Latest News and Sarah’s Notebook
Q&A | The Steves
The Steves was a term first coined by our client at Northern Stage. Both our sign installers are called Steve and they often tackle projects as a team, which can get a bit confusing. Steve H studied Design for Industry, a year behind me at Northumbria Uni and keeps...
Life Kitchen | Cookery School Launch Party
Ryan Riley is an inspirational young man with a clear vision of what he wants. In the space of 18 months he turned the seed of an idea he put out on twitter into a multi-award winning enterprise. Through Life Kitchen Ryan and his team deliver free cookery classes for...
#IMDDA | Ian
International Masterclass on Dementia Care, Design and Ageing at the University of Stirling on 15th May 2019 In 2019 I attended the DSDC (Dementia Services Development Centre) event at the University of Stirling with the purpose of building on the knowledge I gained...
Climate Positive Action with Ecologi
In October 2021, Picto joined Ecologi, an organisation that partners with climate projects worldwide to offset carbon emissions and – as an added bonus – plant trees. Ecologi makes it simple to take climate positive steps and plant trees where they're needed most,...
Why I’m fascinated by signs
Sign design has come a long way since I started out as an innocent young graduate working as a general designer for one of the country’s larger sign manufacturers back in 1989. My first few years of “proper work” were varied; designing packaging, furniture layouts,...