Web Design South East London & Graphic Design Digital Agency, Kent

Passionate About The Detail

Graphite Design have been quietly working alongside our customers for over 20 years, helping them communicate their ideas and aspirations as effectively as possible. Business cards, booklets, banners, catalogues, reports, brochures, CD covers, exhibition materials and much more.

Good design delivers results and its importance should never be taken for granted. If you want to get your message across, creative, efficient design, supported by quality printing is key, talk to us, we're here to help.

On 29th September 2014 RCM members in England made history by voting YES to take industrial action. Graphite created and developed the brand for the campaign, as well designing, printing and supplying flyers, booklets, posters, brochures, placards, banners, etc, publicising and promoting the consultation and subsequent industrial action (marches, meetings, etc.) throughout England and Northern Ireland.

Royal College of Midwives - Pay Campaign Poster

Royal College of Midwives - Strike Action

Royal College of Midwives - Pay Campaign

The Global Midwifery Twinning Project (GMTP) was a three-year multi-country partnership in the Health Partnership Scheme (HPS). The RCM formed twinning partnerships with midwifery associations in Uganda, Cambodia and Nepal, sending midwife volunteer RCM members to each twinned country. Graphite were commissioned to design the brand, logo and supporting material for the project.

The RCM is pushing to protect maternity services – they want better funding and more resources to relieve the pressures mothers are feeling, and helping them understand the care they should be getting. Graphite was commissioned to produce a series of five mini reports looking into different aspects that relate to, or are affected by the shortage of resources while caring for women in the postnatal period.

In early 2106 The RCM rebranded their identity. Their previous style was refreshed to modernise the look and feel of their design elements. Creating a consistent logo and brand identity reinforced their presence and expressed their organisation’s values and strategic direction. Graphite was assigned to implement the new brand across all design and print based communications, e.g. Annual Reports and Annual Review.

The Royal College of Midwives

The Royal College of Midwives is the only trade union and professional association dedicated to serving midwifery and the whole midwifery team. They provide workplace advice and support, professional and clinical guidance and information, and learning opportunities with their broad range of events, conferences and online resources. Our agency has been working with the Royal College of Midwives since 2008, involved in digital design and printing numerous ephemera for campaigns, events and publications.

Pay Campaign
Global Midwifery Twinning Project
Pressure Points
Annual Review

The Undertones

The Undertones need no introduction, with their legendary first single, Teenage Kicks, being hailed by John Peel as his all-time favourite song. Emerging from Derry in 1978, they had actually formed in 1975. The line up featured the O’Neill brothers – John and Damian on guitars, Michael Bradley on bass, Billy Doherty on drums and Feargal Sharkey on vocals. In 2007 Graphite were commissioned to design the artwork and subsequent marketing campaign for their album “Dig Yourself Deep”.

Senate Grand Prix

Senate Grand Prix specialises in providing F1 teams, drivers and sponsors, as well as a vast array of corporate and private clients with the finest hotel accommodation and race viewing hospitality for the world’s most glamorous race - The Monaco Grand Prix. In 2015 Graphite were commissioned to design the passes and supporting marketing material for the race.

Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid

Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid (formerly Bromley Women's Aid) provide high-quality services to anyone fleeing domestic abuse. Their staff and volunteers provide frontline services, including refuge support, outreach support and awareness programmes and head office administration. Volunteers work across the organisation alongside paid staff. In 2012 Graphite re-branded BWA and in 2015 they merged with Croydon Women's Aid. Graphite continue to work with them to this day.

London International Youth Science Forum

London International Youth Science Forum

LIYSF is a two week residential event held at Imperial College London, with lectures and demonstrations from leading scientists, visits to industrial sites, research centres, scientific institutions and organisations, including world class laboratories and universities. For a number of years Graphite have been comissioned by Hospitality Line to provide the design style for the event programme.

Logo / brand identity for Southern Soul, UK soul punk outfit Southport's third album.

