Williams Murray Hamm

Williams Murray Hamm (WMH)
Subsidiary
Industry Brand Innovation, Design and Strategy Agency
Founded 1997
Headquarters London, UK: 10 Dallington Street, London, EC1V 0DB
Key people
 WMH ltd.
Richard Williams, Chairman & Founder;
Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner;
Wybe Magermans, Client Services Director;
Ed Hebblethwaite, Strategy Director.
Services Innovation: Brand creation, growth business platforms, products and services, positioning, brand behaviour and services development.
Strategy: Positioning, brand behaviour, portfolio architecture, communication strategy.
Creative: Packaging, identity, naming, comms, in store activation, digital content and film.
Parent Writtle Holdings
Website wmhagency.com

Williams Murray Hamm (WMH) is a brand innovation, design and strategy agency based in London and Chicago.

History

Founded in 1997,[1] Williams Murray Hamm was acquired in 2006 by Loewy Group, a business that was subsequently acquired by Writtle Holdings in 2011.[2] Chairman & Founder, Richard Williams and Creative Partner, Garrick Hamm both remain on the board of directors.[3] Founding Partner, Richard Murray died in 2010.[4] Wybe Magermans[5] was appointed to the board in 2016 as Client Services Director and Ed Hebblethwaite joined the company as Strategy Director.

Work & Accolades

WMH’s work in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging for GSK's Horlicks,[6] Hovis,[7] McVitie's Jaffa Cakes [8] and Sainsbury's SO organics [9][10] and Sainsbury's Basics[11][12] led to the business being named Design Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine in 2002 and 2004.[13]

WMH has won DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its work on Cobra beer, Sainsbury’s SO organic,[14][15] Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil),[16][17] while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively.[18][19]

Notable WMH clients have included 2003's redesign of the Barclays Bank identity,[20] 2004's relaunch for Fortnum & Mason,[21] via a brand book and repackaging exercise. The company has maintained an eight-year relationship with Syngenta, the Swiss agrochemicals business.[22] Other WMH clients include Beazley Group,[23] Brummells of London,[24] Way to Blue[25] and Jamie Oliver's store Recipease venture,[26] Burger delivery start-up Chosen Bun,[27] Magic Me,[28] JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks),[29] Syngenta,[30] charity Ella's Home,[31] and globally for Carlsberg[32] and Castrol.[33]

More recent work includes the website redesign for New Zealand-based winemaker Seresin Estate;[34] brand positioning and identity redesign for USA based food producer Lamb Weston;[35] redesign of the Orto Mio range[36] for German-based supermarket, Penny Market (REWE GROUP).

In 2015, the agency was awarded the top prize at The Drum's inaugural Dream Awards[37] and gold at the Fresh Awards [38] for its packaging design for UK erotica brand Coco de Mer.[39] Additionally, WMH won gold in the body category at the celebrated Pentawards[40] for its work with beauty brand Prismologie.[41]

