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Latest Insights

How Brands Can Communicate Flavor Through Design

Five ways that design strategy can help your brand communicate flavor to authentically connect with consumers.

Sam Wilkes, Creative Director, and Nicole Prefer, Strategy Director
Vibrant illustration featuring different fruit and flaor ingredients from around the world

Breaking Through Cultural Barriers, One Sip at a Time

We explore how global brands can authentically tap into culturally significant flavors and formats to drive innovation.

Meg Asaro, Head of Strategy, and Leigh Chandler, Partner & Creative Director

How to Build a Sustainable Beverage Brand

Four ways to transform, or build, a sustainable beverage brand.

Sam Wilkes, Creative Director & Nicole Prefer, Strategy Director

The Future Is Green: How Cannabis Is Infiltrating Mainstream Brand Culture

The Cannabis industry is booming. We explore the consumer and cultural trends driving growth, and share our predictions for what’s next.

Leigh Chandler, Partner & Creative Director, and Nicole Prefer, Strategy Director

Where worlds collide
and sparks fly

From the streets of London to the alleys of New York • From the streets of London to the alleys of New York • From the streets of London to the alleys of New York •
From the streets of London to the alleys of New York • From the streets of London to the alleys of New York • From the streets of London to the alleys of New York •

With studios in London and New York, Vault49 brings together diverse creative minds to work with ambitious clients. We’re a collective of strategists, designers and artists with the skills to transform brands and businesses. We do it through unexpected ideas that energize brands.

Since the beginning, we’ve found our muse at street level. We think true creative thinking comes only from wide research and authentic inspiration. From real people and real lives. We make it our job to understand cultures, technologies and trends. It’s the intricacies and nuances that make us tick, and give the brands we work with the advantage.

Thinking like entrepreneurs and experimenting like artists, we make ownable worlds that cut through and connect. We create brand experiences that make people stop, look and care.

The results speak for themselves.

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY

“Vault49 is the most talented agency I have ever worked with. After seven years, helping take one company public and launching three new brands, our work is only just beginning. I trust their expertise and enjoy our partnership immensely.”
HOWARD LERMAN
CEO, YEXT

OUR PRINCIPLES

Brands are like people. Complex personalities with dynamic interactions. We work towards a big idea and use it to inspire every touchpoint within a coherent 360º brand experience.

Four principles guide our work…

Back Alley Insights
We get our inspiration on the ground. We talk to real customers and look at how the category works in real life. Our strategy work is up-close and personal.
Packaging with Purpose
Packaging is where products connect with customers – in their hands and homes. We make the pack a brand experience that goes beyond a bottle or a box.
Street Art Rawness
Disruptive art is in our DNA. Which means we’re dedicated to experimenting and in touch with our media. We understand the rules and enjoy breaking them when we need to.
Motion-Based Shareability
We create own-able worlds for brands that connect with customers. That involves bringing brand assets to life online and in motion, bridging physical and digital experiences.

Our blended
expertise

EXPERTISE

Working across disciplines and channels makes our work stronger – it’s how the sparks fly. Our diverse team has both deep expertise and blurred boundaries.

01 Research

02 Strategy

03Naming

04Digital Experience

05Environments

06Point of Sale

07Brand Identity

08Packaging Design

09Out of Home [OOH]

10Creative Labs

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