Our blog is a collection of posts and articles about all things design, marketing, strategy and web. We keep our agency blog updated regularly with fresh content, ideas, and answers to common design and marketing questions.
As a UK-based design agency, Toast can help you with all things creative across branding, print and digital, so if you’ve got a project coming up, we’d love to hear about it.
Illustrated maps can add so much to your brand – they are also completely unique to you which in a world of stock images, is brand-gold.
Categorised: Map design
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 11, 2025
Designing maps can be a complex process – here’s a guide on what to consider and how to brief your map design agency.
Categorised: Map design
Posted by Anzonie Carpenter.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
If you don’t host your WordPress site on a reliable hosting platform, you are setting it up for failure, it really is that simple.
Categorised: WordPress hosting advice
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
An impact report is more than a summary of your achievements; it’s a powerful storytelling tool that showcases to stakeholders, funders, and your audience the tangible difference your organisation is making.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 14, 2025
Whether you are a start-up wanting to establish your identity or an established business needing a refresh, branding workshops can provide the tools, insights, and strategies you need to stand out.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 14, 2025
At Toast, we help organisations create reports and whitepapers that look polished, meet accessibility standards, and deliver results; whether for print, digital, or both.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: September 18, 2025
At Toast, we help businesses and organisations create accessible brochures, reports, guides, and other print-ready PDFs that comply with these standards, ensuring your communications reach everyone.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 14, 2025
At Toast, we offer comprehensive logo and brand design services to help businesses like yours define their visual identity and communicate their values clearly and effectively.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Adam Buttress.
Last updated: August 14, 2025
Now more than ever, your online reputation is more important than ever, and one of the easiest ways to boost it is through Google Reviews.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: Promoting Your Business
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Whether meeting a potential client, networking at an event, or simply leaving your details behind, a well-designed custom business card helps you stand out.
Categorised: Business cards
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Whether you’re just starting, you have an established business, or you’re thinking of rebranding a brand audit can give you insights into growing long-term.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Whether you are a start-up, a freelancer, or a large corporation, investing in professional business card design can set you apart from the competition and create meaningful connections.
Categorised: Business cards
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
If you want to create a powerful brand, attend a branding workshop. These aren’t just meetings; they’re immersive experiences that help businesses clarify their brand strategy, refine their positioning and create an identity that resonates with customers.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Through strategic discussions and creative exercises, you can refine your brand identity and create an unforgettable brand experience that sets you apart from the competition.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
In today’s fast-paced digital world, collaboration and efficiency are key to success. At Toast, we ask all our clients to supply content for their websites as Google documents.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
What’s the difference between proposals, quotes and consultancy when engaging a creative agency?
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
WIX is often the go-to website builder for start-ups and smaller companies, but it’s easy to outgrow it as your business grows and you need a more robust platform for content and SEO.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
AI Image generation is one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving fields in artificial intelligence.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Lilli Foreman.
Last updated: March 4, 2025
Small businesses’ design needs are as broad and varied as global brands, so could a design subscription be the answer to their requirements?
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: Budgeting For Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 1, 2025
If you’re a half-decent writer, AI shouldn’t be stealing your job.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
Are you paying too much for design services?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
There is a presumption that if a marketing promotion is not ‘digital,’ it is redundant or backward thinking.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
If you want a magazine designed, here are some tips on the planning and initial stages of the project.
Categorised: Designing magazines
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Justin Brown.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
Everything changes, but the rate of change in how design agencies are commissioned has been incredible over the last few years.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 1, 2025
Finding the right design agency can be guaranteed by asking just five questions. Answer these before you even start looking at design agencies.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Designing magazines can be a daunting task for some; avoid some common pitfalls with our helpful guide.
