Seventy-seven brand guides to independent graphic design studios — how the people who design identities design their own.
A design studio is its own hardest client. Its name, website and case studies are the identity, and most studios keep them deliberately plain so the work can lead. These guides look at how independent studios around the world present themselves.
Names that carry founders, and names that don’t
Some studios carry their founders’ names, from Sagmeister & Walsh and Mevis & Van Deursen to Lamm & Kirch; others chose a single short word, such as Spin, Hey, Build, North, Order or Office, or an invented one, such as Snask or Mucho.
How to use these guides
Each guide covers how the organisation presents itself — its name, mark, palette and type — alongside dated facts about who founded it, who owns it and how it has changed, drawn from independent sources. A company’s description of itself is attributed to the company, and where a business has closed or merged we say so plainly. The table at the end gathers the essentials.
Studios in Europe and the Americas, part 1
Sagmeister & Walsh, Studio Dumbar, Base Design, Mucho, Made Thought and DesignStudio.
- Sagmeister & Walsh — Stefan Sagmeister’s Sagmeister Inc. of 1993, the rename to Sagmeister & Walsh when Jessica Walsh became a partner in 2012, and the 2019 split into Walsh’s agency &Walsh and Sagmeister Inc.
- Studio Dumbar — Founded by Gert Dumbar in The Hague in 1977, the deconstructed PTT identity of 1989, Dutch police work, a move to Rotterdam in 2003 and membership of the Dept network since 2016.
- Base Design — The branding network started in Brussels in the 1990s by Thierry Brunfaut and Dimitri Jeurissen, students at La Cambre, with a New York studio from 1998, later studios in Geneva, Melbourne and Saigon, and dated work such as MoMA QNS in 2002.
- Mucho — The branding and design studio Marc Català and Pablo Juncadella founded in Barcelona in 2003 after years at Grafica and Pentagram London, which added partners in San Francisco, Newark and Paris in 2013–2014 and now lists studios in Barcelona and San Francisco.
- Made Thought — The London studio Paul Austin and Ben Parker set up in 2000 after leaving the design group North, a New York office opened in January 2021, and a majority stake acquired by WPP in December 2021 under the AKQA umbrella.
- DesignStudio — The London studio Paul Stafford and Ben Wright set up in early 2009, offices added in San Francisco and Sydney, and dated identity work for Airbnb in 2014 and the Premier League and Deliveroo in 2016.
London and Amsterdam studios
Experimental Jetset, Graphic Thought Facility, Spin, Hey, Build, North, Saffron and Moving Brands.
- Experimental Jetset — The Amsterdam studio formed in 1997 by Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers and Danny van den Dungen, a name taken from a 1994 Sonic Youth album, a 2001 Beatles T-shirt print and the 2013 “responsive W” for the Whitney Museum.
- Graphic Thought Facility — The London studio formed in 1990 by Royal College of Art graduates Paul Neale, Andy Stevens and Nigel Robinson, a name built from the letters G, T and F, an early logo from 1991 and a studio led today by three directors.
- Spin — The London graphic design studio set up in 1992 by Tony Brook and Patricia Finegan, its moves from Streatham to Kennington, its self-initiated newsprint and film projects, and the Unit Editions imprint it co-founded in 2009.
- Hey — The Barcelona graphic design and illustration studio founded in 2007 by Verònica Fuerte, its team and Raval base, its Every Hey and HeyShop side projects, the Women at Work podcast and dated client work for CCCB and Monocle.
- Build — The design studio Michael C Place and Nicky Place started in London in 2001 after his years at The Designers Republic, which moved to Leeds in 2015, works as Studio.Build, and designed the iStock logo launched in September 2013.
- North — The London design studio Sean Perkins set up in 1995, named after his origins in the north of England, with partners Jeremy Coysten and Stephen Gilmore, a monograph arranged by latitude, and dated work for Magnum Photos in 2024 and the M+ logo.
