About
Clarity, Concept and Craft
Transmission partners with local and international clients from its studio in Southern Spain. Founded by Stuart Tolley, the studio brings together a bespoke network of designers, developers, photographers, illustrators, and writers to solve creative problems.
Helping you understand, rather than simply assume, what the problem is. This stage involves asking the right questions and listening to you.
The concept development and ideation stage phase helps you to define the challenge so we can create a bespoke solution.
Creating a response that clearly answers the problem, seeking inspiration and collaborating with a range of different sources.
Delivering a creative response with our expert knowledge of the creative process, from conception, ideation, design development, through to project management.
Meet the founder
He is the author of two visual culture books, MIN: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design and Collector's Edition: Innovative Packaging and Graphics, which are both published by Thames & Hudson.
“Transmission’s precise and stripped-down vision serves the subject matter well. Their art direction maintains uniform backgrounds in cool neutral shades of pale blue and cream with a defined horizon line to keep the distraction level down and allow viewers to focus on the work.” ”
Collector's Edition is a new art book by Stuart Tolley that offers a visual survey of collectible, limited edition album packaging. Appropriately, the book is getting its own one-of-a-kind packaging in an edition of 10, and they're a doozy: hand drawn artwork by music and design icons. It's called the "Artist Cover Bomb Series".
"This beautifully-bound, well-curated new book by Stuart Tolley takes a look at recent packaging triumphs in books, music and more. Projects are matched with interviews with some design’s most innovative thinkers, from Irma Boom to Stanley Donwood."
Collector's Edition is a new art book by Stuart Tolley that offers a visual survey of collectible, limited edition album packaging. Appropriately, the book is getting its own one-of-a-kind packaging in an edition of 10, and they're a doozy: hand drawn artwork by music and design icons. It's called the "Artist Cover Bomb Series".
"Collector's Edition is a new art book by Stuart Tolley that offers a visual survey of collectible, limited edition album packaging. Appropriately, the book is getting its own one-of-a-kind packaging in an edition of 10, and they're a doozy: hand drawn artwork by music and design icons. It's called the "Artist Cover Bomb Series".
"MIN is a time capsule of its era, simultaneously computational and artisanal, and bold in its simplicity."
We specialise in the creation of brand identities, editorial design, website design and build, copywriting, print management and image creation.
We create work that's timeless, with an emphasis on clarity, concept, and craft. We achieve this through art direction, strategy and typography led graphic design.
We work with clients in the arts, culture, lifestyle and publishing industries. We've developed the typographic branding and strategy for Falmouth University, created the editorial branding and strategy for Denison Yachting, directed a motion trailer and exhibition for Sci-Fi-London Film Festival, and have written visual culture articles for The Vinyl Factory, Quarterly Magazine, and It's Nice That. We've also worked on projects for The Smithsonian Institution, Fraser Yachting, Bloomsbury, Wella Professionals, Glenmorangie, and Blue River Technology.
Yes, we create written, audio and video content. We have written two visual culture books, published by Thames & Hudson, and regularly write about graphic design for online platforms. We have also produced podcast interviews, video interviews, and we curate Transmission Publishing, a series of exclusive interviews documenting the creative process behind cover sleeve artwork for new music releases.
Of course! It's an honour and we're always happy to present professional practise talks to inspire students and creative professionals. We've spoken at Brighton University, Falmouth University, PackaKucha, LABASAD School of Design in Barcelona, Soho House, Monocle Radio, Nicer Tuesday's, Design Brighton and hosted a panel talk at The Barbican in London.
