I design books, prints and identities that people keep.
Cover and interior design for independent publishers, print series for galleries and shops, and visual identities for small businesses that want to look like themselves.
Selected work
Night Pages
Cover and interior design for a short-story anthology
Riverside Paint Co.
Colour naming system and swatch book
Field Notes
Reissue of natural history prints, set of twelve
The Framing Room
Identity, shopfront lettering and print shop display
Small Hours
Typesetting for a memoir
Hollow Tree Press
Website design for an independent publisher
Saltmarsh Ceramics
Logo and label system for a pottery studio
Kiln Classes
Booking site for a pottery school, from first sketches
Night Pages
Cover and interior design for a short-story anthology
Riverside Paint Co.
Colour naming system and swatch book
Field Notes
Reissue of natural history prints, set of twelve
The Framing Room
Identity, shopfront lettering and print shop display
Small Hours
Typesetting for a memoir
Hollow Tree Press
Website design for an independent publisher
Saltmarsh Ceramics
Logo and label system for a pottery studio
Kiln Classes
Booking site for a pottery school, from first sketches
What I can help with
Book design
Covers, interiors and typesetting for fiction, non-fiction and poetry, with print-ready files and ebook exports.
Visual identity
A logo, type and colour system for a small business, with simple guidelines your team can actually follow.
Posters and print series
Exhibition graphics, event posters and limited print runs, prepared with your printer from proof to press.
Websites for publishers and makers
Clear, fast sites that put your books or products first, designed to be easy for you to update.
Hello, I’m Lena
I trained as a typesetter before I called myself a designer, and I still start every project with the words. I work alone, so you talk to the person doing the work from first sketch to final proof. Most of my clients are small publishers, galleries and independent shops in the north of England.
Good design should make the reading easier, not louder.
Book an intro call
A free 20-minute call to talk through what you are making and when you need it. I reply to every request within two working days with a time that suits us both.
When I take calls
Monday – Thursday: 10am – 5pm Fridays are kept for studio work
Prefer to call?
(202) 555-0138
Tell me about your project