Variation of logo / brand identity for clothing label, Moneybagz.

Logo / brand identity for bakerstreat, cake designers, makers and bakers in South London.

Logo / brand identity for BGFX, oscar winning makeup effects company providing photo-realistic characters for film and TV.

Logo / brand identity for Catherine Southon, antiques expert specialising in scientific instruments and maritime works, for four BBC antiques programmes and Sothebys.

Logo / brand identity for Gas, a Sheffield based contemporary arts organisation.

Logo / brand identity for Guildmore, a design-led company, creating and constructing intelligent, imaginative, high quality and cost-effective properties.

Logo / brand identity for Indoor Play Club, specifically designed to meet the needs of children's indoor play centres, devised by Morton Michel.

Logo / brand identity for the UK based development company, Mertocom.

Logo / brand identity and illustration for UK based band, Rook Raven Crow.

Stationery and brand identity for CSM logistics, providers of UK, European and Worldwide parcel delivery services.

Cover for Emma Micallelef's cake baking and decorating book, Cakes Make Memories.

Large format poster for an eighties night at the Grapes Bar in Gravesend, Kent.

Brand Identity and Miscellaneous

Graphite have re-branded and designed hundreds of logos for various companies and organisations, reflecting perfectly, the desired image for the client. Along with their expertise in all aspects of print design, you can see many exceptional examples, created for their clients as part of a complete brand solution.

Brand Identity / Logos
CSM Logistics
Cakes Make Memories
The Grapes Bar

Creativity & Expertise

Web designers since the early days, we've seen it all come and go, we evolve with the technology, it fires us up and the results are seen by millions of people across the globe each and every day.

Your web site is often the first introduction your business makes with a potential customer. It needs to grab their attention and pull their mouse away from the back button within a few seconds at the most.

How will they find you? What will keep them interested long enough for you to have a chance to get your message across? How will they contact you? How will they find how to contact you? Websites are much more than simple pages of information, they have to be eye-catching, fast loading, correctly written so they can be read by search engines, they have to say the right things to the search engines, they have to be easy to use and finally look good so they capture your visitors' interest.

It's not as easy as you might think. We've been doing it for a long time, and as end-to-end providers we are mindful of the technological as well as the creative issues associated with web sites and their cousins mobile apps.

A simple WordPress-based solution, an e-commerce site, a complex application integrating with web services from third-parties, small, medium or large, we should be on your list when it comes to discussing your next project.

CSM Logistics

csmlogistics.co.uk

Our web design agency worked with CSM Logistics offering a complete package to meet bespoke requirements. Designed, built, hosted and maintained by Graphite, this complex site manages the quoting, booking, collection and tracking of thousands of parcels across the globe every day. Integration with third-party eCommerce sites via an XML API gives third-party developers the ability to manage shipping operations from within their own sites - calculating exact shipping costs at checkout and arranging collections within their own sites.

Catherine Southon

catherinesouthon.co.uk

Established in 2012 by BBC antiques expert Catherine Southon, their focus is to provide a professional personable service tailored to your individual needs. Catherine Southon Auctioneers and Valuers comprises a small team who have earned an enviable reputation for selling interesting and high quality antiques, jewellery and collectables, often sourced from private local collections.

Oolong Hair

oolonghair.com

Oolong is a boutique hair salon located in the exclusive and charming Shad Thames area on the South Bank by Tower Bridge. The river and cobbled streets give the area a quiet and relaxed atmosphere. Oolong aim to recreate that ambience in the salon, giving clients some me-time, whilst listening to their wishes and achieving results to make them look their very best.

Miso

misonoodlebar.co.uk

Miso are a group of restaurants offering authentic pan Asian food with a modern twist.Since opening in 1999, they have been offering affordable, healthy and tasty food. They still strive to improve with every day. Once your order has been placed, their Soho trained chefs prepare fresh ingredients and stir fry in woks to deliver the ultimate eating experience. Speed, quality and flavor is of the essence, but their cooking still ensures maximum nutritional values. Miso offer noodles, rice dishes, side orders and dim sum.

