in 1997 by Richard Williams and Richard Murray. [1] Garrick Hamm joined the firm a year later. [2]
WMH was acquired in 2006 by Loewy Group, a business that was itself acquired by Writtle Holdings in 2011. [3] [4]
Richard Murray died in 2010. [5] Wybe Magermans was appointed to the board in 2016 and became the agency's Managing Director in 2019. [6]
In 2021, WMH merged with Identica, another design and branding agency, to form WMH&I. [7] Carol Lavender was named Managing Director and Magermans became the Growth & Development Director. [7]
WMH's work in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging for GSK's Horlicks, [8] Hovis, [9] McVitie's Jaffa Cakes [10] and Sainsbury's SO organics [11] [12] and Sainsbury's Basics [13] [14] led to the business being named Design Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine in 2002 and 2004. [15]
WMH has won DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its work on Here Organics, Sainsbury's SO organic, [16] [17] Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil), [18] [19] while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively. [20] [21]
Other work includes 2003's redesign of the Barclays Bank identity, [22] 2004's relaunch for Fortnum & Mason, [23] via a brand book and repackaging exercise. The company has maintained an eight-year relationship with Syngenta, the Swiss agrochemicals business. [24] Other WMH clients include Beazley, [25] Way to Blue [26] and Jamie Oliver's store Recipease venture, [27] Burger delivery start-up Chosen Bun, [28] Magic Me, [29] JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks), [30] Syngenta, [31] charity Ella's Home, [32].
More recent work includes the launch of Waitrose & Partners Free From range of foods, creation of completely new container shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE), and USA-based food producer Lamb Weston. [33]
In 2015, the agency was awarded the top prize at The Drum's inaugural Dream Awards [34] and gold at the Fresh Awards [35] for its packaging design for UK erotica brand Coco de Mer. [36] Additionally, WMH won gold in the body category at the celebrated Pentawards [37] for its work with beauty brand Prismologie. [38]
2016 saw WMH's return to win gold at the Design Effectiveness Awards (Design Business Association) for their interactive brand design work with JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks). [39] The award-winning continued for its brand identity and packaging work for Coco de Mer winning the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil Award, [40] the Drum Design Award, [41] Design Week Award (Package Design Category) [42] and Creative Review Annual where it was awarded 'Best in Book: Design'. [43]
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