We work where art, strategy & culture meet. With you, not for you — design-first, built to last, and made with the people it’s for.
Let’s make something that feels right
Start a project →Who we work with
Cultural institutions.Independent media.Diaspora networks.Grassroots collectives.Artists building infrastructure.
Design is never neutral. We take on the work that matters beyond the brief — for people building something that didn’t exist before.
We start by listening — to the people, the work, and the world it lives in.
ListenWe strip away the noise and keep only what carries meaning.
DistilForm follows from clarity — built with intent, made to last.
MakeSelected work
All projects →What we do.
- Brand identity & visual systemsMarks, type, and the systems that hold a movement together across every surface.
- Web design & developmentSites built like instruments — fast, accessible, unmistakably yours.
- Art & creative directionA point of view with teeth, carried from the first frame to the last.
- Brand strategyPosition, narrative, and the sharp edge that makes people choose a side.
The studio, & the software it runs on
We built the operating system we run the studio on — and you log into the same one.
One codebase, many instances. Clients get a portal — projects, files and invoices in one place, no internal tools in sight. This site is instance #0.
You own your stack: self-hosted, on European ground, with a real way out.
Enter the portal →The people
we move with.
A studio is a network. The work is made with collaborators, institutions, and the communities it’s for — a searchable directory is in the making.
- Mara OkonkwoArt directionBerlin
- Jun ParkDesign & buildSeoul
- Ada MbekiWords & strategyLondon
- Sol PattersonBrand strategyBeirut
Contact
Let’s make something.
Style guide — type scale, atoms, colour
step-6 — poster · reserved (≤1/page, unused on home)
step-5 — apex · hero & contact close
step-4 — section headings
step-3 — title · card / discipline / person
step-2 — the lede / process-beat size, set in the body face.
step-0 — the protected reading body, for articles and case studies. A comfortable measure for sustained reading; marketing pages can run a larger “primary” body where the design calls for it (borrowing step-1 until it earns its own role).
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