Graphics.coop

Graphics.coop is a small worker co-operative near Edinburgh, Scotland. It focuses on graphic design and printing for public sector and third sector organisations, in Scotland and further afield. The team says its aim is to make good design affordable for groups working on worthwhile causes.

What Graphics.coop does

• Graphic design: publications and campaign material for charities and public bodies.
• Annual reports: several examples are shown, including reports for victim support and archaeology organisations.
• Research reports and packs: layouts for research projects and key-findings infographics.
• Campaign material: designs for awareness weeks.
• Printing: a print service offered alongside the design work.

Customers and markets

Its clients are public sector and third sector organisations, mainly in Scotland.

Key facts

• Based in: near Edinburgh, Scotland
• Structure: worker co-operative, and a member of Co-operatives UK and the workers.coop federation
• Team: a small company led by a design director and a business director
• History: the two directors have worked together since the 1990s; the current company continued the design and print side of a former co-operative when it split in May 2019