TIMELESS, AUTHENTIC BRANDS
FROM VISION TO GROWTH
A brand is more than a logo—it’s the experience you create. At Hollyoak House, we craft refined, timeless brands that embody effortless beauty, authenticity, and intention. Whether you're an established business looking to evolve or a new brand ready to make a statement, we’ll help you create a brand that is meaningful to you, your team, and your customer.
We bring alignment to vision, goals, design, and storytelling. We find the heart of your business, hone your strengths, and develop the visuals and voice to tell your authentic story. These brand insights and strategies provide exceptional value for years to come.
Services
Brand Strategy
An expanded blueprint to a brand’s inner workings, connecting the the company and their audience to a rebrand or brand refresh. This defines and refines your brand’s strategy, positioning, messaging, audience, voice and personality, visual identity, and intentions for imagery.
Creative strategy, visual storytelling, campaign planning, and photography art direction to ensure your brand is cohesive and compelling across all platforms.
Creative Direction
Logo, Submark
Fonts
Color Palette
Art, Illustrations, Icons
Packaging Design
Print Design
Email Newsletters
Social Graphics
Visual Identity
Social Media
Photography/Video (for Brand, Campaigns, e-Commerce)
Web Design
Web Development
Brand Guidelines
Social media strategy, content production, and social media management to elevate your brand and drive meaningful results.
Consultation
Book a session to give guided visual and strategy considerations for your company.
Let's work together
If you are interested in our creative direction and branding services and have a potential project, please reach out.
About the Creative Director
With over 15 years of experience as a brand designer and strategic partner to clients, Julia has a natural eye for timeless design and authentic simplicity. She brings a mindful approach and tailors to the unique needs of each client to create a cohesive brand experience at every touchpoint.
The brand design studio evolves brands and cultivates community. We build brands from the inside out, re-igniting the team and the customer. We specialize in projects within lifestyle and cultural industries, from retail stores, to interior designers, to fashion brands, to photographers and artists. The studio supports clients with a team of detail-oriented creatives to execute projects big and small.
Julia has designed to support growing brands including Shoppe Amber Interiors and P.F. Candle Co. In her background experience as an artist and product designer, she has also designed exclusive product lines in collaboration with CB2, West Elm, Anthropologie, Serena & Lily, and Target. Her passion is in the collaborative work of brand building, where she brings a purpose-driven approach to engaging communities with timeless and authentic design.
Julia Arlen (Kostreva)
Features, Interviews
Gamechangers Podcast
Published In
Nice to Meet You Again – Viction Workshop
Palette 07 : Monotone – Viction Workshop
Design : Paper – Public School
Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty – Studio on Fire
Design School Confidential – Steven Heller
Recognition
Print Regional Design Annual Awards
Nominated Art Director’s Club Young Guns
Paste Magazine The 23 Best Designers
Start YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
The Brand Clarity Roadmap–
We help founders turn their vision into a clear, actionable plan.
Is it time to refresh your brand or pivot?
This comprehensive session is designed to give you a crystal clear action plan for refining and elevating your branding, visuals, messaging, and market position. We pinpoint what’s in alignment with your goals, what’s working, what could be improved, and the exact steps to elevate your brand. We help you look at your goals with discernment and how they relate to your long term vision. We weigh every route with care, sometimes discovering opportunities you may have not considered yet. From there, we collaborate with you to build out the best possible solutions.
If your brand feels stuck, outdated, or inconsistent, this step will help you identify the gaps, uncover new opportunities, and get a custom path forward to attract the right audience and grow your business with confidence.
You’ll walk away with a clear vision and a custom plan for how to elevate your brand into it’s next stage of growth.
Complimentary Call
Thinking of taking a step into your next chapter? Book a complimentary 30-minute call with founder Julia Arlen to learn more about our services and process.
Book a CallJoin the Team
Are you a creative? We love to hear from freelance designers, photographers, videographers, copywriters, and social media managers who are available for contract work. Send us an email with your portfolio.