About
Hi! I'm Suki Bains. A Creative Director and Semiotician with over 20 years of experience working in the creative industry.
About
From global businesses to smaller start-ups, Art Centres to Ad Agencies, I work with brands to tell their story.
Services
Graphic Design. Creative Direction. Semiotics. Branding. Packaging Design. Identity. Promotional Mailers. Experiential Marketing.
Clients
MTV Networks. AA. Channel 4. VH1. Unilever. Design Council. Converse. Saatchi & Saatchi. Bandai. Miss Selfridge. Sony PlayStation. Mother London. O2. The Guardian. Kickers. Gyro. Talvin Singh. Reading Borough Council. Sussex Arts Marketing. Sony Television Asia. THQ.
Testimonials
Teaching
'Raw creative talent with true commercial understanding equals Suki Bains.'
Steve Cross, Creative Director & Owner, Studio CO2
'I have known Suki Bains for the past 10 years. Suki is a creative and strategic all-rounder and an all-round goodguy. He excels at idea generation and design underpinned by a strong strategic understanding of brands and their place in popular culture.'
Dermot McPartland, Droga5 UK
'Suki worked in my team as the lead creative designer and branding consultant for a number of years. His analytical approach, along with the ability to objectively let go of stereotypes and perform at an extremely high level of creativity, made our time together very worthwhile. Suki's unique skill is in coding and encoding brand essence and creative strategy. He works meticulously, with passion and intelligently across all media. A gem of a man.'
Arthur op den Brouw, Founder & Creative Director
'Suki did several great design jobs for me when I was marketing manager at VH1 in the UK. Very stylish design that exceeded the brief and turned a great idea into an exceptional one. Perhaps the greatest compliment I can pay him is that I should’ve paid him more than I did. Excellent work, delivered quickly. If you’re a professional marketer with an eye for design you’ll know it’s rare to be completely surprised and delighted by a designer…'
David Allen, Global Brand Manager
'As you know I have been fortunate to have worked in some of the best agencies around BMP( DDB). CDP. WCRS. SAATCHIS. These places allowed me to work with the best directors, photographers, illustrators and designers. Tarsem, Jonathan Glazer, Tony Kaye, David Bailey, Terence Donovan, Illustrators such as Guy Gladwell and with design groups such as Wolf Ollins, The Partners and many others. I found out that it’s always better to work with the best people, you get the best work. And the best people tend to be the nicest. Thanks for working with me. let’s work together again soon.'
Dennis Willison, former Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
'I have worked with Suki over the last nine years, including the launch of the Mobo Awards on Channel 4. His bespoke and innovative approach to marketing is a breath of fresh air, not least to mention his passion and professionalism in all his work.'
Anna Skelton, Marketing Manager
'I first met Suki in 1999 when he was a founding partner of Gas – a very interesting design company which created some stunning work for Channel 4 and other brands such as PlayStation and Converse. As a result of this, I was very keen to work with him, and an opportunity came about when in 2002 he became available to work at pd3. His role at pd3 was Head of Design / Art Director whereby he managed the design team which involved working on various accounts such as 02, THQ, The Guardian and Observer to name a few. With his great imagination and creative flair, he soon assisted me as a Senior Creative to help with conceptual thinking and was able to generate great integrated ideas and help pd3 win business. In 2005 he left pd3 to work nearer his family. As a person, Suki is very likeable and an absolute pleasure to work with – underneath his very calm and wonderful exterior he has a wild imagination of creative thinking.'
Paul Tully, Founder, PD3
I believe in giving back to the design community and nurturing the creatives of the future.
Over the past few years, I have been a Sessional Lecturer and guest speaker at various universities and colleges, to a diverse range of students from Foundation and ND, to BA Graphic Design & Fine Art students and entrusted with running modules from Concept Development and Experimental Communication as well as introducing Semiotics.
West Thames College
University of Southampton
Thames Valley University
Reading College of Arts
Berkshire College of Art & Design