OK-RM is a London based design studio founded in 2008 by Oliver Knight & Rory McGrath. Working with a broad range of clients from individuals to institutions, the studio has a project specific approach allowing for a highly varied output that encompasses visual identity, publication design, art direction, editorial and digital projects. The studio’s methodology is built on an objective to communicate the intrinsic attributes of each commission through well-crafted, thoughtful and direct solutions. A grounding in conceptual thinking and a distinctive language based typographic approach is essential to the studio’s practice.

Further to commissioned projects the studio has initiated an ongoing series of projects entitled ‘In Other Words…’ which explore the complexities and intricacies of language, this collection of works has been commissioned by Eastside Projects, Milan Design Festival and Eye Magazine and is held in the collection of New Museum, New York.

Recent Clients

• Abraaj Capital Art Prize
• Artangel
• Barbican Art Gallery
• Corvi Mora
• Channel 4
• Esquire
• Film and Video Umbrella
• Fourth Floor Music
• Gasworks
• Hayward Gallery
• Jonathan Viner Gallery
• Nike
• Raking Leaves
• Rivington Place
• Serpentine Gallery
• Snowdon
• South London Gallery
• Swatch
• Zuneta

Selected Lectures/Workshops/Events

• The Circle Appreciation Society
  ECAL, Lausanne, 2011
• 1946, 1947, 1948
  Corner College, Zurich, 2010
• Best British Books (A Proposal)
  London, 2010
• Typography Critiques
  V&A, London, 2010
• Professional Practice
  University of East London, 2010
• Rethinking Design
  Liverpool School of Art and Design, 2010
• Useful Material for Common Use
  University of the West of England, Bristol, 2010
• A Practically Practical Practice
  Camberwell College of Arts, 2010
• Freedom of Speech
  198 Gallery, London, 2009
• Graft Series,
  Bath Spa University, Bath, 2009
• Concept & Content
  University of the West of England, Bristol, 2009
• Structure & Play
  Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2008

Selected Exhibitions

• Book Show
  Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 2010
• FoodMarketo
  Milan Design Fair, 2010
• 20 Under 30
  New York, 2010
• Live Archive
  New Museum, New York, 2009
• Metapress
  RCA Show, 2009
• How Very Tokyo
  Tokyo, 2009
• Illustrativ
  Zurich, 2008

Selected Features

• IDEA
  Japan, 2010
• Graphic
  Korea, 2010
• Print
  New York, 2010
• Eye Magazine
  London, 2010/2008
• Graphik
  London, 2010
• Monocle
  London, 2009

Collaborators

Nicole Bachmann, Sam Baldwin, Block Architecture,
Thomas Brown, Jane Cheng, Electronest, Jenny Eneqvist,
Matthew Fenton, Roland Früh, Jon Gorrigan, David Lowbridge,
Larissa Kasper, Ralf Metzger, Adeena Mey, Toby Jury Morgan,
Marianne Mulvey, Sharmini Pereira, Hannah Ridley, Aurèle Sack,
Will Thom, Twelve, Neil Usher and Ghazaal Vojdani.

Site Credits

• Site build by Twelve
• Selected photography by Jon Gorrigan

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