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Web & Brand Design Studio
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

HELLO

Dossier is a small multi-disciplinary design studio creating meaningful new brands and transforming existing ones – all sizes, all sectors. Founder and Creative Director, Sarah Callesen, applies 20+ years industry experience to power small-to-medium sized businesses with big agency results, without big agency fees. We look to the bigger picture, how your brand can grow sustainably beyond your logo or website project. Our experience ensures the process is easy, on time and on budget.

a soy candle called awaroa by living light candles box designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland

SERVICES

We design packaging for all retail, including supermarket products, farmers markets and gourmet deli’s, wine and spirits, beauty products, home fragrance and more. Working with local and offshore packaging manufacturers. 

the lost poet website designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland

SERVICES

Contemporary custom designed websites, built in Shopify, Wix or Squarespace. Our focus is on customer conversion balanced with good design. Your website is home of your brand, your shop-front, it needs to be engaging and unique to you.

branded social media posts for better under pressure designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland

CLIENT WORK

A full brand design project and website for LA based performance coach Page Bartelt. A former pro tennis player, Page was up for pushing design boundaries in the life / sport coaching space. 

We do Websites, Logo & Brand Design, Packaging Design, Digital & Print Design, Social Media Templates, Brand Strategy, Brand & Product Naming, Copywriting and more.

allpress olive groves promotional flyer by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland

CLIENT WORK

A wide variety of print and digital work for Waiheke Island's Allpress Olive Groves, founded by Michael Allpress. Working with the brand team since the beginning, from logo exploration, to signage, advertisements, product labels and more.

Client feedback

We came to Sarah because of her eye for beauty, but lucky for us her polished design also came with an astute business sense. She has been invaluable in building our brands, and we trust her judgement and experience. She understands and appreciates quality and can help us achieve the best possible outcomes depending on our budget.

 

I really appreciate how quickly Sarah can turn our ad artwork around for us. She’s never let us down. She’s great working to deadlines—always delivers top-quality work, on time. 

– Jess Cuplan, thealembicslab.com

Project Spotlight

The Modern Muse

What began as a website project for Sydney based portrait photographer Cindy Kavanagh, extended into a suite of print and digital items for her recent exhibition.

an exhibition catalogue for the modern muse designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland
the modern muse street posters designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland
the modern muse exhibition catalogue cover designed by sarah callesen at dossier brand design auckland

– 20+ years branding experience

– Making good design affordable

– Making the process easy

– Results driven. Read more...

Our experience means we've streamlined the project journey, meeting timelines, budget and eliminating stress. Discover more...

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