Iya, I’m Daniel (Not Dan and defo not Danny)

A 30-year-old, Manchester-born design agency founder. 

I started Noramble because I was frustrated seeing so many brands looking, talking, and feeling the same. Decision-making when shopping for a product becomes impossible and a chore, resulting in chasing the lowest price or the best deal.

At Noramble, we refuse to add more noise to the sea of sameness. Over the years, we have crafted a process to help brands rebel against their category and grow through proper differentiation that gives consumers a reason to give a crap.

Daniel Poll

On a shelf full of bottles. Be a big f***ing tube.

The haircare shelves are stacked with the same old, same old:
- Generic bottles
- Bold colours
- Scent-focused claims

Yawn. A shelf like this tends to become a price war because everything looks and sounds the same.

Unless you're brand loyal. Which newsflash, most shoppers aren't these days.

The answer? Throw them category cliches out the window and put your product in a HUGE tube.

being haircare stopped me RIGHT in my tracks with this exact strategy.
- Different packaging format
- Typographic creative direction
- Functional-focused claims

It spoke to me. It excited me. I took it to the till.
And I wasn't even shopping for haircare.

Bravo being!

Founder @ Noramble | Brand + Packaging design that rebels against category cliches

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Packaging design fail? 🫠

Now, I love M&S.

But I saw this in their store the other day, and it bamboozled me.

There are three fundamental goals of packaging design:
- What is it?
- Who is it for?
- Why should they care?

This answers NONE of the above.

I had zero idea what it was. Who it was for. Or why I should care.
Is it skincare? Is it make-up? Is it some new protein product?!

It also lacked context because it was outside the fitting rooms.

I ended up doing a Google search to actually find out what it was.

Like I said, I LOVE M&S.
They're smashing it at the moment.

Feels like everything they touch turns to gold.

Not this, though. Soz.

Any guesses as to what it is?

Here's a 101 on how to create DISTINCT packaging from Esplosivo.

Most chilli sauce brands come in:
- Glass jars
- Bold labels
- Chilli graphics

Which is farmilair right? That's what consumers would look for on the shelf.

So, how would a brand ditch the cliches to stand out?

Simple. By reframing it.

Esplosivo still use a glass jar and chilli graphics, but they've framed it within a paper wrapper to look like a bomb.

Why does it work?
- It's still familiar
- It distinctive
- It looks more premium compared to its competitors
- It's memorable
- It looks fu*king mega

I sadly didn't buy it becuase it looked like it would burn through my jugular.

But it stopped a consumer in my tracks, and that's 80% of the battle in stores these days.

🔥 NEW WORK 🔥

A clean look for a new edible gummy range

10X ATHLETIC X Noramble

With a new product range of edible gummies, 10X Athletic reached out to us to help create packaging that set it apart from their current brand and helped create a more premium position in the category.

We created a clean visual with crisp typography and bold colours. We featured the brand's big 'X' icon in the background to lean into the brand's equity. Whilst also utilising bold colours to signal the flavour profile of the gummy products.

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⚡️ We design branding and packaging that goes big when everyone goes home | Founder @ Noramble

I started Noramble on the frustration of seeing so many brands and looking, talking and feeling the same. Decision-making when shopping for a product becomes impossible and a chore.

The team and I refuse to make more noise in the sea of sameness. Over the years, we have crafted a process to help brands find their zag and amplify, defend and grow their business.

We've worked with numerous brands from around the globe of all shapes and sizes to do just that.

We refuse to add more noise to the world without reason. So, we take brands through our Zag framework. It's that one element within your business that genuinely sets you apart. It's ownable. It's intangible. It's defendable. It's radical. It's laser-focused. And it's the thing that once we find it, we amplify it within your brand to make your brand magnetic.

What We Do - Noramble

We're Noramble, a brand and packaging design studio helping brands find their zag when everyone zigs. Since 2020, we've worked with clients of all sizes from all corners of the globe who stand for something bigger and refuse to blend into the sea of sameness.

Who We Are - Noramble

Noramble is a brand and packaging design agency in Manchester that helps brands zag when everyone zigs.

Noramble Website

10X ATHLETIC

Noramble

D2C packaging should be a brand experience. Not a sales tool.

One thing that brands seem to get wrong is treating D2C packaging like a sales tool:

Artwork full of benefits
Features
Marketing messages

But, newsflash. The end user has already bought, the job now is to keep them coming back and get excited to open what they've bought.

Something that Purdy & Figg do really well.

