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some see a spark, others an asterisk but to us it’s a reminder that great ideas aren’t just created, they’re ignited.
TH O MAS PIGE O N Founder and CEO
“As Canada’s premiere branding and design agency, Pigeon Brands has been a meaningful contributor to many of North America’s leading brands for over 35 years. Fuelled by passion and driven by results, Pigeon Brands employs unique methodologies bundled with exceptional talent to deliver customer results. With more than 65 design and marketing professionals between our three offices across Canada and the US, Pigeon has crafted or re-designed over 4000 brands in countless categories. We have been privileged to take on many of the continent’s Fortune 100 and owner-managed corporations alike in shaping their key identities and building the foundation for their exceptional performance. Additionally, we have created impactful brand connections for shoppers in the retail environment through smart and targeted point of purchase initiatives, extending our work beyond the package and into innovative consumer communication. Pigeon Brands is Canada’s only truly bi-cultural design firm with fully staffed creative offices in the heart of both Montreal and Toronto providing market insights and on-the-ground support to the firm’s clients. This, coupled with our US presence, provides clients a truly North American design perspective.”
OAKVILLE HEAD OFFICE
MONTRÉAL
TORONTO CREATIVE CAMPUS
Canada’s only truly bi-cultural Brand Design firm
Capabilites
strategy & category insights brand identity & packaging shopper marketing & point of sale brand traveling corporate identity
Ignite!
great relationships
TM
great partners
we build & reinvent powerful brands that create meaning for consumers
from independent micro-brands to brand giants
History
Building brands since
1977
60+
Strategic and creative branding professionals
1200+
15
Experience
Languages
yrs
Collective experience in the design industry
35 20 Int’l cities Countries
yrs
Average experience in design industry
14
Including English, French, Spanish
reinvention
before
after- Canada and U.S.
more than 2,000 brands & 50,000 sku’s for over 35 years
it’s not just from talking, it’s by listening
remember that people are incredible individuals
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.� -Michelangelo
design process must be driven by agility and adaptability
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“Be interesting or be invisible” -Andy Sernovitz
every authentic brand has a story that needs to be told
every brand has a golden nugget of truth
brands aren’t static, they’re dynamic, living ideas that must travel beyond the shelf
U.S. identity
There is nothing permanent except change -Heraclitus
Contact Pigeon Brands Inc. 2630 Bristol Circle Suite 100 Oakville, ON L6H 6Z7
Pigeon Brands Inc. 1440 Rue Sainte-Catherine O. Bureau 522 MontrĂŠal, QC H3G 1R8
newbizdirector@pigeonbrands.com
newbizdirector@pigeonbrands.com
905.338.8300
514.871.1322
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