Whatznext?
Building an athleisure lifestyle brand through strategy, identity, content and communication.
We’re a creative think tank where strategy meets creativity.
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Whatznext?
Building an athleisure lifestyle brand through strategy, identity, content and communication.
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Services
We make brands, content, websites, and campaigns.
We connect strategy, identity, digital experiences and creative production, helping meaningful ideas become understood.
Our Purpose
At Dot & Circle, we work with founders, institutions and brands building things that matter. We begin by listening, finding the clarity that gives every creative decision a purpose.
Create
With Intent
Together.
We believe meaningful ideas deserve to be understood. Through strategy, storytelling, design and digital experiences, we help people connect with what you are building.
Ideas & Perspectives
A little food for thought.
Studio Perspective / 01
Visibility begins with being understood.
Before deciding how a brand should look, ask what people need to understand about it. That clarity gives design a direction, and communication a reason to exist.
Studio Perspective / 02
One idea. Many expressions.
A package, a website and a campaign can feel different while belonging to the same world. The connection comes from a shared idea, carried thoughtfully across every touchpoint.
Wait. Really?
A little off-topic.
Design × technology
Bluetooth is a royal monogram.
Its symbol combines the initials of a Viking king, Harald Bluetooth.
Movies × illusion
The blood in Psycho was chocolate syrup.
Black-and-white cinema made dessert look terrifying.
Typography × history
“Uppercase” once meant upstairs.
Printers stored capital letters in a case above the small letters.
Branding × perception
There’s an arrow hiding in FedEx.
Look between the “E” and “x”. You’ll never unsee it.
Content × history
Your placeholder text is ancient philosophy.
“Lorem ipsum” comes from a scrambled passage by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
Design × inspiration
The I ♥ NY logo began in a taxi.
Milton Glaser sketched the idea on a paper napkin.
Communication × culture
Emojis made it into MoMA.
The collection includes 176 emoji designed for Japanese mobile communication in 1999.
Branding × beginnings
Nike’s Swoosh began with a $35 fee.
That was Carolyn Davidson’s original payment in 1971. Nike later rewarded her with stock.
Colour × language
Orange was a fruit before it was a colour.
In English, the colour borrowed its name from the fruit.
Movies × innovation
Toy Story was a cinema first.
In 1995, it became the first entirely computer-animated feature film.
ROYAL!
PLOT TWIST
TYPE NERD
LOOK AGAIN
45 BC?!
TAXI IDEA
ART, BTW
$35?!
FRUIT FIRST
1995!
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A little fact. A big plot twist.
Curiosity looks good on you.
Keep wondering ↗