INDEPENDENT STUDIO · EST. 2019
Six designers, four projects a year.

We designthe productspeople openevery day.

Brand, product, and motion for ambitious founders. Shipped in weeks, not quarters — directly with the people building it, not the people managing them.

Based
London / Lisbon
Capacity
4 / yr
Studio №7 — Hackney, March 2026
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INDEX — SELECTED WORK

Eleven shipped in twelve months.

A small slice of recent work for founders, agencies, and the occasional museum. Hover any row for a glimpse.

  • 01

    Lumen

    Onboarding redesign2025
  • 02

    Polaris

    Brand system2025
  • 03

    Tessera

    Product launch2025
  • 04

    Kava

    Analytics surface2024
  • 05

    Field

    Editorial site2024
  • 06

    Marrow

    Checkout flow2024
  • 07

    Atlas

    Design tokens2023
  • 08

    Pier

    Motion brief2023

* Project names changed where NDAs apply.

CASE STUDIES — SCROLL TO ADVANCE

Four we can’t stop thinking about.

Pinned showcase of the work that defined the last twelve months.

01 / 04
Lumen — Onboarding redesign
Doubled trial-to-paid in a Tuesday-to-Friday sprint.
02 / 04
Polaris — Brand system
Wordmark, voice, and a sixty-page design language doc.
03 / 04
Tessera — Product launch
Marketing site, launch film, and press kit in three weeks.
04 / 04
Kava — Analytics surface
Reduced time-to-insight from minutes to seconds.
CASE STUDIES — SCROLL TO ADVANCE

Four we can’t stop thinking about.

Pinned showcase of the work that defined the last twelve months.

Lumen — Onboarding redesign
Doubled trial-to-paid in a Tuesday-to-Friday sprint.
Polaris — Brand system
Wordmark, voice, and a sixty-page design language doc.
Tessera — Product launch
Marketing site, launch film, and press kit in three weeks.
Kava — Analytics surface
Reduced time-to-insight from minutes to seconds.
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HOW WE WORK

Four weeks. Four phases. One handover.

Designed for founders who want the work done, not the project managed.

  • (01)

    Read the room

    Week one is interviews, audits, and a shared doc that says what we’re actually solving. No deck. No moodboard yet.

  • (02)

    Set the tone

    Week two is type, color, motion, copy voice. One direction, executed. We don’t do A/B/C explorations — we do A, hard.

  • (03)

    Ship the surface

    Week three is the actual screens, in code where it matters, in Figma where it doesn’t. You see something live by Wednesday.

  • (04)

    Hand it back

    Week four is the handover. Files, tokens, a Loom that explains every decision. Then we get out of the way.

WHAT THEY SAID
They rewrote our whole homepage in a Tuesday afternoon and our trial signups doubled by Friday. I don’t know what to tell you. Hire them.
Maya Okafor
Founder, Lumen
Currently booking Q3

Want the studio? Write us.

One project at a time, no more than four a year. If we’re a fit you’ll hear back inside 48 hours — from a person, not a form.

No discovery deck. No SOW theatre. A reply from a person.

Plain answers.

What does a project cost?

Engagements start at £24k for a 4-week sprint and scale from there. We quote the work, not the time, and we never invoice for "discovery."

Can you work with our in-house team?

Always. Most of our best work happens shoulder-to-shoulder with founders, PMs, and engineers who already know the product. We bring the taste; you bring the context.

Do you write code?

Yes — React, TypeScript, framer-motion. The marketing site you’re reading now was built by us in nine days.