Palais is a new night-time venue in Peckham, occupying the former Jones & Higgins department store on Rye Lane. Reviving a long-dormant local landmark, it re-emerges as a platform for music, culture and community in South London – firmly rooted in its surroundings yet outward-looking in spirit.

Previously home to the original Peckham Palais, the site lay vacant for over a decade. Its reopening signals a considered new chapter, shaped by a focus on cultural relevance and collective experience. The identity by Only centres on a bespoke blackletter logotype, designed as a bold marker of reclamation. It captures the venue’s intensity and sense of place, while establishing a clear visual signature. Supporting this is Portrait, a Renaissance-informed serif reworked with a contemporary sharpness. The resulting tension – historic yet immediate – mirrors the space itself. Across signage, print and digital, the system balances clarity with expression, forming a cohesive identity that feels both embedded and alive to its context.