- Saffron Brand Consultants — The consultancy founded in 2001 by Jacob Benbunan with Wally Olins as chairman, offices in London, Madrid and Vienna, and a 2019 Facebook company identity made with Dalton Maag.
- Moving Brands — The creative company founded in 1998 by Ben Wolstenholme, the 2007 Swisscom identity with a moving logo made with Bruno Maag, the 2008 Weare label and a studio that now calls itself fully remote.
Asian studios
Kinetic, Foreign Policy Design Group, &Larry, Bravo, Hakuhodo Design, nendo and Nippon Design Center.
- Kinetic — Kinetic Interactive, set up in July 1999 by Carolyn Teo, Sean Lam, Benjy Choo and Adrian Tan; Kinetic Design & Advertising from 2001 with Pann Lim and Roy Poh; and the Kinetic Singapore name from 2009.
- Foreign Policy Design Group — Founded in 2007 by Yah-Leng Yu and Arthur Chin after years in New York, named after a dream about news typography, and known for dated identity work for Gallery & Co., Roger&Sons and Figment.
- &Larry — The design company Larry Peh founded in 2005 after Men’s Folio, Asylum and Neighbor, a name that puts partners and clients first, client work for Royston Tan and Bynd Artisan, and objects drawn from kopi cups, parking coupons and smoking-zone lines.
- Bravo — Bravo Company, the independent design studio founded by artist and designer Janice Teo and graphic designer Edwin Tan, with dated identity work for Five & Dime, Balzac and Citygolf (2012), The Assembly (2015), Full of Luck Club (2016) and the Red Tail bar (2018).
- Hakuhodo Design — Set up in Tokyo in May 2003 by Kazufumi Nagai inside the Hakuhodo group, early work for Suntory Iemon and the Nissan Teana, a 2006 Ginza Graphic Gallery show and a practice built on branding and design management.
- nendo — Founded by Oki Sato in Tokyo in 2002, a Milan office from 2005, a lowercase name that Wikipedia says means clay, and dated client work for Lawson, Fritz Hansen and Hands.
- Nippon Design Center — Set up in Tokyo in December 1959 by designers including Yusaku Kamekura and Hiromu Hara with eight corporate investors, led since 2014 by Kenya Hara, with dated work such as Hibiya Okuroji in 2020.
Latin American and Australian studios
Anagrama, Savvy, Futura, Toko, Hulsbosch, Frost*collective, Studio Ongarato and RE.
- Anagrama — The Monterrey branding, architecture and software studio set up in 2009 by Sebastián Padilla, Gustavo Muñoz and Mike Herrera, named after the anagram, with a Mexico City office and dated work for Theurel & Thomas, Maderista and Niños Conarte.
- Savvy — The branding and architecture practice led by co-founder and creative director Rafael Prieto, working from Mexico City and New York, with Casa Bosques in Colonia Roma, Mast Books, Summer Day Cafe in 2018 and a publication for Acne Studios.
- Futura — The branding studio Iván García founded in Monterrey in 2008, which moved to Mexico City in 2015, kept architecture and interiors in-house and worked on Bocanegra, Blend Station, León León and Superthing.
- Toko — Design by Toko, the graphic design studio Eva Dijkstra and Michael Lugmayr set up in Rotterdam in the early 2000s and moved to Sydney, with work for the City of Sydney, Cult, Kingspan and the Australian exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
- Hulsbosch — Hans Hulsbosch’s route from Eindhoven via Amsterdam and Wellington to Sydney, the agency he started in 1982, and dated client work for Qantas, P&O, Woolworths and Virgin Australia.
- Frost*collective — Vince Frost’s Frost Design in London in 1994, the 2003 move to emeryfrost in Australia, the Sydney business renamed Frost Design* with an asterisk for ice, and the 2014 restructure into Frost*collective.
- Studio Ongarato — Founded in 1993 by Fabio Ongarato and Ronnen Goren as Fabio Ongarato Design, renamed Studio Ongarato around its 25th year, with dated hotel, museum and workplace projects.
