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Good ideas need a change of scenery.

Scroll out of routine

A long, timber-beamed barn studio with an oak work table down the middle and tall doors open to the meadow at the far end. Two people work quietly at tables on either side, and an orange sheet of paper lies on the table.

Welcome to OFF SCRIPT

A converted barn in the countryside, with four studios under one roof.

Step away from the usual routine for a few days. Make things in four studios, share long lunches, and find a quiet corner.

Make. Connect. Reset.

Make.

Four studios

Hands-on workshops and shared studios.

Four studios, one barn. Bring a project, or arrive with none.

Four people work side by side in a timber-beamed studio: one at a print press, the others at oak tables with paper and prints. Bold prints are pinned to the white wall and a stack of orange paper sits on the middle table.

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Photography

Shoot, develop, and pin up the contact sheets.

Contact sheets laid out on a light table, with black-and-white prints pinned above and a film camera nearby.

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Print

Linocut, screenprint, and risograph.

A printmaker pulls a print on a small press, with fresh prints drying on a rack above.

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Graphic design

Layout, type, and cut-and-paste.

Hands arrange paper cut-outs and printed pages on a cutting mat.

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Campaigns

Concept and copy, with a wall full of ideas.

Two people study layouts at a table beside a wall covered in pinned sketches and ideas.

Connect.

Long lunches

Communal tables, shared activity, and conversation.

Long lunches, evening sessions, and people you did not plan to meet.

Eight people share a long lunch at a wooden table in front of the barn, talking and laughing. An orange door and an orange chair stand out, with wildflowers and poppies in the foreground.

Reset.

Window seats

Quiet corners, nature, and space to pause.

Window seats, meadow walks, and nowhere you have to be.

One person sits on a wide oak window seat, looking out at the meadow through a steel-framed window. An orange sheet of paper lies beside them in a quiet white room.
The whitewashed barn seen from the meadow under a wide sky, with an orange front door, open studios on either side and a few people working at tables under the porch.

Make room for unexpected ideas.

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