About

We make brands and websites for organisations that are trying to do something worthwhile.

We’ve worked with organisations of all shapes and sizes, from small community projects to national institutions, and what they tend to have in common is that the work matters to them. Our clients include charities, cultural organisations, public bodies, arts venues, educators and healthcare providers, all doing work that deserves to be communicated well.

We’re a full-service studio, which means we can take a project from the initial research phase right through to a finished brand or a live website. We work closely with clients at every stage, with an approach that adapts to how different organisations work, their timescales, their internal processes and their governance structures. We don’t come to projects with our own agenda. The measure of good work, for us, is whether it solves the right problem and sets the client up for long-term success.

01 Research & Strategy

We start with Research & Strategy

Before we make anything, we spend time understanding the problem. That means getting a clear picture of your audiences, your goals and the context you’re working in. We draw on whatever evidence already exists, and gather new insight where it doesn’t.

Depending on the project, that might involve user research, stakeholder workshops, audience surveys, data analysis, reviewing existing research, or running behavioural studies on an existing website. Taking that time at the start means the work that follows is better informed and more likely to make a real difference to your organisation and the people it serves.

For many clients, this phase is as valuable as the design work that comes after it, feeding into wider marketing and organisational strategy.

02 Our Location

Bradford and proud

Bradford is where we’re rooted. But we work with organisations across the UK, and have done since we started.

Out of Place has been part of Bradford’s creative community since we were founded in 2020. We’re based at Assembly Bradford, a creative workspace and events hub on North Parade that Haigh, our Studio Director, co-founded nearly ten years ago.

Assembly has become a home for a lot of the city’s creative and digital community and being part of it has shaped how we work and who we work with. Some of our most significant projects have been here in Bradford. We built and continue to run It’s On in Bradford, the city-wide cultural events platform commissioned by Bradford 2025 and Bradford Council, which now reaches over 100,000 people every month. We led the community consultation and rebrand for Bradford Arts Centre, a 12-month process involving more than 20 workshops with residents, artists and community groups across the city. We delivered the People Make Place campaign in Oak Lane, which contributed to Bradford’s successful City of Culture bid. Plus our work with Bradford Teaching Hospitals on groundbreaking initiatives such as Born in Bradford and the CRDC.

08 Members | Over 100 years combined experience

The Team

We’re a studio of eight people including designers, developers and strategists, all experienced in working with charities, cultural organisations and the public sector.

Everyone on the team works directly on the projects they’re involved in, which means the people you work with are the people doing the work. We think that makes a difference both to the quality of the work and to the client relationship. It allows us to be more efficient, more understanding and more deeply involved.

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Six years. 189 organisations. A lot of good work.

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Out of Place are a great team to work with, responsive, supportive, and highly professional and their ongoing support has been invaluable. The work we’ve developed together has been very well received by our service users, and has helped us present a clearer, more engaging offer across our sites and online.

What we care about

Understanding before designing.

We take time to understand the problem before we start solving it. Research, strategy and planning aren’t a prelude to the work — they’re part of it.

Honest and straightforward.

We give clients our honest view of what will work and what won’t. We’re collaborative and open to challenge, but we’ll always tell you what we think.

Accessible as standard.

Accessibility is built into everything we make. The organisations we work with serve broad and diverse audiences, and the work should reflect that.

Close working relationships.

We like to get to know clients well. Understanding how an organisation works, its structure, its pressures, its ambitions, makes the work better and the process smoother.

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Haigh Simpson - Studio Director - Out of Place Studio

In need of some creative support? We’d love to know more about how we can help. We’re happy to offer a free, no-obligation consultation to talk through your project.

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