Our year in review
Countless Zoom meetings, two new directors, three strategic partnerships formed, and more than a few late nights delivering standout work for our clients are just a few of the things that made 2020 a momentous year.
Whilst we're fortunate to have many successes to celebrate this year, we realise that for many, 2020 has been a particularly difficult time. That's why (with your help) we'll be allocating our usual Christmas gift budget to three great charity organisations.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for more information and to help increase our impact.
Our year in numbers 2020
10,100
total number of hours worked
(give or take a few)
Our fave Pantone colour of the year
(as voted for by our design team)
Favourite tea
=
Earl Grey
10,100
total number of annual reports printed and delivered for clients
Caption: Patrick in the print room.
1,050hrs
logged by our proofreader
(Sorry Adam)
No. of googly eyes used
=
1,647,325,308
336btls
beer and cider emptied by thirsty Designators at the end of a long hard week
STATS
Matt’s fave beer = Corona
Patrick’s fave beer = VB (Real Australian)
LEGEND
LEGEND
327x
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’ was played in the studio
(Source: Spotify)
151
projects completed!!!
INCLUDING
Annual reports
New brands
Videos
Animations
Sustainability reports
Websites
Campaigns
Re-brands
127
virtual client meetings and presentations
years in business and still going strong
24
client meetings interrupted by children and pets
Patrick’s fave saying
=
Whhhhhaaaaattttt???
Top lad of the year
21
brand and communications workshops facilitated
20
annual reports passionately produced
19 bottles of hand sanitizer emptied
18
videos and animations beautifully rendered
(Our biggest area of growth this year)
17
birthday cakes enjoyed
(plus a few gluten free slices for Ben)
16
websites meticulously crafted and launched
Launch
15 team members working tirelessly to help Australian businesses fulfill their purpose.
14
tins of cookies baked for the team.
Cheers Maddie!
⭐️
13 fantastic freelance legends worked with.
THANK YOU!!!
Nic
Tom
Ant
Darren
Ollie
Adam
James
Maria
James
Karl
Jess
Emil
12 average number of items purchased in the COS stock take sale by our team
11X
we’ve had to leave the building for a false fire alarm
(once in the middle of a pitch presentation)
10
new clients welcomed
Thanks to unsplash for all the stock imagery!
9
Insights articles published
8
new brands formulated or reimagined
5
times we had to stop the press to make ‘one last change’
4
new additions to the family.
Welcome
Alma, Moon, George and Charlie!!!
3
awesome new strategic partnerships forged
2
new amazing software partners
A quick recap of 2020 at Designate
None of these impressive numbers would be possible without our fantastic clients, team, partners and collaborators.
We’d like to extend a huge thank you for getting us through 2020.
Goal
$
Goal reached!
With the support of our team, clients, partners and suppliers, we reached our donation goal for our 2020 Annual Review campaign. Thank you!
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