Broadbent Studio

Broadbent Studio Tailored branding, graphic & web design that tells your story & empowers you to live a life you adore

With my years of experience creating, designing, and making, I understand the passion that goes into the design process and the presence needed to stand out. Broadbent Studio was founded to help makers like yourself create impactful presences to make them stand out with tailored branding and web design by a professional graphic and web designer. I offer branding services that a) allow you to attract high-end clients and b) create visual consistency and order in your marketing to reduce guesswork. I primarily offer these services to:

🌸 Small & Medium Businesses: I work with medium-sized business owners who want to spend more time doing what they love by providing reliable services that increase your revenue and value by forming trust with your target audience.

🌸 Fempreneurs: I work with solopreneurs who are looking to increase their clients’ quality and audience reach by bringing consistency to their business’s identity. If you are interested in learning more about creating consistency in your business’ presence and reducing the guesswork when creating content, email me at [email protected].

I never realized that the work I was meant to do was unfolding right before my eyes until I was knee-deep in it.I always...
10/28/2026

I never realized that the work I was meant to do was unfolding right before my eyes until I was knee-deep in it.

I always had a passion for design, the technical finesse of typography, the vibrant play of colour, the art of composition, and the sheer joy of a perfectly resolved layout. For a time, I thought that was the extent of my journey.

Then everything changed when I began collaborating with regulated health and wellness practitioners. I witnessed firsthand a powerful shift in my understanding of what design could be.

These are dedicated professionals who’ve spent years, sometimes even decades, honing their craft because they genuinely believe in their ability to make a difference in people's lives. They work meticulously, ethically, and compassionately, often with the most vulnerable members of their communities.

Yet, despite their expertise and heart, they often remain nearly invisible online.

It’s not that they don’t care about their online presence. The very tools many industries rely on to build trust, like client testimonials, outcome promises, and before-and-after results, are often off-limits because of college regulations.

This reality meant their online presence had to bear even more significance than in many other sectors. Their websites, visual identities, and the narratives they crafted about their work weren't just optional extras; they became crucial instruments for building trust with potential clients.

That’s when my perspective on design shifted dramatically. It evolved from a focus on craft to something far more profound.

It became about ensuring that the practitioners who do the most thoughtful, qualified, and impactful work were visible and celebrated. It was about making certain that those who truly deserved recognition could be found.

And that’s the heart of my mission. That’s why I’m here, dedicated to this work.

The Design Horror Files, File  #4: The Font Graveyard. 💀It started with a headline font you liked. Then a body font that...
10/27/2026

The Design Horror Files, File #4: The Font Graveyard. 💀

It started with a headline font you liked. Then a body font that felt more readable. Then you added a script font for the logo. Then Canva defaulted to something different for your social graphics. Then someone used Arial in the email newsletter because that's just what was there.

Five fonts. One brand. Zero consistency.

Fonts are one of the quietest trust signals in design. Most people don't notice them consciously — but they feel it when something is off. A brand that uses five different typefaces across its touchpoints feels like five different businesses. It signals that nobody is paying attention. And for high-trust professionals, that signal matters.

The rule is simple: two fonts, maximum. One for headings, one for body text. Chosen intentionally, used consistently, documented so that everyone — you, your VA, your social media person, your printer — is working from the same system.

Everything else is a graveyard.

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Every project has a moment I design toward.It's not the launch. It's not the final file delivery. It's the moment a clie...
10/26/2026

Every project has a moment I design toward.

It's not the launch. It's not the final file delivery. It's the moment a client sees her brand for the first time and something in her face shifts.

She goes quiet for a second. And then she says some version of the same four words.

That's it. That's me.

Not "I love the colours" or "the font is perfect." Something deeper than that. The recognition that what's on the screen is actually her — her values, her approach, the thing she's been trying to communicate for years without quite knowing how to say it visually.

I've been in this work long enough to know that that moment isn't about design. It's about being seen.

Most of the practitioners I work with have spent years being really good at their work while quietly apologizing for how they show up. Handing over a card with a flicker of hesitation. Adding a quiet disclaimer before sharing their website link. Showing up to events and feeling like they don't quite look the part yet, even though they absolutely are.

That moment when the brand finally matches the person inside it that's when the apologies stop.

It's why I do this work. Not the logos or the websites. This.

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The Design Horror Files, File  #3: The Colour Curse. 🎨Your brand has a colour palette. You know your colours. You've bee...
10/23/2026

The Design Horror Files, File #3: The Colour Curse. 🎨

Your brand has a colour palette. You know your colours. You've been using them for years.

Except the teal on your website is a slightly different shade from the teal on your Instagram graphics. And the teal on your business cards is different again. And the teal on your printed brochure is different from all three because it was set up in RGB instead of CMYK, and nobody caught it before it went to print.

