Hi, I’m Steph — brand designer at The Tenth House. My approach to brand design is holistic, multi-layered, and rooted in my desire to help people cultivate self-awareness, embrace their uniqueness, get clear on what they need and want, express themselves, and expand into their infinite potential through business and entrepreneurship.

The branding work that I do with clients is also based on the belief that your brand (if designed intentionally) can help you show up in the world more confidently, connect you with the people that you most want to work with and serve, and sell your stuff in a way that feels more natural, enjoyable, sustainable, fulfilling, and even exciting.

At The Tenth House, I help clients build brands using my alternative approach to mainstream branding, which involves asking intuitive and strategic questions, drawing on my lived experience and educational background in philosophy, business, yoga & meditation, visual arts, marketing, and brand & website design, and (if the client is open to it) utilizing the tools of Human Design and Astrology in a grounded, practical way.

I have also learned from my own multifaceted and multi-passionate nature and created strategies and structures that help my fellow “more than one thing” clients show up in the world in a way that feels fully expressed and unrestricted but also clear, organized, and cohesive for their ideal customers & clients.

If you work with me to design your brand, we will start with self-inquiry and exploration into what is important to you on a personal level, as well as what you want to achieve with your business and brand. We will then use that information to strategically design every aspect of how your business operates and interacts in the marketplace.

Personally, I have an appreciation for brutalist and midcentury modern, Japanese, Scandinavian, and Spanish architecture & interior design, art & design that use a juxtaposition of materials, editorial graphic design, and vintage analog designs from days past. But what I love about designing for other people and businesses is that I get to put myself in their shoes, immerse myself in their brand, and translate their authentic style and taste into digital form.

When it comes to the brand assets and collateral that I create for clients (logo, colour palette, typography, creative direction, graphic designs, business cards, etc.), my designs are strategic, organized, user-friendly, and intentionally edited for a more minimalist look, but I purposely don’t have a signature style. I don’t want people to encounter your brand and immediately know who designed it — I’d rather they experience your brand (and the authentic, purposeful energy at the core of it) and feel that they are getting to know someone and/or are becoming a part of something.

I created The Tenth House to serve all sorts of open-minded people from diverse backgrounds and industries, but I’ve got a special place in my heart for the artists, the healers, the creatives, the multi-passionate individuals, the non-conforming queer folk, the visionary entrepreneurs, and the scrappy do-it-yourselfers.

My brand design method creates brands that are unique, authentic, and completely custom to each client. What this requires though, is active participation from each client throughout our collaboration. But don’t worry, if we work together, you will be guided, coached, and supported every step of the way.

With that being said, if you have no interest in answering introspective questions or providing information about how you want your brand to look, feel, and function, we might not be a good fit.

Ultimately, if you are a kind person who resonates with my method, we are probably going to get along, but just to make sure, we will have an intro call as part of the project application process.

“Thanks so much again Steph! It was such a great experience working with you and I’m feeling over the moon with the result, you are a talent!”

— Molly Farai, Selkie Social, New Zeland.

"Steph’s creative gifts and genuine, caring spirit allow her to connect with her clients and I felt incredibly safe and listened to during the creation process." 

— Zara Neukom, Holistic Psychotherapist, BC, Canada.

"You are incredible at all that you do. Oceans apart and I felt completely heard, seen, and understood - you brought my little biz to life."

— Rosie O’Donnell, Clinical Reflexologist, UK.

"If you are looking for a fresh approach to what can sometimes be very technical and stale workload of building a new business, or re-branding, I highly recommend working with Steph."

— Kierstin Henrickson, Peterborough Yoga Wellness Centre, ON, Canada.