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Made by Example

A brand is not a logo. It's not a colour palette or a font set. It's the accumulated impression a business leaves on everyone who encounters it, and most businesses leave far less impression than they think. Example builds brand identities that are hard to forget and impossible to imitate: visual systems, verbal languages, and creative territories that make it obvious, from the first encounter, who you are and why you're worth paying attention to.

Identity that earns recognition.

We don't design to win awards. We design to work, on a hotel façade, in a social feed, on a restaurant menu, across a campaign. Every visual and verbal choice is tested against one question: does this make the brand more memorable, more magnetic, and more itself?


Your voice, sharpened.

A brand with no verbal identity is half a brand. We write guidelines people actually use, tone of voice that's distinct enough to be recognisable and flexible enough to live across every context, from a press release to a caption to a piece of packaging.


Systems built to scale.

A brand identity has to work from day one and still work in five years. We build systems with enough rigour to stay consistent and enough room to grow, across markets, formats, and the partnerships no one's thought of yet.

  • Brand Identity & Visual Systems
  • Logo Design & Visual Language
  • Tone of Voice & Verbal Identity
  • Brand Guidelines & Standards
  • Packaging Design & Rollout
  • Digital & Environmental Design
  • Brand Architecture & Naming

Brand & Identity

overview + case studies
Case Studies
Made by Example
Made by Example

A brand is not a logo. It's not a colour palette or a font set. It's the accumulated impression a business leaves on everyone who encounters it, and most businesses leave far less impression than they think. Example builds brand identities that are hard to forget and impossible to imitate: visual systems, verbal languages, and creative territories that make it obvious, from the first encounter, who you are and why you're worth paying attention to.

Identity that earns recognition.

We don't design to win awards. We design to work, on a hotel façade, in a social feed, on a restaurant menu, across a campaign. Every visual and verbal choice is tested against one question: does this make the brand more memorable, more magnetic, and more itself?


Your voice, sharpened.

A brand with no verbal identity is half a brand. We write guidelines people actually use, tone of voice that's distinct enough to be recognisable and flexible enough to live across every context, from a press release to a caption to a piece of packaging.


Systems built to scale.

A brand identity has to work from day one and still work in five years. We build systems with enough rigour to stay consistent and enough room to grow, across markets, formats, and the partnerships no one's thought of yet.

