/Practice 02 — Wordmarks, systems, guidelines.

Identity systems,
built to ship.

We build identities the in-house team can actually run — with grids, ratios, and a permissions philosophy clear enough to delegate.

/01 · Method

How a identity engagement runs.

Three movements. Every engagement, every client.

/ 01
Drawn, not generated.

Wordmarks and symbols are drawn by hand and corrected on-screen. We test them at six metres, three centimetres, and at every size between.

Marks
/ 02
Grids before colours.

A typographic grid, a spacing scale, and a layout logic come before the palette. Colour is the last decision, not the first.

System
/ 03
Short, specific, signed.

Identity guidelines are 24–48 pages. Each rule is signed by the studio member responsible for it. The internal team can phone us about any of it.

Guidelines
/02 · Deliverables

What you receive.

Tangible outputs from a typical identity engagement. Scope is shaped to the brief.

Stream A

  • Wordmarks & symbols
  • Type system & licensing
  • Colour & material palette

Stream B

  • Grid & layout rules
  • Photography direction
  • Iconography

Stream C

  • Sub-brand architecture
  • Guidelines (printed + web)
  • On-call handover
/03 · Engagement

Specifications.

Typical numbers. Each engagement is sized to the brief.

Duration
8–16 wks
Strategy + craft
Team
3–5 people
Senior throughout
Engagement fee
from £40K
Fixed-price proposals
Engagements / yr
4–6
By design, not ambition

Need identity work done properly?

We take four to six engagements a year. The diary opens twice — January and July.

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