Perks Willis Design is a graphic design partnership specialising in producing highly creative design solutions to suit each individual client’s needs, from corporate identities, brochures and leaflets through to exhibitions and packaging.

What sets us apart is our capacity for original thought, and the fact that we care passionately about what we do.

We are large enough to handle full scale exhibitions and new corporate branding, but small enough to provide an efficient, professional, personalised service. This is reflected in the loyalty of our clients and the percentage of repeat business we receive.

Our client list covers a large spectrum of businesses of all sizes from international broadcasters to local retailers. We have a proven track record in helping businesses grow and increase their profits many times over. Our clients include the BBC, the Natural History Museum, English Heritage, Reader’s Digest, the Eaton Group, various charities, and many clients in the educational, publishing and catering sectors.

All commissions are designed and implemented by the two partners, Sue Perks and Jeff Willis who take your project through from conception to completion. When you call, you speak directly to the person working on your project, either Jeff or Sue. This gives us complete control at all times and keeps the creative focus and budget clear for our clients.

Our work blends together the disciplines of graphic design and information design – a powerful combination based on logic, creative flair and a wealth of experience.

MORE ABOUT US: Perks Willis Design was established by Sue Perks and Jeff Willis who met during their post graduate studies at the Royal College of Art. Sue’s specialist area is graphic information design, Jeff’s is corporate design and branding. Their business benefits by the blending of these two disciplines, providing a unique approach to solving design problems.

The partnership has been working successfully for over 15 years, and over this period, they have successfully maintained and developed enduring working relationships with their much valued clients. Most of the work undertaken to date has been for the media, educational, and catering sectors.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE WORKED WITH: BBC English Regions: brochure design: ‘Connecting England, our community vision’, a training booklet to raise the profile of regional journalism and media production. Exhibition design: ‘New broadcasting boundary changes in the South East of England’. Calendar design: BBC South East. Booklet design: BBC London. Corporate design: BBC Heritage corridor design promoting TV, online and radio programming. BBC Nations & Regions: design of booklet on Regional Television News 2000. Design of booklet on ‘Going Digital, the challenge for BBC regional journalism’. Publication design: ‘The Century Speaks’, to invite contribution, generate response and interest from the British public for the BBC millennium oral history project, consisting of 16 programmes broadcast nationwide dealing with society, social and industrial developments and changing values over the last century. Design of information guides: promoting public access, format and use of ‘Ceefax’ facility. Design of ‘Connecting in a Crisis’, a booklet for emergency planners on how to work with the BBC in times of crisis. BBC Worldwide: publicity design and design of a trade exhibition. Boots plc: packaging design: manicure range and compression hosiery. British Airways: packaging design, in-flight, pre-packed meals, produced in consultation with Farish Associates. British Red Cross: exhibition and publicity design produced in collaboration with Exhibition Plus celebrating the history and high profile work of the charity. Carluccio’s: packaging design, exterior & interior design of Carluccio’s Neal Street retail outlet and Market Place café, work produced in conjunction with Jonathan Stewart and Priscilla Carluccio (recognized as unique individual branding by ‘Creative Review’ in an article published in 1998). Commonwealth Institute: annual report and accounts. Crestwood School: design of school prospectus. Andrew Davidson Illustrator: book design ‘Pages to View’, a ten year retrospective of one of Britain’s leading commercial illustrators. The Eaton Group: complete corporate identity, branding design and implementation. Also design of brochures, promotional material, and interior and exterior designs for staff restaurants. English Heritage: design of exhibition and publicity informing the public of significant Roman archeological finds made in the grounds of Carlisle Castle, work produced in collaboration with Exhibition Plus. Hereford College of Art & Design: prospectus design and College promotional material. Herman Miller: promotional literature design for special events. ISS Management Consultants: corporate identity design, and implementation including the design of the company launch brochure. JSP Accountants: corporate Identity design, and full implementation. Also design of calendars and promotional material. J Walter Thompson: graphic design assistance for ‘Kit Kat’ press (magazines) campaign. London Borough of Merton: design of special events material for annual arts festivals and carnival activities. Design of leaflets, posters and pamphlets reflecting educational, environmental and social concerns. Design of information highlighting concerns about social needs, sensitive ethnic and racial mixes and political tensions. Presentation of material through specifically sited exhibitions dealing with matters of local importance and celebration. Promotion of historical and natural attractions. The design of the graphic house style for Wimbledon Studio Theatre. Leaflets and public displays promoting the local wildlife and woodland walks. Design of Millennium Oak commemorative leaf artifact and almost everything from t-shirts to street furniture. Andrzej Klimowski Graphic Artist: A Retrospective Exhibition: design of catalogue, publicity and exhibition celebrating the graphic art of Andrzej Klimowski. Klimowski ‘Day for Night’: design of publicity for an exhibition of paintings and prints. Minale Tattersfield & Partners: book design: ‘The Image Maker’ published by Edward Booth-Clibbon. Natural History Museum: brochure design to encourage company sponsorship of major permanent exhibitions within the museum. Design of defense document lobbied at members of the government for the ‘Ecology exhibition’ prior to the construction of architect Ian Richie’s design. Design of fund raising brochure to maintain and support a proposed Bird Gallery. Design of gallery specific signing for ‘Dinosaurs’, one of the Museum’s major permanent exhibitions. Design and production management of some of the Museum’s main internal directory signs and styling for wall mounted directional signs. Graphic design for ‘From the Beginning’ exhibition, part of the Earth Sciences galleries in the refurbished section of the Museum, work produced in collaboration with Exhibition Plus. Graphic design for ‘Rhythms of Life’, an International touring exhibition, work produced in collaboration with Exhibition Plus. Newsweek International: corporate development and brochure design. Oberon Books: typographic styling for plays, cover designs produced in collaboration with Andrzej Klimowski (illustrator). Design of ‘In Rehearsal at the National’ a book of behind the scenes photography celebrating 25 years of theatre productions. Design of ‘161 Images by Johan Perssons’, a book showing his photographs of dancers at the Royal Ballet. Design of Sir Peter Hall’s book ‘Shakespeare’s Advice to the Players’. Oneworld Publishing: typographic styling for a range of titles on philosophical writings, cover designs produced in collaboration with Andrzej Klimowski (illustrator). RAF Coastal Command: design of a memorial sited in Westminster Abbey commemorating the contribution made by the people working in the service and accompanying appeal brochure. Royal College of Art: packaging design: wine labels for the Senior Common Room produced in collaboration with Andrzej Klimowski (illustrator). Design of ‘The Royal College of Art Cookery Book’. RSPCA: design of Visitor Centre produced in collaboration with Exhibition Plus. University of Brighton: Chelsea School Centenary exhibition marking 100 years of physical education and design of accompanying merchandising material. Book design: ‘Hove Pioneers and the Arrival of Cinema’. Design of course literature: School of Art and Design. Design of logos and corporate literature for CoAvant, Etc design, James McGowan, David Erwood, Impact Print and a whole lot more over the years. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL