Good design is mostly patience, paper and a sharp pencil.

I studied typography at Reading, spent four years at Slow Press setting books and catalogues, then two years as a designer at a branding studio in London. In 2015 I came home to Bristol and set up on my own. I work with one or two clients at a time. That means you get me — not a junior, not an account manager — from the first conversation to the last proof. Most of my clients are independent businesses: bakeries, coffee roasters, publishers, galleries, makers and the odd festival. When I’m not designing I’m teaching a typography evening class, collecting old type specimens, or swimming in the lido before the studio opens.