Artwork by Megan Natasha Ross. Close-up of embroidered and sequined fabric scraps with red, green, and black thread decorations scattered on a white background.

WELCOME TO STOEP COLLECTIVE

we build worlds

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Stoep Collective builds the language, lore and editorial architecture behind cultural projects, luxury brands, films, exhibitions and institutions

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We work with designers, artists, curators, directors and creative teams to craft texts with atmosphere and authority

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Rooted in our adoptive home town of London but working globally, our clients reside in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Zanzibar London and Cape Town

Artwork by Megan Natasha Ross. Close-up of embroidered fabric with red, black, and green thread, decorated with small beads and sequins, resembling a festive or decorative textile.

PORTAL // PORTENT

In the southern hemisphere, a stoep is a liminal space between inner and outer realms. It may be a humble verandah or an opulent terrace. Either way, this transient place is for gatherings, prayer, banqueting and dancing; for communing with the divine, or peeling carrots and potatoes

TALISMAN // TRANSFORM

For Tolstoy, there was Anna Karenina. For Agnes Varda, people who were landscapes. Both artists understood the power of language: language as text, language as image, and how both can transform

COMMISSIONS

Written artefacts for brands, artists, cinematic projects and directors who build worlds

PURPOSE //

From scripts and curatorial texts to brand accompaniments, these are world-building commissions: atmospheric, strategic documents that construct mythology, sensory register and editorial voice

PROJECTS //

Spanning platforms, geographies and industries, Stoep Collective creates textual universes that capture audiences, from focused editorials to fuller narrative architecture

PACKAGES //

Our packages are designed as flexible entry points into Stoep’s work. Should your project have more particular requirements, we can shape a bespoke package to suit your needs

Commission Stoep

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

Round ceramic plate with a white base and abstract green and blue marbled pattern.

Woman wearing a long black skirt, walking alone through a leafless forest on a dirt path in black and white.

Black and white photo of a large sunflower in a rustic round vase with long stems and big leaves, surrounded by smaller containers and plants, with artwork on the wall in the background.

A ceramic mug with a marbled design in shades of blue, white, and gray, set against a plain white background.

A tall white candle with a flame in a dark, irregularly shaped candlestick holder against a plain white background.

CERIDWIN EYRE ATELIER

Editorial Strategy, Digital Media Language, Product Storytelling and Artist Positioning

“Porcelain with purpose” — Ceridwin Eyre Atelier

Stoep Collective worked with artist and atelier, Ceridwin Eyre, to shape the online approach around her practice. Rooted in porcelain, ritual object-making, sculpture, fashion and poetry, Ceridwin Eyre is “…an artist living on the periphery of Persephone.”

To have long-admired Ceridwin’s translations of her psychic and physical experiences, with her porcelain candle holders and artwork adorning our home, it was a wonder to step into her world, in an act of stewardship that elevated our own practice and deepened our appreciation for an Atlantic Ocean-tinged aesthetic.

For fashion houses, ateliers, studios and luxury object-makers, the written word is both mark and meaning, the field to sew into.

A rush, a breeze.

A dance.

Read more about our work with Ceridwin Eyre.

A woman browsing books and artwork at a bookstore or art shop, with books and art prints displayed on the table and shelves behind her.

A bouquet of colorful flowers including purple, white, pink, and orange blossoms against a plain light background. There is a quote on the left side about Cynthia Fan and Among Willows.

A pressed red leaf with intricate, spiny branches on white fabric, with red stitching and fabric tags reading 'Among Willows: Essays on plant form and family' and 'Cynthia Fan'.

BATIS BOOKS

Edinburgh publisher // named for a small bird found in southern Africa

“An armful of good books a year” — Batis Books

Stoep Collective works with Batis Books, an Edinburgh-based independent publisher linking writing from Scotland and southern Africa, Ireland and the wider Southern Hemisphere.

Batis’ 2026 list is somewhat formidable: Antjie Krog, Athambile Masola, Pravasan Pillay, Cynthia Fan, C. J. Driver and others, with Dayspring, Driver’s memoir of political resistance, edited and introduced by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.

Through a range of editorial support, we have helped launch this new press into the British and Irish publishing landscape.

Read more about our ongoing partnership with Batis Books

A collage of black and white photos of people involved in the Mau Mau liberation movement, with text at the top and a handwritten note at the bottom that states, "A collaborative remembering of the Mau Mau liberation movement across generations."

A collage of transparent images including a man in a suit, a woman with traditional attire and jewelry, and a scenic backdrop, with various patterns and textures.

Nĩĩthũĩ DOCUMENTARY FILM

Editorial Strategy, Digital Media Language, Product Storytelling and Artist Positioning

“A collaborative remembering of the Mau Mau Liberation Movement across generations” — Joni Els

Nĩ ithũĩ, Ni Sisi, We are is a collaborative remembering of the Mau Mau liberation movement across generations by Istanbul-based documentary filmmaker and Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English, Joni Els.

Els commissioned Stoep Collective to create materials for the 2022 film, with the explicit requirement that it both honours the intergenerational memory and legacy of Kenya’s Mau Mau liberation movement.