DayMonthYear is a brand and design studio specialising in strategy, identity and brand worlds. We partner with founders, owners and marketing teams to build brands that are clear, distinctive, and made to perform in market, in culture, and inside the business itself.
Our work usually begins by defining what the brand is here to do. We clarify the premise, the positioning, and the story it can credibly own. From there, we build the identity and messaging systems that bring it to life across every touchpoint. For product-led businesses, packaging is often where the brand meets the world first. We approach it as one part of a larger brand world, extending the system into digital, campaigns, content and communications.
The goal is simple. Build brands customers remember, teams can carry forward, and competitors struggle to copy.
What we do
Brand Strategy
We define the brand’s foundations: positioning, values, personality, tone of voice, narratives, and architecture. This is the work that creates alignment so that creative decisions are purposeful.
Brand Premise & Concept
We articulate the big idea the brand can live from: the premise, the story, the creative territories, and (where relevant) naming directions. This becomes the engine for identity, brand storytelling and future campaigns.
Messaging & Verbal Identity
We craft messaging that’s structured, human, and usable: brand story, narrative pillars, key messages, product language, and copy frameworks that work across audiences and channels.
Brand Worlds & Touchpoints
We translate the brand into the moments people actually experience: digital, content, campaigns, environments, retail, partnerships, and customer communications — keeping everything consistent, intentional, and recognisable.
Digital Brand Experience
We shape how the brand shows up online: website strategy and structure, visual direction, tone and content frameworks, and design systems that support growth and clarity.
Campaign & Content Direction
We create purposeful communications, campaign platforms, creative directions, content systems, and marketing toolkits.
Packaging
When packaging is part of the scope, we treat it as a high-impact brand touchpoint. One that should carry the strategy, story, and identity with absolute clarity.
Image Direction
We define a visual point of view and collaborate with photographers, illustrators, 3D artists and stylists to bring the brand world to life.
Brand Tools & Collateral
We design the tools that help teams sell, onboard, and scale: decks, datasheets, templates, case studies, guidelines and internal comms. Practical, consistent, and on-brand.
Awards
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Best Awards | Gold | Large Brand Identity | Picky Juice & Smoothies
Best Awards | Silver | Colour Award Graphics | Picky Juice & Smoothies
Best Awards | Silver | Design Craft | Picky Juice & Smoothies
Best Awards | Silver | Packaging | Picky Juice & Smoothies
Best Awards | Silver | Design Craft | Metro In Absentia
Best Awards | Silver | Small Brand Identity | Metro Magazine Rebrand
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Best Awards | Gold | Small Brand Identity | Boring Oat Milk
Best Awards | Gold | Packaging | Boring Oat Milk
Best Awards | Gold | Colour Award Graphics | Boring Oat Milk
Best Awards | Silver | Design Communication | Boring Oat Milk
Best Awards | Silver | Value of Design | Boring Oat Milk
Best Awards | Gold | Design Craft | Klim — The Future
Best Awards | Gold | Moving Image Short Form | Klim — The Future
Best Awards | Gold | Moving Image Sound Design & Composition | Klim — The Future
Best Awards | Silver | Digital Campaigns | Klim — The Future
Best Awards | Silver | Moving Image Short Form | Klim — Signifier
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Best Awards | Silver | Design Communication | 1000 Women — NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Best Awards | Bronze | Small Brand Identity | 1000 Women — NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
Best Awards | Silver | Editorial and Books | Le Roy Magazine
Best Awards | Silver | Editorial and Books | Le Roy Magazine Issue 2
Best Awards | Silver | Packaging | Triumph & Disaster — Coltrane Clay / Ponsonby Pomade
Best Awards | Silver | Packaging | Triumph & Disaster — Hair Care
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Clients we’ve loved working with