North Eastern Works

North Eastern Works is a design studio led by Ellen Mather and Marcus Diamond, Ph.D. Founded in 2024 in Middlesbrough, the studio is grounded in the industrial heritage of the North East.

Taking a hybrid position, the studio investigates graphic design as both cultural inquiry and material practice, attentive to space, place, and history. Working across graphic design, visual communication, and spatial practice, it moves between studio work, collaboration, and academic research.

Projects take the form of collective constructions, curated encounters, and experimental publications, questioning graphic design within wider social and ecological conversations. Using strategies of play, subversion, and communal action, process is treated as a final form—fluid, in flux, and open-ended. This approach prioritises experimentation and performance, merging drawing, typography, motion, publishing, and installation.

The studio’s work has been presented through exhibitions, publications, and workshops, contributing to ongoing dialogues about design’s role in shaping identity and community.








North Eastern Works

North Eastern Works is a design studio led by Ellen Mather and Marcus Diamond, Ph.D. Founded in 2024 in Middlesbrough, the studio is grounded in the industrial heritage of the North East.

Taking a hybrid position, the studio investigates graphic design as both cultural inquiry and material practice, attentive to space, place, and history. Working across graphic design, visual communication, and spatial practice, it moves between studio work, collaboration, and academic research.

Projects take the form of collective constructions, curated encounters, and experimental publications, questioning graphic design within wider social and ecological conversations. Using strategies of play, subversion, and communal action, process is treated as a final form—fluid, in flux, and open-ended. This approach prioritises experimentation and performance, merging drawing, typography, motion, publishing, and installation.

The studio’s work has been presented through exhibitions, publications, and workshops, contributing to ongoing dialogues about design’s role in shaping identity and community.