Categorised: Designing magazines
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 31, 2025
Rebranding your business is not a decision that is undertaken lightly. It’s a huge commitment of time and resources, and if not done correctly, it can have dire consequences for your company’s future.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Adam Buttress.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Adding simple but visually interesting content can help readers navigate and enjoy your website.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
When it comes to creating effective packaging design, it is essential to consider both Form and Function.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Choose the design agency that suits the company you are going to be and the results will speak for themselves.
Categorised: News
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 4, 2025
We love magically compressing large volumes of information into a simple, effective graphic. Despite our neverending thirst for knowledge, humans actually have an average attention span of 8.25 seconds
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
We know Grandma is on there because she keeps tagging us in posts about lost dogs at the other end of the country.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
If you were to walk down the aisle of WHSmith’s or even the magazine aisle in your supermarket, you would hardly consider the future of printed magazines to be in jeopardy.
Categorised: Designing magazines
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
A design subscription service can be a very straightforward way of getting your desired design services. But why should you try it?
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: Budgeting For Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Expression Engine accounts for about 0.1% of the total CMS usage, so if you want to move your Expression Engine site over to WordPress, we can help.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: February 21, 2025
Chances are, if you are reading this you googled about hiring designers: whether that was how to hire a graphic designer or what questions to ask when hiring a graphic designer or even how you engage a graphic design agency.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Everyone knows that a website needs to be optimised to rank better, but where do you start?
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Asking the internet for a definition usually gives you a lot of surface-level waffle.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
As with many things in life, what you get is very dependent on what you put in! The same is true for branding workshop activities.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Want to know Toasts poster design ideas? The following tips outline our thoughts on what makes a good poster design and avoid having to rely on free poster design templates which aren’t worth the money!
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Slideshows don’t have to be boring – take inspiration from PowerPoint templates that keep audiences engaged.
Categorised: Full service design, PowerPoint design
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Infographics convey complex messages in an appealing and accessible manner, creating exciting visual content out of mundane facts.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Brand guidelines, corporate identity guidelines or a brand book?
Categorised: Brand guidelines design
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 12, 2025
In this increasingly digital landscape, we believe there’s still a space for great leaflets that connect with new and existing customers.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
If you’ve been on the hunt for a new design agency in the UK, you’ve likely noticed a surge in websites promoting unlimited graphic design UK services.
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: Budgeting For Design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 12, 2025
Corporate brochure design should not be a difficult or troublesome experience, so we have compiled a list of Toast’s top 10 things to consider.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
All your hard work has paid off and you’ve secured a spot on the shelves for your new product. Great point of sale design will help your wares stand out from the crowd.
Categorised: News
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: April 28, 2025
We’re a helpful bunch at Toast, so here’s our handy guide on how to mark up a PDF.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Justin Brown.
Last updated: January 15, 2024
LifePharm® approached us to redesign a range of 10 posters for their sales teams. The posters were to be displayed in offices to help the sales teams quickly identify the range and the unique benefits of each product.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips, Promoting Your Business
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
If you are working remotely, you can still improve the effectiveness of your website – all you need is an internet connection!
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: October 7, 2025
There are loads of them on the internet. And if you already know a bit of InDesign, how hard can it be? It might even be fun, a chance to break out of the daily slog and indulge your creativity…
Categorised: Designing magazines
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: March 6, 2025
‘Full-service design’ means that the design agency can provide a large range of services.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Inktober has become a global event in the illustrator’s calendar since it’s small start back in 2009.
Categorised: News
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 14, 2024
The internet is full of big-budget rebrand success stories, but is a rebrand always the best strategy?
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
Whether you’re an established brand or just starting out, there’s one place your buyer can always be found; online.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
We always try to do at least one work experience placement a year at Toast.
Categorised: News
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 14, 2024
You have had your brochure designed and then the designer supplies you with a digital and ‘print ready’ PDFs, so why have they done this and what is the difference?
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
It’s important to choose the right file formats for images to get the best results. However you want your files, you should probably research the formats you need for whatever you want to do with them. To help you make sense of them, we’ve compiled a list of file formats and their various uses. So, […]
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
RGB and CMYK colour formats – does it matter what I use?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Sometimes when we’re working on a brochure for instance, the client notices some white space on the page and feel they need to fill it with something.
