After the Grid — Museum of Making, 2026
01After the Grid · Museum of Making · 2026
Set in Lead — Slow Press, 2025
02Set in Lead · Slow Press · 2025
Quarter Tone — Quarter Tone Records, 2025
03Quarter Tone · Quarter Tone Records · 2025
North Line — North Line Rail, 2025
04North Line · North Line Rail · 2025
The Common Good — The Common Trust, 2024
05The Common Good · The Common Trust · 2024
Ninety Proof — Ninety Proof, 2024
06Ninety Proof · Ninety Proof · 2024
Salt & Ledger — Harbour Museum, 2026
07Salt & Ledger · Harbour Museum · 2026
Long Division — Fold Press, 2025
08Long Division · Fold Press · 2025
Hard Water — Cassia Brewing, 2025
09Hard Water · Cassia Brewing · 2025
The Understudy — Almeida Rep, 2024
10The Understudy · Almeida Rep · 2024
Verso — Verso Journal, 2026
11Verso · Verso Journal · 2026
Field Notes — Ordnance Trust, 2025
12Field Notes · Ordnance Trust · 2025
Plain English — Ledger Bank, 2024
13Plain English · Ledger Bank · 2024
Second Nature — Kew Editions, 2026
14Second Nature · Kew Editions · 2026
Night Shift — Radio Meridian, 2025
15Night Shift · Radio Meridian · 2025
Common Ground — City of Leith, 2024
16Common Ground · City of Leith · 2024
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COLOPHON · Selected work 2014—2026
The book
Sixteen projects. One press.
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The position

We make things that get printed posted pressed read

and we build the web the same way — with ink, a grid, and a reason for every colour.

The house inks
Fluoro Pink#FF48B0Federal Blue#3D5588Bright Red#F15060Green#00A95CPurple#765BA7Orange#FF6C2FTeal#006B72Sun Yellow#FFB511Aqua#5EC8E5Crimson#E45D50Lake#235BA8Grass#397E58Violet#9D7AD2Mint#82D8D5Blue#0064A2Fluoro Orange#FF7477Fluoro Pink#FF48B0Federal Blue#3D5588Bright Red#F15060Green#00A95CPurple#765BA7Orange#FF6C2FTeal#006B72Sun Yellow#FFB511Aqua#5EC8E5Crimson#E45D50Lake#235BA8Grass#397E58Violet#9D7AD2Mint#82D8D5Blue#0064A2Fluoro Orange#FF7477
Selected work

Sixteen inks, sixteen arguments.

The full index
01
After the Grid
After the Grid2026
Museum of Making · Exhibition identity
02
Set in Lead
Set in Lead2025
Slow Press · Book design, 248pp
03
Quarter Tone
Quarter Tone2025
Quarter Tone Records · Identity, sleeve system
04
North Line
North Line2025
North Line Rail · Wayfinding, 42 stations
05
The Common Good
The Common Good2024
The Common Trust · Civic identity
06
Ninety Proof
Ninety Proof2024
Ninety Proof · Packaging, range of six
In detail · Nº 01

After the Grid

Museum of Making2026Exhibition identity

An exhibition about the things that refused to sit still. Built outward from one rule and broken twice, on purpose.

Read the case study
After the Grid
Nothing ships that has not been printed.
Proofing room, Leith · 240gsm uncoated
The press
We proof everything.
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The index

Everything, in order.

Plates ⇄ Index — both views ship with the template.

01After the GridMuseum of Making · Exhibition identity2026
02Set in LeadSlow Press · Book design, 248pp2025
03Quarter ToneQuarter Tone Records · Identity, sleeve system2025
04North LineNorth Line Rail · Wayfinding, 42 stations2025
05The Common GoodThe Common Trust · Civic identity2024
06Ninety ProofNinety Proof · Packaging, range of six2024
07Salt & LedgerHarbour Museum · Exhibition identity2026
08Long DivisionFold Press · Type specimen, 96pp2025
09Hard WaterCassia Brewing · Packaging, range of four2025
10The UnderstudyAlmeida Rep · Season identity2024
11VersoVerso Journal · Editorial system2026
12Field NotesOrdnance Trust · Wayfinding, 60 markers2025
13Plain EnglishLedger Bank · Brand language2024
14Second NatureKew Editions · Book design, 412pp2026
15Night ShiftRadio Meridian · Identity2025
16Common GroundCity of Leith · Civic identity2024
The studio

COLOPHON is a four-person design practice in Leith. We work in print first and screen second, because the constraint makes the thinking honest.

We take on eight projects a year. Every one gets a proof, an argument and a colour we can defend. If a job needs forty people, we will happily tell you who to call.

What we do
Identity · Editorial · Packaging · Wayfinding · Type
Who with
Museums · Presses · Labels · Civic trusts · Small giants
How we work
Fixed fee · Four-week blocks · One proof a week · No retainers
The press room, Leith · 2026
How it goes
Four weeks. Four proofs.
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Proof Nº 01
Brief
A week of reading, looking and arguing. You get the questions before you get the work.
02
Proof Nº 02
Proof
Three routes, printed. Not slides — actual proofs you can hold, mark and reject.
03
Proof Nº 03
Press
One route, taken all the way down: the system, the rules, the awkward edge cases.
04
Proof Nº 04
Ship
Files, fonts, a written colophon and a phone number that still answers next year.
Selected facts

Small studio. Long memory.

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Years in practice
Since 2014, from one room above a print shop.
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Projects shipped
Identity, editorial, packaging, wayfinding, type.
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Proofs pulled
On paper. We still think better with ink on our hands.
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Inks in the drawer
The whole house palette, and every one is defensible.
Start a brief

I am your name from the organisation and we need an identity / a book / a system by a date you would rather not miss.

Send the brief

One of the four of us reads every message. You will hear back inside two working days.

Now let us make the next one.
Studio COLOPHON · Leith
Before you go
That is the whole book.
Nearly there
The colophon

This site is set in Bricolage Grotesque, Literata and Martian Mono, and printed in sixteen Risograph inks — one for every project in the book. Built in Framer, in Leith.

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