Branding for Vancouver companies
Lima Brands builds strategic brands for companies in six countries, with more than 100 projects delivered and active clients in Canada. Vancouver customers live outdoors, care about wellness and notice good design, so a brand here has to feel honest as well as look good.
Selected work
Vancouver's lifestyle economy runs on food, wellness, events and design-led products, so these four projects show a healthy confectionery brand, an events company, a personal trainer and a jewellery label.
Vancouver sits between the mountains and the Pacific, and its brands carry that lifestyle
The Port of Vancouver is the busiest in Canada and the country's main gateway to Asia, and that link shapes the city. Trade, logistics and import businesses deal with partners across the Pacific, and many local companies sell to customers in several countries from day one. A brand that reads well in English and travels easily is a real asset.
The city is known as Hollywood North. Film and television crews shoot here all year, and visual effects and video game studios employ thousands of creative people. That makes the local audience unusually visual: people who work with images every day are quick to spot a logo that was rushed or a website that looks like a template.
Vancouver is also a lifestyle city. Athletic apparel, natural food, cafés and wellness studios grew up around the seawall, Stanley Park and the North Shore mountains. We create these brands from a distance, with strategy sessions and reviews by video call and every file delivered digitally, ready for packaging, signage and social media.
Your brand is much more than a logo. It's how your business is remembered.
Studies show that investing in differentiating and promoting your brand can increase a company's total revenue by up to 23%. Have you ever wondered how much your brand stands out in the market today?
Source: YouGov (2021)Vancouver sectors where the brand has to feel authentic
Apparel and outdoor
Active and outdoor labels compete on story and values as much as on product, and the brand has to carry both.
Food, coffee and natural products
In a city that reads ingredient lists, packaging and identity need to look as good as the product is.
Film, VFX and games
Studios and service companies need a brand that is as polished as their portfolio.
Trade and Asia-Pacific business
Importers, logistics firms and consultancies need a professional brand that works with partners on both sides of the Pacific.
How we help companies in Vancouver
Brand strategy
We put into words what makes your business different, which matters in a city full of beautiful brands that say the same thing.
Visual identity
An identity system built for apparel tags, café cups, studio walls and Instagram, consistent from the first touchpoint to the last.
Packaging
Labels and boxes for food, drink and wellness products that stand out on a shelf in Kitsilano and survive a photo on a phone.
Naming
Names checked for meaning and domain availability, ideal for brands that plan to sell beyond British Columbia.
Website
A site that tells your story quickly and makes booking, ordering or getting in touch easy.
What our clients say
“There are no words to thank you for your professionalism and dedication. Your heart is in our logo. In that presentation my eyes filled with tears as I saw the logo, the color palette, every detail more beautiful than I could have imagined.”— Hutiscleia Boaventura, Co-owner
“On behalf of the RD Farma team, I want to express our gratitude for your excellent work. Your commitment, technical skill and creativity were essential to the project's success.”— Tiago Menezes, Innovation & Technology Manager · RD Farma
How the project works for companies in Vancouver
Projects run by video call. Vancouver is on Pacific Time, five hours behind Brasília in winter and four in summer, so we book meetings for your morning, which is our afternoon, and keep working after you log off.
Immersion
Discovery
Synthesis
Ideation
Prototyping
Delivery
I'm Bruno Lima. I create strategic brands for businesses that want to be remembered.
Questions from companies in Vancouver
Which branding and visual identity agency works with companies in Vancouver?
Lima Brands, a strategic branding studio founded by Bruno Lima, works remotely with companies in Vancouver on brand strategy, visual identity, rebranding, naming and websites. It has delivered more than 100 projects for clients in six countries. Every project gets a fixed proposal after a free discovery call.
How do you handle the five-hour time difference?
We schedule calls in your morning. Between meetings we work on the next stage, so you often wake up to new material ready for review.
Can you design packaging for a food or wellness product?
Yes. We design the identity and the packaging together, so labels, boxes and the online shop all feel like the same brand.
How is pricing set for a Vancouver project?
Every project gets a fixed proposal after a free discovery call, in Canadian dollars, USD or EUR. You see the full scope and timeline before you commit.
We also work with
Europe: London · Paris · Amsterdam · Dublin · Zurich · Geneva · Luxembourg · Munich · Copenhagen · Stockholm · Oslo
United States: New York · Miami · Orlando · Boston · Los Angeles · San Francisco · Austin · Chicago · Washington, D.C. · Dallas · Houston · Seattle · Atlanta · Philadelphia · Denver · Minneapolis · Phoenix · Charlotte · Raleigh · Nashville · Tampa · Fort Lauderdale · San Diego · San Jose · Salt Lake City · Portland · Las Vegas · New Jersey · Baltimore · Pittsburgh · Detroit · Columbus · Indianapolis · Kansas City · St. Louis
Canada: Toronto · Montreal · Calgary · Ottawa · Edmonton · Waterloo
Australia: Sydney · Melbourne · Brisbane · Perth · Adelaide
New Zealand: Auckland · Wellington
Middle East: Kuwait
Photos: Downtown Vancouver skyline by the water, by Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; Vancouver skyline over Granville Island and False Creek, by DXR (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.