Surface created the Quaker Peace Week educational resource for primary and secondary schools. The pack contains lesson plans and activities for teachers to tackle challenging issues about war, conflict, human rights, justice and peacemaking.

“The best thing we’ve ever done together as a school community.”
(Moya Richardson, Head Teacher, Our Lady’s Primary School).

quaker.org.uk

Based in Shoreditch, East London, SCT is a charity that supports people recovering from addiction by helping them to get clean and sober, develop self-respect and hope for a much better future.

Surface was asked to re-brand SCT (formerly the Spitalfields Crypt Trust) and create a new identity, website, signage and range of printed materials to promote the charity and unite the day to day running of the organisation.

1FA, situated in London’s Broadgate, features an interior landmark created by the multi-award winning artist Morag Myerscough.

Surface produced the soft furnishings for the entire project… sourcing fabrics and ensuring that every aspect of our manufacturing process met with strict industry regulations. All work was produced within both budget and deadline. We also assisted with the meticulously painstaking process of hand painting Morag’s designs to the bespoke furniture and interior walls.

The results are stunning and have received huge praise across the industry.

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Artist and poet Nicola Cunningham asked us to produce her first publication. A series of illustrated poems, we meticulously touched and finished all images and produced a book that conveys the simplicity and natural beauty of her work.

Surface designed the identity for Street Wrap, a street food outlet based in the north east of England. The single colour, earthy, eye catching design has a stamp like quality that echoes the speedy nature of the street food market. No nonsense, simple and honest.

The images detail examples of the logo application to the Street Wrap van, brown paper food bag and canvas tote bag.

Based in the London Borough of Newham, Rokeby School commissioned Surface to design a series of inspirational posters to encourage positive thinking throughout the school. Each year group was asked to choose a quote from an influential figure in history.

Using a purely typographic approach we created six stunning posters that reinforce the values of the school… Respect, Success, Passion for Learning, Personal Challenge and Harmony. The positive messages that the posters convey both inspire and embolden the students.

Good Cause Travel Ltd specialises in bespoke and tailor made travel programmes in the UK and Ireland based on Social Responsibility components and/or full scale charity events.

Surface created the GoodCause Travel identity.

goodcausetravel.co.uk

Brochure design for events at the prestigious Hawksmoor church in Spitalfields, East London, following its £10m restoration.

Black Ocean is a global, privately funded, digital platform that has created a new generation business model which uniquely combines entrepreneurship, incubation, venture capital and investment banking practices.

Surface, in collaboration with PGA Branding, created the Black Ocean identity. Detailed here are examples of its application and the ground breaking movie that featured on the Black Ocean site.

Eye magazine is the 'monthly magazine for the 0-5 team'. For many years Surface has produced Eye magazines' monthly poster. The subject matter is always varied and we endeavor to create something dynamic and special for the readership.

Quaker Week is an annual event that aims to promote the Quaker movement throughout the UK. Surface produced the poster for this prestigious event based around the strap line for the 2019 campaign: “In turbulent times…”

The poster detailed an historic timeline of the Quaker movement with a graphic illustration of a cascading waterfall in duo tone. A set of four smaller posters (B2 size) were designed to accompany the lead poster (B0 size) which was also published across many UK tabloids and national magazines.

quaker.org.uk

WHFS (Women's Health & Family Services) developed the pioneering Maternity Mates™ project to recruit, train and match-up volunteer Maternity Mates with pregnant women in need of extra support in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Waltham Forest. Maternity Mates is currently planning to expand into other London boroughs, with the aim of becoming a nationwide service.

Surface created the Maternity Mates™ identity and continues to produce a variety of printed materials for the charity.

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Pictured are examples of our designs for the window graphics, literature and signage at The Mile End Climbing Wall.

The Mile End Climbing Wall is maintained by the registered charity 'DEVELOPMENT through CHALLENGE' - promoting personal development through challenging physical activity.

mileendwall.org.uk

CD jewel case and face design for A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire.

They have played support slots with David Byrne and collaborated with some of London’s finest African musicians from Palm Wine legends Abdul Tee-Jay and Papa Milo to Nigerian grime star, Afrikan Boy. They have also played the likes of Secret Garden Party, Big Chill, Lovebox and Thames Festival whilst also rocking the stages of the Royal Festival Hall, Islington O2 Academy and Gulbenkian Lisbon and many more.