- RE — Patrick Guerrera’s RE, its London studio from 2017, the 2021 relaunch as a design business with the line “Design to Connect”, and a Melbourne office in 2022.
Nordic studios
Snask, Kurppa Hosk, Werklig, Bond, Heydays, Anti, Kontrapunkt and e-Types.
- Snask — The Stockholm creative agency co-founded in 2007 by Fredrik Öst, Magnus Berg and Erik Kockum: the slang name, the book Make Enemies & Gain Fans and its 2024 third edition, an in-house bar and beer, and dated client work.
- Kurppa Hosk — The Stockholm brand agency founded in 2009 by Thomas Kurppa and Måns Hosk: part of the Eidra collective, joined by Oslo studios Neue and Heydays from 1 January 2025, with dated work for Korshags, Spread The Sign and XXL.
- Werklig — Founded in 2008 by Janne Kaitala and Anssi Kähärä, with dated client work from the Kyrö Distillery identity of 2014 to the City of Helsinki identity of 2017 and the Lapland regional brand chosen in 2025.
- Bond — Set up in 2009 by Jesper Bange, Aleksi Hautamäki and Arttu Salovaara, with a London studio from 2015, Tallinn from 2018, and dated work for the Moomin Shop, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paulig Kulma and Loupedeck.
- Heydays — Five Oslo design graduates who started the studio in 2008, identities for Studio Hansen, Mellbye and Oslo City Bike, ARC (later Eidra) ownership from 2022 and a merger into Kurppa Hosk from 1 January 2025.
- Anti — Founded in 2008 by Kenneth Pedersen and Kjetil Wold, named “A New Type of Interference”, with offices that grew from Oslo to Bergen, Trondheim and Hamar, an unlabelled 2018 identity and dated work for Vestre, the Research Council of Norway and Byggmax.
- Kontrapunkt — Founded in the 1980s by Bo Linnemann and Kim Meyer Andersen, named after the Danish word for counterpoint, with a Tokyo office, a bespoke type team, the 2019 Cityringen display typeface and a 2026 Designmuseum Danmark exhibition.
- e-Types — Founded in Vesterbro in 1997 by a group of young graphic designers, the Playtype foundry and its one-year type shop of 2010–2011, the Play font for Google, newspaper type for Berlingske, and the eTypes name it uses today.
German, Swiss and European studios
MetaDesign, HORT, Studio Feixen, Bureau Borsche, Norm, Zak Group and Stockholm Design Lab.
- MetaDesign — Founded in Berlin in 1979, renamed from Sedley Place, rebuilt as MetaDesignPlus around 1989–90, the BVG transit identity, Lost Boys from 2001 and Publicis Groupe ownership since 2013.
- HORT — Eike König’s Eikesgrafischerhort.com opened in Frankfurt am Main in 1994 after a record-label job, Martin Lorenz joined in 2001, the name was cut to Hort, and by 2013 the studio was Berlin-based with Nike and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation among its clients.
- Studio Feixen — Felix Pfäffli’s Feixen, started around 2009–2010, its risograph posters for the Südpol cultural centre in Kriens from 2010 to 2015, the in-house Studio Feixen Sans and the Studio Feixen Fonts foundry launched in 2020.
- Bureau Borsche — Founded by Mirko Borsche in Munich in 2007, his creative direction at Die Zeit and Zeit Magazin, the Balenciaga website of 2017, the Venice pavilion idents of 2019 and the Inter logo of 2021.
- Norm — The Zurich studio founded by Dimitri Bruni and Manuel Krebs in 1999, the self-published books Introduction and The Things, typography for Cologne Airport, and the Simple, Replica and Riforma typefaces released through Lineto.
- Zak Group — A London design office founded by Zak Kyes, his years as art director at the Architectural Association and the Bedford Press imprint, Boys Don’t Cry for Frank Ocean in 2016, the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Fact relaunch.