Morton Michel

mortonmichel.com

Morton Michel started as a small gem of an idea 45 years ago, and is now the market leader in childcare insurance, providing cover for around 17,000 childminders and nannies, 8000 nurseries and playgroups, 5000 out of school clubs and holiday play schemes, as well as numerous other social and voluntary groups connected with childcare. Morton Michel also has a successful range of business products, as well as a busy motor, general and commercial department. The childminder organiser, fire blankets and other childcare related products, such as puppets, can be purchased through their eShop.

CID Pest Control

cidpestcontrol.co.uk

CID Pest Control, based in Kent, provide customers in London and the South East with a comprehensive range of services for the prevention, control and elimination of pests that pose a threat to health, homes, and businesses. Pests cause considerable stress, damage to property, harm the reputation of your business and create financial loss. They focus on their customers needs ensuring a smooth experience that will meet your expectations.

Greenwich Partners

greenwichpartners.co.uk

Greenwich Partners are an established search and selection firm focused on equity research, private equity, asset management, corporate finance and strategic planning recruitment. Since their establishment in 2003, they have completed in excess of 500 mandates for a significant range of blue chip banks, plcs, private equity funds, brokers and asset managers. This site, designed and built by Graphite allows candidates the ability to search and apply for positions through the website. Graphite also created the Greenwich Partners logo and brand identity.

A.C.Wilgar

acwilgar.co.uk

Established in 1985, A.C.Wilgar's unique combination of reliability, integrity & wealth of experience in the highly specialised field of gas central heating & plumbing that gives them a reputation that customers trust time after time. They employ all their staff, always charge exactly what they quote and complete their work to the highest standards of workmanship. If you are based in Kent and South East London contact them today for a free no-obligation quote.

Rawstone Hire

rawstonehire.co.uk

Rawstone Hire is an independently owned company who specialise in contractors plant, tool hire and self drive vehicle hire. Currently they have depots at Godstone in Surrey and Riverhead in Sevenoaks, Kent. Their hire fleet is constantly upgraded so they can offer modern, well presented equipment for hire at competitive prices. Their friendly and experienced staff will be happy to discuss all your hire needs. In 2012 Graphite built their website which is packed with information on the extensive range of products and services available from Rawstone Hire.

Wickham Bay Seafood Restaurant

wickhambay.com/

At Wickham Bay Seafood Restaurant they constantly aspire to provide high quality food within a tranquil environment for your taste buds to take control and experience the freshness of their fish in a variety of ways simply not available elsewhere. Their menu includes Oyster’s with Champagne, Grilled Fish options and Chef’s Specials like Octopus. Of course they cannot forget Traditional Fish & Chips made with their secret batter mix and fresh responsibly sourced fish which is also available for take away.

Ward Antique Fireplaces

wardantiquefireplaces.co.uk

Ward Antique Fireplaces was first established in 1977 with their first shop situated on the Woolwich Road in London. They started off selling both antiques and reclaimed fireplaces before realizing their niche in the market and concentrating solely on reclaimed/original/antique fireplaces. Since then the fireplace trade has grown considerably but they believe that Ward Antique Fireplaces still offer the very best in service and quality. Today they have 2 retail outlets and an expanding business. They have the largest selection of fully restored original cast iron fireplaces within the UK.

Cannon Cars

cannoncars.co.uk

Cannon Cars were formed in 1989 and are a family run business which prides itself in offering an extremely high level of service at very competitive rates. Cannon Cars are the largest private hire / mini cab / courier company in the local area and among the largest in the south east of England. They offer an extremely high level of service at very competitive rates. The site also consists of a ‘web booking service’ via the online booker service to book directly into their dispatch system, allowing you to also choose your preferred method of payment.