Who we are
Mat Dolphin is a London-based design studio, and the creative partnership of Tom Actman and Phil Cook.
We’re a small team with big ideas, and together we execute them for a wide range of clients. From print to branding projects to entire website design and builds, we work closely with people to help their businesses thrive, no matter the size.
Creativity and building relationships are the most important things to us, so we put them at the heart of everything we do. Nothing leaves the studio without both of us having been involved, and we pride ourselves on original ideas and brilliant design.
We keep everything open and transparent, as we believe great results come from close collaboration and open communication. Our simple aim is to keep doing great work for great people. That’s what we love to do and why we started Mat Dolphin.
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Tom and Phil.
Featured work and news
BrandPerfect
December 2012 — Online
Our response to public opinion
dictating design
Work for Money, Design for Love
December 2012 — Book
We feature in David Airey’s
new guide book for designers
Digital Arts
November 2012 — Online
Why not to use cheap design
services by Tom Actman
PC Advisor
November 2012 — Online
Why not to use cheap design
services by Tom Actman
Design Week
November 2012 — Online
Coverage of our latest work
for ThePositive.com
Brandmia
November 2012 — Online
Coverage of our latest work
for ThePositive.com
Justified Magazine
October 2012 — Issue 1
Some of our blog posts have featured
in this new student magazine
Yutaka Tajima
March 2012 — Clothing
We have designed a t-shirt for the
Sheffield based clothing label
Design Week
February 2012 — Online
Interviewed about our views on crowd
sourcing site 99 Designs
Creative Review
Janaury 2012 — Online
Coverage of our £25 logo experiment
How Lo Can You Go?
Logo Design Love
Janaury 2012 — Online
Coverage of our £25 logo experiment
How Lo Can You Go?
Text/Gallery
October 2011 — Exhibition
We were invited to take part in the Imaginary
Menagerie typographic exhibition — Our entry
ComputerArts Projects Magazine
August 2011 — Q&A + Review — Issue 153
We featured in both ‘The Big Question’, and
‘From Brief To Screen’ articles
Creative Review + Tate Britain
July 2011 — Online / Exhibition
We were asked by Creative Review + Tate to respond to their ‘Blast / Bless’ project
Creative Review
May 26th 2011 — Online
Tom Actman guest edited Creative Review’s twitter account for one day to their 374,000 followers
Typetoken ®
May 2011 — Online
Mat Dolphin has been asked to feature as a regular contributer to the new online typographic magazine
NotCot.org + My Modern Metropolis
April 2011 — Online
One Plain, One Fancy
NotCot.org
March 2011 — Online
Ten Questions 013 — Johanna Basford
Site Inspire
February 2011 — Online
‘Mat Dolphin creates Shed website’
Design Week
December 2010 — Online
‘Mat Dolphin creates Callooh Callay website’
NotCot.org
September 2010 — Online
A Periodic Table of Creative Influences
Communicate Magazine
June 2010 — Online + Print
‘Public Sector survery’
Web Designer Magazine
March 2009 — Interview — Issue 169
‘Creative reflections on the trials and
tribulations of effective Screen Test’
A few of our clients
Absolut
Amazon
British Gas
Bush Theatre
Callooh Callay
Castrol
Communicate Magazine
Disney
EA Sports
Endemol
ESPN
Heineken
Kodak
Microsoft
Nissan
Norman Jay
O2
Orbitsound
Pfizer
Royal Bank of Scotland
Samsung
Shed
Sony
Unilever
Unipart
Warburtons