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Welcome to Collective

A network of senior independents working beyond traditional structures where creative freedom collaboration and cultural instinct combine to shape ideas that influence brands and the work around them

Collective — portrait of an independent creator
Location — a studio at dusk
Collective — portrait of an independent creator
Where we are

A small bench, across continents.

Type designers in London, photographers in Tokyo, technologists in Lucknow, writers in New York. We staff each engagement around the work — not the org chart.

  • London
  • Tokyo
  • New York
  • Lucknow
  • Berlin
  • Mexico City
  • Mumbai
  • Lisbon
Collective — portrait of an independent creator
Join us

We invite a small number of new creators each year — by the work, not by application.

Get in touch with the Collective

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Stay close to the work — case studies, opportunities, and occasional dispatches from the Collective and Labs.