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Whether you’re just about to start your design project or in the finalising stages, specifying colours you want can get complicated as there are many systems involved that display the colour you want differently.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
You’ve received the first draft of your new brochure from the designer and want to make a few changes. How do you go about giving them amends?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
If you’ve ever briefed a designer to create a promotional brochure for your company they may have asked you for your logo as vector-based graphics, but what is this?
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
Our clients come to us at Toast asking us to design their logo or brand but what is the difference?
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
When dealing with brochure designers you might get asked to supply your images as ‘hi-res’.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Charlotte Brown.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
When sending artwork to a printer you might get a response from them that they need the artwork to include crop marks and bleed. So what do they mean and why do you need to add them?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
So you’ve instructed a designer to create an engaging brochure for your company but don’t have any images you can provide them because you simply don’t have any or the ones you have are not suitable for print (hi-res).
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: Design For Print
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
You brief a design agency to create your company brochure for you. You’re really happy with the results, however, later down the line you need to update some of the information and make edits. How do I edit my brochure?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
When working with a designer on your latest brochure, you will probably need to send them multiple and or large image files. How can you do this without clogging up yours and their email accounts with Large Multiple Files?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
When we are approached by a client looking to work with us, we don’t focus on what their previous design agency did wrong but choose to concentrate on how we can fulfil (and hopefully exceed) their needs.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 3, 2024
What are the biggest PR challenges 2018 and how can we help you overcome them?
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: March 18, 2025
Are you confident in the effectiveness of your current marketing materials?
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
With so many hosting companies to choose from, how do you pick what’s best for your site?
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: Budgeting For Design, Maintaining A Website
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: April 25, 2025
A successful brand is one that has considered all aspects of how engages with its customer and brand consistency is vital in this day and age.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
If your site isn’t as quick as you think it should be, we can improve your site speed with managed hosting.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: Website planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: April 25, 2025
If you are thinking about getting a new website, read on to find out how a good website planning process will make it more effective.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: Website planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: April 28, 2025
If you’re a design student or currently looking for your first design job, sketchbooks can make all the difference at an interview.
Categorised: For design students
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Toast can create or convert any professionally designed brochure into an interactive format that can be used across digital channels.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Creating brands can be fun and we have taken a much-used phrase “can you make our logo bigger” (heard a lot in the design industry).
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
Consistent and coordinated marketing materials project a clear and uniform message.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Its a term you have seen used when it comes to exhibitions, but what are they and is it the right exhibition format for you?
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
If you are looking for help launch a new product in the market or even just a simple new product launch checklist then read on.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Everyone wants a bag of goodies after leaving an event.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Newsletters have always been the go-to option for marketing design teams that want to update or advise their various audiences.
Categorised: Designing magazines
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
What is your target market and how do you engage with them?
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Due to the high level of integration that is now demanded by modern marketing campaigns, it is now obvious that brand consistency is important in your marketing collateral. Brand consistency should be achieved across not only the campaigns but the underlying strategy.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Tuner Fish lug locks are an essential bit of kit used by professional drummers worldwide to keep their drums in tune.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
What you should be doing, and avoiding when creating your next annual report.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 26, 2025
If you need to create a new brand or rejuvenate a flagging/unsuccessful brand then there is no shortage of articles and advice all saying that you should build you brand but gloss over exactly how!
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Toast has recently completed the branding and drink packaging design for a new brand on the market, The Kombucha Tea Co.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: February 27, 2025
How you plan your new website is crucial to make it work hard and win you new business.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips, Website planning
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
As the audience for Annual Reports broadens the use of bespoke infographics is now more popular than ever as a way of presenting information.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 26, 2025
Selecting the correct format and finish to your annual report will add that extra finesse, making it stand out and communicate more than just the facts.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: September 18, 2025
Toast recently collaborated with Goodness Gracious Foods to complete a total rebranding of their range of baby foods.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: February 19, 2025
It has been said that working on your brand “as you go” is like trying to change the tyres on your car while you’re still driving it!
