Departures take their clients on colourful, engaging visual journeys. The indie branding and…read moregraphic design studio have quietly gained a good name for themselves for simple yet stand out designs for household names. Their literature and billboards use vibrant hues - hot pinks, apple greens - and powerful photographic portraiture to present clean, clear messages; often bilingually. Their fresh, creative approach has won them accolades - their work on the title sequence for Byw yn yr Ardd was nominated in the Best Graphic Design category in the BAFTA Cymru Awards 2009 while their Annual Report for S4C - More than Words - received a Highly Commended in this year's design section of the Howard Smith Paper Awards, winning in the Print category. Other clients include BBC, Boomerang, Barnardo's Cymru, Gwdihw, Mwnci, National Assembly for Wales, Plaid, The Gate, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Visit Wales, Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art and the Welsh Language Board.

Marc Jennings is an experienced independent graphic designer. He set up as an independent studio in…read more2007, after spending five years at a busy design agency. He now works with a wide variety of clients within both public and private sectors, ranging from arts and culture to sports, corporate businesses and charitable organisations. His skills include: branding projects, design for print and design for online use. Jennings has moved from working at home to working in a self-contained studio on the first floor of a restored building in Cardiff Bay, by the water's edge. He believes this has allowed a more focused approach to project work, and offers a real creative environment. He adds, 'Being close to the coffee shops isn't a bad thing either, especially in the sporadic Welsh sunshine...' I'd have to agree. Caffeine is amazing. He has worked with a number of cool companies including Swn, Design Wales, Nocci, Orca Records and LushChic. Marc currently shares the studio with independent designer Tom Latham, who specialises in web and flash design. They often collaborate on projects.

This top dollar design company offers 'a fully co-ordinated design service incorporating Interior…read moreDesign - Workplace, Retail, Leisure and Residential - Visual Merchandising consultancy and Graphic Design.' They have stacks of experience, and aim to deliver the best possible creative and commercial design solutions to their clients. Their results are pretty damn slick. Kind to Planet Earth, they also try to be green as best they can by using sustainable products and suppliers, encouraging recycling and promoting the use of local skills and materials to support their community. They create interiors for retail and residential, work and living. Projects have been undertaken for The Crown Estate, Weird Fish, Aga Rayburn, The Eden Project, David Morgan Ltd., The Welsh Assembly Government, Greggs of Treforest, TerraDat UK, Terralogic UK and many more. They can work independently or in collaboration with architects, product designers and project/design manager. Clients: The National Assembly for Wales, Weird Fish, Greggs of Treforest, The Crown Estate, The Eden Project, Aga Rayburn. Design Capabilities: Interiors, Exhibitions

Baa Baa Black Sheep have you any wool? "NO!"…read more Oh, what have you got then? "Erm some blimmin fantastic graphic design capabilities?" Oh, right... In 1998, this woolly design business was set up by people who asked, 'how about being the best?' In 2010 are they the best? Not necessarily, how can one measure these things anyway? They bleat about success, and they certainly aren't the black sheep of the design family though, having built up a rep for top creative work like managing of all strategic and creative marketing for the Barratt iPad Apartments in the Copper Quarter of Swansea including: creative, media buying, print management and strategic marketing. Clients: Audiences Wales, Pontardawe Arts Centr and NHS Wales. Design Capabilities: Graphics, Branding, CDROM, Multimedia, Packaging, Web

Well I never thought I'd end up raving about a photocopy shop, but Service Point deserves it…read more My dealings with Service Point have been very varied and have stretched over 10 years or more. They have tolerated my emergency cutting of card on their guillotines and found solutions to most of my paper-based problems. After doing some recent research and getting some pretty hefty quotes I discovered that as far as I can gather Service Point are the cheapest printers of business cards in Cardiff and they look proper quality, great resolution and colour density. They're a discrete shop, easy to miss, but well worth a visit. Not only good value and range of services, but they're friendly and accommodating too.

I love the name!…read more Kutchibok is an award winning bilingual design studio specialising in branding, packaging and web design. They spend their days creating beautiful, unique designs which focus on foodie packaging, rebranding pretty retreats and sleek stationary. These are some of their happy clients: The Celt Experience, Perlau, Cappele, Fibre Arts Wales, 1Camera, Hipo Hyfryd (vegan chocolate truffles = yum), Amser Te, Canolfan Addysg, Wordley, SEE Booklet, Academi and Ecodesign. They recently won an award in Vienna at the Brigl & Bergmeister international Golden Label Award competition: 'We flew to Vienna to the world's most important paper label competition, where we were presented with this coveted award for our Celt Beer label design. We were delighted to have our work recognised at this global premier event.'

From the owner: Kutchibok is a award-winning Cardiff based graphic design agency, producing beautifully crafted…read moredesign for clients throughout Wales since 2004

It can be important to make a good impression. A memorable one. Think slobbish Y-fronts wearing…read moreSpike in the film Notting Hill. Think again. Martin Hopkins Partnership could have rebranded Spike, and they can help you create the right impression too. In business since 1985, this design company concentrates on providing 'quality, creativity, reliablity, combined with a sound marketing approach.' Services they offer include corporate identity, website design, annual reports, promotional and marketing literature, exhibition and packaging, brochures, catalogues, magazines and advertising. They also provide a service for any creative problem from direct marketing, packaging, exhibitions and a little bit of everything in between. Their design is photo-led and they also offer photo shoots and packages to clients. They deal with a wide variety of clients in the industrial, commercial, public and leisure sectors.

From the owner: Brand, design and digital agency, Cardiff. We're a design studio formed of passionate creative…read morethinkers. We build brands that make your business grow. We're an independent creative agency with more than 32 years' experience creating communication for clients of all shapes and sizes, across many different sectors. We work with our clients to understand their ambitions and work tirelessly towards their end goals - creating communication that achieves fantastic results.

This digital marketing company offers a pretty comprehensive service to companies looking for web…read moresite design and management, 2D and 3D animation, illustration, marketing strategies, brand development, video production, graphic design and print, CD and DVD authoring, photography, PR and even search engine optimisation. That's quite a list, and may leave some worried that they can't possibly deliver it all to a high quality. Yet looking at the broad skills of their team, and the resulting portfolio, it seems they can. Big names such as ITV, BBC, BP and Microsfot are amongst their client list, and their portfolio is impressive, with video presentations showing some of their work with CNN, Crystal, Transcanada and others. Very slick.

Atticus is an inventive, creative, strategic digital design agency that works with boutique…read moreindependents and global companies. Their team of dedicated, experienced professionals can fix it for you whether in print, motion graphics, video production, multimedia, web design or 3D animation. They have worked within the film and media industry for many years. They like to get up close and personal with their clients, which include Abbey Road Studios, BP, BBC, CNN, ITV, Microsoft, Pinewood Studios, and the Welsh Assembly. They are pretty darn good at delivering on time and on budget too. If I were you, I'd use them for all things 3-D. Design Capabilities: Exhibitions, Graphics, Branding, CDROM, Multimedia, Photography, Web, Web E-Commerce, Web CMS, Web Bespoke