Nobody intended for this to happen. It happened because colours have specific codes hex codes for digital, RGB values for screens, and CMYK values for print and if those codes aren't documented and communicated, every platform and every designer and every printer will interpret your colour slightly differently.

This is The Colour Curse. And it's one of those things that seems invisible until someone sees your website and your business card side by side. Then it's all they can see.

The fix: a documented brand palette with exact values for every context. Hex for digital. CMYK for print. And a brand reference guide that travels with your logo suite, so anyone working on your brand uses the same source of truth.

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10/23/2026

Day two of RGD Design Thinkers: done. And I’m leaving fuller than I arrived.

Adam J. Kurtz ’s talk on passion projects is still echoing in my head. The idea that the work you make just because you want to is often where your best thinking and your truest voice show up.

I came home inspired and genuinely excited for the year ahead. There are ideas I’ve been tending quietly, and I think it’s time to let a few of them out into the light. ✨

Huge thanks to the whole RGD team for bringing this community together. Moments like these remind me why I love this industry and the people in it.

Here’s to the passion projects, and to the year ahead. 💎

What’s the passion project you’ve been sitting on? Tell me in the comments. I’d love to hear it.

New article in Brainz Magazine — and this one is for the lawyers, accountants, consultants, and firm owners in the room....
10/22/2026

New article in Brainz Magazine — and this one is for the lawyers, accountants, consultants, and firm owners in the room.

Search any professional services category in your city. Within a few minutes, you'll notice the pattern. Navy blue. White. Grey. A stock photo of a handshake or a skyline. A tagline about integrity, excellence, and client-focused solutions.

Scroll through ten competitor websites, and you could rearrange the logos without anyone noticing.

This isn't a coincidence. It's what happens when a firm treats its brand as a formality rather than a strategic asset — and it's quietly costing firm owners more than they realize.

When a firm looks indistinguishable from its competitors, prospective clients default to the only differentiator left: price. Not because they don't value expertise. But because nothing on your website gave them a reason to evaluate anything else.

In this piece, I walk through why generic branding is a positioning problem, not a design problem — and what it actually takes to fix it.

If you've ever lost a pitch where fit and expertise should have mattered more than fees, this one is worth reading.

Link in bio.

10/21/2026

Before a new patient ever sits across from you, they’ve already formed an opinion about your practice. That impression comes from your marketing materials, intake forms, social media, branding...

10/20/2026

Day one of RGD Design Thinkers: done. And my heart is full.

There’s a particular kind of energy in a room full of creative people. Everyone’s a little bit nerdy about type, a little bit obsessed with the details, and genuinely glad to be there.

I got to catch up with people I’ve known for years, and meet some brilliant new faces who I already can’t wait to follow along with. That’s the magic of this community. Same roots, so many different blooms. 🌱

My biggest takeaway from today: put your work out in the world, and do it courageously.

Not perfectly. Not once it’s polished to the last pixel. Courageously.

Day two, I’m ready for you. 💎

Who else is here? Tell me in the comments so I can say hi.

Out of office this week — I'll be in Toronto for DesignThinkers. 🎨DesignThinkers is one of my favourite events of the ye...
10/19/2026

Out of office this week — I'll be in Toronto for DesignThinkers. 🎨

DesignThinkers is one of my favourite events of the year. Two days of talks, ideas, and being in a room full of people who care deeply about design and where it's going. The kind of event that sends you home with a full brain and a long list of things to think about.

If you're going to be there, come say hi.

Back at my desk Thursday, Oct 22nd — emails and messages will be answered then.

The Design Horror Files, File  #2: The Phantom Logo. 👻You have a logo. But somewhere between your designer sending it ov...
10/17/2026

The Design Horror Files, File #2: The Phantom Logo. 👻

You have a logo. But somewhere between your designer sending it over and you using it everywhere, something went wrong.

The version on your website is too small and blurry. The one on your business card got squished because it didn't fit the space. The one your printer used came back stretched horizontally because someone resized it by dragging a corner without holding Shift. The one you use on Instagram has a white box around it because it was saved as a JPEG instead of a PNG.

Every version is slightly different. None of them are right.

This is The Phantom Logo — a logo that technically exists but has never been used correctly, in any format, anywhere.

It happens because most designers hand over a single file without explaining what it's for, what formats exist, or how to use them. So clients improvise. And the logo quietly becomes something different every time it appears.

The fix: a complete logo suite — every version you actually need, in every format, with a one-page guide that explains exactly which to use where.

That's what should come at the end of every brand identity project. If it didn't come with yours, that's worth addressing.

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