chronoskin

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Studio of six, since 2016

Brands that wave back.

chronoskin is a small studio for identities, packaging and websites. We draw everything by hand first and keep the wobble.

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identities drawn
84
years of wobble
6
clients who came back
71%

Recent work

All 84 projects

From the journal

All notes

Autumn calendar

We take four projects a season. Two places are left from September.

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They sent us a logo drawn with a felt pen and we never changed it.
PHPetra HalloranPip and Plum
Our members now argue about which colour cap is theirs.
SOSami OyelaranTide
  1. Work
  2. Identity
  3. Pip and Plum

Pip and Plum

A juice bar that wanted to look like its menu tastes.

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The shop front, drawn at one tenth and painted by the owners over a weekend.
PieceMade asStatePieces
Wordmark and pipDrawn with a felt pen, traced onceVector drawingDelivered2
Cups and lidsTwo-colour printDelivered6
Menu boardsPainted woodIn print4
Shop frontSign paintDelivered1
Delivery bikeVinyl wrapOn hold1
Everything14
Identity New Packaging Delivered In print On hold

Where the weeks went

Drawing40%
Printing and paint25%
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  3. Why we keep the wobble

Journal

Notes from the studio table, one or two a month.

Why we keep the wobble

Every identity we make starts as a drawing on paper. Somewhere between the paper and the screen, most studios tidy the line. We stopped doing that.

A circle is a decision

Draw a circle by hand and it closes a little late, a little flat on one side. That is the part people remember. In our files the layer is called keep-as-drawn and nobody is allowed to smooth it.

  • Trace once, at the size it was drawn
  • Fix what is unclear, never what is uneven
  • Print it small before anyone approves it

When we do tidy

Signs that are read from a moving tram, and anything smaller than a thumbnail. Everything else waves back.

Rosa Kiviniemidraws the first line, 14 March

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Say hello

Tell us what you are making. We answer within two working days.

Your project

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Autumn

Two places are left from September.

How we work

How long does an identity take?

Eight to ten weeks, with three rounds of drawing.

Do you work with small budgets?

One project a season is kept for a shop, club or school.

Who owns the drawings?

You do, once the last invoice is paid.

No open roles

We are six and the table seats six. Leave a note and we write when that changes.

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