Meet Scott and Anthony, founders of Voice, and our talented teammates, Design Director Kieran, and Senior Designers, Candice and Rowan. Anti-clock watchers. Avid perfectionists. We can put our hand on our hearts and say you’d be hard pressed to find five humans more passionate about design thinking, anywhere. It consumes us.
Our founder story began as two lanky, hairy man-boys studying design together at university. We were nuts about design and all these years later, we’re just as fanatical (we’re just less hairy and have a smidge more experience under our slightly wider belts).
We gravitated to one another because we were cut from the same cloth, on another plane to our peers, always thinking a little differently. We weren’t just design students, we were craftsmen, we were nitpickers and we didn’t want to just create pretty things. We wanted our work to influence.
We were 21 and 22 when we started Voice. We had to go out on our own, being pressured to pump out job after job after job was never going to work for us. Design thinkers need time to think.
So we threw out the clock. We stopped charging by the hour. We created our own opportunities. We channelled our relentless drive into those who understood it, our fellow founders, who truly get the difference between ‘work’ and ‘life’s work’.
22 years later, here we are. We’re still curious. We still love connecting with the like-minded (it’s our soul food). But now, being older and a bit wiser and with equally sharp and driven designers alongside us, we have a few fancy things on the wall to back up our passion. Like more than 200 industry awards from around the globe. We’ve also self published a couple of books, lectured at universities, exhibited internationally and have spoken at the largest and most prestigious design festival in the world. Plus some other stuff, which you can read about below.
But the most important thing to know about us is this: we get it. We get how you feel about what you do, and why you do it. We know how it feels when you can’t switch off or you’re awake with the sparrows because a light bulb’s gone off in your head.
We know because we feel exactly the same about what we do.
2021 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Judge’s Choice.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — 3D Sculpture, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Branding Small Business, Finalist.
The Transform Awards ANZ, Best Use of Type, Bronze.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Branding, Finalist.
2021 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Communication Arts, USA, Typography Competition.
Communication Arts, USA, Packaging Competition.
2020 International Awards
Communication Arts, USA, Typography Competition.
2020 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Judge’s Choice.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Logos/Trademarks, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Branding Small Business, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Self Promotion, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Branding Small Business, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — 3D Sculpture, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Branding Small Business, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Motion Design, Finalist.
2019 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Communication Arts, USA, Typography Competition.
Fedrigoni Top Award, Italy — Third Place, Labels.
2019 Australian Awards
Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show — Best Label of Show.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Design Effectiveness, Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Merit.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
2018 International Awards
The Dieline, USA — Second Place, Wine & Champagne.
Best Design, NZ — Bronze, Packaging
2018 Australian Awards
Form Innovation Award
Daddy Long Legs, Packaging.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — 3D Structual Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
2017 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Communications Arts, USA — Typography.
2017 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Book Design, PINNACLE.
AGDA Awards — Book Design, Judge’s Choice.
AGDA Awards — Catalogues & Brochures, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Special Editions Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Special Editions Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Special Editions Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Branding Schemes, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Branding Schemes, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist
2016 International Awards
Pentawards, Paris — Luxury Packaging, Bronze.
Pentawards, Paris — Wine Packaging, Bronze.
Communications Arts, USA — Packaging.
2016 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Packaging, PINNACLE.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Judges Choice.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Judges Choice.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
2015 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Pentawards, Paris — Beverages, Bronze.
2015 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Illustration, PINNACLE.
AGDA Awards — Spatial, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Logos, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Branding Schemes, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Branding Schemes, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Catalogues & Brochures, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Catalogues & Brochures, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Catalogues & Brochures, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Annual Report Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Temporary Installations, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Posters, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Posters, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
2014 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Pentawards, Paris — Wine Packaging, Silver.
2014 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Logos, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Branding Schemes, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Annual Report Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Photography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Photography, Finalist.
2013 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Pentawards, Paris — Coffee Packaging, Gold.
Pentawards, Paris — Wine Packaging, Silver.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Identity, Merit.
2012 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Pentawards, Paris — Wine Packaging, Silver.
Pentawards, Paris — Wine Packaging, Bronze.
2012 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Book Design, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Book Design, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Annual Report, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Typography, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Typography, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Illustration, In Book.
AGDA Awards — Posters, In Book.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Graphic Design, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Identity, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Photography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Graphic Design, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Graphic Design, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Identity, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Venue Imaging, Finalist.
Create Design Awards — Print Commercial, Trophy.
2011 International Awards
One Show, USA — Book Design, Merit.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Packaging, In Book.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Packaging, In Book.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Book Design, In Book.
2011 Australian Awards
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, MASTERS CHAIR.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Print, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Campaign, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Illustration, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Branding, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Branding, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Invitations, Finalist.
Create Design Awards — Print Commercial, Highly Commended.
2010 International Awards
One Show, USA — Packaging, Merit.
Communication Arts, USA — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
Communication Arts, USA — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Packaging, In Book.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Book Design, In Book.
2010 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Identity Scheme, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Book Design, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Packaging, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, MASTERS CHAIR.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
2009 International Awards
One Show, USA — Publications, GOLD PENCIL.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Posters, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Photography, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Marketing Literature, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Packaging, Merit.
2009 Australian Awards
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Packaging, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Web Design, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Web Design, Finalist.
2008 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
Communication Arts, USA — Packaging, Award of Excellence.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Identity, In Book.
Coupe Design Annual, Canada — Catalogue Design, In Book.
STEP Design 100 Annual, USA — Brochure design, Award.
2008 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Judges Choice.
