What started as a leaving present ended up on the side of a van.
By Ruff & Royal
· 1 min read
A small architecture practice commissioned a portrait of the cat who had lived in their studio for eleven years.
They liked the line work enough to ask whether it could be simplified into a single-colour mark. It could.
Letterhead, the studio door, and eventually the side of a van.
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