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Setting out rights and responsibilities

West Kent Housing Association provides affordable homes for over 6,000 families. Every household receives a Service Standards brochure, which sets out what they can expect from West Kent as a landlord – and their responsibilities as tenants. In 2011, we were asked to refresh this document, which we’d first produced four years previously.

Following the design we’d developed for West Kent’s Annual Reports, we introduced a clear, easy-to-read font, and colour-coded tabbed sections illustrated with simple cut-out images. The design also had to present tables of service standards and performance targets.

Alongside this document, we produced a series of separate leaflets on specific policies and procedures.

A project like this proves that, for our clients, accuracy, attention to detail and adherence to the brief can be as important as pure creativity. But it also demonstrates our ability to produce an effective working document that looks good, within strict design and content guidelines.

This is a statutory document, so there’s a lot of procedural and policy information, plus detailed lists of performance targets: there’s also text in eight other languages to meet accessibility criteria. Collating all this information and presenting it clearly takes time and close liaison with the client. But managing complex projects like this is something we’re very good at.

The client laid down fairly strict guidelines on what had to be included and how the brochure had to look and work. Our challenge was to create something that met these requirements, but was still attractive and easy to read. In some ways, that can take as much creativity as coming up with something highly conceptual.

disciplines used

Research
Strategy and positioning
Naming
Brand values
Tone of voice
Internal culture
Creative
Copywriting
Design
Print production

We translate leading strategic thinking into an advantage for your business and your brand through creative and design excellence.