On-brand and clean artwork
Organised internal structure
Consise 'How to' graphics
User-friendly product placements

They just get it!

Easy. Simple. Enhancing my experience.

Not trying to ram marketing down my throat.

Lovely.

People love to say the market is “oversaturated.”

It’s a handy excuse.

But markets only feel crowded when you play by the same rules as everyone else.

They all follow the same category cues.
They all look the same.
They all feel and sound the same.
They all offer the same thing.
They get locked into price wars.

The boldest brands in even the most crowded sectors don’t chase the category clichés.
They pick a fight.
They plant their flag.
And they make people choose sides.

Think Graza. Think Surreal Cereal. Think Oatly.

Brave brands stand out because strategy beats “sameness” every time.

You’d be amazed at how much room there is at the top for anyone willing to stick their neck out.

One of our favourite projects of last year tbf

PickandMix.com X Noramble

Pick&Mix approached us to help with their next phase of growth by creating a new bag design for their brand to establish them as the market leader in this category.

We created a completely unique bag for the brand, featuring a split colour block in their brand colours to create a bold and impactful visual that looked good both on screen, on social media, and in the hands of their customers.
We gave their back of pack the same treatment by creating a nice hierarchy that was not only easy to read and consume, but also visually appealing to help grow the brand's customer retention rate.

My goal is to build a business so good that when people leave said business, 


they put "Ex-[brand name]" in their headline 🤝

We launched our new website about 3-months ago. Here's how it's going 👇

We started working on the new Noramble website with MadeByShape about 6-months ago for various reasons:

- To position us better as a studio
- To attract the right sort of clients to us
- To communicate our value better

It finally launched at the start of October 2024, and it's been mega.

Feedback from current and past clients, and even from people within our industry, has been mint.

On average, since the new website launched, we've had;

- Had a 9% increase in enquiries
- We converted 60% more of the enquiries we had
- 7% increase in revenue YTD

They're not HUGE numbers, but it's pushing us forward, and it's very exciting to see after only a short amount of time.

I think it's important to talk about the honest numbers behind a business; people are so quick to sugarcoat things on social media.

'Appeh Friday. One from the archives.

Cane X Noramble

Cane is a new entrant to the toothbrush market. The brand saw a gap in the market and offered a new sustainable toothbrush for the eco-conscious consumer.

We did away with the typical market cues to help cut through the noise. We paired a bold typeface with a brash colour palette; we put the product centre stage on the packaging with a simple illustration to help communicate the product from the outset.

Not sure about anyone else, but I actually can't be productive without music 🎧

LinkedIn gurus will tell you that to be productive, you need to:
👉 Wake up at 4:00
👉 Drink blended kale
👉 Be in the gym 27hrs a day

I do NONE of the above and yet maintain rather high productivity levels.

My secret? Music.

Get me a good playlist and a pair of sick headphones, and I'm a productive animal.

That's literally it.

'Appy Friday.

P.S. My preference is a Whitney Houston playlist. Old but gold.

Cheers January. It's been mega. It's been a whirlwind.

Not sure how it's already February, but we had a smashing start to the year.
- Had 16 new enquiries
- Onboarded 5 new projects
- 2 new projects started with current clients
- Sent 14 new proposals
- Drank loads of Earl Grey tea

It's times like these, where you see the hard work pay off.

The sweat, blood, tears and sleepless nights become worth it.

Cheers January 🥂

My first design role almost ended my career before it had even begun

Fresh from graduation, eager to realise my dream of becoming a packaging designer.

I found myself stepping into my first job as a junior packaging designer at a cosmetics company.

The pay was crap, but my excitement was through the roof - I'd finally made my way into the industry.

Fast forward three months...
“𝙄 𝙛*𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩"

I quit my dream job for one reason.

𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼

The lessons:
👉 Work where you're appreciated. It's a non-negotiable
👉 If it doesn't bring joy, f*cking change it.
👉 Love what you do or re-evaluate.

I got my happily ever after by founding my own packaging design studio.

P.S. I was blessed with some mega tea-making abilities tbf. So, if anyone fancies a cup of Earl Grey, I'm ya' man!

Last year, we had a cash flow issue. Even though we had £40,000 in our pipeline.

I'm always open when things don't go quite right for us at Noramble
This is no different.

Around April last year, on paper, we were flying.
- Landing new projects
- Loads of enquiries
- Producing some mint work

But, we had major cash flow issues becuase we worked on a 50/50 basis with our clients. 50% upfront and 50% before final delivery.

This felt normal for the industry, but when a project takes 3-6 months, the cash flow takes a beating.

