awarebrands
CRAFTING PURPOSE-DRIVEN BRANDS AND EXPERIENCES
Awarebrands is a design-led social enterprise and venture platform. We create purpose-driven brands, cultural initiatives, and collaborative experiences rooted in community, learning, and live engagement.
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We work at the intersection of strategy, design, and culture. Awarebrands develops original ventures that translate values into operational reality. Our practice spans brand and product development, storytelling, spatial and experience design, and the building of collaborative teams around shared purpose. Across hospitality, culture, education, and the creative industries, Awarebrands fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration and tests alternative business models that foreground wellbeing, sustainability, and social connection. Below are some of our selected projects and initiatives.
Social Enterprise | Sustainable Hospitality | Food & Culture​
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​Daily Bowl Foods is a community-centred venture using sustainable, plant-based food systems as a platform for cultural exchange and values-led teamwork. Drawing inspiration from global food traditions while prioritising locally sourced and organic ingredients, Daily Bowl combined retail, wholesale, and catering with a strong cultural programme. Conceived as both a food enterprise and a cultural hub, the project explored people-first leadership, ethical operations, and hospitality as a site of learning and collaboration, with the long-term ambition of contributing a viable social enterprise model to the hospitality sector.
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NOCHE LATINA UK
Social Enterprise | Cultural Programming | Live Events
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​Noche Latina is a cultural event based at Kaleider Studios, celebrating rhythms from Latin America and the global Latinx diaspora. The event brings together Spanish and Portuguese-speaking communities from Latin America alongside local residents from the South West UK. Through live music, creative programming, and shared cultural experiences, Noche Latina highlights emerging talent, fosters connection across cultures, and encourages learning from one another. The project reflects Awarebrands’ commitment to inclusive, community-led cultural spaces.
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CIRCLETALES ADVENTURE STORYTELLING GAME®
Social Enterprise | Crowdfunding | Game Development
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​​Our Kickstarter game success, CircleTales Adventure Storytelling Game, was shortlisted by the IG Awards for Best Literacy Game in 2021. The board game is designed as an entertaining ice-breaker and has been, paradoxically, inspired by scholarly educational research and principles of positive psychology. The game's experience also serves as a great team-building activity. It is available for purchase via our CircleTales website or for international wholesale through FAIRE.
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EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE | THE TRAVELLING SEEDBANK
Exhibition & Spatial Design | Sustainability & Education​
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​​Awarebrands was commissioned by Exeter Northcott Theatre to design the Travelling Seed Bank, an exhibition exploring seed-saving, biodiversity, and collective stewardship. First exhibited at the London Design Festival, the project toured UK public libraries and community centres, translating environmental themes into accessible, participatory design.
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AWAREBRANDS LTD IS A REGISTERED COMPANY IN ENGLAND AND WALES NO 11669816
45 PRESTON STREET, EXETER, DEVON, EX11DF, UNITED KINGDOM