Independent design studio
We design brands, spaces and digital products with quiet confidence.
Selected work
Recent projects, made with care.
The studio
We believe good design is a form of respect — for people’s time, attention and intelligence.
Founded in 2012, we’re a studio of eighteen designers, strategists and makers working from a converted print works by the canal. We take on a handful of projects at a time, so every client works directly with the people doing the work.
Our clients range from cultural institutions to start-ups and family businesses, but the approach never changes: listen closely, think clearly, and sweat the details nobody else will notice — until they do.
Services
Three disciplines, one joined-up team.
Most projects draw on all three. The same people stay with you from the first workshop to launch day.
Brand identity
Strategy, naming and visual systems that make an organisation unmistakably itself.
- Positioning & naming
- Identity systems
- Guidelines & toolkits
Digital experiences
Websites and products that are fast, accessible and a pleasure to use on every screen.
- UX & interface design
- Design systems
- Build & launch support
Spaces & wayfinding
Signage, exhibitions and interiors that help people find their way and feel welcome.
- Wayfinding & signage
- Exhibition design
- Environmental graphics
Clients and collaborators
Trusted by people who care about the details.
- Halden & Co.
- Marlow Coffee
- Oda Architects
- Kiln Ceramics
- Northwind Ferries
- Lumen Health
- Fieldwork Press
- Sable Hotels
- Atlas Museum
- Verde Cycles
- Tidal Festival
- Common Ground
Kind words
They listened more carefully than any agency we’ve worked with, then gave us something we could never have briefed. Two years on, the identity still feels like it was always ours.
Hanna Lindqvist, Director, Kiln Ceramics
Journal
Notes from the studio
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A studio is a set of habits
Ten years in, we have learned that culture is not a value on a wall. It is the small things a team…
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Hello world!
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Designing with constraints
Every good brief has a wall in it somewhere. The work gets interesting when you stop trying to climb it and start…
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Why we prototype in the browser
Static mock-ups hide the questions that matter most on the web: how things load, move, reflow and break. So we build early.
New projects
Have something in mind? Let’s make it remarkable.
Tell us a little about your plans. We reply to every enquiry within two working days.