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    <span class="tl20-header-title">A Brief History</span>
    <span class="tl20-header-sub">Studio Chronicle · 2018–present</span>
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    <div class="tl20-year">2018</div>
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      <div class="tl20-kicker">Origin</div>
      <div class="tl20-title-main">Founded in a rented loft, Shoreditch</div>
      <div class="tl20-text">Three designers with one shared monitor and an unhealthy obsession with kerning. The first project was a brand identity for a local coffee importer.</div>
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    <div class="tl20-year">2020</div>
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      <div class="tl20-kicker">Pivot</div>
      <div class="tl20-title-main">Shifted to digital-first products</div>
      <div class="tl20-text">The pandemic reshaped our practice. We dissolved our print retainer clients and rebuilt around software, motion, and interactive design systems.</div>
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    <div class="tl20-year">2023</div>
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      <div class="tl20-kicker">Recognition</div>
      <div class="tl20-title-main">D&amp;AD Wood Pencil, Digital Design</div>
      <div class="tl20-text">Our data-journalism work for a climate NGO earned the studio's first major award and opened a new chapter of purpose-led commissions.</div>
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    <div class="tl20-year">Now</div>
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      <div class="tl20-kicker">Present</div>
      <div class="tl20-title-main">Eight people, four time zones</div>
      <div class="tl20-text">A deliberately small studio that treats craft as a non-negotiable. Currently booking for Q4 2026.</div>
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