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Blast Design

London branding and communications agency creating identities, campaigns and digital design for cultural, science and film clients

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Hackney

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TrustList summary

Blast is a London branding and communications studio that builds brand identities, campaigns and digital design. Creative director Colin Gifford set it up in 1996, and it aims to use design to shape behaviour and support positive change. Its projects range from museum identities to film studio brands.

What Blast Design does

Brand strategy and naming: defining positioning and names for organisations and products.
Brand identity: visual identities, such as work for the Ashmolean museum and a refugee charity.
Campaigns and social media: public campaigns, including one on healthier living for a UK audience.
Websites and digital design: sites built alongside new identities.
Moving image: showreels and public education films that explain complex subjects simply.

Who it works with

Blast works with organisations in science, innovation, fashion, film, culture and the green economy. Named projects include Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, Jellyfish Pictures and a sustainable fashion brand.

Key facts

Based in: London
Founded: 1996
Founder: Colin (Giff) Gifford
Recent activity: London Design Festival 2026 and the Thinkbox TV Planning Awards 2026

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Sep 2026.

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Rankings

Blast Design is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #12 on 1 and #45 on 1.

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#12of 62
London
Its profile: “Blast is a London branding and communications studio that builds brand identities, campaigns and digital design.”
Of the 62 here, 30 also cover creative and 23 also cover consumer products & services; 3 also work in Dublin and 3 also work in Nice.
Behind Anew, ahead of Design Incorporated.
#45of 51
United kingdom
Of the 51 here, 42 also cover web design and 41 also cover web development; 7 also work in London and 2 also work in Asia.
Behind Island Marketing Ltd, ahead of Electromedia.