Making London Beautiful
By eye, By hand, By heart
Welcome to NGS
We’re 2 artists making up an independent hand made lettering studio.
Est. +30yrs.
House numbers, shop signs, wayfinding, honours boards,
murals, gilding, and custom graphic design.
In collab with clients like:
The Wolseley, The Old Blue Last, Electric Coffee Co, Pragnell and AstraZeneca.
For Truly Iconic Signwriting.
Brushstrokes not Keystrokes.
Love is all you need: Sign projects that say it all.
‘You take it easy up there..”
Ringo Starr.
Around the same time Saatchi got started in early 80s, I climbed up my ladder, bumped into Ringo, in Walton Street, Chelsea. I started my signwriting career.
I am very lucky to be born an artist, with natural portrait skills, and building a great lettering practice with fantastic clients for 40 years. I knew that path to be true even at a very young age.
Growing up in the seventies, I was supported by some and discouraged by many… which built my inner resilience and determination to continue to paint and forge an independant artistic career.
Creativity is at the heart of all human nature and signwriting: and yet is being stripped away from our working day cultures replaced by ineffective plastic lettering. But we have actively reversed that trend.
Nearly all major global businesses depend on artists and although today I believe Ai is a useful tool it cannot do what we do. Ai is used sparingly here at NGS. Only the spark of inspiration can invent new or re-create true beauty: by Eye, by Heart, By hand.
Artistry is therefore needed today more than ever, to be nurtured and cherished… or at least respected and valued. Of course here we passionately promote it.
On that note we’d just like to say thanks to all the well wishers on the day of our wedding 29 10 2026 – shared with our incredible friends and family.
Let’s work at sharing art, love and creativity: and simply everything known to be truly good.
Welcome and enjoy these gallery based pages together.
Seraina B. and Nick Garrett
For Jessica
NGS
A New Tradition of Hand Painted Lettering
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Seraina & Nick
Busy climbing our ladders, crafting lettering for our great clients all over town – all 100% hand made – all 100% loved.
But it’s all the tiny things done at design level, on the inside, that add up to the powerful presence of an NGS sign.. detail and artistry.
By Eye and by Heart
All the things you see on these pages comes from our special passion, eye-to-hand skills… and most importantly, our big, open minded hearts.
A lot of all weather, hard work and ongoing design and typographic research.
And yes, we’d love to paint you an incredible sign.
Nick & Seraina. N
