In November, we launched a Fashion Marketing Consultancy Live Project, a collaboration between Grain and the Fashion Marketing team of the Fashion & Textiles Department, University of East London. The project, led by second-year UEL Fashion Marketing students, aims to help students understand what it’s like working in an agency environment and to further develop creative and … Read more

A £600m name that no-one will ever know. DAMAC, the Dubai-based property company, has been in the news lately as it has appointed Australia’s Lendlease to build the high rise property, now known as Aykon London One, on the site in Nine Elms Battersea London. The interiors of the 50-storey building have been designed by … Read more

I was very happy when the Grain team accepted my application to come to England to do a design internship! The three months I spent at Grain was a great experience for me and I found their working environment to be both professional and personal. I worked on a lot of great projects and with some reputable … Read more

We recently moved over to Google Apps, now called G Suite, and it was not a smooth ride. In fact, I was surprised how difficult it was even for someone considered to be relatively tech-savvy (moi) – I have a decent understanding of things like nameservers and different DNS records, perhaps just enough to be … Read more

When I’m not in the Grain office, I spend quite a lot of time painting and illustrating as well as working on self-initiated graphic design projects. My illustrations are mainly inspired by nature, people and fantasy fiction. Watercolour and chalk pastels are my favourite mediums to work with, as you’ll see. I find painting and illustrating … Read more

Autumn is on its way and we’ve been harvesting a few of our recent news updates to share with you. We have the launch of a new group of colleges, a new fashion brand, a brochure for an international school and lots more to share from Grain HQ.  In case you already have next year’s … Read more

GCSE student Emily joined us for a week to delve into the world of branding, design and marketing. We all enjoyed her initiative and upbeat personality! Emily says: My week at Grain was a really great eye opener as to what working in a successful and innovative design agency was like. The team at Grain challenged … Read more

This was the thought-provoking invitation the Grain team and I received from our Directors, prior to our summer team day out. As puzzled as I was, I knew it was going to be a lot of fun – it always is! “Meet at the V&A” was a big clue within the riddle, but I managed to refrain from looking … Read more

For the past 9 months I have been attempting to juggle a my job as Project & Studio Manager at Grain whilst studying a part-time Graphic Design course at Shillington College in London. It has been intense, hard work and slightly emotional, but having just graduated and still being allowed through the door at Grain, I can proudly … Read more

By Tim Verbakel The day I received a positive response from Grain was the start of a great adventure. I was invited to be a junior designer in London for three and a half months! Coming over from The Netherlands has been a great experience where I have learned a lot. Not only in graphic … Read more

Hello! I’m Elodie and back in my home country, France, I am studying graphic design at e-artsup. Every summer we are required to do an internship, and this summer, I have set myself the challenge of improving my English, in addition to my graphic mind and capabilities. Whilst searching for design studios abroad, I discovered … Read more

Grain warmly welcomes two new designers, Elodie Petitbon from France and Tommy Tura, an Italian native. Elodie will be with us until September, after which she will return to her studies at e-artsup in Nantes. We also celebrated Juli’s birthday. Our team is so fast that we managed to make two appearances in one panorama … Read more