Stephen Barrett Studio is a graphic design practice based in London. We collaborate with clients including cultural and academic institutions, architects, artists and commercial organisations to create identities, brand strategies, publications, exhibitions, wayfinding and websites.
Stephen is Practices Tutor, Typography on the Graphic Communication Design programme at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London and has lectured and conducted workshops at the University of East London, Winchester School of Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and Typography Summer School.
info@stephenbarrettstudio.co.uk
Selected Clients
Ambit
Art/Practice
Sam Ashby
Ashmolean Museum
Barbican
Barnet Council
BCP Council
Camden Art Centre
Central Saint Martins
Climate Cartographics
Dallas—Pierce—Quintero
Drawing Room
Dugdale Arts Centre
Graham Eatough
Enfield Council
Ed Gill
Lothar Götz
John Heffernan
IF_DO
Ann-Marie James
Jhaveri Contemporary
Ali Kazim
Lethaby Gallery
LUX
Museum of Richmond
Oast House Consulting
PEER
Kathy Prendergast
Ridinghouse
Slate Projects
Stephen Sutcliffe
Tate Publishing
Tensta Konsthall
University of the Arts London
Watford Borough Council
We Made That
Elizabeth Wright
Teaching
Central Saint Martins
BA Graphic Communication Design
Practices Tutor, Typography
January 2021 – present
Central Saint Martins
MA Graphic Communication Design
Visiting Practitioner
September 2015 – present
University of East London
BA Graphic Design
Senior Lecturer
Lead Tutor, Third Year Graphic Design
February 2010 – August 2022
Awards & Press
It’s Nice That, Studio Profile, March 2025
‘At Stephen Barrett Studio, every project begins with typography’
Read full article here
Design Magazine CA 278, Korea, January 2025
‘Showcase: Stephen Barrett Studio’
Fonts in Use, Staff Pick, December 2023
‘West Quay’
Read full article here
Fonts in Use, December 2023
‘Ambit magazine #247 × Savage Pencil’
Read full article here
The Architects’ Journal, Specification, November 2023
‘Case study: Dugdale Arts Centre by Dallas-Pierce-Quintero’
Read full article here
Fonts in Use, Staff Pick, September 2023
‘West Quay Stair Screen, Poole’
Read full article here
Tokyo Type Directors Club 2023
Selected for inclusion in the annual awards publication
magCulture, August 2022
‘At work with Savage Pencil, Ambit’
Read full article here
magCulture, November 2021
‘At work with Kirsty Allison, Ambit’
Read full article here
It’s Nice That, July 2021
‘Introducing Ambit Pop’
Read full article here
Soho Radio, London, June 2021
Ambit podcast interview with Ken Cox, Michael Foreman, Alan Kitching and Kirsty Allison
Design Magazine CA 255, Korea, March 2021
Featured in Designers’ TMI Issue
Tokyo Type Directors Club 2019
Selected for inclusion in the annual awards publication
Tokyo Type Directors Club 2018
Selected for inclusion in the annual awards publication
Grafik 185, May 2010
Featured in Monthly Showcase
Exhibitions & Collections
The Museum of Avant-garde (MoA-g)
Mendrisio, Switzerland
Shortlisted for the 2025 Rosmarie Tissi MA-g Awards
Selected for inclusion in the permanent collection
Tokyo Type Directors Club Exhibition 2019
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
April 2019
Tokyo Type Directors Club Exhibition 2018
Kyoto ddd Gallery
July – August 2018
Print! Tearing it Up
Somerset House, London
June – August 2018
Tokyo Type Directors Club Exhibition 2018
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo
April 2018
Writing
‘Learning from L’Automàtica’
Eye Blog
July 2014
Read full article here
‘Lay out – speak out’
Eye Blog
December 2012
Read full article here
Collaborators
Eve Bull
Bold Decisions
Jules Estèves
Amandine Forest
Mireille Fauchon
Mathew Kneebone
Esther McManus
William Ogbebor
Andrew Osman
Joseph Pleass
Savage Pencil
Elektra Sadotti
Credits
Website Development
Joseph Pleass
Photography
Thomas Adank
Luke Hayes
Jamie James
Alec McLeish
Máté Moro
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