Scene makers

In 2012, two young graphic design students presented a project at London’s Chelsea College of Arts. They’d concocted an idea for a Sky Arts ident that explored ‘anticipation’ through bowling balls and a steamrollered cake. They were chuffed with the result; their tutor less so: ‘Just please promise me you’ll never, ever work together again,’ he implored.

Thankfully, British set designers Isabel Gibson and Helen Chesner – AKA Isabel + Helen – ignored their tutor and, in the seven years since graduating, have