- Stockholm Design Lab — Founded in Stockholm in 1998 by Björn Kusoffsky and Thomas Erikson, a total identity for SAS as its opening job, then IKEA, Moderna Museet, Åhléns, Swedavia, Polestar and Sigma, and a 2022 ArkDes exhibition.
UK studios
johnson banks, A Practice for Everyday Life, DNCO, Bibliothèque, Why Not Associates, The Chase, Studio Sutherl& and Mytton Williams.
- johnson banks — A lowercase name, the 2010 Science Museum identity with its Grid typeface, and the 2016–17 Mozilla rebrand run in public on an open design blog.
- A Practice for Everyday Life — From ICA catalogues and The Hepworth Wakefield identity to John Lobb, a type foundry and the 2022 Venice Biennale.
- DNCO (formerly DN&Co.) — The London culture and place-branding studio founded by Joy Nazzari, its move to employee ownership in 2019, Museum of the Home and Television Centre work, and the 2022 rename to DNCO with an uppercase Post Grotesk word mark.
- Bibliothèque — The London studio Tim Beard, Jonathon Jeffrey and Mason Wells launched in 2004, its identity, exhibition and digital work for clients such as the Design Museum, Google and Adidas, and a tenth-birthday pop-up bookshop in Hoxton in 2014.
- Why Not Associates — The London studio Andy Altmann, David Ellis and Howard Greenhalgh formed on leaving the Royal College of Art in 1987, its name, its Hull 1992 identity and Royal Mail stamps, and the Comedy Carpet with Gordon Young in Blackpool in 2011.
- The Chase — The creative consultancy Ben Casey set up in Manchester in 1986 with Lionel Hatch, bought back from the receivers of its parent typesetter, with offices later in London and Preston and dated work for Preston North End, Royal Mail and D&AD.
- Studio Sutherl& — Jim Sutherland’s 2014 exit from Hat-Trick, the ampersand in the studio’s name, and dated work for Royal Mail (2016), St Albans Museum + Gallery (2018), the Churches Conservation Trust (2020) and Perspectiva (2021).
- Mytton Williams — A Bath brand and design studio that says it has worked since 1996, with dated work for Footprint travel guides, Clarks, the Royal Academy of Dance, Thermae Bath Spa (2001–2006) and the Halcyon Hotel (2009).
US studios
Godfrey Dadich Partners, Order, Gretel, Red Antler, Office, Manual, Porto Rocha, Athletics, Doubleday & Cartwright and Trollbäck+Company.
- Godfrey Dadich Partners — The San Francisco firm Patrick Godfrey and former Wired editor Scott Dadich announced in January 2017, its 2018 National Geographic redesign work and the 2020 purchase by kyu, the strategic operating unit of Hakuhodo DY Holdings.
- Order — Order, the design office Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth founded in 2017 after Pentagram, its Greenpoint base beside the Standards Manual imprint they began in 2014, the reissued 1970 New York subway and NASA graphics manuals, and an early Kickstarter rebrand.
- Gretel — Founded by Greg Hahn in 2005, a motion studio that moved into branding, the Netflix approach of 2014, the 2016 Viceland identity, Kodansha in 2021 and New York City FC in 2025.
- Red Antler — Founded in 2007 by Emily Heyward, JB Osborne and Simon Endres to work with startups, named after the growth of antlers, with Casper, Foursquare in 2014 and Allbirds among its dated client work.
- Office — Office: Jason Schulte Design, founded by Jason Schulte in 2004 and led with Jill Robertson, the Wee Society children’s brand it launched in 2012, its 826 Valencia pro bono work and dated client work with IBM and Ogilvy.
- Manual — Tom Crabtree’s move from London to Apple in 2006, the studio he and Patricia Callaway started in 2009, offices in San Francisco and Amsterdam, and dated identity work from San Francisco Design Week to Fort Point and BDG.
- Porto Rocha — Brazilian designers Leo Porto and Felipe Rocha, a studio named after both surnames, a Brooklyn start described by It’s Nice That in 2020, and dated client work for Museu Nacional da República, Sundance and Twitch.
