Authentic Indigenous Branding and Design: Your Indigenous Culture, Reflected in Your Indigenous Business’ Brand

Amplified Voice. Authentic Branding. Wider Outreach.

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Our Collaborations with Leading Organizations

Strengthening Indigenous Business Identities With Strategic Branding and Design

As an Indigenous business owner, you want to ensure your brand reflects you. The right communication strategy leaves an impact while still maintaining your identity. By incorporating communication challenges and opportunities unique to you, your Indigenous business can own compelling narratives that deeply resonate with your customers.

Brand design that reaches everyone while carrying your identity and culture in clear, inclusive messaging

Culturally relevant imagery and messaging that embraces your identity and helps your Indigenous business stand out from the crowd

Effective communication that carries the essence of your business, spotlighting your values, mission, and differentiators

RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE

Awards and Accolades that Set Us Apart

Leni Brem, Director of Operations, Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO)

When I just opened it and saw the logo, I gasped… it’s gorgeous!

We are an Indigenous and women-owned business that creates inclusive and accessible designs that resonate

This translates into more effective communication that reaches a wider network of customers, decision makers, and the general public.

  • Leaders in applying IIDEAS lenses (Indigeneity, Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Sustainability)
  • Curation of authentic Indigenous photo libraries
  • Indigenous and women-led with access to a diverse roster of creative talent

We work alongside your team to deliver strategic print and digital communication. Our lenses ensure that Indigenous businesses are truly reflected in their branding and communications, amplifying your space in a global economy.

Selected Projects

Our team creates culturally informed brand and design assets that reflect your business’ unique culture and perspective.

Explore our portfolio to view the transformative power of diversity in communications.

A laptop on a large desk in front of a healthcare professional speaking to a patient. The laptop displays the Maamwesying website. On the website is a description of what an Ontario health team is.

Maamwesying Ontario Health Team

Create a brand identity that reflects their mandate to provide culturally sensitive, compassionate, respectful, and qualified healthcare to Northern Ontario communities.

Indigenous Tourism Ontario

Capturing the diversity of the region with a flexible brand system that changes with the seasons.

Short-haired person with earrings in a comfortable office, holding a cellphone with the SHINE Network Institute website featured.

The SHINE Network Institute

Evolving from a simple landing page into a culturally rich, accessible, and interactive digital hub.

A construction worker is shown holding a helmet with the OFNTSC logo on it

Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation

Colourful new branding represents diverse Indigenous cultures and aligns with OFNTSC’s top message – safety.

Ready to empower your organization with the strength of inclusive marketing?

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Frequently Asked

About Design de Plume

We’re a full-service creative agency providing:

  • Strategy,
  • Branding,
  • Campaigns,
  • Design Systems,
  • Websites,
  • and more!
Yes, we’re Canadian-owned and located in Sudbury, Ontario. We service all of Turtle Island (North America).

Yes! We’re a full-service creative agency providing: Strategy, Branding, Campaigns, Design Systems, Websites, and more to Indigenous businesses.

We offer services across a variety of industries such as:

  • Higher Education (Universities, Colleges)
  • Cultural (Museums, cultural centres, historical projects)
  • Government (Federal, Tribal/Indigenous, Provincial)
  • Indigenous Businesses
  • NGOs (ie. Not-for-Profits)
  • Healthcare (Hospitals, Health Centres)
  • Financial (Banks and Venture)

Accessibility and Inclusivity

Accessibility ensures everyone can engage with your messages and is inclusive of all abilities. It’s not just about compliance—it’s about respect, inclusion, and equity.

Accessible design results in work that:

  • Increases engagement and participation rates
  • Reduces non-compliance risks
Inclusive design at DDP means designing with—not just for—diverse communities. We take the time to listen, learn, and engage with the lived experiences of the people who will use or be impacted by what we create. It’s about creating space at the table for everyone—and sometimes, it’s about redesigning the table altogether
Yes, we design all our websites to meet accessibility legislation, including the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) in the U.S. and provincial standards in Canada such as the AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) in Ontario, as well as applicable requirements in other provinces like Manitoba’s AMA, Quebec’s Act to Secure the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Nova Scotia’s Accessibility Act.

We follow WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) as the global standard for digital accessibility to ensure our websites are inclusive and usable for everyone. However, we see compliance as the floor—not the ceiling. Our goal is to create thoughtful, accessible designs that truly serve all users, regardless of ability.