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Brand versus Logo? These days the two are often mixed-up, even by designers, with the word ‘brand’ incorrectly used for a few different meanings, we’ll try to set the record straight.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: July 2, 2025
We quite often get asked to quote for moving WordPress to a new theme.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: April 25, 2025
Sketching is a vital part of the design process with lots of benefits.
Categorised: Design resources
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
A compelling brand story is now seen as an essential element for all brands, both large and small.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Using the flexibility that the powerful WordPress CMS offers, our experienced team of WordPress developers can deliver high-quality, bespoke e-commerce solutions for any business.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
In the last few years, we have seen an explosion in the number of startups in a whole range of sectors from food and drink through to brand new niche consultancies.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
The Artisan Kitchen produce Award-winning Preserves, Jams and Marmalades in the heart of Gloucester. The requirement was to develop the existing logo, create a brand styling for labels and packaging.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
If you’ve been handling all of your marketing, design and web presence in-house so far, it can seem like a huge jump to be joining forces with another company.
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: Budgeting For Design
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
When your design ambitions outgrow freelancer capabilities, it’s time to bring in some extra creative clout to push your business forward; you need the benefits of working with a design consultancy.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
As there will be a lot of people contributing to the planning of your annual report, it is good to have a project manager to spearhead this and ensure the project runs smoothly.
Categorised: Report planning & design
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Choosing the right graphic design agency is an important first step in creating an ongoing and profitable relationship.
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Kelly Dudley.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Using different formats for brochures can really make them stand out. Just because it’s a brochure, it doesn’t mean that it has to be A4. We’ve designed 100s of brochures – below are a few of the non-standard brochure designs we’ve produced.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
Creating engaging and informative display banner designs are essential when showcasing your products or services.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 20, 2025
Marketing professionals have enough stresses and pressures on them without their design agency causing more.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
Based in the centre of Banbury, Oxfordshire, we work with B2B companies to improve their digital marketing.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Bursting on to the Asian food scene soon, Hachacha brings an innovative answer to cooking a traditional Indian dish – in half the time. With tasty branding and packaging created at Toast.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
Design-led businesses are becoming more and more popular every day. Companies realise how important design can be to business.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
There are loads of marketers that buy designs from various design agencies, big or small. But, how can a marketer know that they’re getting the best service possible?
Categorised: Design resources
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
All businesses rely on other companies for various products and services. Firms have to pay energy companies for gas and electricity supplies.
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: March 17, 2025
So your Powerpoint presentation looks boring and amateurish, which is having a negative effect on your audience.
Categorised: PowerPoint design
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
If you are looking at launching a new publication or thinking of refreshing your existing magazine design then toast are the ideal agency to help you with this.
Categorised: Designing magazines
Tags: Promoting Your Business
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Design finishes can give your brochure that extra wow factor.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 19, 2025
How do I improve my marketing? If you are asking this question then you are ahead of the game of those that think that their marketing can’t be improved.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Most marketing teams have a whole range of marketing materials; some of it new but most of it will be historic.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Give your brand, design and marketing a full service: Are you happy with your brand & marketing performance? Are you hitting your targets and achieving your goals?
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
If you are displaying at a show or an event you’ll need some form of exhibition design to promote your product or service.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Pocket folders come in all shapes and sizes, and establishing the purpose, content, and use is important before you start, as this will define the type of folder needed.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 27, 2025
Infographics are becoming ever more popular as they are great at presenting information in a quick, clear and informative format.
