Design Policy
1. 🎯 Purpose
1. 🎯 Purpose
This policy sets out the rules and standards governing artwork creation, file submission, client approval and print production.
Its aim is to guarantee:
- Print quality
- Consistent processes
- Production deadlines being met
- The best possible client experience
2. 🧾 Accepted types of artwork
2. 🧾 Accepted types of artwork
We accept files in the following formats:
- PDF (preferred)
- AI, PSD, EPS (with fonts outlined or embedded)
- JPEG, PNG (300 dpi minimum)
Technical requirements:
- CMYK colour mode
- 3 mm bleed
- Minimum resolution of 300 dpi
3. ✍️ Design assistance
3. ✍️ Design assistance
We offer three levels of service:
- Print-ready file: the client supplies a compliant file.
- Technical adjustment: we correct margins, bleed and colour.
- Custom design: a designer creates the artwork entirely to the client's brief.
👉 All design work is quoted and approved before it begins.
4. 🔍 File checks
4. 🔍 File checks
Before anything goes to print, files are:
- Checked by us (resolution, bleed, format, and so on)
- Sent to the client for final approval (by email or through the client portal)
⚠️ No printing starts without the client's express approval.
5. 🕒 Design turnaround
5. 🕒 Design turnaround
- Technical check: 24 business hours
- File adjustment: 1 to 2 business days
- Custom design: 3 to 5 business days
⏳ Turnaround starts from receipt of the complete brief and payment.
6. 💬 Revisions and approvals
6. 💬 Revisions and approvals
- 1 to 2 rounds of revisions included for custom design work
- Any further request is billed at the current hourly rate
- Proofreading is the client's responsibility: no claim will be accepted on an approved file
7. 🚫 Prohibited content
7. 🚫 Prohibited content
We decline any artwork containing:
- Hateful, racist, sexist or discriminatory content
- Copyrighted images without a licence
- Visuals of insufficient quality or that are illegible
8. 📁 File retention
8. 📁 File retention
Files created or corrected are kept for 30 days from the print date.
Extended archiving is available on request (paid service).
9. 📜 Acceptance
9. 📜 Acceptance
Placing an order implies full and complete acceptance of this policy.