Which meant we were always chasing the next client. Also not ideal.

After some digging, I found that we had around £40,000 in our pipeline that we couldn't actually invoice for yet because the projects were still ongoing.

So, in May, we switched it up. For any new project we onboarded, it followed a new invoice schedule:
- 50% upfront
- 25% on concept sign-off
- 25% on final delivery

Honestly? It was a win-win.
- Our cash flow transformed overnight
- We had a new, clear sign-off for clients
- Clients had smaller invoices that actually helped with their own cash flow.

Thinking back, I can't believe how simple the change was, and the impact it had.

Sometimes, the smallest changes have the biggest impact. Fact.

If you’ve ever looked back at a job and realised it shaped who you are, you’ll get this.

Back in 2015, when I was at Uni, I used to work for Apple in the Trafford Centre.

I'm not gonna lie, it funded my vodka-fueled nights out mostly, but it was mega:
👉 Class pay (for my age at the time)
👉 Fab discounts on the products
👉 Great team

However, there was ONE thing I was taught, and I still do it today, over 10 years later.

“𝗜’𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.”

That’s it.
8 words, drilled into us from day one.
If you didn’t know the answer to a question, you didn’t bluff.
You didn’t waffle.
You said it straight.

When I started my business, I was always told to 'fake it till you make it':
If a client asked me something
👉 Make something up
If you don't understand what the client is on about
👉 Pretend you know and figure it out later

It was advice I chose not to listen to, becuase that's not me. I'm naive and curious.

If a client asks me something I haven’t got a clue about, I say the same thing I said in that shop a decade ago.
“I’m not sure, but let’s find out together.”

If a client talks about their business, and it's something I don't understand?
"Ooo, can you explain this like I'm a five-year-old?"

Pretending to have all the answers is overrated.
Being honest builds more trust than any BS ever could.
Clients respect you more for admitting what you don’t know—and digging in to learn with them.

So cheers Apple. Not only for funding my wild uni nights but for changing my mindset for the better.

I think balancing branding and selling on packaging is something most packaging gets wrong.

Your packaging has a big job on its hands:
- It's seen by 100% of your customers.
- It runs 24/7, 365 days a year.
- It creates millions of impressions a week.

It's got to communicate swiftly:
- What is it? [𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴]
- Why should I care? [𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴]
- Why should I trust it? [𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱]
- Why is this over a competitor? [𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱]
- Who is this for? [𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴]

As you can see, your packaging is a balance between brand and selling.

With both having different jobs.

Selling is all about clarity and persuasion:
- Eye-catching product images
- Clear benefits and features
- Key details like colour or flavour

Branding is the trust builder:
- Memorable logos
- Catchy taglines
- Engaging mascots

The balance between these two depends on your brand, how long it's been around, your goals and your category.

Pringles nails this balance.

We all talk about brand consistency, right? But what's more important is brand and product alignment 🤝

I'm a firm believer in product and brand going hand-in-hand.

They can't exist without each other.

Not only can they not exist without each other, but they have to be aligned.

You can't have a luxury feeling brand selling sub-par products.

There's nothing worse than buying a product because the brand and packaging look a certain way.

Only to open it to be met with something completely different.

You end up setting the wrong impression with customers, leaving a bad taste in their mouths.

Your brand perception must be aligned with the products you sell.

Signed,
Consumers everywhere ☺️

At what point do we stop starting emails with "Happy New Year..."?!?!

Asking for a friend.

I'm the friend.

Happy New Year.

We pressed reset on a client project, and charged NOTHING for it.

Last week, we offered to restart a client's project at no cost.

"But Daniel, are you mad? Think about the money you're losing"

The client is in a start-up phase and has encountered some manufacturing issues.

This meant they had to restructure their business and strategy.

- New positioning
- Different products
- New audience

All the packaging and brand design work we’d created?
Out the window and completely irrelevant in one swift turn.

The client was already on a tight budget with looming deadlines.

So we handed them a lifeline.

We offered to start again.
No extra cost.
Zero.
Nada.

That’s not something you’ll find in a “how to run an agency” manual.
But honestly, it just felt right.

It proves that starting a business isn't easy; It’s messy.
It’s unpredictable.

I know what it’s like to have the rug pulled out from under you.

But sometimes it's not about pushing pixels.
It’s to help founders get back on their feet when the universe throws a curveball.

Did we lose money?
Short term, yes.

But you know what.
We gained trust, and that lasts far longer than a project reset fee.

