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I’m a Creative Director and Designer with over 15 years’ experience leading brand, editorial and exhibition projects across culture, publishing and design-led industries. My work combines conceptual clarity with a sharp material sensibility, shaping identities, campaigns and publications that are as thoughtful as they are visually distinctive.

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The constant in my work is structure – not as a fixed style, but as a way of thinking. I develop visual syntax that responds to tone, context and materiality, building systems that hold meaning, emotionally and semantically. Whether maximal or minimal, playful or precise, my role is to create work that feels alive to its subject.

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Pop culture, art, people-watching and semiotics inform how I see. I’m drawn to colour, composition, allegory and negative space – to the coded, the overlooked, the small shifts that alter perception. My process begins with noticing: fragmenting, overlaying, and shaping until the design develops its own internal logic and form.

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Collaboration is integral to this. I build design through conversation – careful listening, critical engagement, shared attention. Whether working with artists, editors, curators or brands, I believe in shaping meaning as a collective process, creating work that resonates and feels authentic to those involved.

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Editorial development is central to my practice. I work closely with contributors to shape publications with rhythm, voice and point of view, developing narrative structure and refining content through design. For me, editing and design are parallel acts – both concerned with how meaning is framed, paced and revealed. This approach informs everything from artist monographs and exhibition catalogues to campaign storytelling and brand worlds.

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My Fine Art training at Central Saint Martins continues to inform my approach – in composition, cultural reference and the poetics of image and form. I approach design as both lens and language: a way of translating content, framing experience, and making visible the uneasy border between meaning and beauty.

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I’m currently developing an independent magazine exploring the symbolic and emotional life of domestic objects – the things we live with, the stories they absorb, and what they reveal about taste, memory and class.

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Design, for me, is a way of paying attention: to structure, to surface, to people, to culture – and finding form for what might otherwise go unnoticed.

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AREAS OF PRACTICE

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My practice spans design, editorial direction, and creative consultancy – working across disciplines to shape visual identities, publications, campaigns, and experiences that are as conceptually rich as they are visually refined.

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Creative Direction & Visual Identity

  • Creative direction for cultural and commercial projects

  • Development of brand identities and visual systems

  • Exhibition identity and spatial design

  • Art direction for photography, brand and editorial 

  • Visual design and marketing for film and TV projects

  • Design for albums, packaging and tour materials​​

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Editorial Design & Publishing

  • Book and catalogue design from concept to production

  • Exhibition catalogues and interpretive print materials

  • Artists’ book design in collaboration with artists

  • Editorial direction and commissioning of publications

  • Typographic systems and design for long-form content

  • Multi-format publishing strategies and independent editorial projects

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Material & Production Consultancy

  • Packaging design and print production

  • Materials research and sensory-led design consultation

  • Print, finishing, and fabrication oversight across media

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Creative Leadership & Project Direction

  • Freelance and embedded creative direction across brand, publishing and cultural projects

  • Assembling and managing tailored creative teams

  • Overseeing multidisciplinary collaborations 

  • Acting as lead creative and point of contact across strategy, design and production

AWARDS

2025 â€‹â€‹

2023 â€‹â€‹

2021​​

2018 â€‹â€‹

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COLLABORATORS​​

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People and organisations I have had the pleasure of working with and for include:

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Joe Lycett, Royal Academy of Arts, Chisenhale GalleryNIkita Gale, Carter Wong Design, Orion BooksThomas Dane GalleryNahmad Projects, Thaddeus RopacThe Rothschild Foundation, Winsor & Newton, Gilbert & George, The Gilbert & George CentreUnit LondonPaul McCartneyTIn Drum, Sony BMG, Hurtwood BooksSee-Saw Films, Walead Beshty, Beyond Fiction, BBC Australia, Murphy & Partners, The Sainsbury Centre, Based Upon, Heni PublishingThe Value Engineers, That Book, Literary Friction, Fair Square#PinYourThanks, Leticia Valverdes, The Art Fund.

Joe Lycett, comedian & artist

“Working with Billie was a personal and professional highlight for me. I know no one with such a deep understanding of design and print. Working alongside her made me improve as a designer thanks to her generous help across all aspects of the project. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again."

Want to discuss a project? Let’s talk.

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© 2025 Billie Temple

Billie Temple Design | Art Director & Graphic Designer | London

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