Groundbreaking ethical business scheme

design.coop is the creative website of Calverts, the communications co-operative.

We design and produce integrated print and web based media. Our studio teams deliver effective and striking visual identities, outdoor visuals and exhibitions, marketing campaigns, websites and high quality, sustainable, cost effective print.

+44 (0)20 7739 1474
info@calverts.coop
9-10 The Oval
Bethnal Green
London E2 9DT

our approach

Design for the real world

What kind of designers are we? Sensitive, creative, expert, attentive and absolutely professional, say clients.

When you work with Calverts, you're not buying a Calverts house style. You're tapping into a flexible resource of experience, creativity and project management know how which will deliver your visuals, campaigns, publications, websites and marketing collateral on time, on budget and on brand.

Designing for the real world means developing solutions that are not just beautiful and engaging, but also mindful of resources and people. We work with our clients to deliver printed and electronic communications that are financially and environmentaly sustainable. To us, this means no wasted words, no wasted materials and no wasted effort; or, as someone once said, designing on the principle that 'less is more'.

we like this

Little Press

Take some cast metal type, add parts of a radio cassette player, a wooden block, some assorted rods, a little copper, and a large helping of creative nous to get this fantastic little letterpress machine. Click here to see a short video on the project or here for more detail.

Sustainability in design

Calverts has been accredited as a SEE company.

Aimed at building public trust in socially and environmentally responsible business, the SEE Companies initiative breaks new ground by being the only scheme that accredits companies - not individual products - across a broad range of social, environmental and ethical (SEE) issues. It is also fully transparent with both the questions asked and responses given published for public scrutiny on the SEEcompanies.com website.

Calverts has in effect published a detailed business manifesto by participating in the SEE scheme. To read about our practice and policy on everything from the environment to marketplace ethics to employee participation, or to find out more about SEE companies, go to http://tinyurl.com/6o8p6b