  • Brand Identity & Visual Systems
  • Logo Design & Visual Language
  • Tone of Voice & Verbal Identity
  • Brand Guidelines & Standards
  • Packaging Design & Rollout
  • Digital & Environmental Design
  • Brand Architecture & Naming
Addmind Dubai Harbour by EXAMPLE Agency
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Addmind Dubai Harbour by EXAMPLE Agency
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Addmind Dubai Harbour
Brand architecture, positioning and launch strategy for two new venue concepts at Dubai Harbour. Built for cultural depth, not spectacle.
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Addmind Dubai Harbour
Brand architecture, positioning and launch strategy for two new venue concepts at Dubai Harbour. Built for cultural depth, not spectacle.
Hospitality
Middle East
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
Strategy & Positioning
apt.Residential by EXAMPLE Agency
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apt.Residential by EXAMPLE Agency
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apt.Residential
Full masterbrand for one of APAC's fastest-growing build-to-rent portfolios. 2,500+ apartments in pipeline. A brand built around collection-worthy living.
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apt.Residential
Full masterbrand for one of APAC's fastest-growing build-to-rent portfolios. 2,500+ apartments in pipeline. A brand built around collection-worthy living.
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
Bar Allora by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bar Allora by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bar Allora
48 pieces of coverage. 26.8M OTS. Tourism Australia Hot List. Created from concept to launch with the team behind World's 50 Best Bars.
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Bar Allora
48 pieces of coverage. 26.8M OTS. Tourism Australia Hot List. Created from concept to launch with the team behind World's 50 Best Bars.
Hospitality
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
The Straddie Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Straddie Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Straddie Hotel
Full naming, visual and verbal identity, interior direction, tone of voice and launch for The Straddie Hotel. An island's identity, made legible to people who weren't there yet.
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The Straddie Hotel
Full naming, visual and verbal identity, interior direction, tone of voice and launch for The Straddie Hotel. An island's identity, made legible to people who weren't there yet.
Hospitality
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
PR & Communications
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
ACCOR TABLE FOR PACIFIC by EXAMPLE Agency
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ACCOR TABLE FOR PACIFIC by EXAMPLE Agency
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ACCOR 'TABLE FOR', PACIFIC
Founding creative partner to Accor's in-house F&B group. Brand, positioning and launch programme across multiple properties. A hotel world first.
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ACCOR 'TABLE FOR', PACIFIC
Founding creative partner to Accor's in-house F&B group. Brand, positioning and launch programme across multiple properties. A hotel world first.
Hotels & Travel
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Experiential
Influencer & Talent
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Great Northern by EXAMPLE Agency
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Great Northern by EXAMPLE Agency
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Great Northern
Giving Great Northern a physical brand world, concept, tone of voice, and every touchpoint from tap handles to wall murals.
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Great Northern
Giving Great Northern a physical brand world, concept, tone of voice, and every touchpoint from tap handles to wall murals.
Lifestyle Brands
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
Lyre's × Brown-Forman by EXAMPLE Agency
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Lyre's × Brown-Forman by EXAMPLE Agency
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Lyre's ×
Consumer insight, category positioning and launch strategy for a new mid-ABV occasion. Non-alcoholic reframed from abstinence to Enriched Spirits.
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Lyre's ×
Consumer insight, category positioning and launch strategy for a new mid-ABV occasion. Non-alcoholic reframed from abstinence to Enriched Spirits.
Drinks Brands
Drinks Brands
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Bombies by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bombies by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bombies
We led the concept, brand identity and launch PR for Bombies - a 70s inspired rooftop bar that channels surf culture’s golden era.
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Bombies
We led the concept, brand identity and launch PR for Bombies - a 70s inspired rooftop bar that channels surf culture’s golden era.
Hospitality
Property
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
Larrie's by EXAMPLE Agency
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Larrie's by EXAMPLE Agency
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Larrie's
A fish and chip shop across from Merewether Beach, designed to feel like it had been there for forty years on the day it opened. We built the brand from naming to neon.
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Larrie's
A fish and chip shop across from Merewether Beach, designed to feel like it had been there for forty years on the day it opened. We built the brand from naming to neon.
Hospitality
Property
Placemaking
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Influencer & Talent
Strategy & Positioning
Thirst Trap by EXAMPLE Agency
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Thirst Trap by EXAMPLE Agency
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Thirst Trap
974 Woolworths stores nationally. Built the entire brand from scratch: plastic-free water with more personality than most spirit labels.
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Thirst Trap
974 Woolworths stores nationally. Built the entire brand from scratch: plastic-free water with more personality than most spirit labels.
Lifestyle Brands
Drinks Brands
Brand & Identity
Earned Creative
Experiential
Influencer & Talent
PR & Communications
Epochal Hotels by EXAMPLE Agency
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Epochal Hotels by EXAMPLE Agency
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Epochal Hotels
We’ve helped build Epochal Hotels from the ground up, brand, strategy, and story.
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Epochal Hotels
We’ve helped build Epochal Hotels from the ground up, brand, strategy, and story.
Hospitality
Hotels & Travel
Placemaking
Experiential
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Peregrin Restaurant by EXAMPLE Agency
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Peregrin Restaurant by EXAMPLE Agency
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Peregrin Restaurant
We created the brand, story and experience for Peregrin, a refined take on coastal dining in Merewether.
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Peregrin Restaurant
We created the brand, story and experience for Peregrin, a refined take on coastal dining in Merewether.
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Social & Content
Strategy & Positioning
Hook Island by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hook Island by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hook Island
