Independent brand studio, London

A steadier kind of recognition.

Halcyon Studio designs identities, packaging and editorial systems for independent businesses that would rather be recognised than noticed.

A heap of worn wooden letterpress type, letters facing up
Case study · Food 2024Marrow & Rye

Library photo, not the studio. Wood type, photographed by Michellecornelison.

We are a small practice. A few projects at a time, drawn properly, and handed over in a form other people can use.

2016
Studio established. Fictional history, real method.
2–4
Projects in the room. Sample capacity, not a promise.
£8k
Identity work starts here. Bands, not fixed prices.
London
14 Wren Yard. Visits by appointment.

Process

Five stages, one brief

  1. 01Listen

    The situation, in plain language.

  2. 02Explore

    A few territories, not a spray of logos.

  3. 03Define

    The idea we will protect.

  4. 04Design

    Identity, type, colour, first uses.

  5. 05Deliver

    Files and a handover you can use.

Availability · sample

Booking from January. Two projects in the room.

Tell us what you are making. If it is a fit, we will say so, and we will say what it is likely to take.

A small house with a blue door and climbing plants in a London mews
Library photo, not the studio. A London mews door.