Picture this: you’ve clocked off work, packed your bags, loaded the car and are hitting the road to see family and friends for the holidays.

Then you feel the temperature rise and everyone is completely freaking out because no one has their songs prepped...

Thankfully you were on top of it and joined the Ikon collaborative playlist!

You have just saved yourself seconds and your sanity. Ikon’s Vacation Jam • besides • is dishing up, not just what you want, but what you need this roadie season.

Let’s go...jump on and join in. Add that song you’re thinking about ...

With a cherry on top!

Well 2024, you’ve been a smorgasbord…plenty of tasty morsels, some delicious new flavour combinations and a few others that we are glad weren’t a double-helping!

Nevertheless, the rewards are in the experience and we’ve relished every dish 2024 served, like a 12 course degustation.

Grateful to share our table with community, creativity, camaraderie; and a toast to our clients who make it all possible. Thank you.

In the spirit of sharing meals this year, we are supporting the Wayside Chapel’s ‘donate a plate’ initiative providing ...

Wrapping spring and our #brandedit series is Laura Stoddart.

A fitting celebration of the season, Laura Stoddart, a third-generation illustrator from the English countryside, is known worldwide for her work. She also knows how to make us blush!

“Working with Kate and This is Ikon was almost the best part of setting up my business, a joy from start to finish!”

This #brandedit series sprang from our website refresh and reconnecting with our work. We have been shining a light on a few of our favourite projects here throughout spring. Scroll back to check them out if you ...

Sharing the palette from Jack’s North African odyssey and the cities that inspired each colour.

Pic 1 and 3: Kairouan

Pic 2: Amphitheatre of El Jem

Pic 4: Great Mosque of Kairouan

Pic 5: Pyramid of Djoser

Pic 6: Valley of the Kings

Making colour palettes that fit any brand or business is our specialty! If you think we can help with a project or business idea, get in touch via email or social media channels. We would love to hear from you!

Friday is here! Whether it’s negronis in Tokyo, a spritz in Lisbon or kicking back in our hometown..we are partial to cocktail-savouring* (and snapping) with friends. Do you have any bars or beverages we should add to our list?

*we prefer to sip sans-straw

Negronis snapped by Kate. Jack captured the Porto Tonico

The new Smartstone Sintered Collection folder from go to whoa.

Through sampling and fabric selection to print and prototypes, this bespoke product was no mean feat.

Bravo to everyone involved. Professional photography coming soon!

Sometimes creative block can feel like the road from Aswan to Abu Simbel...but we did find the palette for an upcoming project!⁠

⁠ Snapped by Jack this time last year on his Egyptian jaunt.

We’ve been giving ourselves (aka website) a little spring glow up and are enjoying seeing our work with fresh eyes. Thought we’d shine a light on a few #brandedit projects we are loving revisiting.

‘Coverfields agricultural mulch film has been scientifically developed to ensure a fully degradable product that leaves zero chemical residue and no environmental impact.’ coverfields.co

We dug deep for this one! Our client was already a leader in their field but plans for growth required reframing business strategy, a new name, fresh branding and effective digital comms. See

When building the brand palette for Quartz Clean we found inspiration in the ingredients. Each essential oil has a super power and plays an important role in the effectiveness of the product.

To tell this story we chose a colour-code where each hue captures the nature of the botanical and together artfully elevate the brand... similar to what they do literally, creating the product’s bespoke scent.

At Ikon, the proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” is a lived experience; some of our most innovative work is realised when seeking solutions to sticky situations and project constraints.

We relish a creative challenge, such as ‘how to soft-launch a hefty product with a nationwide audience when it is currently unavailable?'

Recently the realities were stacked against us with the need to generate crucial pre-launch interest in Smartstone’s new Sintered Collection; 22 natural stone-inspired surfaces, next-level vein detail and each slab at 3200 x 1600mm, weighing ...

NAIDOC Week, July 7 to 14 2024, is a time for Australians to honour the traditions, achievements, and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To get in the spirit of this year’s theme – Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud – we took in a performance of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Horizon at the Sydney Opera House (until July 13). As passionate Bangarra supporters, this was an inspiring way for us to celebrate First Nations culture and identity.

In our work, Ikon is proud of launching the ‘Drawing Us Together’ NAIDOC week initiative with Charter Hall ...