Sadly, Designers Republic closed its studio.
“It hasn’t really been DR for the last two or three years: it had gone too far from what it was supposed to be. I want to go back to what DR was ... working hands-on and not through account managers. I’ve never liked that agency model — it’s not where creativity lies. DR accidentally ended up there in order to service bigger clients. I’m not being ungrateful to the people who ran the business side at DR — it wasn’t their fault. I’m glad we did it — it took getting there to make me realise that it wasn’t where I wanted to be.”