A  Consulting  Practice
N° 001
Consulting Practice
Region
Calgary — Worldwide

A small practice
for companies that
take themselves
seriously.

/ Statement

We design, build, and finish the work before the meeting begins. The deliverable is the pitch.

/ Engagement
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I  ·  Approach— II  ·  Selected Work— III  ·  The Practice— IV  ·  Engagements— V  ·  Contact— By Appointment Only— Calgary — Worldwide—
Chapter I
Approach

We work in four short movements.

  1. Read

    We study a brand the way a critic studies a body of work. What it says it is, what it actually is, and the distance between the two.

  2. Build

    We build the version that should exist. Not a deck about the version that should exist — the thing itself, on a real URL, in 72 hours.

  3. Show

    We arrive with a laptop. We open the link. We don't speak for the first thirty seconds.

  4. Deliver

    The mockup becomes a finished site. Photography, copy, deployment, training. The account is in the client's name from day one. Then we leave.

A note from the practice

The world has enough presentations.
It has enough discovery calls.
It has enough retainers
that produce nothing
anyone can hold.

We make the thing. We finish the thing. Then we hand the thing over and walk back to the studio.

Chapter II
Selected Work

Four worlds, commissioned in studio.

The following are studio commissions — brand worlds developed independently to demonstrate range. None are accepting work. All are available on request as case-study briefs.

Murmur
Tokyo · Late Hours
Studio Commission
N° 001 / IV
/ Hospitality — Listening Bar

Murmur

A late-hours listening bar in Shibuya, conceived as an editorial publication that happens to serve drinks. Each visit is a "side." Each track in the program is annotated like a liner note.

Direction Editorial bar manual
Output Brand · Site · Print Program
Time A weekend in studio
/ Architecture — Practice

North Field

A boutique architecture firm working in the prairies. Brand built around the field condition: precise lines, vast white space, cardinal-direction wayfinding, the architecture revealed only by what surrounds it.

Direction Field condition
Output Identity · Site · Project Atlas
Time Three days in studio
Studio Commission
N° 002 / IV
Fauna
Natural Wine Importer
Studio Commission
N° 003 / IV
/ Beverage — Importer

Fauna

A natural-wine importer with a French-poetry sensibility. Each label hand-illustrated. Every cuvée named for an animal that drinks at dawn. Print-first identity, web second.

Direction Hand-illustrated poetry
Output Identity · Labels · Site · Catalogue
Time Five days in studio
/ Object — Independent Watchmaker

Hours

An independent watchmaker producing twelve pieces a year. The brand built as a horological journal — each piece annotated with the maker's notes, the time of year of finishing, and the previous owner if applicable.

Direction Horological journal
Output Brand · Site · Owner Manual
Time A weekend in studio
Studio Commission
N° 004 / IV
Chapter III
The Practice

A small office, by appointment.

I From CAD 5,500

Catalyst

A single page, finished and live. Built first, shown second. The fastest way to see what we mean.

3 — 4 weeks · By appointment

II From CAD 12,000

Composition

A complete site. Photography, copy, deployment. Every page in considered alignment with the next.

6 — 10 weeks · Limited slate

III From CAD 22,000

Atelier

The full build. Identity, voice, system, launch. The version of the brand that should have existed all along.

10 — 14 weeks · Two slates per quarter

Engagements are illustrative · Each commission is shaped to fit

Chapter IV
Contact

Begin a conversation.

We accept a small number of commissions each quarter. If your work is the kind that deserves more than what's currently representing it, please write.

We respond personally to every letter. Same day, where possible.

Studio
Calgary · Vernon
Western Canada
Direct
hello@nztconsulting.ai
Hours
By appointment only
Monday — Thursday