2016 saw WMH's return to win gold at the Design Effectiveness Awards (Design Business Association) for their interactive brand design work with JuiceBurst (Purity Soft Drinks).[42] The award winning continued for its brand identity and packaging work for Coco de Mer winning the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil Award,[43] the Drum Design Award,[44] Design Week Award (Package Design Category)[45] and Creative Review Annual where it was awarded 'Best In Book: Design'.[46]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Incorporation date WMH".
  2. ↑ Fri, 1 Dec 2006 (2006-12-01). "Exclusive: Loewy acquires WMH | News". Design Week. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  3. ↑ "People: Company 03305951 - Williams Murray Hamm". Duedill. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Richard Murray: 1965 – 2010". Creative Review. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  5. ↑ "WILLIAMS MURRAY HAMM LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  6. ↑ 23.11.2005 (2005-11-23). "Design Awards: Packaging (food)". Marketing Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Branding Interview: Williams Murray Hamm, sub section: Bread Winners". Retrieved 2005-03-02.
  8. ↑ 4 March 2004 (2004-03-04). "WMH repacks Jaffa Cakes for a bigger bite of market | News". Design Week. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  9. ↑ "D&AD Awards 2006 Professional packaging design winner wood pencil Sainsbury's Organics/". Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  10. ↑ "Putting a Prize on Effectiveness | BusinessWeek". Images.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  11. ↑ "Creative Review: When Sainsbury's was out on its own". 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  12. ↑ "Sainsbury's Basics as designed by Williams Murray Hamm grow fifty percent in one year". 2005-11-27. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  13. ↑ 12.12.2002. "AGENCY 2002: Design Agency of the Year - Williams Murray Hamm". Marketing Magazine. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  14. ↑ "Sainsbury's Basics as designed by Williams Murray Hamm". www.newswire.com.
  15. ↑ "dba Insight magazine Winter Spring 2007" (PDF). www.dba.org.uk.
  16. ↑ "D&AD Professional Awards 2001 - Yellow Pencil for Packaging Design: Wildbrew". D&AD.
  17. ↑ "A fur day's work". The Guardian.
  18. ↑ http://www.dba.org.uk/aboutdba/documents/DBANewsletter01.pdf
  19. ↑ "Richard Murray". agIdeas. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  20. ↑ "Barclays opts for WMH to develop cohesive image". Marketing Magazine. 2003-11-26. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  21. ↑ 10 November 2005 (2005-11-10). "Team of designers restructures Fortnum & Mason brand | News". Design Week. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  22. ↑ "News Wire". Newswire.
  23. ↑ "CorpComms - News - 61 Risky Business". Corpcommsmagazine.co.uk. 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  24. ↑ "Brummells and Sage Pay Cloud Connect Case Study".
  25. ↑ "A live neon identity for Way to Blue". Design Week. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Branding for Jamie Oliver's retail store Recipease unveiled by Williams Murray Hamm". The Drum. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  27. ↑ Simon Nias, marketingmagazine.co.uk, 12 June 2013, 12:41PM (2013-06-12). "Chosen Bun to launch world's first gourmet burger delivery business". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  28. ↑ "Williams Murray Hamm creates Plasticine identity for charity Magic Me". Design Week. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  29. ↑ http://www.designweek.co.uk/exploding-fruit-drink-packaging-from-williams-murray-hamm/
  30. ↑ "Syngenta: "FLOWERS PRO CONTROLS" Design & Branding by Williams Murray Hamm".
  31. ↑ Matthew McIntyre (2014-04-07). "Williams Murray Hamm's 'pretty' campaign against sex trafficking | Desktop". Desktopmag.com.au. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  32. ↑ "BOILERMAKER CHALLENGE – USE A GLASS THAT DOESN'T EXIST!". Phil Sills -Photographer.
  33. ↑ "Castrol EDGE film". youtube.
  34. ↑ "Seresin Case Study".
  35. ↑ Derrick Lin. "PROJECTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS: Lamb Weston New Visual Identity".
  36. ↑ Derrick Lin. "Showcase and discover creative packaging: Orto Mio". Packaging of the World.
  37. ↑ "Williams Murray Hamm scoops top prize at The Drum Dream Awards". The Drum.
  38. ↑ "Fresh Awards Winners 2015, Packaging Design, Coco de Mer". Fresh Awards.
  39. ↑ Derrick Lin. "Showcase and discover creative packaging: Coco de Mer". Packaging of the World.
  40. ↑ "GOLD PENTAWARD 2015 – BODY – WILLIAMS MURRAY HAMM". Pentawards.
  41. ↑ "PRISMOLOGIE". The Dieline.
  42. ↑ "Winners/ Beverags: Gold - JuiceBurst & WMH winners". Design Effectiveness Awards winners 2016. Design Business Association. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  43. ↑ "D&AD Awards Professional Yellow Pencil Packaging Design 2016 Coco de Mer".
  44. ↑ "Drum Design Winners Announced". The Drum.
  45. ↑ "@Design_Week DWawards16 Twitter @WMHagency". Design Week Twitter.
  46. ↑ "CR Annual - Best In Book: Design". www.creativereview.co.uk. 27th April 2016.
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