Bards & Storytellers

The Creative Studio.


B&S is the parent company for two sub-brands representing two forms of creative exploration - one rooted in traditional storytelling methods (Bards), and another exploring the future of creative expression tools (Strange Magic). To find out about each, visit their respective sites below.

Who are B&S?

Bards & Storytellers is a creative husband & wife duo who, like the tavern fools of yore, are here to entertain you.A bond forged in the crucible of the creative field, Brett Rakestraw and Steph Carson have 15 years of experience in the branding world, helping clients from broadcast networks to product brands express their voice, tell their story, and expand their visual identity. Throughout their agency careers, they’ve worked with clients like Disney, Hasbro, Paramount, Nickelodeon, Meta, Sony, NASCAR, and more. But their biggest commodity?.. their creative ideas.At their core, B&S are concepters, creative directors, producers, writers, and deep brand-thinkers. They also dabble in the dark arts of production, editing, animation, design, music & audio, and original social content creation.B&S live life as the endlessly-curious... and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

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