Graphic Design Studio  ·  Los Angeles

We make brands impossible to ignore

A four-person studio doing identity, packaging and editorial for people who'd rather be looked at than looked past. No templates, no stock, no committee.

What We Do

Six things, done properly

We'd rather do a few things exceptionally than everything adequately. If you need something outside this list, we'll tell you who does it better.

Brand Identity

Naming, marks, type systems and the guidelines that keep it all from falling apart six months in.

Packaging

Structural and surface design that survives a shelf, a photo studio and a phone screen.

Editorial

Books, reports and magazines. Grids that hold up across two hundred pages, not just the cover.

Art Direction

Casting, styling and shoot direction so the photography actually matches the identity.

Motion

Logo animation, social cuts and title sequences, built from the same system as everything else.

Web Design

Design and art direction for the build. We hand off files a developer can actually work from.

Selected work

Eight recent projects. Keep scrolling — they move sideways.

Sonder identity

Sonder

Identity
Halo Drinks packaging

Halo Drinks

Packaging
Field Notes editorial

Field Notes

Editorial
Ember festival

Ember Festival

Art Direction
Poloma rebrand

Poloma

Rebrand
Nocturne titles

Nocturne

Motion
Verdant report

Verdant

Report
Atlas Coffee

Atlas Coffee

Identity
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Try It Yourself

Colour is a decision

Every colour on this page is a variable. Click a palette and the whole site repaints — headings, shapes, buttons, gradients, all of it. It's how we hand a system over to a client.

Studio work
The Studio

Four people, no account managers

You brief the person who does the work. There's no layer between you and the designer, which is why our projects take eight weeks instead of six months.

We take on around fifteen projects a year. That's a ceiling, not an ambition — it's how many we can do without any of them getting the leftovers.

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How It Works

Four weeks to first look

01

Brief

A two-hour session to work out what you're actually trying to change. Usually it isn't the logo.

02

Directions

Three routes, properly built — not one good idea and two obviously worse ones for contrast.

03

Refine

We take the chosen route and push it until it works everywhere it has to work.

04

Handover

Working files, guidelines and a session with whoever will use it after we're gone.

Questions

The things everyone asks

What does a brand identity cost?

Identity projects start at $18,000 and most land between $25,000 and $60,000. The range depends on how many applications you need — a café and a national retailer need very different amounts of system. You get a fixed number after the brief, not an hourly estimate.

How many concepts do we see?

Three, and all three are ones we'd be happy to ship. Presenting one real option next to two weak ones is a sales tactic, not a design process, and clients see through it.

Do you do just a logo?

Rarely. A mark on its own solves very little — what changes how a brand feels is type, colour, layout and tone working together. If a logo really is all you need, we'll happily point you to someone who does that well.

Who owns the work?

You do, in full, once the final invoice is settled. That includes working files and any custom type. We ask only to show the work in our portfolio, and we'll hold that back if you're not launched yet.

Can you build the website too?

We design it and art-direct the build, then work alongside a developer we trust. Designers who insist on doing both usually do one of them badly.

How far ahead do we need to book?

Six to ten weeks, typically. We run three projects at a time and won't squeeze in a fourth — that's the whole reason the work stays good.

Say Hello

Got something worth making?

Tell us what you're working on. We answer every enquiry personally within two working days, even the ones we're not right for.

Studio
2140 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm
Currently
Booking from March

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