Brendan@MoonstoneLabs.co.za

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA · WORKING WORLDWIDE

AN IDEA, IN ANOTHER DIMENSION
INDEPENDENT CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY STUDIODURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
WORKING WORLDWIDE ↗

YOUR NEXTBIG THING.MADE REAL.

Brands, films, websites and AI systems.
Extraordinary on their own.
Even better together.

Start a project
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WHAT IT COULD BECOME
01 / THE BIGGER PICTURE

Not just seen.
Felt. Used.
Remembered.

You don’t need more noise.
You need something that feels
like it could only be yours.

We bring creative direction and technology together to turn an ambitious idea into a distinctive brand, an experience people remember, and a system that works.

Meet the studio
02 / CONNECTED CRAFT

One idea.
All the way through.

FOUR DISCIPLINES.
ONE CREATIVE DIRECTION.
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NOT
MORE.
DIFFERENT.
INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN.
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LABS✳
FORM / FEELING / FUNCTION
ONE DISTINCTIVE SYSTEM

Give it
an identity.

A clear position. A distinctive look. A voice that belongs to you.

An identity with something to say.
MAKE
PEOPLE FEEL.
DIRECTION
MOTION

Make people
feel it.

Brand films, product stories and motion with something to say.

The same idea. A new dimension.
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MOONSTONE LABSMADE TO MOVE.

YOUR NEXT
BIG THING.
MADE REAL.

Start a project
A LIVE IDEA, NOT A STATIC PICTURE

Give it
somewhere to live.

Websites that turn a first impression into a next step.

From first impression to interaction.
A MORE USEFUL ENQUIRYINTERACTIVE PROTOTYPE
?

“Could our website handle
enquiries while we’re busy?”

✳Understand. Organise. Route.

Capture the context.
Keep the next step clear.

Human approval, built in.
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Over to Brendan.The right context. A real conversation.
Try the interaction

Make it useful.
Every day.

Assistants and automations that answer, organise and move work forward.

The story continues beyond the screen.
03 / SELECTED WORKSHIPPED FROM END TO END

From first idea.
To live product.

Brand, product, infrastructure and deployment.
One connected responsibility.
Built all the way through.

REAL SYSTEMS. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.See all selected work
04 / MAKE IT YOURS

Where do
you want
to go?

Start with the outcome.
We’ll work out how to get there.

A POSSIBLE STARTING POINT

From first idea to first impression.

BrandFilmWeb
  1. Define the position and the story.
  2. Build the identity and launch materials.
  3. Design a digital home for the launch.

A connected launch, with one clear creative direction.

Let’s explore this

An illustrative approach, not a quote or a fixed package.

05 / THE HUMAN PARTINDEPENDENT. FOUNDER-LED.

Big ideas.
Direct
collaboration.

Moonstone Labs is the independent creative technology studio of Brendan Shaw.

Work directly with the person shaping the idea, designing the experience and building the system. Fewer layers. A clear point of view. One connected result.

A little more about us
MAKE SOMETHING THAT MATTERSYOUR NEXT CHAPTER / STARTS HERE

LET’S MAKE
IT HAPPEN.

Tell us what you’re thinking.
Let’s see what it could become.

Brendan@MoonstoneLabs.co.za
SELF-INITIATED / SILENT MOTION STUDY

An idea, made real.

IT STARTS WITH A QUESTION.

WHAT
COULD IT
BECOME?

MOONSTONE LABS
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What could it become? Give it an identity. Make people feel it. Give it somewhere to live. Make it useful every day. Your next big thing, made real. Moonstone Labs: brand, film, web and AI.