Steph Hardy

### About the Designer

This multidisciplinary designer works across branding, packaging, art direction, illustration and digital design, with additional expertise in typography, lettering, layout and tone of voice.

Their experience spans the development of brands from early concepts through to finished packaging, with particular knowledge of sustainable and vegan products. Projects have ranged from supermarket-ready packaging to more bespoke work for premium beverage and beauty brands.

### Branding & Packaging

The designer has built extensive experience within brand and packaging design, developing visual identities and packaging systems for a variety of consumer-focused businesses. Their work combines strategic thinking with a strong visual approach, helping products establish a distinctive presence across physical and digital environments.

Their professional background includes a six-month role as a Brand & Packaging Designer at IMA Global and seven years at Lyon & Lyon, alongside freelance design work.

### Illustration

Illustration forms another significant part of their creative practice. Their work often uses bright and atmospheric imagery, with painterly qualities, movement and an optimistic character.

Natural environments provide frequent inspiration, although these are often reimagined through abstract forms and surreal details. Recent illustration work has also explored food, interactions and playful visual scenarios.

### Education & Development

The designer studied Graphic Design at Falmouth University, completing a BA between 2010 and 2013, after previously undertaking a Foundation Art course at Leeds College of Art.

They have also continued to develop their typographic practice through additional creative education, including a Typography Summer School in 2018.

### Selected Clients & Features

Their client and collaborative experience includes **Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, The Wire, Mold Magazine, Broccoli Magazine, Schema Magazine, Yung Studio, Pleasant Place Magazine, Migle X Dinamo Type Foundry, Petit Press, Lyon & Lyon** and **Floating University**.

Their work has also been featured by **It's Nice That**, including appearances in 2023 and 2026, as well as the *It's Nice That Index* feature **“Making Nature Cool.”**

### Services

* Branding
* Packaging design
* Art direction
* Illustration
* Web design
* Tone of voice
* Lettering
* Typography
* Layout