Graphic design and creative agency
We believe design is powerful.
Design affects how we connect with everything around us.
We can help you engage with your audience, shape perception and drive social, cultural and commercial change.
We build brands, develop strategies, create campaigns and design everything in between with purpose and care.
Listed in Creative Review's top 50 most influential creative leaders in the UK and Europe, our Glasgow-based team is led by directors James Gilchrist and Beth Wilson.
If there is something we can help you with please get in touch. We are always open to new projects and look forward to hearing from you.
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Workshops
We regularly run workshops with people of all ages and abilities to inspire and open minds to new ways of working. If you’d like us to run a workshop, we’d love to hear from you.
Some of the workshops we’ve run include:
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Biennale Internationale de Design Graphique
Exploring TABOO through design, with Nam Huynh N&MS
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Graphic Design Festival Scotland
Make a Statement - typographic poster design
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Texas University
Developing an identity
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Intuit Lab Paris
Deconstructing and developing conspiracy theories
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ECV Paris
Developing a festival identity
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ECV Aix-en-Provence
Developing a festival identity
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Highlands & Islands University
Preparing for industry
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ECV Aix-en-provence
Deconstructing and developing conspiracy theories
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Edinburgh College of Art
Graphic Design Dpt. Poster Design
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McVitie’s
Changing Company Culture
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ECV Aix-en-Provence
The responsibility of a designer
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Leeds Beckett University
Dear Sir/Madam
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East Ayrshire Advocacy Services
Designing positive flags
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Mearns Castle High School
Mural Design & Painting
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Open Studio: Edinburgh University
Mark Making
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ECV Aix-en-Provence
Make the most impact!
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Petrol Agency
Self Promotion
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City of Glasgow College
Mark Making
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Glasgow Clyde College
(Cardonald & Langside) Visualising Music
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Edinburgh College of Art
Fashion & Textiles dpt, Branding & Self Promotion
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Panmure St Anns Edinburgh
Mural Design & Painting
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Morden Library
Mural Painting
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Edinburgh College of Art
Design for a political party
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Glasgow Clyde
Design for the music industry
Press
The work we do is often recognised and reviewed by the creative media. You can browse some of the articles, features and reviews here.
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The Brand Identity BARD - Brand Identity (Global, 2024)
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The Brand Identity The Playground (Global, 2024)
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Type Room The Playground (Europe, 2023)
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It's Nice That BARD - Brand Identity (London, 2023)
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Brand New BARD - Brand Identity (Mexico, 2023)
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Casper Studio BARD - Brand Identity (Nairobi, 2023)
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Urban Realm BARD - Brand Identity (Scotland, 2023)
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Type Room BARD - Brand Identity (Europe, 2023)
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Scottish Construction Now BARD - Brand Identity (Glasgow, 2023)
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Taipei Art Direction & Design Assoc. Global visual developments and the artistry of graphic design (Taiwan, 2022)
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Taipei Art Direction & Design Assoc. INTL (Taiwan, 2022)
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Brand New Mungo's Hi Fi (Mexico, 2022)
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Creative Boom Mungo's Hi Fi (UK, 2022)
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The Brand Identity Mungo's Hi Fi (UK, 2022)
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It's Nice That Mungo's Hi Fi (London, 2021)
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Creative Boom INTL (UK, 2020)
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The Brand Identity INTL (Global, 2020)
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Call for Creatives Graphic Design Festival (Hamburg, 2020)
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Fonts in Use Yokollection Spring/Summer (Global, 2020)
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It's Nice That Olympia Gallery (London, 2020)
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AIGA Ace design work (New York, 2019)
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It's Nice That Women's World Cup (London, 2019)
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It's Nice That Demo Motion Festival (London, 2019)
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Computer Arts, Issue 289 (UK, 2019)
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No Opinion, Podcast (Dundee, 2019)
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Creative Network 5 Qs with Warriors Studio (UK, 2019)
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Creative Review What's on at GDFS? (London, 2019)
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It's Nice That Universal Recycling Symbol (London, 2019)
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The Design Kids The most EPIC chat (Australia, 2019)
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Creative Review Top 50 creative leaders (London, 2018)
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Creative Review James Gilchrist & Beth Wilson (London, 2018)
