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We're a friendly, London-based design duo, working with both web and print.

Hello There

We Are Thirsty Dog

Established in 2010 by (now) husband and wife team, Iain McDonald and Suna Cristall. They both worked separately within the industry for many (ahem) a moon before meeting and forming Thirsty Dog. With a shared aesthetic and propensity for geekery, working together has been a delight (huzzah!)

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Hours staring at
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Projects Completed
2421
Cups of Coffee

(and WAY too many cups of tea to count.
Seriously, we tried and just kept remembering more...)

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What We Do

We like to make it look pretty

Print Design

We do the full gamut, from smaller jobs such as business cards and flyers, to larger projects such as book covers, London Underground and newspaper ads.

Web Design

We provide a variety of web solutions depending on our clients needs and budget. These can be completely bespoke, hand-coded sites, to designing for out-of-the-box platforms such as wordpress.

Our Clients

We have been super lucky to work with these fine people

Thirsty Dog are fantastic! I’ve worked with Suna for about 2 years now and she has elevated the design of all the campaigns we’ve worked on together. Hands down the best designer I’ve ever worked with. She always delivers on time and to a high standard, going above and beyond to meet deadlines and making my life a whole lot easier! I happily recommend her to everyone I know.

Daniel Fricker Senior Brand & Marketing Manager, Simon & Schuster Children’s Books

I approached Thirsty Dog on a recommendation from an industry contact after a prolonged period attempting to find a graphic designer that really grasped the demands of independent podcast production. Seeing the previous work of thirstydog I was immediately struck by the fresh, clear and punchy graphic style which really aligns well with the need to produce a graphic identity which quickly grasps the listener's interest. Suna provided a number of distinctive designs which really fit well the specification I provided whilst adding her own distinctive creative insights. I was impressed by Suna's responsive, flexible and very personable style which made the process of arriving at the design enjoyable and effective. I am very happy with the finished design which establishes a potent and atmospheric identity for our series.

Richard Brooks Author

I’ve worked directly with Suna at Thirsty Dog for over six years at Audible. In that time, we’ve launched countless new designs for Audible Original covers, audiobooks published by Audible Studios, marketing campaigns and more. Suna has exceptional creative vision and skill, is impeccably organised and always delivers on time, always has an incredibly positive attitude and is an absolute pleasure to work with. She cares deeply about our design standards, business results and our customers. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone I know.

Matthew Parker Senior Director of Communications, Audible UK

I can highly recommend Thirsty Dog for all of your graphic needs. I've worked with them since I launched my brand and would not consider working with anyone else. They know what I want, execute it perfectly and always exceed my expectations. Communication is friendly, fast and concise and I never have to chase the work. Invaluable!

Loretta De Feo Founder, DIZZIAK

I have worked with Thirsty Dog on various different digital design jobs over the past 6 years and have found them an absolute pleasure to work with. You can trust that they will take the utmost care with every job, will always deliver on time and bring their own creativity and knowledge to each creative. I whole-heartedly recommend Thirsty Dog to anyone in need of digital design support.

Grace Whooley Senior Marketing Manager, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

I was delighted with their design work and even more delighted by the ease of the process and their willingness to assist me with all my queries.

Benet Brandreth Author

Thirsty Dog has built a number of different websites for us and are always an absolute pleasure to work with. Their hard work, efficiency and great communication have made each project run smoothly and they always go above and beyond to understand our needs and make sure that we are happy with the end result. Thank you Thirsty Dog!

Molly Maine Marketing Executive, Walker Books

I am so thrilled with the website that Thirsty Dog has designed for me. They understood exactly what I wanted and are so lovely to work with. Being a new author I found it reassuring that they had designed websites for many children's authors before as well as with my publisher. Nothing is too much trouble and I couldn't recommend them more highly. They are efficient, friendly and really good at their job!

Laura James Author

I love the website Thirsty Dog created for me as an author for young people, and I've had many lovely responses to it from my readers. Right from our initial meeting, when we talked about what kind of website I wanted, through all the many updates over the years, I have found them to be friendly, helpful, professional and creative.

Julia Green Author

Contact Us

Give us a shout and hopefully we can help with your next project

Get in touch

Call Us At

Phone: 0203 222 0003

The Dog House

We have met some fantastically talented creative folk through the years including animators, illustrators, motion graphic designers, content editors, photographers, and developers (told you we were friendly). If there is a service we are unable to provide, it's likely we know someone who can, so please feel free to ask. Always happy to help!