Identity
Logos, wordmarks, typographic systems, colour palettes, brand guidelines. From one-pager to full brand book.
IV · Services
← Services · Specialism IV
Design,
next door to the press.
An in-house studio that thinks like printers because they work next to them. Identity, artwork, campaign and exhibition design, created in the same building as the files get printed in.
01 ·In brief
Most design studios email artwork to a printer and cross their fingers. Ours walks it twenty feet across the warehouse floor. That proximity is the point: we catch the problems that only become visible when ink meets paper, tracking on a 4pt caption, a tint that disappears at press or a varnish that won’t hold a fold.
02 ·Capabilities
What we actually make.
Print design
Brochures, reports, books, stationery, packaging, invitations. Designed with the finish in mind.
Campaign
Posters, adverts, direct mail, event collateral. Art direction and copy on request.
Signage & wayfinding
Fascias, totems, interior signage, wayfinding systems. Designed and manufactured in-house.
Exhibition
Stand design, graphics, pop-ups, banners, handouts. Install and dismantle available.
Artwork
Reformatting, resizing, print-readying, colour-correcting. The unglamorous work that keeps production moving.
03 ·Selected work
04 · How it
runs
runs
From brief
to dispatch.
Team3 designers · 1 art director
Day rateProject-priced, not hourly
SoftwareAdobe CC · Figma · Glyphs
Typical engagement2 weeks – 6 months
RetainersFrom 2 days/month
Copy & imagesCommissioned on request
01
Discovery
A conversation about what the work needs to do, and for whom. Usually an hour. Often longer.
02
Concepts
Two or three directions, shown in context. Not twelve; twelve is how you end up with none.
03
Route
One direction chosen and developed. Copy and images in place. Production feasibility confirmed.
04
Refinement
Kerning, trimming, colour-tuning. The quiet work that separates good design from finished design.
05
Artwork
Prepared for print, screen or both. Delivered as native files, exports and print-ready PDFs.
06
Handover
Brand guidelines, fonts, templates — everything needed to keep the work consistent once we've handed it over.
05 ·Elsewhere