Selected work, 2021 — 2026
A rolling selection of identity systems, packaging, art direction and campaigns. Every project below is real collaboration with a northern independent — no concepts, no placeholders, nothing we wouldn't put our own name to.
A neighbourhood microbrewery between Prestwich village and Heaton Park. Name, logotype, can and pump-clip system built around a stray-red horizon line — the moment the brewhouse lights go off and the bar lights come on. The core range now sits in bottleshops from Bury New Road to the Northern Quarter.
A fringe company performing in a converted mill room off Bury New Road. We art-directed three seasons of photography and posters using rehearsal-room honesty — no gloss, one red cue light, type you can read from across the tram stop. Programme sales doubled in the first season.
Riso and letterpress printers two doors down from our own studio. We redesigned their specimen sheets, job bags, window vinyl and shop fascia so the workshop reads as one continuous proof sheet — you can follow a job from quote to collection without asking a single question.
A deli on the corner by Heaton Park gates. Chalkboard system, jar labels, sandwich wrap and a window treatment that changes with the seasons of the park — snowdrops in February, the boating lake in July. Locals photograph the window almost as often as the park itself.
A coffee roastery in a former cotton mill on the edge of Ancoats. A colour-coded bag and box system that lets baristas find the right roast by shelf position alone, at six in the morning, before the lights fully come on. Eleven SKUs, one grid, zero confusion.
A ceramics and homeware shop on Rammy's main street. A quiet, hand-pressed mark paired with loud paper — every parcel leaves wrapped in newsprint printed with the studio's own glaze-test archive. The wrapping became the most photographed thing in the shop.
A small production company shooting music videos and short film around Greater Manchester. We directed their on-set photography, built a title-card identity and designed the pitch decks they send to labels — the work now looks as considered as the films it sells.
A month of cult screenings in a church hall in Whitefield. Identity, programme and thirty hand-painted lobby cards, one per film. The projector-beam motif runs through everything — from the A3 season poster down to the ticket stub you keep in your coat pocket.