Sedley Place is a British design agency based in Clapham, London and employees 35 designers, graphic artists, architects, web designers and account teams.
History
editThe four founding partners all met at Wolff Olins: Gerry Barney, David Bristow, Kit Cooper, Terence Griffin and set up the company in 1978. All but Barney retired from the business in 1996 after Mick Nash took over as managing director. The company operated an office in Berlin from 1987 to 2004.[1]
Barney started his career at the Design Research Unit designing logos like the iconic British Rail logo[2]
The agency originally started as a graphic design agency yet evolved and increased its disciplines as client demands grew. This has been central to the agency's growth, and it now covers typography, architecture, interior design, corporate branding, packaging, 3D graphics and web design.
The agency took its name from the address of its original offices situated on Sedley Place adjacent to Oxford Street and Woodstock Street in London.[3] This street was named after Orlando Sedley, an 18th-century furniture maker who had his workshops located there. The agency relocated to its current offices in 1985 on Venn St, Clapham.
Key projects
edit- The Coca-Cola Piccadilly Circus sign as it appears today was designed and project managed by Sedley Place in 2003,[4] originally the world's widest curved LED screen. They are now retained by Coca-Cola to produce all content for the sign. Sedley Place also designed the very first LED sign at Piccadilly Circus for Coca-Cola, replacing their previous neon sign.
- Sedley Place has worked with Diageo for over twenty years developing brands including Johnnie Walker (Blue, Gold, Green and Black labels), Cardhu,[5] Talisker, Tanqueray[6]
- VAG Rounded Typeface[7] was created by Gerry Barney,[8] as part of a rebranding project for VW dealerships. This font, now in the public domain, is widely used and featured on all Apple laptop and computer keyboards released before 2015 when it was replaced by San Francisco.
- From a simple verbal brief to create a spinning bottle for the Asian market the unique Revolve Bottle [9] was created for Chivas Brothers
- Working with Michael Wolff (of Wolff Olins) Barney penned the now well known Hed Kandi record label logo[10]
Clients
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Former employees
editSedley Place has employed a number of notable British designers:
- Thomas Manss
- Michael Johnson[12]
- Petra Weisz[13]
- Adrian Burton[14]
- Paul McPherson[15]
References
edit- ^ "Réseau de Anne Ma, Analyse des 231 relations - Zonebourse". www.zonebourse.com (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Jock Kinneir + Margaret Calvert / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum : - Design/Designer Information". Design Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ by (28 November 2022). "London's Alleys: Sedley Place, W1". ianVisits. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Whitehead, Jennifer (1 October 2003). "Coca-Cola unveils intelligent billboard at Piccadilly Circus - advertising news - Campaign". Campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Sedley Place livery for Cardhu | News". Design Week. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Spirits News". The Drinks Report. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Typographic Abbreviations Series #2: VAG « MyFonts Musings". Myfonts.wordpress.com. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "VAG Rounded". Typedia. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ Stafford Cliff (2002). 50 Trade Secrets of Great Design Packaging. Rockport. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-56496-872-2.
- ^ "Unreal Press: Hed Kandi To Stretch Its Legs After Rebrand". Unreal-uk.com. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "DueDil". app.duedil.com.
- ^ "the johnson banks thought for the week". Johnsonbanks.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "2006 AGM". ATypI. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Lambie-Nairn". Lambie-Nairn. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ Paul Mcpherson Design. "About". Paul McPherson Design. Retrieved 13 October 2009.