This was the best bit of business advice I ever got 👇

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘀"

I used to be terrified of failure:
👉 I'd never reach out to potential clients
👉 I'd never show my work
👉 I'd never post content

This bit of advice has stuck with me for the past 6 years.

Imagine you knew how many failures you were away from getting your next 'yes' or big break.

How quickly would you start?

How quickly would you try and fail?

It changed my mindset massively, and now I make decisions really quickly and actually see failure as a step closer to the next 'Yes'.

Personal Branding Strategist | Social Media Manager | LinkedIn Ghostwriter | Tech | Finance | Marketing | DM for LinkedIn Profile Management

We live in a digital age where your online presence and reputation matter more than ever.

Hi there 👋 I’m Naman. I’m a Personal Branding Strategist.

I love to help people shine online and become their own brands. The power of social media is undeniable.

Building your personal brand is like planting a seed today that will grow into a fruitful tree tomorrow.

You might be wondering how can I help you grow your personal brand online. I can help you in following ways:-

👉 Content Marketing
👉 LinkedIn Marketing
👉 Social Media Marketing
👉 Marketing Consultation

If you are someone who wants to harness the power and potential of branding the right way online, let’s connect.

For Services Related Inquiry & brand collaborations DM me or drop a mail at n.toshniwal2828@gmail.com

Naman Toshniwal

Behind every “I’ll ship it later”
is something that could already be live.

I’m an engineer.
I enjoy going deep in code.
AI tools have made thinking and iterating faster than ever.

But I kept noticing the same friction point.

The idea was clear.
The code was ready.
And then came the part that slows everything down
setup, environments, deployment.

That’s where momentum quietly dies.

Replit changed that part of the story for me.

Instead of stitching things together locally,
I stayed in the browser.
Built, ran, and shipped from one place.
Code, runtime, data, and publishing handled.

AI helped me think faster.
Replit helped me finish.

That distinction matters.

Claude Code is great for deep control and working inside code.
But when it’s time to turn work into something real and shareable,
Replit is where it actually goes live.

For engineers, pairing AI workflows with Replit removes the last mile friction.
For anyone earlier in the journey, it lowers the barrier without lowering the ceiling.

Same curiosity.
Less drag.
More shipped work.

If you’re curious to try building something similar,
here’s where you can start → https://lnkd.in/gn3SR3gn
Get $10 Replit Core credit when you upgrade through this link!

Today, I was travelling in the Mumbai Aqualine Metro, just another regular commute.

I was  on a video call with a friend and it ended very soon.

Then I noticed a person sitting right next to me was struggling to get a call through.

Underground metro.
No network on his phone.

He asked if he could use my Wi-Fi hotspot for a quick call as in Aqualine only Vodafone Idea Limited works.

I shared it.
His call went through.

By the time we reached the next station, we were talking about work, startups, and ideas and ended up exchanging numbers.

That moment stayed with me.

Mumbai moves 8+ million people every day.
Metro Line 3 will serve hundreds of thousands of commuters daily.

In a city where connections turn into opportunities in minutes, connectivity can’t afford blind spots.

That’s why Vi deploying 4G across the underground Mumbai Metro Line 3 matters more than it sounds.

Because infrastructure today isn’t just about moving people faster, it’s about enabling conversations, opportunities, and unexpected connections… even below ground. 

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation

P.S. The founder texted me later saying he has now ported his primary SIM to Vi.

#MumbaiMetro #Vi #Aqualine

I cancelled my $20 ChatGPT Subscription 
and started using an All-in-one AI tool that's much better! because… my work didn’t fit in one place anymore

I’d write in one place.
Generate images in another.
Make videos somewhere else.
Create presentations in another.
Build apps or prototypes in a different tab.

By the time I finished one task, I had 6–7 tabs open.

Then someone introduced me to ChatLLM by Abacus AI, and my whole workflow moved into one place.

👉 https://lnkd.in/giPTVhnR

Here’s what made the switch stick:

1. ONE SINGLE PLACE FOR ALL AI MODELS
ChatLLM lets me switch between GPT-5.2, Claude 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro, Grok 4.1 Fast, DeepSeek, LLaMA, and more without breaking flow.

2. IMAGES & VIDEOS, WITHOUT JUMPING TOOLS
No more opening separate platforms.
Nano Banana Pro, GPT Image 1.5, Seedream 4.5, Ideogram for images.
Sora 2, VEO 3.1, Kling AI v2.6, Runway, Luma for videos.

3. FULL-STACK APPS, WEBSITES & SAAS
I describe what I want and actually see it live.
Layouts, colors, and copy are edited normally, like working with a real designer.

4. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS, INSTANTLY
Simple ideas turn into clean decks with researched content, graphs, and charts.

5. A PERSONAL AI ASSISTANT THAT WORKS IN THE BACKGROUND
Searches and tasks keep running even when I’m offline -  you come back to progress.

6. TALKING TO PDFS INSTEAD OF READING THEM
Upload a file, ask questions, get clean notes and summaries.

7. MAKING AI WRITING SOUND NORMAL
Write → click “Humanize” → choose a tone.
The output actually sounds usable.

8. REAL-TIME WEB SEARCH
Answers with sources, images, and videos - more research, less guessing.

9. ABACUS AI DEEP AGENT FOR BIGGER BUILDS
Web apps, technical reports, dashboards, micro-SaaS, workflows, websites, and now mobile apps too, built from simple prompts.

10. AN AI CODE EDITOR THAT ACTUALLY HELPS
Write, run, debug, and improve code inside Abacus AI Desktop, with proper vibe coding without the chaos.

It stopped feeling like “using AI tools.”
And started feeling like working inside an AI workspace.

If you’re paying for multiple AI subscriptions right now,
This might clean up your whole setup.

👉 https://lnkd.in/giPTVhnR

#ai #tech

I was at Maheshwari Global Convention (MGC 2026) from 9–11 December.

Hundreds of conversations.
Great people. Real intent.

And yet one problem.

By Day 3, names blurred.
Context faded.
Follow-ups became guesses.

That’s when it hit me:
Networking doesn’t fail. Recall does.

ConnectMachine fixes that quietly.

It remembers:
✅ who you met
✅ where it happened
✅ and why it mattered

You don’t scroll.
You ask.

“Who did I meet on Day 1 at MGC?”
Instant answer.

You also don’t share one identity with everyone.
Different cards. Different rooms. Different intent.

No feeds.
No noise.
Just silent exchanges and encrypted conversations.

Big events don’t need more visibility.
They need better memory systems.

👉 If you attend high-signal rooms,
ConnectMachine is worth a look.

Not loud.
Just powerful.

📌 https://lnkd.in/gZUznhuf

This morning started like any other.

Coffee in one hand. Newspaper on the table.
Mind half-awake.

Until someone across the room poured water on a newspaper ad.

Not accidentally. On purpose.

The bottom section was hidden. 
Water touched the page.
The ink faded.
And the price revealed itself.

For a second, it felt like magic.
Then it made perfect sense.

The ad was for the REDMI Note 15 Pro Series.

And the medium was doing exactly what the product promises.

Hydrochromic ink that reacts to water,
mirroring a phone built with IP66 + IP68 + IP69 + IP69K water resistance.

Water reveals the price.
Water doesn’t harm the phone.

Just proof, right there on paper.

The headline said it best:
“We didn’t choose between camera and durability. Neither should you.”

In a category where “Pro” often means compromise,
this was a quiet, confident stance.

Good storytelling doesn’t explain.
It demonstrates.

And today, print reminded us it still can.

#REDMINote15ProSeries #SimplyBetter #200MasterPixelCamera

I almost turned the page.
Then this stopped me.

Front page. Two photos.
No captions. No instructions.

You look. You compare.
You decide.

What stood out wasn’t just the images, but the confidence behind the move.
REDMI Note 15 choosing a blind comparison, even after launch, when specs and prices are already known.

No noise. No forcing opinions.
Just letting the camera speak.

If details matter to you, this is your camera.
No shortcuts. Just 108 million pixels mastering your moments.

Blind test photos on print? This is such a cool way to launch a smartphone.

I stopped.

Not because it was polished.
Not because it was perfect.

Because it wasn’t.

A phone in the real world.
Camera in action.
Durability front and center.

No glossy pedestal.
No studio magic.
No exaggerated claims.

Just proof.
Bold, unapologetic, almost uncomfortable honesty.

This is classic REDMI Note DNA, evolved.

Confident.
Tech-forward.
Customer-first.

It doesn’t ask for your attention.

It earns it.

Saw this yesterday and it stayed with me longer than most things in the paper.

Being ranked World No. 1 in the S&P Global ESG Rankings 2025 isn’t about a title.
It’s about years of decisions that don’t always show immediate returns but shape the future quietly and consistently.

When growth is built with responsibility, people, and the planet in mind, it stops being short-term success and starts becoming long-term credibility.

Moments like these remind you that real leadership isn’t loud.
It’s patient.

And it shows up when it matters.

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