Who we are
If you’re building what you believe in — we’re here to help you bring it to life, beautifully and boldly.
Cre8 is a founder-led creative studio delivering high-level brand, digital, and interior design, built for modern founders and forward-thinking companies.
Led by Lauren Glading, a seasoned creative director with a background across branding, interiors, digital strategy and team management; Cre8 brings together global experience with a refined, intuitive design approach. Lauren’s strength lies in translating vision into clear, elevated outcomes both visually and structurally.
With a globally distributed network of senior creatives and collaborators, Cre8 offers flexible, high-touch support, from identity and packaging to digital platforms and commercial concepts. We work across industries and time zones, with clients ranging from solo entrepreneurs to large-scale hospitality and lifestyle brands.
We believe in strong ideas, thoughtful design and building meaningful work with people who care about what they do.
Who we serve
We work with those who are here to create from truth.
Entrepreneurs and creators
moving through brand birth and expansion
Healers, educators & visionaries
building sovereign digital homes
Hospitality, wellness & lifestyle brands
delivering global experiences
Commercial teams
ready to innovate with integrity and impact
Our mission
To empower founders and visionary brands to lead with clarity, beauty, and sovereignty through distinctive brand design, custom digital experiences, and immersive spaces that perform across markets.
Cre8 was born from a new era of business: where creative integrity meets commercial excellence, and success is measured by both soul alignment and scalable impact.
With a global portfolio and deep design expertise, we merge strategy with spirit, aesthetics with infrastructure, and purpose with profit — delivering work that is both creatively potent and commercially powerful.
We don’t just design — we align. We bridge the gap between intuitive insight and commercial acumen, helping our clients birth meaningful offerings that shape the future through creative expression, embodied leadership, and purposeful action.
We are masters of our craft — rooted in passion, driven by purpose, and here to build world-class work for those who live and lead with the same fire.
WHY WE EXIST
Because the world is changing and so is business.
We created Cre8 for the next wave of creators, brands and visionaries who are ready to lead with both purpose and performance.
To show that branding can be a sacred act, design can be strategic and creativity can be commercially powerful — when done with precision and soul. Plus we know a thing or two about Web3 and AI, just ask.
We exist to support those who are ready to birth aligned offerings, scale meaningful impact and shape the future through the now.
HOW WE WORK
We work flexibly, intentionally and in flow. Cre8 operates as a distributed creative studio, assembling a curated team for each project, from brand strategists and designers to digital developers in web3 and web2 as well as spatial creatives.
We meet our clients at the moment of concept, guiding them through an intuitive yet structured process: from idea to system, essence to execution.
We blend intuitive insight with commercial acumen and creative strategy with real-world delivery. For the here and now and for the future. Every design decision is anchored in purpose.
WHERE WE ARE
Cre8 is currently based in Aotearoa / New Zealand, working globally across Australia, Asia, Europe, Mexico and beyond.
We collaborate fluidly across time zones with an international network of senior creatives and specialist partners. Our clients span local start-ups and global brands alike.
Whether you’re launching your first offering or delivering a high-scale concept, we have the range, rhythm, and realness to support you.
If you’re building what you believe in — we’re here to help you bring it to life, beautifully and boldly.
