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editorial & print

Design for physical things — books, catalogues, packaging, reports — drawn, typeset and prepared so they come back from the printer right the first time.

what it is

This is the craft side of the studio: grids and typography, paper and print finishing, and the discipline of preparing files that survive production. It runs from the first content review to standing next to the press on the day it prints.

Everything is designed to be felt in the hand — the weight of a cover, the turn of a page, the open of a box — not just seen on a screen.

what’s included

  • publication designbooks, catalogues, magazines, annual reports
  • packagingstructure, artwork, dielines and production management
  • typographybespoke type treatment, wordmarks, editorial systems
  • production & artworkpre-press, printer liaison, on-press checks
  • reports & documentstemplates your team can keep using after we’re done
  • signage & environmentalwayfinding and space graphics where it’s needed

how we work

  1. content reviewwe read the material and map the structure before designing anything.
  2. systema grid and typographic system, tested on the hardest spreads first.
  3. layoutthe full piece, produced with real content and real images.
  4. pre-press & printfiles prepared, proofs checked, and press supervised where it matters.

production

We manage the printer relationship or work alongside yours, and we check proofs and colour on press for anything important.

good fit when

You have something to publish, ship, or put on a shelf and you want it to feel considered.

selected examples

Case studies land here as projects wrap.

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