Welcome to Sane Design. 

We combine creativity and attention to detail, experience and a friendly approach to all we do.

Our talented qualified designers offer a variety of design styles and artwork skills to cater for the individual requirements of our broad range of clients.  Is your website reflecting the quality of your product or service?

Is it engaging and feature rich? Is it secure? NO?! Have a chat to us, we can design and produce a website that will work for your business. 

Linked into this is your brand.  The quality of your branding can mean the difference between success and failure.

No matter what size your business, branding is essential. Your identity is more than just a ‘logo’ – it’s a visual representation of your company; it should be concise, clear and communicative.

Our team of designers can make your company stand out and build a successful identity to win you more business.

To complement our in-house capabilities we are also able to draw on the skills and expertise of trusted associate professionals who specialise in different areas.

These include marketing consultants, copy writers, photographers, printers, digital media and web developers and other service providers with whom we have established strategic partnerships to ensure a comprehensive service from concept to completion.

In particular we offer a high quality and cost effective printing solution through a network of trusted and well established specialist print partners.

We combine creativity and attention to detail, experience and a friendly approach to all we do. Our talented qualified designers offer a variety of design styles and artwork skills to cater for the individual requirements of our broad range of clients.

To complement our in-house capabilities we are also able to draw on the skills and expertise of trusted associate professionals who specialise in different areas. These include marketing consultants, copy writers, photographers, printers, digital media and web developers and other service providers with whom we have established strategic partnerships to ensure a comprehensive service from concept to completion.

In particular we offer a high quality and cost effective printing solution through a network of trusted and well established specialist print partners.

The quality of your branding can mean the difference between success and failure. No matter what size your business, branding is essential. Your identity is more than just a ‘logo’ – it’s a visual representation of your company; it should be concise, clear and communicative. Our team of designers can make your company stand out and build a successful identity to win you more business.

Bruno Hannemann

Started in graphic design around the same time computers became essential tools for the job: 1994. Since then, has worked in many different areas of design and printing, including the production end. Has a wealth of knowledge about all the different ways to produce great printing. Was part of the team finalist in the London Advertising Awards in 1995 and 1996 (category packaging). In 2004 moved to the UK, and in 2006 graduated from Hull University, with a BA (Hons) in Art & Design. His experience spans logo design, brochure design, packaging design and web design. A multi talented professional, able to produce great graphic design and also feature rich websites.

Your business cards are probably one of the first contacts your clients will have with your brand and business, it is worth giving them some attention an care. Here are some tips for business cards that will work for you:

1. Use the correct typefaces. If you have a brand guidelines document (your designer should have produced one as part of your logo design package), follow the instructions and recommendations contained there.
2. Be consistent. It is important that your business cards form an integral part of your brand, and visually connect with the other elements.
3. Drop the labels. Gone are the days when it was necessary to identify phone, mobile, email and web. If the person looking at your card cannot identify the different information, the labels will be of very little help. Icons are ‘cutsie’, but think what kind of image you want to associate your brand with. Labels only create visual clutter. The only exception is when you have a fax number (yes, believe me, some businesses still do!).
4. Print both sides. The price difference between single side and double sided printing is negligible (some printers will have a flat cost), and you can use the reverse for a splash of colour or some additional information.
5. Your business card is NOT a brochure. Don’t try to squeeze too much information on the card. If what you do is not obvious, or if you want to showcase some of the work you do, use the reverse, but be frugal or creative.
6. Respect the silence area. Keep all the information a respectable 5mm off the edge of the card. Give all the elements space to ‘breath’.
7. Your logo must be in high resolution. Use a vector file (your designer should have supplied one for you), or a high resolution image. Nothing detracts from the card more than a poor quality logo or image.
8. Use good quality card. A flimsy business cards will look bad, and give the wrong impression about your business. The extra cost for a heavier card is negligible. Matt or soft-touch laminations are a good way to protect and enhance the printing, and if you really want to stand out, spot UV gloss highlights are a cost effective option. If you really want to splash out, the sky is the limit: embossing, triplex cards, gold/silver/copper foiling, letterpress, etc… Just ask your designer for ideas!
9. Have the cards printed professionally. Good printing will not save bad design, but bad printing will ruin the best of the designs. As for samples, and check the quality not only of the paper/card but also of how the ink is put on. The variations between different printers can be quite dramatic!
10. Look after your cards. If you can, keep them in a card holder to preserve their condition until they are ready to be released in the wild and start working for you!