Start with what you have
An idea, object, photograph, space, problem or existing business can all be a useful starting point.
About the studio
A studio for what something could become.
Second Story Studio brings creative thinking and practical skills together around useful outcomes—whether the starting point is an old object, a new idea, a personal story or a growing business.
The studio concept
One Studio. Different ways to begin.
Visitors do not need to understand an internal structure before asking for help. Start with what you want to create, change, restore, explain or grow. Second Story Studio then brings together the relevant skills and agrees a clear route forward.
Some work is a defined service, some begins with a conversation, and independent Market businesses keep their own identity and responsibility. The common thread is thoughtful work with a purpose and a story.
Connect the right skills
Design, making, restoring, personalising and growing can work alone or come together around one outcome.
Agree what happens next
Scope, price, evidence, responsibilities and approval points are made clear before work moves forward.
The Four Corners
Choose the route that matches your starting point.
The Corners organise the customer journey. They are not separate companies and they can connect when a project needs more than one kind of support.
How we use AI
A creative assistant within a Studio-led process.
AI can help explore visual directions, organise information, research options and develop early prototypes. Second Story Studio sets the brief, checks suitability and accuracy, chooses the direction and remains responsible for what it publishes or delivers.
Explore
Generate and compare early directions.
Review
Check accuracy, suitability and brand consistency.
Take responsibility
The Studio remains accountable for the final work.
The names behind the story
Three people support one Studio.
Lou, Lil and Jay bring different interests and experience to the work. Their names are part of the Studio’s story, while Second Story Studio remains the identity customers meet and commission.
Our work
The story behind each piece.
Verified Studio work, controlled identity material and permitted collaboration stories—all kept clear about what is finished, illustrative or still waiting for evidence.
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Founding case study · Design & Digital
Building Second Story Studio
The Studio became its own first connected brief: one recognisable identity carried through customer messages, social formats, project templates, digital presentation and specialist material.
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Collaboration case studies
A starting point, developed with the Studio.
Published studies keep the contributor’s source separate from Studio-developed work and require a clear permission record.
Displayed with Sue's permission
One memory became two creative directions.
See how Sue's original riding photograph was explored as a warm countryside story and a fictional sporting-event concept.
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Photograph supplied by Louise
One flower became a new visual world.
See how Second Story Studio developed the original photograph into a countryside artwork, a playful bee-and-petals direction and a short animation.
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