Design Strategy Presentation

Open publication - Free publishing - More ppd

Passport Initial Branding Idea

Quick initial idea for the branding of our proposed studio. Classical-looking colour palette and traditional serif typeface of Sabon and we're proposing to call the studio a 'design bureau'. This is only something done quickly to show for the upcoming design strategy presentation after Easter. We're already having loads of ideas to do with self-branding and promotion ideas — kind of frustrating that we have so much work to do and this stuff is going to have to wait a little while...

Branding / Context

Roz and I have picked out a few contextual pieces to show the general style and feel that we would like our proposed studio to have. We had also been thinking of some naming ideas and I had come up with 'Passport' which Roz turned out to really like... Using this we thought we could go with a whole kind of official vibe, with a mix of classic and contemporary aesthetics. 'Passport' also links to our joint interest in travel/places/countries, whilst a passport itself is a book of identification and our core practice would be based around identity and publication....

Tower Works Visit

Info on the set up at Tower Works:

Duke Studios Visit

Info on the set up at Dukes:

We will offer 3 levels of working space.  
  
Co-Working £60per month (incVAT) 
- Unlimited access to Duke Studios Co-Working area during office hours Mon-Fri 9-6 
- Unlimited access to Duke Studios Workshop area during office hours  Mon-Fri 9-6 
- Free WiFi 
- Power points for Laptops etc 
- Basic printing facilities  
- Business Registration available 
- Small discount on Laser cutting, Vinyl Cutting, Photo studio Hire  
- Meeting room hire for £10per hour (discounted from external rate)  
  
Desk Rental £180 per month (incVAT) 
- Your own dedicated desk available between 8am and 11pm 7 days a week  
- Unlimited access to Duke Studios Workshop during office hours 
- Lockable storage near to your desk 
- Key card access 
- Free WiFi 
- Power points 
- Business Registration available 
- Optional VOIP phone line at cost 
- Medium discount on Laser cutting, Vinyl Cutting, Photo studio Hire  
- Free Meeting room hire  
- Munro House entrance reception service 
- All bills included 
- Access to kitchen 
- Membership to Duke Studios Agency 
  
Studio Spaces 
*Small £299 per month (incVAT) - Approx 75sq ft 
*Medium £399 per month (inc VAT) - Approx 128sq ft 
*Large £499 per month (inc VAT) - Approx 256sq ft (SOLD OUT - WAITING LIST OPEN) 
- Your own dedicated unfurnished semi open plan Studio Space 24/7 access  
- Unlimited access to Duke Studios Workshop area during office hours 
- Access to Secure Storage room  
- Free WiFi 
- Power points  
- Free Business Registration 
- Optional VOIP phone line at cost 
- Large discount on Laser cutting, Vinyl Cutting, Photo studio Hire  
- Free Meeting room hire  
- Munro House entrance reception service 
- All bills included 
- Access to kitchen inc storage 
- Membership to Duke Studios Agency 

Networking Event

Small update on the business proposal with Roz... even though we only started discussing this recently, we saw that there was an upcoming networking event being held here at Leeds College of Art. We went along to see what was there and what information we could pick up.

We collected a host of leaflets and things on subjects from legal requirements to intellectual property rights to studio spaces so it was definitely worth visiting. As a result we're setting up a visit to go and look around the studio spaces at Tower Works in Leeds and we have a couple of other leads to follow up.

Stuff we picked up at the networking event: