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About Us

StudioBand® is a strategic brand and design agency helping ambitious organisations scale with distinction and build enduring competitive advantage.

We work with businesses at pivotal moments — when competition is growing, markets are shifting, and brand clarity becomes critical to future success. Our clients are founders, directors, and leadership teams who recognise that strong brands don’t just look good — they drive performance, culture, and long-term value.

Many of these businesses have already established themselves as competitors, are ready to reinvest in their future, and now require more sophisticated branding and systems to compete and grow.

This is where we thrive — partnering with leaders ready to elevate their brand into a true business asset.

Our work spans brand strategy, brand identity, activation and engagement, signage and wayfinding, websites and digital design. We combine evidence-based thinking, crafted execution, and deep respect for our clients’ vision to create brands that are as intelligent as they are beautiful — connecting purpose to performance, shaping culture, strengthening presence, and delivering lasting commercial impact.

Services & Capabilities

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Our Approach

Every organisation has ambition. The challenge is turning that ambition into clarity and performance. Our approach follows four interconnected stages that move seamlessly from insight to impact.

01

Discovery and Alignment

We begin by uncovering the truths that define your organisation. Its purpose, challenges, opportunities, and ambitions. This stage ensures alignment between stakeholders and builds the foundation for clarity and direction.

02

Strategic Insight Development

Here we translate research and understanding of your world into insights. These insights are a reflection of your brand and its position in the market. They define the foundational thinking of your brand and inform the overarching brand strategy.

03

Creative Development

Strategy comes to life through the verbal and visual brand. We create brand identities, systems, and experiences that are both intelligent and beautiful — ensuring your brand connects meaningfully with audiences and stands out in the market.

04

Implementation

We embed the brand into your organisation, from launch through to ongoing engagement. This includes activation, digital design, signage, wayfinding, and internal adoption — making sure the brand behaves as well as it looks.

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Our People

Our team brings together strategists, designers and developers who share a commitment to clarity, craft and meaningful work. We combine diverse perspectives with a unified philosophy: smart, intelligent design should solve real problems, create value and feel grounded in evidence, not trends. Collaboration is central to our approach. We listen carefully, challenge assumptions and work closely with clients to uncover insights that lead to thoughtful, effective outcomes.

We also invest heavily in learning, drawing from contemporary design practice, behavioural science and brand research to strengthen the rigour behind our work. This keeps our thinking sharp and our solutions relevant, while ensuring every project is approached with curiosity, integrity and care. The result is a studio that feels focused, agile and deeply invested in the relationships we build and the brands we help shape.

Founders

Chris Cooper


Chris Cooper


Creative Director and Head of Strategy

Rachel Harty


Rachel Harty


General Manager

Key People

Andrea Petruzella


Andrea Petruzella


Head of Brand Engagement

Jason Wood


Jason Wood


Design Director

Sophia Wehrs

Sophia Wehrs

Strategic Design Lead

Shane Keane

Shane Keane

Brand Director

Lauren Bezzina

Lauren Bezzina

Senior Designer

Filip Kostovic

Filip Kostovic

Graphic Designer - Digital

Harry Tomlian

Harry Tomlian

Graphic Designer

Recognition & Awards

Recognition is never the goal, but it does reflect the standard we hold ourselves to. Over the years our work has been acknowledged by respected industry bodies in branding, design and digital communication. These awards represent strong collaboration with our clients and a commitment to doing work that is thoughtful, well-crafted and strategically effective.

What matters most is that the work performs in the real world. Awards simply reinforce that rigorous thinking and careful execution make a measurable difference — for organisations, their audiences and their long-term brand value. We treat them as markers of consistency, not moments of celebration, and as encouragement to keep pushing for clarity, distinctiveness and meaningful design.

2025
AADC Awards

Winner – Brand Identity (Small Boutique)
Winner – Signage and Wayfinding

2024
AADC Awards

Finalist – Brand Identity (Small Boutique)
Finalist – Brand Expression
Finalist – Typography (Static)

2023
D&AD Awards

Graphite Pencil – Branding

AGDA Awards

Distinction – Brand Identity
Merit – Branding (Small Business)
Awards Publication Features

AADC Awards

Winner – Brand Identity
Winner – Print Brochure

Best Awards

Finalist – Branding

Eat Drink Design Awards

Commendation – Best Identity

2018
AGDA Awards

Merit – Campaign
Merit – Identity (Small Business)

Best Design Awards (NZ)

Finalist – Packaging

2017
AGDA Awards

Brand Expression
Corporate Identity
Typography for Design
Packaging
Campaigns
Posters

Best Design Awards (NZ)

Gold Pin – Packaging

Type Directors Club (New York)

Commendation – Typography

2016
AGDA Awards

Typography
Packaging
Environment
Digital