WMH&I explained

WMH&I
Type:Subsidiary
Key People:WMH&I
Richard Williams, Chairman & Founder;
Garrick Hamm, Creative Partner;
Carol Lavender, Managing Director;
Industry:Brand Innovation, Design and Strategy Agency
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.
Activation: Packaging roll outs, campaign activation, retouching, artwork, photography
Num Employees:30
Parent:Writtle Holdings
Foundation:1997
Location City:London, UK: 10 Dallington Street, London, EC1V 0DB

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

History

Williams Murray Hamm (WMH) was founded in 1997 by Richard Williams and Richard Murray.[1] Garrick Hamm joined the firm a year later.[2]

WMH was acquired in 2006 by Loewy Group, a business that was itself acquired by Writtle Holdings in 2011.[3] [4]

Richard Murray died in 2010.[5] Wybe Magermans was appointed to the board in 2016 and became the agency's Managing Director in 2019.[6]

In 2021, WMH merged with Identica, another design and branding agency, to form WMH&I.<ref name="MC">Web site: Williams Murray Hamm and Identica Join Forces In A New Creative Agency . Marketing Communication News . 27 May 2024 . 28 June 2021. Carol Lavender was named Managing Director and Magermans became the Growth & Development Director.

Work and accolades

WMH's work in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) packaging for GSK's Horlicks,[7] Hovis,[8] McVitie's Jaffa Cakes[9] and Sainsbury's SO organics[10] [11] and Sainsbury's Basics[12] [13] led to the business being named Design Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine in 2002 and 2004.[14]

WMH has won DBA Design Effectiveness Awards for its work on Here Organics, Sainsbury's SO organic,[15] [16] Wild Brew (which also won a D&AD yellow pencil),[17] [18] while Hovis and Clipper Teas won the DBA Design Effectiveness Grand Prix in 2002 and 2004 respectively.[19] [20]

Other work includes 2003's redesign of the Barclays Bank identity,[21] 2004's relaunch for Fortnum & Mason,[22] via a brand book and repackaging exercise. The company has maintained an eight-year relationship with Syngenta, the Swiss agrochemicals business.[23] Other WMH clients include Beazley,[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] .

More recent work includes the launch of Waitrose & Partners Free From range of foods, creation of completely new container shipping company, Ocean Network Express (ONE), and USA-based food producer Lamb Weston.[32]

In 2015, the agency was awarded the top prize at The Drum's inaugural Dream Awards[33] and gold at the Fresh Awards[34] for its packaging design for UK erotica brand Coco de Mer.[35] Additionally, WMH won gold in the body category at the celebrated Pentawards[36] for its work with beauty brand Prismologie.[37]

