Treble Design

What Treble Design does

Treble Design is a privately held, boutique design consultancy founded in 2008 by Cem Ceylan and Elinor Ceylan, operating from Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, UK. The studio specialises in brand identity systems, editorial design, and brand communications, producing visual frameworks for major enterprises, international institutions, government bodies, and creative agencies across the UK and internationally. Its work spans identity programmes (Vodafone, VCCP, Pragmatic Semiconductor, Vietnamobile, Piermont, Juniper, Fuel), long-form publications and annual reports (NCSC Annual Review 2024, Islamic Development Bank Group 50th anniversary, Lloyds Banking Group sustainability reports, John Lewis trend reports, Waitrose Weekend, Norton Rose Fulbright, Neptune Energy, Little Freddie), and brand communications campaigns.

Name

Treble Design

Legal name

Treble Design Limited

Website

https://treble-design.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Treble Design is a UK-based boutique design consultancy creating brand identity systems, editorial design, and brand communications for enterprise clients, government bodies, and creative agencies across the UK and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

akta.pro primary industry

Visual Identity & Brand Design Systems (BPAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG)

Keywords

• Brand identity design
• Editorial design
• Visual identity systems
• Brand communications
• Design consultancy

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Design consultancy and project-based design services: Treble Design generates revenue through bespoke design project engagements. Services include brand identity systems, editorial design, publications, reports, campaigns, and digital experiences. Projects are delivered for clients across government, financial services, retail, energy, telecommunications, and charity sectors, as well as for creative agencies acting as intermediaries. Revenue is project-based and likely varies by scope, client size, and deliverable complexity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Treble Design is an independent design studio that develops brand identity systems, editorial design, and brand communications for organizations across financial services, retail, government, energy, and telecommunications. The studio also creates visual frameworks such as pictograms, infographics, and motion design assets, and operates as an execution partner for creative agencies on identity and editorial projects.

Product overview

Treble Design is a design studio (not a software product company) that offers a portfolio of design services across identity systems, editorial design and brand communications. Their core service areas include brand identity, publications, reports, campaigns, digital experiences, environmental graphics and wayfinding. The studio creates distinct deliverables for each client rather than a unified software platform—these include visual identity systems (such as Vodafone, VCCP, Pragmatic Semiconductor, Vietnamobile, Piermont, Juniper, Fuel), publications and reports (NCSC Annual Review, IsDB 50 Years, Lloyds Banking Group sustainability reports, John Lewis trend reports, Waitrose Weekend, Norton Rose Fulbright, Neptune Energy, Little Freddie), and brand communications campaigns (Human Digital research paper, Spun club nights). The studio operates as a project-based design consultancy rather than a product-based business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand Identity Systems Design and development of corporate identity programmes for organizations, including logo, visual system, and brand guidelines, delivered to enterprise and public-sector clients.
• Editorial Design & Publications Design of reports, publications, and editorial systems for organizations requiring long-form, typographically rigorous print and digital outputs.
• Brand Communications Design of brand communications collateral across multiple touchpoints for enterprise, public-sector, and consumer clients.
• Visual Frameworks & Motion Creation of visual frameworks such as pictograms, infographics, icons, and motion design assets that complement broader brand systems.
• Agency Execution Partnership Execution-partner service for creative agencies requiring additional identity and editorial design capacity on their projects.

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VCCPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVCCP is a globally recognised integrated communications agency headquartered in London with a network spanning multiple offices and disciplines. Treble worked with VCCP on The Change Foundation 40th anniversary book and co-developed the VCCP visual identity system. VCCP also referred The Change Foundation project to Treble.
• M&C SaatchicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerM&C Saatchi is a leading global communications agency. Treble collaborated with M&C Saatchi on the NCSC Annual Review 2024, providing editorial design for the cybersecurity review developed around the theme 'Threat-Led Resilience, Defending Democracy.'
• EmperorcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEmperor is a design and communications consultancy. Treble collaborated with Emperor on Lloyds Banking Group sustainability reporting and Neptune Energy annual report and accounts. Emperor brought strategic account management while Treble provided design execution.
• BlackwoodcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlackwood is a creative agency. Treble partnered with Blackwood on two Islamic Development Bank Group projects: the 2025 Annual Meeting visual identity in Algiers, and the 50th anniversary commemorative publication '50 Years of Solidarity, Impact and Hope.'
• Studio MooreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudio Moore is a creative agency. Treble collaborated with Studio Moore on the John Lewis & Partners 'How We Shop, Live and Look' trend report.
• Brand Union / Design Bridge and PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrand Union (now operating as Design Bridge and Partners) is a global brand design consultancy. Treble worked with Brand Union on Vodafone's global brand refresh visual identity system, translating the identity across retail, packaging, digital, campaign and communication applications.
• IndustrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry is a brand design agency. Treble partnered with Industry to help realise the strategic direction and visual identity for Pragmatic Semiconductor, building the brand around flexibility, precision and trust.
• WHAMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHAM is a creative agency. Treble worked with WHAM to evolve Vietnamobile's brand identity, supporting its ambition of becoming a digital lifestyle enabler for urban millennials while preserving existing brand equity.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pentagram: Largest independent design partnership, organized as a federation of partner-led design studios. Treble mirrors Pentagram's model but at boutique scale, with similarly craft-led identity, editorial, and brand communications work for major organisations.
• Mucho: Independent brand identity studio working across culture, publishing, tech, and institutions. Comparable positioning: craft-driven identity design with strong typographic emphasis, similar scale and editorial sensibility to Treble.
• Bureau Borsche: Munich-based design studio with comparable craft-led identity, editorial, and communication systems work for major cultural and corporate clients. Closest Continental European analogue to Treble's typographic craft and editorial-design emphasis.
• Design Bridge and Partners: Global brand design consultancy (formerly Brand Union), with whom Treble has directly collaborated on Vodafone. Comparable in identity systems, packaging, and editorial work, but operating at significantly larger scale as a global network.
• Manual: Boutique creative and design studio with a portfolio across identity, editorial, and digital experiences. Comparable specialist execution model with similar typographic craft focus and willingness to partner with larger agencies on complex briefs.
• Carter Wong: London-based brand identity consultancy with longstanding reputation for visual identity, editorial design, and brand systems work. Direct comparable in craft, geography, and identity-led offering for major institutional clients.
• OtherDays: Independent brand design studio specializing in visual identity and brand systems for ambitious organizations. Comparable specialist boutique model with similar client profile across sectors including cultural, commercial, and third-sector work.
• Koto: Boutique brand identity studio with global reach, focused on logo, identity systems, and verbal identity for ambitious challenger and enterprise brands. Highly comparable in craft-led approach and identity-led offering, though Koto leans more heavily into verbal branding.
• Ragged Edge: London-based independent brand design consultancy working with major UK and international brands on identity strategy, visual systems, and brand expression. Closest direct geographic and scale peer to Treble.

Regional players

• Frost*collective: Australia-based design and brand strategy consultancy with comparable brand identity, editorial, and publication capabilities. Similar scale and craft-led positioning, but operating primarily in Asia-Pacific rather than competing directly in UK/Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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