Check them out on Spotify!

Established in 1994, Crossroads is a professional counselling service situated in the heart of Bethnal Green, London.

Surface have been responsible for the re-brand of Crossroads Counselling and have produced their annual reports and promotional material; including banners, brochures, flyers and window graphics.

CARE Pakistan is the London-based, UK-registered chapter of Pakistan’s leading educational NGO, the Care Foundation.

Surface have produced printed literature for Care Pakistan and designed branding for their Care Cubs campaign. Exhibition stands, banners and promotional materials have all helped to promote the positive work of this essential charity.

carepakistan.org.uk

Surface designed the identity and brochure for the inaugural Forest Gate Arts Trail.

Funded by Newham Council, the FGAT helped to strengthen a community by encouraging local artists to exhibit their work en masse. Shops, cafes, restaurants and people’s houses and workshops were brought to life with exhibitions and arts activities.

The user friendly map and guide helped the public to make the most of the experience.

Here’s an ad' campaign that we created for Avaaz. It featured in several national newspapers including The Daily Mail and a full page in the Financial Times. Working on an incredibly tight deadline, and an ever changing brief, Surface turned this campaign around with time to spare. The advert was well received by our client... "Well done on the ad - it looks great in the papers this morning!"

Avaaz empowers millions of people from all walks of life to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. The organisation currently has over 50 million members worldwide.

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Identity design and T-shirt concepts for don’t dance, an independent clothes label based in the East End of London.

Tower Hamlets CVS is an independent membership organisation for voluntary, community faith and social enterprise organisations in the borough of Tower Hamlets. They offer help and support, networking opportunities, workshops, events and conferences that help organisations to grow and develop.

Surface created a consistent brand for THCVS and produced annual reviews, banners and promotional materials for the organisation. We also designed and produced the seasonal THCVS magazine, The Sparrow, from cover to cover.

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Surface designed and produced Normal magazine.

Normal is a publication initiated and funded by SCT, a charity that helps people with drug or alcohol addictions and complex needs to achieve lasting recovery and a more fulfilling life.

All content for the magazine was produced by the people who benefit from the services that SCT provide. People who often have multiple and complex needs, many of whom will have experienced homelessness, poverty, mental illness and the criminal justice system.

From personal stories, poetry and art to political comment and reviews, Normal magazine created a common cause and a real sense of comradery among those involved in its creation.

Quakers asked Surface to design Razor Wire & Olive Branches, a learning resource about Palestine and Israel for use in secondary school Citizenship classes. It is unabashedly about peace and hope.

The pack contains a teacher’s guide, individual case studies and some forty pupil resources… each having its own individual design, one of which details an historic timeline printed on an 8 page pull-out concertina (pictured).

quaker.org.uk

Surface designed and supplied this set of banners for permanent display at the Quakers in Britain central offices at Friends House London.

The Wanstead Comedy Night has become a regular slot on the comedy circuit for many of the UK’s leading stand up comedians.

Surface design the poster and tickets for every event in a classically striking black and white print run.

Third Way magazine was launched in January 1977 by a wing of the Church that had begun to rediscover the imperative of social responsibility.

Surface were commissioned to re-brand the magazine, generate a new identity and develop it into a colour publication. We also designed the Third Way website and continued to design, and illustrate, the articles and features throughout the magazine.

Here’s what the Guardian had to say about the new Third Way…

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Celebrating over 30 years of socially-engaged, co-created art, Studio 3 Arts mission is to put local people at the centre of everything they do. Their work is ambitious and they create brilliant, challenging and relevant work that acknowledges and responds to the barriers that prevent arts participation. Their vision is a world where everyone has access to outstanding art. Studio 3 Arts is a non-profit organisation.

Surface created the Studio 3 Arts identity and produced a wide range of printed materials, books and exhibition displays for public events.

studio3arts.org.uk

In Paris on April 4, 2011, Bill Gates, in partnership with ONE, launched Living Proof, a showcase of stories and statistics that are too often ignored - the incredible progress being achieved by some of the world’s poorest people.

The Living Proof campaign is taking aim at both the head and the heart. It’s calling for a cold, hard look at what’s working well in the world of development. And it’s asking people to celebrate - and share - the stories of those who are achieving it.

The Living Proof identity, and our work with ONE, was created by Surface in association with PGA Branding.