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Hi, I’m James Kindred

With over 25 years of experience in design, branding, and business growth, I help companies craft compelling identities and scale with confidence. From start-ups finding their voice to established businesses refining their brand presence, I work closely with clients to develop distinctive brand identities, engaging print materials, and results-driven digital strategies.

James Kindred
A Creative Consultant for Brands
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100 Influences

“How does your brain work?” I wish I could tell you. When I’m researching, I tend to gather ideas and influences en masse on a Pinterest board and then fine tune my thinking. Here's a recent selection.

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Bee.Tee.Dubs: I'm not claiming ownership of any of these images, but I do claim to have good taste. Enjoy a brief stream of what is grabbing my attention at the moment.

Recent Reading

I should read more. We all should. Here are some things I've read recently.

4 April 25

Dominant Brands Wield The Power Of Trust

By for brandingstrategyinsider.com

I’ve been reading about soft power a lot lately. Soft power…. It’s a term we typically associate with nations—with their ability to influence, attract and persuade without coercion.

3 April 25

OpenAI’s ‘unethical’ stance on Studio Ghibli could lead brands to ‘reject’ gen AI

By Tom Banks for The Drum

It’s worth bearing this in mind as we recall how last week, following ChatGPT’s 4o image generation update, it was let loose on the world and a trend quickly emerged. Users began creating images in the style of Studio Ghibli’s animated characters.

31 March 25

Seth Godin to CMOs: ‘Everything that touches the market is on you’

By Cameron Clarke for The Drum

That much is obvious at the WFA’s Global Marketer Week in Brussels, where Godin has just addressed an audience so vast that the WFA’s own president, David Wheldon, a former Coke marketer hardly prone to being starstruck, was willing to stand behind the AV desk up in the gods so as not to miss hi

31 March 25

Unlike the gloriously grotesque imagery in his films, Yorgos Lanthimos’ photographs are quietly beautiful

By Katie Tobin for www.wallpaper.com

It is, by now, a well-known fact that Yorgos Lanthimos’ films are not for the faint of heart.