Studio
Who we are
Crushing is a brand and design studio in West Yorkshire, run by James Foster. Most clients keep working with the studio for years after launch, so each new piece has to match the first.
James has designed for nearly twenty years, more than a decade of them running Crushing. That includes work for adidas, The North Face and Uber through the agencies that held those accounts. You deal with him directly, from the first conversation to the finished work.
The name comes from Canal Crushing, a Sheffield titanium plant where material was crushed and graded with force and precision. We like that pairing: the big decisions made clearly, and the small details done properly even when nobody is looking for them.
The colour system comes from the same place, the colours titanium turns under heat.
Crushing Creative is a design studio in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield.
The founder
James Foster
Founder and creative director
James is the founder and creative director of Crushing. He designs across brand, print and digital for businesses in the UK and abroad.
He trained in graphic design and illustration at the London College of Fashion. He started in fashion print, then worked in a printer’s studio, where he learned what prints cleanly at every size, from a small label to an exhibition stand.
He’s also co-founder of Gold Top, a web studio that builds the sites Crushing designs.
We designed retail and campaign work for adidas, Nike and Red Bull through the agencies that held those accounts.
See your brand the way everyone else does.
A free audit of your brand out in the world: the website, the print, the signage, the templates your own team fills in. We do the work, then walk you through it.
Start before you have a brief.
You don’t need a brief. A name, an email and a few lines about where things stand is enough. We’ll come back with questions, and tell you plainly how we can help.
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