Categorised: Creative marketing guides
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: March 18, 2025
We’re not a small agency, and that makes us perfect for larger clients that have a need for full-on graphic design support that’s quick and won’t let you down.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
Making your website responsive will have a beneficial effect on how hard it works for you.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
The best creative design agency is one that is as eager to understand the problem, as it is to create the solution.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
If so, you’re about to embark on an exciting adventure into one of the most fast-paced and rewarding industries out there.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Tags: Promoting Your Business
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
While the platform is perfectly at home as a CMS for many enterprise-level businesses, it’s also a perfect starting point for any small business site – it provides a rock-solid platform, allows you to manage your own content and can be scaled up as your online marketing grows.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Does your current agency seem to be overcharging and not really helping you get the return on investment you were hoping for?
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: Budgeting For Design, How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
I am quite regularly asked what Toast Design does and the simple answer is…
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Trust is a fundamental part of the relationship between a client and a design agency.
Categorised: Full service design
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
How to get your food products noticed, you’ve worked hard to develop a great tasting product, but how do you now get your product noticed and sell? – A clear brand identity is key.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: July 15, 2025
Based on our experience, we have put together 10 tips that we help you to create great and effective food packaging design for your product.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 13, 2025
Some good brands have developed by chance, but the great brands haven’t.
Categorised: Strategy and planning
Tags: Rebranding Your Business
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
It’s very easy to get all excited about the prospect of a new website, but content planning comes first.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
Online brochure formats are increasingly becoming more and more popular as they give you the ability to respond to client requests instantly.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
We have had a recent rush of companies coming to us and asking “how do I get more from my WordPress website?”.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
There is a lot of terminology being used at the moment regarding electronic brochures, epubs (or electronic publications), e-books (electronic books) and iBooks (Apple’s version of the e-book format).
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
If you’re starting a small food-related business or developing an existing one, you’ll already know about the importance of having a website that works.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
Online brochures or ‘flippy page’ brochures have different names but fundamentally offer the same thing, the ability to view your brochure online.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by Mark Williams.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
There are currently around 10,000 new food and drink products introduced in the UK each year. So what do you need to do to ensure that your new product gets noticed, or your existing product doesn’t get lost under the raft of newcomers?
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
Two of the top questions we get asked by companies we meet is “How much should I spend on SEO?” and “What should I be getting from my SEO budget?”.
Categorised: Improving your WordPress site
Posted by David Foreman.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
Here at Toast Design we have developed a unique 5 Stage process for creating great logo design.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: May 23, 2025
It involves every aspect of communication you have with customers, staff and other audiences – so what is branding?
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: July 18, 2025
In this day and age, with consumers being sold to every minute of the day, it is even more important that you consider every aspect of that FIRST IMPRESSION.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Toast Design have a range of clients that require complex sales tools from folders to niche brochures, but all depend on us to deliver great catalogue design.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: February 4, 2025
Toast Design provide outsourced design services for PR agencies and they are really happy with the results.
Categorised: Full service design
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
Brochures need to work hard these days, never has this been truer than with Charity brochures. Getting the most out of your budget isn’t so much a desire as a business prerequisite.
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 30, 2025
Here at Toast we have helped our clients sell everything from widgets to thingy-m-bobs but some of the very best luxury brochure design has been driven by prestigious brands…
Categorised: Brochure best-practices
Posted by Simon Browne.
Last updated: May 1, 2025
There are lots of opinion pieces on logo design and it can be rather confusing, but with over the last 15 years experience working with many businesses we have put together a guide to creating effective logo design.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: February 27, 2025
Creating an effective logo and brand identity for a startup business is vital to it’s success.
Categorised: Creating brands and logos
Tags: Budgeting For Design
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: August 6, 2025
We’ve worked with a few food brands recently, all of which can be classed as artisan food producers, and there are two things that they all have in common….
Categorised: Design for food brands
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: February 15, 2024
I have a real passion for working with foodie brands, particular the artisan, smaller companies that really care about what they’re producing and have a passion for it.
Categorised: Design for food brands
Tags: How to & tips
Posted by Chris Tymon.
Last updated: June 6, 2025
