ManvsMachine
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2007
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About ManvsMachine
ManvsMachine is a design and motion direction studio working across brand identity, moving image, animation and commercial production. Founded in Shoreditch, East London, in early 2007, it combines conceptual design with technical execution to create visual identities, films and digital assets. Its practice spans both live-action direction and computer-generated imagery, with teams working across London and Los Angeles.
The studio’s capabilities include creative direction, 3D design and animation, motion graphics, visual effects, title design and procedural visual systems. Its work extends from individual product films to broader brand transformations and broadcast identities, bringing design and motion together across multiple formats. Commercial production, channel idents and multi-platform digital asset creation form part of the same multidisciplinary practice.
From broadcast identities to product films
Broadcast branding helped establish the studio’s early reputation, with work for Channel 4, More4, 4seven, ITV2 and BBC One. Its BBC One channel rebrand and national ident suite were developed in collaboration with BBC Creative. These projects sit alongside opening titles for Disney XD’s animated series Tron: Uprising and a wider portfolio of branded moving-image work.
The studio has produced campaigns and launch films across technology, sportswear, automotive, financial technology, fashion and creative software. Examples include Apple’s iMac Pro launch project Algorithmic Architecture, Nike Flyknit’s Infinite Possibilities, Ford’s Mustang GTD reveal film and work for Canva/Affinity. Its Squarespace portfolio includes Digital Made Physical, Make It, Make The Next Empire and Blueprint AI.
An autonomous studio within a global group
In November 2015, Landor, part of WPP, acquired a majority stake in ManvsMachine. The studio continued operating under its own brand, with independent leadership and creative operations. Its subsequent expansion to Los Angeles established a transatlantic practice serving North American and international clients while retaining its original London base.
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Founders and creative leadership
Mike Alderson and Tim Swift founded the studio. The report identifies Alderson as co-founder and Chief Creative Officer; he relocated to California to lead the establishment of the US studio.
Production methods and working philosophy
The studio describes its creative approach through the ideas of “thinkers who make” and “makers who think,” connecting conceptual development with hands-on technical execution. Its ITV2 rebrand featured more than 300,000 algorithmic ident iterations, illustrating how procedural methods can generate variation within a visual identity.
The report describes the London and Los Angeles teams as a unified transatlantic operation. It also characterizes the studio’s approach to emerging generative tools as an extension of artistic craft and conceptual storytelling.
Industry recognition
The report credits the studio with multiple D&AD Yellow Pencils and Cannes Lions for its broadcast branding and moving-image work.
Notable credits
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Where ManvsMachine is based
- The Old Stables, Norway Wharf, 20–24 Hertford Road, London N1 5QT, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
London office
HeadquartersOpened 2007
Original company headquarters, housing creative direction, 2D/3D design, production and administrative teams.
- The Lilypad, 3021 Gilroy Street, Suite 2, Los Angeles, CA 90039, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
Direct US studio branch directing North American client engagements and creative campaigns.
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