Polytechnic is a collaborative graphic design studio creating thoughtful, crafted work that brings lasting value to the built environment, community projects and the cultural sector.
Our approach is informed by social responsibility, site-oriented practice and sustainability. With a focus on research, collaboration, considered strategy and executional detail, we produce purposeful, enduring work that resonates with its context and audience.
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All project photography by Thomas Adank except for Almari and Shepherd’s Bush Market (Sam Bush), and Siding product photography (Sam A Harris).
- Artangel
- ASSEMBLE
- The Architecture Foundation
- Barbican
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Frequencies Institute
- Greater London Authority
- Hackney Council
- Hospital Rooms
- iniva
- Iceland University of the Arts
- Leeds College of Art
- Mandy El—Sayegh
- Natalino
- Shepherd’s Bush Market
- The Place Bureau
- Towner Eastbourne
- University College London
- Art Direction
- Editorial Design
- Environmental Graphic Design
- Exhibition Design
- Print Production
- Type Design
- Visual Identity Design
- Website Design + Code
- International Society of Typographic Designers, Certificate of Excellence [2024]
- AJ Retrofit Awards, w/Mooradian Studio [2024]
- It’s Nice That [2024]
- Dezeen [2024]
- Fonts in Use [×8 Staff Picks, 2018–24]
- The Brand Identity [2023]
- The Brand Identity [2021]
- Dezeen Awards [2020]
- It’s Nice That [2019]
- GRAFIK Magazine [2018]
We are a multidisciplinary studio led by Arthur Carey (LCC, Leeds College of Art) and Georgia Cherry (RCA), with distinct but complementary backgrounds in arts and humanities.
Senior team
Arthur Carey (he/him) trained in graphic design at London College of Communication and Leeds College of Art. Arthur leads on design and art direction, specialising in typography and editorial design.
Georgia Cherry (she/her) is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and joined the studio from a background in research, exhibitions and publishing. Georgia leads on research, strategy and production.
Previous designers: Jen George, Oliver Wingard, Daniel Johns, Evie Crook, Ed Seymour and William Thurman.
Pathways: A Type of Communication,
organised by Elliott Wang
w/Samar Maakaroun (Pentagram), Mark El-khatib and Adam Tarasewicz
LSA, London
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CSM MArch Architecture
‘Catford Calling’ publication workshop
Central Saint Martins, London
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Talk for Assemble’s EPFL Studio
‘Graphic Design can ruin a building’
EPFL, Lausanne
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Greater London Authority:
Emerging Practices and Designers
w/Office S&M and JA Projects
City Hall, London
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AA Summer School [Unit 2]
Soaked: Conversation on Water, panel
Architectural Association, London
