

Typographic design in art galleries
As a typographer and exhibition designer, I often work with art galleries and museums designing branding and signage for exhibitions. I love working with old oil paintings from different eras, choosing fonts for caption cards, vinyl text on gallery walls and in printed catalogues to help create an immersive world for the visitor. Fonts for Fine Art My font choice changes for each exhibition design, inspired by the art on display and the period in art history when it was mad

Briony Hartley
Feb 164 min read


What does a book designer actually do?
I have designed hundreds of books, and am passionate about the power of elegant design and a clear visual hierarchy to transform the reading experience. Years of my life have been spent arranging Word documents and digital images into lovely tactile objects we can hold in our hands, that are sent across the world to find their readers. It exciting, for me, but I often get a blank face and a puzzled look if I tell someone I design books, and they say, 'But what do you actually

Briony Hartley
Apr 16, 20234 min read


Museum Branding Design: to celebrate a centenary
Designing a brand refresh to celebrate the museum's 100th anniversary.

Briony Hartley
Dec 7, 20221 min read


Guide Book Design for The Houses of Parliament
Guide Book Design

Briony Hartley
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Book design: Speak Your Truth
Fearne Cotton's, Speak Your Truth , is published today, and I was thrilled to do the book design for this during lockdown last summer. An...

Briony Hartley
Jan 6, 20213 min read


Jumping into 2021: Art exhibition poster design
This new year feels like a leap of faith, jumping into the swirling waters of 2021 and hoping to emerge smiling!

Briony Hartley
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Lockdown exhibition design
There has been lots of work going on behind closed doors at museums and galleries across the UK during lockdown and, for now at least,...

Briony Hartley
Dec 18, 20202 min read


Designs on COVID for the NHS
As inevitable as taxes, and as unwelcome, the pandemic has pushed death uncomfortably into the public arena. It's beyond distressing, but...

Briony Hartley
Sep 18, 20203 min read


Book Design for Yellow Kite Books: Bread Therapy
Publisher Yellow Kite strive to ‘help people lead happier, healthier, more connected lives’ and want their books to inspire positive...

Briony Hartley
Sep 17, 20202 min read


Studying Typography at the University of Reading
In the 1990s, this was one of only two Typography courses in the country and I must admit, when I applied for it, I didn’t even know what...

Briony Hartley
Oct 24, 20192 min read
