Graphic Design Services | Blackstone Media

Design is not decoration. It is communication. Every visual your business puts into the world signals something to every person who sees it: what kind of company you are, whether to trust you, whether you are worth paying a premium for. Cheap design communicates cheap quality, regardless of how good your actual service is.

We produce design work that is built to brief, grounded in your brand identity, and targeted at your specific audience. Every asset we create reinforces the positioning your brand is built on.

Stock templates and cheap logo sites are not neutral. They actively damage your brand. When your visual identity looks the same as forty other businesses in your sector, you compete on price. When it looks premium, you command it.

Every project starts with a brief. We need to understand the audience, the objective, the channel, and the brand standards the work must conform to. Design without a brief produces beautiful work that misses the point.

We work to your existing brand guidelines, or we develop the visual standards as part of the project if none exist. Revisions are part of the process. We do not charge per round of feedback.

Yes. All source files in the original working format, plus exported versions in every format you need for use. You own the work.

Simple single assets: two to three business days. Larger batches or campaign-scale work: one to two weeks depending on scope and revision rounds. Rush delivery is available.

Yes, and this is how we prefer to work. Send us your brand guidelines and we apply them precisely. If your guidelines are incomplete or outdated, we will flag what is missing and recommend updates.

The most expensive design mistake is producing work that does not look like it comes from the same company. An Instagram graphic in one style, a pitch deck in another, business cards from a third. Every inconsistency tells a prospect that either the business does not have standards or multiple people with different briefs are producing its materials. Neither is what you want communicated before the sales conversation starts.

Brand consistency is not a design rule. It is a trust signal. The businesses that look like a cohesive, professional organisation across every touchpoint - their website, their social content, their proposals, their print materials - earn trust before any conversation happens. We work to whatever brand guidelines exist and we flag when those guidelines are being applied inconsistently.

Digital and print design share the same visual principles but have entirely different technical requirements. A file designed for print sent directly to a web developer is wrong. A web-resolution image sent to a printer produces a blurred result. The spec matters as much as the design.

Bad briefs produce expensive revisions. A brief that specifies what the design needs to achieve, who will see it, where it will appear, and what the brand standards are produces better first drafts and fewer revision rounds. The best briefs include examples of design the client likes and design they want to avoid, even if those examples are from other brands.

Design needs change as a business grows. A startup needs a minimum viable brand identity that can be executed consistently without a large design budget. A scaling business needs a design system that multiple team members can apply without a designer involved in every decision. An established business needs a brand refresh to reflect where it is now, not where it was when the original identity was created.

All source files in the original working format (Figma, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, or Photoshop depending on the work), plus exported production files in every format required for use: PNG and SVG for digital, PDF and EPS for print, animated GIF or MP4 for motion. File format requirements vary by use case and we confirm these during briefing.

Yes. We handle the technical requirements for both: CMYK conversion, bleed and crop marks, and print-ready PDF export for print; optimised file sizes, correct aspect ratios, and platform specifications for digital. If work is going to both channels, we design with both in mind from the start rather than adapting a digital design for print after the fact.

Yes. We often work with businesses whose materials have accumulated inconsistencies over time and need to be brought back into alignment. We assess the full suite of materials, identify what needs updating, and rebuild the off-brand items to the current brand standard. A brand consistency audit is included in this type of engagement.

Each platform has specific dimension requirements, safe zones, and format constraints. We design to the source specification and then produce platform-specific exports rather than scaling a generic asset down. This produces better results because the composition and text legibility are optimised for the specific format rather than compromised by scaling.

London design pricing ranges from £25 per hour for a junior freelancer to £150 per hour for a senior agency specialist. The difference is not experience alone. It is whether the work is designed to a brief or designed to taste, whether revisions are included or billed separately, and whether the deliverable is production-ready or needs fixing before it goes to print or live.

Project pricing is clearer than hourly rates for most briefs. A single social media template set: £300 to £800 depending on complexity. A pitch deck redesign: £600 to £2,000. A set of five digital ad creatives: £400 to £1,200. A brand collateral pack with business cards, letterhead, and email signature: £800 to £2,500. These are not cheap. They are also not the cost of getting it done twice when the first version cannot be used.

Businesses producing regular design output, social graphics, ad creatives, presentation updates, and event materials, quickly find that project pricing creates friction. Every brief requires a new scope, a new quote, a new approval process. A monthly design retainer removes that friction. You get a set number of design hours or assets per month, produced against a standing brief, delivered on a predictable schedule.

Retainers work best for businesses with consistent output requirements and established brand guidelines. The first month of a retainer covers the brief-setting and brand onboarding. From month two, production is fast because the designer knows your brand and your standards. Revision rates drop. Quality improves. The cost per asset falls compared to one-off projects.

The most expensive design mistakes are not about aesthetics. They are about process. Briefs that change after design is approved. Assets delivered in the wrong format for the supplier. Campaigns launched with off-brand materials that undermine the positioning the business has invested in building. Print files with no bleed, submitted to a printer at 11pm before a trade show.

Rush delivery for simple assets, a single social graphic or a business card layout, is typically 24 to 48 hours with a clearly briefed instruction. More complex work, pitch decks, campaign creative sets, or print-ready production files, cannot be safely rushed below three to five working days without compromising quality. We are honest about what rush timelines are realistic and what they cost. We do not promise two-day turnarounds on work that physically takes five days to do correctly.

Yes. If you have a design system, component library, or established brand guidelines, we work within them. Figma component libraries, Adobe CC library assets, and documented brand standards are all formats we work with directly. If your guidelines have gaps that are causing inconsistency, we will flag them and recommend updates, but we will not override your existing standards without a specific reason and your approval.

Yes. Exhibition graphics, banner stands, pop-up displays, and event collateral all have specific production requirements around format, resolution, and material. We produce print-ready files to the exact specification of your print supplier, including bleed, crop marks, and embedded fonts. For clients without an existing print relationship, we can recommend UK suppliers we have worked with and who consistently deliver accurate colour reproduction.

Send us your brief. We will show you what the work looks like before you commit.