About Vanilla Rain
A Newbury design studio that would rather be useful than loud
Vanilla Rain is the studio of Alistair Graham, Design Director: twenty-five years across brand, design, web and photography, now based in Newbury, West Berkshire.
One studio
The whole picture, handled together
Vanilla Rain covers brand, design, visual production and digital marketing. Clients come wanting all of it handled in one place rather than briefed separately to four suppliers who never speak to each other.
That means the brochure, the website, the product shots and the pitch deck look like one company, because the same hands made all of them.
Who does the work
The person you brief is the person who does the work
Alistair Graham trained and worked in South Africa and has spent twenty-five years across many companies and clients: automotive, telecoms, retail, financial services, hospitality, healthcare, publishing and the public sector. That breadth is earned rather than claimed, a polymath by trade rather than a specialist in one discipline, and it is why a brief rarely arrives in a sector that is entirely new.
The studio is in Newbury, West Berkshire. Most work runs remotely, with on-site days across the Thames Valley and the M4 corridor by arrangement, and the studio still works with clients in South Africa. You will be told when something is not worth doing, when the budget would work harder elsewhere, and when the job needs a different specialist.
In the UK
Recent work for UK clients
Care and health organisations make up most of the UK work so far. Each project below is shown in full.
Elizabeth Finn Homes
A recruitment campaign for care homes for older people, produced as a set of social posts and adverts for named roles such as Clinical Care Manager and Deputy Manager.
The Valleys care home, United Health
A social media campaign for an elderly care home in Scunthorpe, telling local families that respite stays are available and showing the home as it is.
United Health
Information posters for older residents on the rising cost of energy, designed to be read at a glance and acted on.
United Children’s Services
An awareness and recruitment campaign for a UK children’s services organisation, aimed at foster families, volunteers and donors.
How the work runs
What you can expect
Clients
Selected clients
Start a conversation
Describe what you are trying to achieve and what is currently in the way. You will get a straight answer on whether Vanilla Rain is the right fit, or call Alistair on 07585 263824.
Design studio in Newbury, West Berkshire. Brand, design, visual production and digital marketing, handled by one studio from the first brief to the finished work.
Services
Studio
Contact
- ag@vanillarain.co.uk
- 07585 263824
- Newbury, West Berkshire
Vanilla Rain Ltd is registered in England and Wales, Company No. 14099028. Copyright © 2026 Vanilla Rain Ltd. Client work shown on this site remains the property of the clients concerned.