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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.

Berlin & the SWANA region · --:--

A studio of culture-builders

Available for select 2026 collaborations

Let’s make something that feels right

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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.

Listen

We strip away the noise and keep only what carries meaning.

Distil

Form follows from clarity — built with intent, made to last.

Make

Selected work

All projects →
  1. Diwan
  2. Counterpoint
  3. Majlis
  4. Field Notes

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.

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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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