Catherine
ABOUT US
Catherine Orpen Galis founded Orpen Design in London in 2007. We're a communications and design consultancy: we work out what an audience needs to understand, then create the output that best communicates it.
Our clients are usually experts in something complicated, and too close to it to explain it simply. We find the argument first, then design around it, so the panel, the customer or the workforce gets the point quickly.
We work across sectors, with deep roots in the built environment. Our clients range from household names and charities to specialist firms.
Your bolt-on creative department
Most clients use us as an extension of their own team. We plug in quickly, bring the right mix of strategy, writing, design, digital and video for the job, and stay commercial about it. When the deadline is tight, we deliver.
DEEP FOUNDATIONS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
We understand how the industry works: tight programmes, rigorous evaluation and no room for vagueness. From construction and civil engineering to facilities management, energy and waste, we've helped industry leaders win contracts, sharpen their brands, build their websites and bring their workforces with them.
CROSS-SECTOR AND INTERNATIONAL BREADTH
We've worked in the UK, Ireland, France, Australia and the US, and across aviation, health, education, utilities, finance, transport and the third sector. One week it's a website for a regional contractor, the next it's a multi-million-pound bid for the Ministry of Defence.
Catherine established Orpen Design Solutions in 2007. Prior to this, Catherine designed in some of the best design studios around the world, starting in Ireland and moving onto Paris, New York and Sydney until she finally arrived in London where she set up her own design consultancy. Catherine is a multi-disciplined graphic designer with twenty years of experience, fourteen of those years have been spent on the front line of bid production.
"Great things in business are never done by one person;
they're done by a team of people."Steve Jobs
Sasha
Sasha has built up over 18 years of experience across graphic design, web design and front end development. His wide experience base comes from working with companies from many different sectors including built environment, recruitment, education and the entertainment industry. Sasha has a passion for design and has collaborated with a number of artists including co-creating a published graphic novel. When he hasn't got his head deep into a design or development project, Sasha loves to take time out to cycle and indulge his passion for cinema.
Luke
Since achieving a first class degree in communications design, Luke has gained over 14 years of experience as a commercial graphic designer, with close to a decade at senior level. He has worked across an extensive range of public and private projects to date, including work in the retail, education, finance, legal and charitable sectors. When he's not working, Luke loves the odd round of golf and tending his vegetable garden.