Placemaking, brand identities, cultural programming and guest experience for a new eco-luxury resort in the heart of the Whitsundays.
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Hook Island
Placemaking, brand identities, cultural programming and guest experience for a new eco-luxury resort in the heart of the Whitsundays.
Hotels & Travel
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Brand & Identity
Merewether Beach Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Merewether Beach Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Merewether Beach Hotel
Three distinct venues under one roof. Larrie's, Peregrin and The Public Bar. Newcastle's surf culture and steel-city grit given a home worth returning to.
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Merewether Beach Hotel
Three distinct venues under one roof. Larrie's, Peregrin and The Public Bar. Newcastle's surf culture and steel-city grit given a home worth returning to.
Property
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Influencer & Talent
Social & Content
Beach Hotel Byron Bay by EXAMPLE Agency
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Beach Hotel Byron Bay by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Beach Hotel Byron Bay
Brand strategy for Byron Bay's most iconic pub post $100M+ acquisition. Positioned as Byron's Cosmic Centre, anchored to the creative platform Get Lost.
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Beach Hotel Byron Bay
Brand strategy for Byron Bay's most iconic pub post $100M+ acquisition. Positioned as Byron's Cosmic Centre, anchored to the creative platform Get Lost.
Hospitality
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Australian Agricultural Company by EXAMPLE Agency
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Australian Agricultural Company by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Australian Agricultural Company
17% sales increase in year one post-rebrand. Four-brand ecosystem built from scratch for one of Australia's oldest companies and finest Wagyu producers.
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Australian Agricultural Company
17% sales increase in year one post-rebrand. Four-brand ecosystem built from scratch for one of Australia's oldest companies and finest Wagyu producers.
Lifestyle Brands
Lifestyle Brands
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Westholme by EXAMPLE Agency
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Westholme by EXAMPLE Agency
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Westholme
AACo's premium Wagyu brand, repositioned to command the attention of the world's best chefs. We built an identity as refined as the product it represents.
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Westholme
AACo's premium Wagyu brand, repositioned to command the attention of the world's best chefs. We built an identity as refined as the product it represents.
Lifestyle Brands
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Salt Meats Cheese Rebrand by EXAMPLE Agency
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Salt Meats Cheese Rebrand by EXAMPLE Agency
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Salt Meats Cheese Rebrand
A family-owned Italian deli that became a restaurant empire. We gave SMC a brand identity bold enough to match its ambition without losing the heritage that made it worth scaling.
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Salt Meats Cheese Rebrand
A family-owned Italian deli that became a restaurant empire. We gave SMC a brand identity bold enough to match its ambition without losing the heritage that made it worth scaling.
Lifestyle Brands
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Earned Creative
Experiential
Influencer & Talent
Placemaking
Mya Tiger by EXAMPLE Agency
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Mya Tiger by EXAMPLE Agency
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Mya Tiger
A Cantonese restaurant inside one of Melbourne's most iconic pubs. We created a brand with enough personality to hold its own above The Espy's stage.
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Mya Tiger
A Cantonese restaurant inside one of Melbourne's most iconic pubs. We created a brand with enough personality to hold its own above The Espy's stage.
Hospitality
Property
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Hotel Esplanade by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hotel Esplanade by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hotel Esplanade
Sold for $64M, nearly 5x purchase price. 12 bars, 2 restaurants, 3 stages. A 140-year-old Melbourne landmark brought back from the dead.
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Hotel Esplanade
Sold for $64M, nearly 5x purchase price. 12 bars, 2 restaurants, 3 stages. A 140-year-old Melbourne landmark brought back from the dead.
Property
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Influencer & Talent
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Merivale by EXAMPLE Agency
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Merivale by EXAMPLE Agency
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Merivale
A decade inside one of Australia's largest hospitality groups. 60+ venues. 4,500+ pieces of coverage. Every brand, every venue, every campaign.
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Merivale
A decade inside one of Australia's largest hospitality groups. 60+ venues. 4,500+ pieces of coverage. Every brand, every venue, every campaign.
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Social & Content
Experiential
Harbord Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Harbord Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Harbord Hotel
Full revival of a 98-year-old heritage venue. Brand world, concept and launch built around The Freshwater Beach House: surf culture, community roots, local spirit.
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Harbord Hotel
Full revival of a 98-year-old heritage venue. Brand world, concept and launch built around The Freshwater Beach House: surf culture, community roots, local spirit.
Hospitality
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Experiential
Bar Ombre by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bar Ombre by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bar Ombre
A rooftop aperitivo bar built from the personality of its founders. We turned Salt Meats Cheese's Italian heritage into a standalone venue concept that earns its own audience.
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Bar Ombre
A rooftop aperitivo bar built from the personality of its founders. We turned Salt Meats Cheese's Italian heritage into a standalone venue concept that earns its own audience.
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Strategy & Positioning
Mad Mex Rebrand by EXAMPLE Agency
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Mad Mex Rebrand by EXAMPLE Agency
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Mad Mex Rebrand
Full repositioning and rebrand for Australia's biggest Mexican QSR. Fresh Fuel for Life. New visual identity rolled out across every touchpoint.
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Mad Mex Rebrand
Full repositioning and rebrand for Australia's biggest Mexican QSR. Fresh Fuel for Life. New visual identity rolled out across every touchpoint.
Lifestyle Brands
Brand & Identity
Strategy & Positioning

Example creates brand identity and visual systems for luxury hospitality, premium drinks, property and lifestyle brands across Australia and the Middle East. From naming and brand architecture to visual identity, tone of voice and brand guidelines, we build systems that allow a brand to show up consistently across every touchpoint. We work with hotel groups, independent venues, drinks brands and destination precincts from Sydney to Dubai.