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Prominent independent bookstore Papercup needed to answer the question of how to be more engaged with their customers and foster an increased sense of community around their store. Futurepunk worked with Papercup to create a monthly newsletter and online magazine highlighting not just books and magazines, but also the varied work made by people within their customer community. The result was The Sounder. We continue to work on The Sounder today.

FUTUREPUNK
We are a proudly small creative change agency working with organisations in the present to create something better in the future. We create visual and editorial narratives and beautifully crafted matter to help people and organisations communicate effectively their values and ideas. We ask questions and strategise concepts to build content and stories across mediums to create positive and successful outcomes. We focus on culture, fashion, sustainability, art, travel and tech.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER!
what we do
We plan, design, write and build content and messaging across print, digital, visual and audio mediums using our experience and wide ranging collective of experts. Futurepunk is focused on helping startups, medium and large organisations navigate the journey from conceptualising an idea that they are passionate about to making it a commercial reality. We take your culture, your brand, your business model, your content, drive revenue and make it sing.
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
We use flexible, modular methods to respond to particular contexts and situations on projects to solve business, culture and communication challenges effectively.

MAP, SKETCH, TEST, UNDERSTAND
We start by mapping out a shared visualisation to use as a reference point, then really dig into the meat and implications of an idea by imagining it in the real. We test favoured ideas by trying them out in real contexts and future scenarios, then gradually add knowledge and information to create a richer understanding.
PRODUCE AND REFINE
Time to clarify the details of an idea to finalise the way forward, and add a level of creative experimentation to envision how it might work in practice. The plan complete, we make it real, and focus on crafting the finished article.
WORK
Creative approaches to communication challenges
Team & Network
Founder Ramsay Short set up the business in 2016, working out of a London HQ in Camden with a small international team covering core disciplines of analysis, strategy, facilitation, design and project management. FuturePunk uses a trusted network of specialist expertise for specific project challenges and different client contexts.

Founder & Creative Lead
Ramsay Short
A former Daily Telegraph Middle East correspondent and magazine editor, Ramsay has been working as journalist, reporter and editor across news and culture for over 20 years.
Art Director/Music Curator
Rami Obeid
Swedish-Lebanese graphic designer Rami's primary focus is branding, including projects for IKEA, Toyota, Vodafone, Johnnie Walker, Baileys and Qatar Museum Authority .
Graphic Designer
Constanza Gaggero
Constanza is a Chilean-born graphic designer and typography specialist whose work with major institutions includes The Barbican, Tate Modern, Royal Academy of the Arts and the British Museum.
Photographer/Artist
Tanya Traboulsi
Tanya is an award-winning Austrian-Lebanese photographer whose work revolves around themes of travel, identity, memory and belonging. Her images have been published across the world.
Journalist/Copywriter
Lydia Bell
Lydia is an experienced travel and lifestyle journalist, copywriter and editor. whose work has appeared in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The FT, Condé Nast Traveller and more.
Journalist/Copywriter
Mike Peake
Mike is a freelance business journalist, copywriter, luxury writer and blogger who has worked with brands such as Volvo, NatWest, Harrods and Johnnie Walker, among many more.
CONTACT
We would love to hear from you if you would like help in solving a challenge that sits in the world of brand messaging, content creation, editorial and communications.
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PAPERCUP

FUTUREPUNK

FUTUREPUNK

what we do

what we do

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

MAP, SKETCH, TEST, UNDERSTAND

MAP, SKETCH, TEST, UNDERSTAND

PRODUCE AND REFINE

PRODUCE AND REFINE

WORKCreative approaches to communication challenges

WORK

Creative approaches to communication challenges

Team & Network

Team & Network

Founder & Creative Lead

Founder & Creative Lead

Ramsay Short

Ramsay Short

Art Director/Music Curator

Art Director/Music Curator

Rami Obeid

Rami Obeid

Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

Constanza Gaggero

Constanza Gaggero

Photographer/Artist

Photographer/Artist

Tanya Traboulsi

Tanya Traboulsi

Journalist/Copywriter

Journalist/Copywriter

Lydia Bell

Lydia Bell

Journalist/Copywriter

Journalist/Copywriter

Mike Peake

Mike Peake

CONTACT

CONTACT

We would love to hear from you if you would like help in solving a challenge that sits in the world of brand messaging, content creation, editorial and communications.

We would love to hear from you if you would like help in solving a challenge that sits in the world of brand messaging, content creation, editorial and communications.

WORK
Creative approaches to communication challenges