Creative State

Creative State is a design studio that for years ran alongside its sister studio IfLooksCouldKill. The owners have since split the roles: IfLooksCouldKill now handles all identity, print and digital design, while Creative State holds the team's own interests and side projects.

What Creative State offers

• Graphic Good — a charity project selling limited-edition prints by artists, designers and illustrators to raise funds for good causes.
• Ideas Engine — an internal practice set up to help clients improve their business or projects, with articles, interviews and workshops planned.
• Design referral — identity, print and web design enquiries are passed to IfLooksCouldKill.

Who it works with

Past partners named by the team include Scottish Borders Council, the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Crescent spa hotel.

Key facts

• Team: creative director Sarah Jane and digital director Jonathan
• Experience: almost 30 years of combined design, digital and project management experience
• Sister studio: IfLooksCouldKill