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Promotion to the creative industry, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Promotion to the creative industry, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, GOLD CHAIR.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Photography, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Print Campaign, Trophy.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Branding, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Photography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Print Campaign, Finalist.
AWARD — Brochures & Catalogues, Silver Pencil.
2007 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Marketing Literature, Award of Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Marketing Literature, Award of Excellence.
2006 International Awards
D&AD, UK — Brochures & Catalogues, In Book.
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Marketing Literature, Award of Excellence.
STEP Design 100 Annual, USA — Brochure design, Award
STEP Design 100 Annual, USA — Catalogue design, Award
2006 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Judge’s Choice.
AGDA Awards — Publication Design, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Digital Media, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Television or film graphics, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Television or film graphics, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Television or film graphics, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Television or film graphics, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Television or film graphics, Finalist.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Annual Report, Bronze.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — TVC, Finalist.
Design Institute of Australia — Award of Merit.
Design Institute of Australia — Award of Merit.
Design Institute of Australia — Award of Merit.
Design Institute of Australia — Commendation.
Design Institute of Australia — Commendation.
AWARD — Brochures & Catalogues, Finalist.
2005 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
HKDA, Hong Kong — Marketing Literature, Award of Excellence.
2005 Australian Awards
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Silver.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Direct Mail, Bronze.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Mixed Media Campaign, Bronze.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Publications, Finalist.
Adelaide Art Directors Club — Design miscellaneous, Finalist.
2004 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Book Design, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Typography, Distinction.
AGDA Awards — Self Promotion, Distinction.
Design Institute of Australia — Commendation.
Design Institute of Australia — Commendation.
State of Design Festival, Melbourne — Publication, Shortlist.
2003 International Awards
NY Type Directors Club, USA — Typographic Excellence.
2002 Australian Awards
AGDA Awards — Identity Scheme, Distinction.
Packaging Design, Un-packed workshop
Emergence Creative Festival
Margaret River, Western Australia, 2017
Un-billed
Hosted by The Rabbit Hole
Brisbane, 2015
Ferment
Australian Graphic Design Association
Sydney & Brisbane, 2015
Growing Business by Design
Australian Graphic Design Association
Adelaide, 2014
agIdeas International Design Week
Melbourne, 2013
Business SA
Australian Graphic Design Association
Adelaide, 2011
Business SA
Australian Graphic Design Association
Adelaide, 2007
First Five Out
Australian Graphic Design Association
Adelaide, 2007
The Craft & Business of Typography
State of Design Festival
Melbourne, 2004
HKDA Global Design Awards 2013 Awards Exhibition
Hong Kong, 2014
Nudi o Vestiti (Naked or Dressed)
Torino Design Week
Italy, 2013
58th Annual Type Directors Club Exhibition
USA, 2012
Buyers, Sellers & Dealers
Adelaide, Australia 2010
Typography 31, Type Directors Club
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, 2010
Typography 30, Type Directors Club
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, 2009
Typography 28, Type Directors Club
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, 2007
HKDA Awards 07, Best of the Best Exhibition
Hong Kong, 2007
Typography 27, Type Directors Club
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, 2007
Sydney Design 06, Powerhouse Museum
In your face: contemporary graphic design
Australia, 2006
The Eisner-American Museum of Advertising & Design
Kariann Burleson private collection
Creative business cards & corporate identity
USA, 2006
Typography 25, Type Directors Club
USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, 2005
The Rise of Asian design
Hong Kong, 2005
State of Design Festival
Melbourne, Australia, 2004
Journey’s, AGDA Biennial Awards exhibition
Australia, 2004–05
Two years on design, AGDA Biennial Awards exhibition
Australia, 2002–03
Packaged for Life: Beer, Wine & Spirits
Communication Arts Typography Annual 11
Typography #35
The Package Design Book #3
Nikkei Design
Artlab
City Mag, Issue 2 Spring 2013
agideas 2013, design is difference
Typography #34
The Package Design Book #2
Desktop #276, #286, #293
For the Love of Ideas
Graphic Designs 1
Typography #33
Deluxe Adelaide
Novum World of Graphic Design
International Design Yearbook 2011
Bright Ideas in Graphic Design
Communication Arts Design Annual 49, 52
Magic Packaging
Packaging the Brand
Chios Gallery, The World’s Best Graphics, Vol. 8, 9, 16
Typography #31
Managing the Design Process
Typography #30
Coupe International Design & Image Annual 2008, 2010/11
Design Matters
One Show Design Annual 2009, 2010
Ultimate Graphic Element Collection
Xfuns Creative & Design Magazine
The Big Book of Graphic Design
Print and Production Finishes for Promotional Items
Design Elements, A Graphic Style Manual
Typography #28
Basic Design Layout
The Art of Creative Production
Business Graphics
Graphic Simplicity
Step 100 Magazine
Desktop 2004, 2006
AGDA Awards Compendium 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
Logology
Typography 27
Australian Creative
The Best of Brochure Design 9
Australian Creative
D&AD Awards Compendium
The Greatest Show in the Universe
1,000 Bags, Tags & Labels
Type Style Finder
1,000 Type Treatments
HKDA Awards Compendium 2005, 2007, 2008/09
Worldwide Identity
Letterhead & Logo Design 9
Publication Design Workbook
Two Colour Graphics
The Best of Brochure Design 8
Typography 25
1,000 Graphic Elements
World Corporate Profile Graphics
1,000 Greetings
Best of Business Card Design 6
Design Rules For Letterheads
Typographics 5: Graphic Fusion
Designers Self Promotion
Design for Music 2