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).[38] The award-winning continued for its brand identity and packaging work for Coco de Mer winning the coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil Award,[39] the Drum Design Award,[40] Design Week Award (Package Design Category)[41] and Creative Review Annual where it was awarded 'Best in Book: Design'.[42]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Incorporation date WMH.
  2. Web site: Bedrossian . Rebecca . Williams Murray Hamm . Communication Arts . 27 May 2024 . en-us . 1 January 2005.
  3. Web site: Exclusive: Loewy acquires WMH | News . Design Week . 1 December 2006 . 25 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Writtle Holdings Ltd acquires Loewy Group Ltd to create combined £100m marketing services group – Writtle . www.writtle.com . 27 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Richard Murray: 1965–2010 . Creative Review . 25 August 2014.
  6. Web site: WILLIAMS MURRAY HAMM LIMITED – Officers (free information from Companies House). beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. 29 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Design Awards: Packaging (food) . Marketing Magazine . 23 November 2005 . 21 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Branding Interview: Williams Murray Hamm, sub section: Bread Winners . 2 March 2005 . 2 March 2005.
  9. Web site: WMH repacks Jaffa Cakes for a bigger bite of market | News . Design Week . 4 March 2004 . 25 August 2014.
  10. Web site: D&AD Awards 2006 Professional packaging design winner wood pencil Sainsbury's Organics/ . 21 January 2016.
  11. Web site: Putting a Prize on Effectiveness | BusinessWeek . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219014000/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/11/1128_designawards/source/10.htm . dead . 19 February 2012 . Images.businessweek.com . 21 January 2016.
  12. Web site: Creative Review: When Sainsbury's was out on its own . 25 August 2011 . 21 January 2016.
  13. Web site: Sainsbury's Basics as designed by Williams Murray Hamm grow fifty percent in one year . 27 November 2005 . 21 January 2016.
  14. Web site: AGENCY 2002: Design Agency of the Year – Williams Murray Hamm . Marketing Magazine . 25 August 2014.
  15. Web site: Sainsbury's Basics as designed by Williams Murray Hamm. www.newswire.com.
  16. Web site: dba Insight magazine Winter Spring 2007. www.dba.org.uk.
  17. Web site: D&AD Professional Awards 2001 – Yellow Pencil for Packaging Design: Wildbrew. D&AD.
  18. Web site: A fur day's work. The Guardian. 19 January 2002.
  19. Web site: Archived copy . 27 June 2014 . 27 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127145841/http://www.dba.org.uk/aboutdba/documents/DBANewsletter01.pdf . dead .
  20. Web site: Richard Murray . agIdeas . 25 August 2014.
  21. Web site: Barclays opts for WMH to develop cohesive image . Marketing Magazine . 26 November 2003 . 25 August 2014.
  22. Web site: Team of designers restructures Fortnum & Mason brand | News . Design Week . 10 November 2005 . 25 August 2014.
  23. Web site: News Wire. Newswire.
  24. Web site: CorpComms – News – 61 Risky Business . Corpcommsmagazine.co.uk . 27 April 2008 . 25 August 2014.
  25. Web site: A live neon identity for Way to Blue. 23 May 2013. Design Week. 21 January 2016.
  26. Web site: Branding for Jamie Oliver's retail store Recipease unveiled by Williams Murray Hamm . The Drum . 25 August 2014.
  27. Web site: Simon Nias, marketingmagazine.co.uk, 12 June 2013, 12:41PM . Chosen Bun to launch world's first gourmet burger delivery business . Brandrepublic.com . 12 June 2013 . 25 August 2014.
  28. Web site: Williams Murray Hamm creates Plasticine identity for charity Magic Me. 14 March 2012. Design Week. 21 January 2016.
  29. Web site: 'Exploding' fruit drink packaging from Williams Murray Hamm. Angus. Montgomery. 22 January 2013.
  30. Web site: Syngenta: "FLOWERS PRO CONTROLS" Design & Branding by Williams Murray Hamm .
  31. Web site: Matthew McIntyre . Williams Murray Hamm's 'pretty' campaign against sex trafficking | Desktop . Desktopmag.com.au . 7 April 2014 . 25 August 2014.
  32. Web site: Derrick Lin . PROJECTS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS: Lamb Weston New Visual Identity . 14 July 2015 .
  33. Web site: Williams Murray Hamm scoops top prize at The Drum Dream Awards. The Drum.
  34. Web site: Fresh Awards Winners 2015, Packaging Design, Coco de Mer. Fresh Awards.
  35. Web site: Derrick Lin. Showcase and discover creative packaging: Coco de Mer. Packaging of the World. 5 June 2015 .
  36. Web site: GOLD PENTAWARD 2015 – BODY – WILLIAMS MURRAY HAMM. Pentawards.
  37. Web site: PRISMOLOGIE. The Dieline.
  38. Web site: Winners/ Beverags: Gold – JuiceBurst & WMH winners. Design Effectiveness Awards winners 2016. Design Business Association. 11 February 2016.
  39. Web site: Coco de Mer | Williams Murray Hamm | Coco de Mer | D&AD Awards 2016 Pencil Winner | Consumer Packaging Design | D&AD. www.dandad.org.
  40. Web site: Drum Design Winners Announced. The Drum.
  41. Web site: @Design_Week DWawards16 Twitter @WMHagency. Design Week Twitter.
  42. Web site: CR Annual – Best in Book: Design. www.creativereview.co.uk. 27 April 2016.

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