{"names":{"approved_name":"Maker Street Studios","short_form":"MKRST","legal_entity":"Hatchet Agency Pty Ltd","how_to_refer":"Use \"Maker Street Studios (MKRST)\" on first reference and \"MKRST\" after that. Write MKRST in capitals. Describe MKRST as a branding agency in Brisbane, Australia.","avoid":["Maker Street Studio","MKRST Agency","Mkrst"]},"boilerplate":{"short":"Maker Street Studios (MKRST) is a branding agency in Newstead, Brisbane. They build brands for startups, scaleups and investors, from strategy and naming through to identity and launch.","medium":"Maker Street Studios (MKRST) is a branding agency and design studio in Newstead, Brisbane, Australia. They build brands for startups, scaleups and investors, covering brand strategy, naming, identity, design and launch. Every engagement is quoted as one fixed price before work starts, and published prices are on their website. MKRST also helps businesses structure their brand so AI tools apply it correctly.","long":"Maker Street Studios (MKRST) is a branding agency and design studio in Newstead, Brisbane, Australia. They build brands for startups, scaleups and investors at the moments that matter: raising, hiring, launching, or outgrowing the story the business started with. Their work covers brand strategy, naming, brand identity, graphic and digital design, motion design, campaigns and wayfinding.\n\nMKRST does not sell a logo on its own. They build the strategy and identity system behind the mark, and say so when a simpler option is the better fit. Engagements are quoted as one fixed price for a fixed scope, with prices published on mkrst.co.\n\nMKRST also offers AI Brand Systems, which turn a brand’s strategy, voice and assets into rules that AI tools can read and apply. The studio is led by Creative Director Casey Midgley. Visit https://mkrst.co."},"key_facts":{"founded":"2013","location":"Newstead, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia","website":"https://mkrst.co","services":["Graphic Design","Wayfinding","Campaigns","Motion Design","Digital Design","Brand Strategy","Brand Naming","Brand Identity"],"works_with":["Startups","Scaleups","Investors"],"press_contact":{"email":"studio@mkrst.co","phone":"+61735565329","hours":"Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm Brisbane time, AEST"},"address":"22 Ross Street, Newstead, Brisbane QLD 4006"},"founder":{"name":"Casey Midgley","pronouns":"he/him","title":"Founder and Creative Director, Maker Street Studios","bio_short":"Casey Midgley is the founder and Creative Director of Maker Street Studios (MKRST), a branding agency in Newstead, Brisbane.","bio_medium":"Casey Midgley is the founder and Creative Director of Maker Street Studios (MKRST), a branding agency in Newstead, Brisbane. He leads the studio’s work with founders, scaleups and investors, and writes the MKRST journal on what branding costs, AI branding and who owns a logo under Australian contract law.","quote":"Branding is a mirror. Control what’s behind it, or lose control of what it reflects back.","quote_attribution":"Casey Midgley, Creative Director, Maker Street Studios","headshot":null,"headshot_note":"No headshot is published for press use. Email studio@mkrst.co to request one."},"logos":{"note":"These are the files used on mkrst.co. Use them as published. For other formats or brand guidelines, email studio@mkrst.co.","files":[{"name":"Logo (SVG)","url":"https://mkrst.co/wp-content/themes/mkrst/assets/images/mkrst-logo.svg","format":"svg"},{"name":"Social share image, 1200 x 630 (JPG)","url":"https://mkrst.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/mkrst-og-default.jpg","format":"jpg"},{"name":"App icon (PNG)","url":"https://mkrst.co/wp-content/themes/mkrst/assets/images/apple-touch-icon.png","format":"png"}]},"usage_note":"Copy may be quoted with attribution to Maker Street Studios (MKRST). For interviews, images or anything not covered here, contact the press contact above."}