2h design is a graphic design consultancy specialising in design for print set up by Ned Hoste and Alison Hepburn. The core skill of 2h is information organisation, we present your company's information in the way the customer needs to read it. Whether the material is being read in a book, online, in an email or on a printed document they won't unless it is well organised and is consistent with the company's graphical style. We have helped many companies and organisation build trust with their customers and future clients by building a strong corporate style.
Over the past 24 years 2h has developed extensive knowledge in design for publishing with experience in the UK, US and international markets and marketing, corporate identity, PR and . 2h’s clients include; Random House, IHM services Ltd (marketing consultancy - I am their art director on a consultancy basis) Nick Hern Books, D&S Books (book packagers working primarily in US markets) Ray Mears, Hodder Headline Publishers, Colman Getty PR, among many.
2h has worked with Ray Mears since 2001 with Bushcraft in the top 10 bestseller lists for 3 months in 2002 and is pushing a total sales figure of 100,000 books in hardback and a similar number in paperback (as at Summer 2007). Ray Mears Bushcraft Survival has been in top 10 bestseller lists since publication in April 2005. 2h now also designs all the packaging and marketing material for Ray training company Woodlore. 2h has also designed the book celebrating the 100th anniversary of Foyles bookshop in London.
One of the major projects of the recent years has been a private press book about one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones, with contributions from the band and many other notable names from rock music of the last 40 years. This project I art-directed designed and was involved with sourcing printers, binders and helping supervise print and pre-press aspects of the project. I have also recently conducted a similar service for an author who has self published a book on business ethics, Ethicability, for which I also sourced the illustrator and printer and project managed the production from concept to finished copies.
2h has thrived over the years by developing a strong business relationship with our clients, providing a high level of service tailored to each customer’s specific requirements. We have worked with some of our clients for over 18 years and believe that a personal service and the continuity of approach helps develop an ability to identify the problems of each individual client and leads to better design solutions.
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