How our expertise can help you grow.

We believe in using our creative skills and know-how to help others grow, look good and attract new or better business while giving them a platform to do what they do best. That could be a great looking brand or a website that effectively functions and showcases what they offer or something that's going to stand out from the crowd.

We don't do everything but what we do, we do well and to the best of our ability to help you reach your goals.

A dollop of this and a dollop of that.

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Website Design and Build

Every website is unique (you’ll find no standard templates here) because every business is different. We like to understand what you’re trying to achieve and we’ll ask a lot of questions. We might even set you a little homework, but it gets us thinking and pulling in the right direction to deliver a website that speaks to your customer, looks great and functions as you need it to, all with a dollop of creative flair added too.

A pinky red light shines in a disco giving the people in the photo a silhouette look. The atlas logo is placed in the middle of the image in white.

Brand Development

Does your brand look professional, trustworthy and does it stand out? Does it resonate with the audience you want to attract? We’ve helped launch some great brands and re-branded others successfully by understanding their vision and delivering something creative and unique. We’ll ask questions to understand your brand, get a sense of who you are and who your audience is way before putting our creative hats on and coming up with some concepts and delivering something great for you.

Posters promoting youth team basketball players for a tournament in New Zealand. The posters appear to be at an angle and some sit outside the image.

Graphic Design

We’ll make sure the design work fits your brand, and delivers your key messages. You’ll get something that stands out, looks professional and delivers on the brief you set us.

From marketing material, business cards, clothing design, social assets, posters, event medals and collateral; you name it, we've designed it and can do it for you.

a cartoon tiger in a blue sports kit kicks a football

Illustration

From kids books, quirky characters, icons, gift cards or illustrations to enhance your brand and tell a story, we’ll bring a dollop of creativity and a point of difference with our illustration work.

We'll work with you to establish the what and why and what sort of style you're looking for. We've worked on a number of children's books and love nothing more than putting your stories onto paper.

A selection of webpages at an angle to showcase a website
A cartoon drawing with a grumpy little girl with a frog on her head
A logo for a brand called runs with a barcode
A poster featuring Steven Adams in black and white with his logo positioned above him

How we work with you.

First and foremost we’re friendly and polite and that’s how we like to work.

We're all about collaboration and we’ll look to understand your brief and keep communication open as the project progresses. We’ll stick to deadlines and keep you posted on how we’re tracking with time so there won’t be any nasty surprises along the way.

What you'll get from us.

Often design can be overlooked as something that just looks nice but in a world where first impression counts and you have seconds to catch the attention of your customer or keep them on your website our work will provide real value to your business.

Our aim is to see you succeed so you'll get the commitment and effort you expect in return from us.

Nice things folks have said...

From briefing to the final output I enjoy working collaboratively with Alex at dollop.He always manages to come up with a concept even better than what I imagined.

Thuha
Digital Seamstress

Alex was brilliant from start to finish on our logo and website redesign.  He listened carefully, asked great questions, brought loads of great ideas

Tim
Piper

He’s honest, hard working, extremely genuine and always goes out of his way to support us. We can’t recommend him enough.

Kev and Clare
Runthings owners.