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It’s Nice That Graphic design trends (London, 2018)
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It’s Nice That GDFS visual identity (London, 2018)
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Creative Review The design festival identity inspired by a kids party (London, 2018)
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Type Room Bigger and better (UK, 2018)
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Typewolf Site of the day (USA, 2018)
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Lecture in Progress James Gilchrist (London, 2017)
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Lecture in Progress Victoria Donnelly (London, 2017)
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Lecture in Progress Beth Wilson (London, 2017)
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It's Nice That Hovering art directors (London, 2017)
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Type Room Typographic clarity (UK, 2017)
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The Herald Artistic entrepreneurs (Glasgow, 2017)
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Étapes European Creative Cities (France, 2017)
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Creative Review An online poster generator (London, 2017)
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Étapes Participating in a festival identity (France, 2017)
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Grafik Magazine Flumadiddle (London, 2017)
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Local Heroes Nummer Wans (Scotland, 2017)
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AIGA Launching a successful festival (New York, 2016)
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Étapes Thype (France, 2016)
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It's Nice That 'Living' GDFS identity (London, 2016)
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Grafik Magazine A mercurial pair (London, 2016)
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It's Nice That International Poster Competition (London, 2016)
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It's Nice That Playful yet smart exhibition identity (London, 2016)
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It's Nice That How to stay motivated! (London, 2016)
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It's Nice That Is it okay to work for free? (London, 2016)
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AIGA Are design awards worth entering? (New York, 2016)
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It's Nice That The Scottish Referendum (London, 2016)
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It's Nice That Nicer Tuesdays highlights (London, 2016)
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Graphis Winning a Graphis award (New York, 2016)
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Design Week Millemont Institute (London, 2016)
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Creative Review Great posters from around the world (London, 2016)
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Design Week Mohawk Maker (London, 2016)
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Idn Communication design agency (Hong Kong, 2016)
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Idn GDFS identity (Hong Kong, 2016)
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It's Nice That Most exciting creatives to watch in 2015 (London, 2015)
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It's Nice That The name game (London, 2015)
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Icon Magazine Redesigning Wikipedia (London, 2015)
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AIGA Waking up Scotland's design scene (New York, 2015)
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It's Nice That GDFS 2015 highlights (London, 2015)
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It's Nice That Gap between students and industry? (London, 2015)
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Grafik Magazine In-Brief (London, 2014)
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Computer Arts, Issue 232 (UK, 2014)
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Women of Graphic Design Beth Wilson (New York, 2014)
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The Drum GDFS (Scotland, 2014)
Awards
Sometimes the work we do wins awards. You can see some wins here.
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Scottish Design Awards
Brand Identity - Business (Gold) 2024
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Scottish Design Awards
Design Agency of the Year (Nomination) 2024
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Scottish Design Awards
Campaign Design (Nomination) 2024
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Scottish Design Awards
Animation (Nomination) 2024
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Scottish Design Awards
Website design (Nomination) 2024
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Scottish Design Awards
Poster Design (Winner) 2019
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Scottish Design Awards
Brand Identity (Nomination) 2019
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European Design Awards
Digital Campaign (Bronze) 2018
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Graphis Awards (New York)
Poster Category (Gold) 2017
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Scottish Design Awards
Website Design (Highly Commended) 2018
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Scottish Design Awards
Poster (Winner) 2017
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Deutsche Bank Award
Creative Business (Winner) 2014
Judging
We’ve been invited to offer our opinion in industry events, competitions, awards and education. Some of these include:
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Young Blood / New Ones Awards
Shanghai & Antwerp, 2022
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ECV Masters Diploma
Aix en Provence, France, 2022
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International Poster Competition
INTL, 2022
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The Design Kids Awards
Worldwide, 2018
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ECV Masters Diploma
Aix en Provence, France, 2018
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International Poster Competition
Graphic Design Festival Scotland, 2014-2020
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Young & Powerful
National Poster Competition (Scotland) 2018
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IST Newspaper Awards
Scotland, 2015