We build brands
like we build
our own.

Kay and Taz, two operators in Noblesville. Your work is better than your brand lets on.

We have run the businesses,
not just the brands.

The studio is the receipt for the claim above. Two people who have built, run, and closed real things, and who now build brands with that in the room.

7 yrs

HIND

built and run, then closed on our terms

Studio TNK

our own brand

in your hands right now

20 yrs

Agency craft

career-earned, brand-side and agency-side

Selected work

Proof, not promises.

Bilingual exhibition signage and interactive stations at a science center

Where a country
learns to tinker

brand system · visitor experience

A refreshed brand for a new generation, now running everything from exhibit signage to science programs to the social feed.

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Cheeseburgers in paper wraps beside a tray of crinkle-cut fries

A global burger brand

One of several campaigns a year: 5.3 million people reached, 3.6 million views, and a drop that became the talk of the town.

A national bank

A design system that signals renewal, rolled out across every retail customer touchpoint.

Two ends. One studio.

The Business End

Kay

Twenty years across newspaper editing, PR, client-side marketing, and client leadership inside one of the world's biggest agency networks, on global brands in banking, burgers, coffee, fashion, telecom, and real estate. He leads strategy and the commercial side, from Noblesville, Indiana.

The Art End

Taz

Fashion buyer, designer, and brand manager turned co-founder of a clothing boutique she ran for seven years, books to shop windows. She drew the TNK monogram, and her eye decides when the work is done.

What we do

Four things, done properly.

Brand strategy & identity

positioning, naming, the whole mark

Web design & development

sites built by hand, not templates

Social & content systems

a voice you can actually keep up with

Graphic design & creative

the day-to-day, done properly

Not sure where the gap is? That is what the Brand Checkup is for.

Start with a Brand Checkup.

An hour with both founders, then a written report: what is working, what is broken, and the three fixes that matter most, in order. The report is yours to keep, whatever you decide next.

A brand that carries its weight brings bigger work, better clients, and prices nobody has to apologize for.

Start a Brand Checkupnow beats someday: every month this waits, your work undersells itself.

Let us see what your brand is hiding.

An hour, both founders, a report you keep. Or just say hello and we will take it from there.

Start a Brand Checkup Just say hello

We build brandslike we build our own.