A collaborative creative company marrying a multi-disciplinary central team with an ever-growing talent network | more... It marries a multi-disciplinary central team with an ever-growing family of creative practitioners and specialist agency partners. more...

Established in 2001; YCN today produces design, branding, advertising, products and much else besides - both for its own projects and ventures, and on behalf of diverse clients.

A multi-disciplinary central team of designers, art directors, strategists, writers, and project managers work together at 72 Rivington Street in London. We're always recruiting, and love to hear from anyone interested in joining the team.

Additionally, YCN represents a roster of illustrators, animation directors and other creative practitioners - promoting their work and facilitating commissions day to day. Through our longstanding awards and development programmes we are able to identify the best emerging talent from around the world, and welcome it into our network.

Such a structure enables YCN to quickly shape project teams around the specific requirements of any creative brief; blending planning, creative development and execution. Consequently our output is rich and diverse - from helping a branding agency find illustrators, to ourselves re-branding an insurance company; from naming a pub and designing its interiors, to developing an integrated ad campaign for the best tasting beer behind its bar

We love to hear about new opportunities and can be called on +44 (0)20 7033 2140 or emailed at studio@ycnonline.com. Downstairs at 72 Rivington Street is open publicly from 10am daily and includes a shop, gallery and lending library.

Ideas Illustrated / LDN to NYC
Agency / New work from Fernando Volken Togni
Ideas Illustrated / Fitting in: a neurotic’s guide
Ideas Illustrated / Make Friends With The Neighbours
Agency / Randy Mora for The Guardian
Agency / Google’s Think Quarterly
Shop & Library / Buy a copy of the new YCN Student Annual
Shop & Library / Open daily
Awards & Education / YCN Student Awards. Call for Entries!

Products galore!
Cards, kites, more...

Browse and buy a host of designer and artist collaborations, exclusively with YCN in our online shop.

1. Agency

A multi-disciplinary agency producing design, advertising and representing the freshest creative talent internationally.

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January 26th, 2012

Jean Jullien for This Year…

YCN illustrator Jean Jullien recently created some new work for NB's alternative Christmas card, "This Year..." | see it here...

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January 25th, 2012

New work from Fernando Volken Togni

We have recently refreshed YCN illustrator Fernando Volken Togni's portfolio with some brand new work.  | more...

January 25th, 2012

Portfolio update for Deanna Halsall

We recently updated YCN illustrator Deanna Halsall's portfolio with some brand new work. | more...

January 24th, 2012

Daniel Frost for Norse Projects

YCN illustrator Daniel Frost recently created an exclusive range of t-shirt designs for Danish fashion label Norse Projects.  | see them here...

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January 23rd, 2012

Martin Nicolausson for Pitti Immagine

YCN illustrator Martin Nicolausson is one of the talents currently involved in The Words Of The Future exhibition at Pitti Uomo.  | more...

January 23rd, 2012

Portfolio update for Shaun Doyle

We recently updated YCN illustrator Shaun Doyle's portfolio with some brand new work. | more...

January 20th, 2012

New work from Maggie Li

We have recently refreshed YCN illustrator Maggie Li's portfolio with some brand new work. | more...

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2. Awards & Education

Stimulating and supporting creative talent through awards, education and the curation of opportunities.

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January 27th, 2012

This week’s visits

This week, YCN visited the University of Gloucestershire and Camberwell College of Arts to discuss this year's Student Award Briefs.  | more...

January 27th, 2012

Tips for learning no.1: Look at more pictures

Collyn Ahart offers up the first of eleven easy tips to help us improve our learning. | see it here...

January 20th, 2012

Tuesday’s visit

YCN recently paid a visit to the Illustration, Graphic Design and Advertising students at Southampton Solent University to discuss this year's Student Awards briefs. | more...

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January 12th, 2012

Wednesday’s visit

YCN was paid a visit from students and tutors of Sussex Coast College yesterday. | more...

December 14th, 2011

YCN College Visits

During the past fortnight we've thoroughly enjoyed visiting students at Leeds Met, Norwich University College of the Arts and Bucks New University.... | more...

November 29th, 2011

College Visits

Over the past few weeks we've enjoyed visits to University of Westminster, The Arts University College at Bournemouth... | Read more here

November 28th, 2011

New Opportunities

A number of new opportunities have been posted on our jobs board from Axon Publishing, Yellow Submarine, Corporate Culture and YCN. | Click here to find out more...

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3. Shop & Library

A physical space and online shop presenting exclusively designed products alongside rich reading matter.

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January 24th, 2012

Spellbound

We have recently added Jefferey Blitz's 2002 documentary Spellbound to the YCN lending library. | more...

January 18th, 2012

Now you can borrow films!

In addition to our ever growing collection of stimulating reading material, the YCN Shop & Library now has a small but perfectly formed assortment of films available for lending. | more...

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January 17th, 2012

The YCN Student Awards Annual 11/12 is here!

We have a limited number of the brand new YCN Student Awards Annual available in our online shop! | Buy it here

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January 16th, 2012

The Good Times

It may well be the most depressing day of the year, but creative agency The Church Of London are looking to lift our spirits with The Good Times, a newspaper-style publication dedicated to all that is wonderful in the world. | See it here

January 12th, 2012

Ideas Illustrated: the Money issue

The last few copies of the Money issues of Ideas Illustrated are now for sale at a reduced price. | Grab a copy here

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January 08th, 2012

Fernando’s prints and cards

A number of prints from Fernando Volken Togni's '24 Hours in...' cities series can now be bought online. | See the series here

January 04th, 2012

The Pattern Sourcebook

This visually loaded title by Laurence King is now available to take home from the Lending Library | See more here

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4. Ideas Illustrated

Our quarterly print publication now has a digital companion, with archived and web only content.

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January 27th, 2012

LDN to NYC

A unique transatlantic collaboration between Annie Collinge and Jiggery Pokery.  | see it here...

January 26th, 2012

Reading List

George Lois suggests five inspiring additions to consider for your bookshelf.  | more...

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January 25th, 2012

A PR man’s moves

Mark Borkowski discusses the necessity of creative thinking within the public relations industry. | more...

January 24th, 2012

Fitting in: a neurotic’s guide

Gordon Comstock suggests five ways we can integrate ourselves into a new working environment. | more...

January 24th, 2012

Eat Somewhere Different

Adam Tickle suggests we broaden our horizons with a trip to an unfamiliar restaurant.  | more...

January 20th, 2012

Make Friends With The Neighbours

Owen Gatley suggests we get acquainted with the people over the hedge. | more...

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January 19th, 2012

The Magical Gap

Collyn Ahart encourages us to engage with the fantastic in our day to day work.  | more...

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3. Shop & Library
4. Ideas Illustrated
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Visit and write to:

72 Rivington Street
London, EC2A 3AY
t: +44 (0)20 7033 2140

Come in...

Visit our shop and library
72 Rivington Street
London, EC2A 3AY
Call us: +44 (0)20 7033 2140
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Working with YCN

We love to hear from new potential collaborators and clients alike.

Talent – To discuss commissioning talent through YCN or to introduce your portfolio
please contact Head of Talent Tim Higgs

New projects – To discuss new design, advertising or other agency projects please 
contact Director Nick Defty

Education – For details of our Awards, college visits and other development programmes
contact Project Manager Kezia Clark

Internships – If you’re interested in applying for a creative or project management
internship at YCN please contact Project Manager Zoe Barrett