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About BrandForge, a studio in Blankenberge: One contact, from start to finish

BrandForge is a small team in Blankenberge. Your account manager is your fixed contact, from the first call to launch and after; the design and build are done by Arne and a handful of trusted freelancers. No departments, nobody passing you around.

What that means in practice

  • You have one fixed contact, your account manager, who knows your project and answers your questions.
  • Questions about the design go straight to the people who make it, so nothing gets lost along the way.
  • Specialists join for the parts that need them — photography, a particular kind of build — and work to the same direction as the rest of the team.
  • If a project is not right for this studio, you hear that in the first conversation rather than after a proposal.

How we work

  1. Strategy before pixels

    We do not open a design tool until we can say, in one sentence, why the brand deserves attention. Everything after that is easier to judge, because there is something to judge it against.

  2. One direction, defended

    You get a single recommended route with the reasoning behind it, not a menu of three that pushes the decision back to you. If you disagree, we would rather have that argument than average the options together.

  3. No handover

    Design and build stay under the same direction, so what you approve is what goes live. Nothing is lost in translation between a file and a browser, because nobody is translating.

Where

Blankenberge, on the Belgian coast. We work with companies across Belgium and beyond; most of a project runs over calls and shared files either way, and the parts that are better in a room are worth the train.

Arne Van Daele, BrandForge, Blankenberge

Tell us about your plans

We reply to every serious enquiry within two working days. If we are not the right studio for it, we will say so and point you somewhere better.