About

Brands built on clear thinking.

Heat is an independent design studio focused on brand, identity and digital.

We work with organisations that want to present themselves more clearly and more confidently. Some are defining themselves for the first time. Others are established and looking to sharpen how they communicate.

Our work begins with understanding the business itself. The market it operates in, the people it needs to reach and the role the brand must play. From there we define the central idea that guides everything that follows, from language and identity to websites and communication.

Design, for us, is not decoration. It is a practical tool that helps a business explain itself clearly, stand apart in a crowded market and build recognition over time.

Founded by Stephen Taylor, Heat remains deliberately small. This allows us to work closely with clients, think carefully about the work and bring together the right collaborators when needed.

Good branding rarely comes from sudden reinvention. More often it comes from a strong idea, expressed simply and applied consistently over time.

That is the work we do.

Services
Art Direction
Brand Identity
Book Design
Data Visualisation
Digital Design
Editorial Design
Motion Graphics
Packaging
Website Design

Clients

Arts –
Alina Cojocaru – Ballet Dancer
Arts & Business
Brian Griffin – Photographer
Hatty Pedder – Artist
Ian Teh – Photographer
Mark Fry – Artist
Olivia Pomp – Stylist
Rick & Rachel Wakeman

Charities –
Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Lokahi Foundation
The Funding Network
The Kerrison Trust
ThinkForward

Consulting –
Brochet
Fellows Associates
LUC – Land Use Consultants
Roger Steare
Seacon
UniLink
Unit Worldwide

Consumer, Retail & Manufacturing –
Energy Quote
Ronald Phillips
Hamleys
Holy Food
IES
Peaberry Coffee Roasters
Petplan
Picotech
Shelf Interiors
Swarovski
The Shoe Snob

Education & Public sector –
Campusalam
Confer Books
Revision Express
Pearson (including FT, Longman, Prentice Hall)
Hackney Council
Hagatas Publishing
Harriman House
ISMO Books
Karnac Books
Leaside Regeneration
London Citizens
Northgate Public Services

Financial –
Bridges Community Ventures
CBI
Close Brothers
Finsbury
FIPRA
HelmGodfrey
Highland Gold Mining Plc
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Plc
Majedie Asset Management
Oxford Asset Management
Rothschilds
Smithfield Consultants

Media & PR –
Brunswick
Chorion plc
Datasine
Nexus PR
PTC – Periodicals Training Council
Tomo Events

Hospitality & Travel –
David Lloyd
JLA
Travelodge
Waterberry Zambezi Lodge
Wedge & Wildlife
Wild & West
Yacht Masters


Clients we worked with before Heat Design

Ascot
Asprey
BBC
Blue Circle
Department of Employment
European Bank
Fundación Goya en Aragón
GlaxoWellcome
Inchbald School of Design
John Dickinson
London Electricity
London Stock Exchange
Losada vinos de finca
Mappin & Webb
Munkenbeck & Marshall Architects
NatWest
Nicholas Hare Architects
Turner Press
Peter Foggo Associates
Phaidon
PPP Healthcare
Prado Museum
Sibneft
Siemens
Tate Modern
The Physiological Corporation
United Biscuits
Warbugs