- Athletics — A name taken from its original office in a Williamsburg boxing gym, co-founders Matt Owens and Jason Gnewikow, and dated client work for Nashville SC, Trace and Catskill Art Space.
- Doubleday & Cartwright — The Brooklyn studio co-founded in 2009 by Christopher Isenberg and Kimou Meyer, named after two figures in baseball’s origin story, publisher of Victory Journal, and designer of identities for the Milwaukee Bucks (2015), Chicago Fire FC (2019) and Charlotte FC (2020).
- Trollbäck+Company — And its dated work: Court TV and ESPN News, the IAC video wall, network identities for CBS, Fox and ABC, and the 2015 Global Goals logo and icons.
International studios
M/M (Paris), Akatre, Helmo, DixonBaxi, Studio FNT and Sulki & Min.
- M/M (Paris) — M/M (Paris), the studio of Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak, set up in Paris in 1992: alphabets, The Agent avatar, drawing in the picture, work with Björk, Balenciaga and Yohji Yamamoto, a 2012 monograph and Harper’s Bazaar Italia from 2025.
- Akatre — Akatre, the Paris studio founded in 2007 by Valentin Abad, Julien Dhivert and Sébastien Riveron: a name taken from the A4 paper format, a typeface drawn for each project, the 924P book, music videos for Yalta Club and Grand Yellow, and the album Blck Rck.
- Helmo — Helmo, the graphic design studio Thomas Couderc and Clément Vauchez founded in Montreuil in 2007: Jazzdor festival posters, the Stratigraphie screen-print series, the basketball magazine Entorse and the 2025 book Look at Jazz.
- DixonBaxi — Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi’s London studio from 2001, its two founding lists, on-screen work for Formula 1, MTV and Five, the AC Milan identity of 2019 and the Hulu “Vessel” system of 2021.
- Studio FNT — Jaemin Lee’s Seoul studio from 2006, the name read as “form and thing”, partners Woogyung Geel and Heesun Kim, the BiFan identity of 2016 and the 63 Building identity unveiled in 2026.
- Sulki & Min — Yale graduates who researched at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and set up their practice in 2005, with Specter Press, Workroom Specter, the Protoform Korean font family and identities for cultural clients.
Global studios
Tátil, Ana Couto, Elephant and Codesign.
- Tátil — Founded by Fred Gelli with Patrícia Pinheiro and Gustavo Gelli, its nature-led design principles, and the three-dimensional Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic marks as dated client work.
- Ana Couto — The Rio de Janeiro branding agency founded by designer Ana Couto in 1993: its brand, business and communication method, dated client work for Hapvida, Cerbras and Camponesa, and the 2023 rebrand to a lowercase, orange “anacouto”.
- Elephant — Elephant Design, the Pune studio set up in May 1989 by NID Ahmedabad graduates Ashwini Deshpande, Ashish Deshpande and Partho Guha: a name taken from the parable of the blind men and the elephant, and dated work for Symphony, Nirlep and the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
- Codesign — The New Delhi practice founded by Rajesh Dahiya in 2004 and led with Mohor Ray, the Dekho anthology, a section of the 2014 D&AD Annual and the Royal Enfield identity built around hand-painted pin-striping.
Dutch and European designers
Mevis & Van Deursen, Irma Boom Office, Karel Martens, Vier5 and Lamm & Kirch.
- Mevis & Van Deursen — The Amsterdam studio Armand Mevis and Linda van Deursen founded in 1987, books for artists, the Boijmans identity of 2003–2006, the Stedelijk wordmark of 2012, teaching, and separate practice since 2023.
- Irma Boom Office — The Amsterdam book design studio Irma Boom founded in 1991, her start at the Dutch Government Publishing and Printing Office, the stamp books, the SHV Think Book of 1996 and the inkless Chanel book.
- Karel Martens — Fine-art training in Arnhem, teaching from 1977, the Werkplaats Typografie co-founded in 1998, the journal OASE from 1990, monoprints, and the Martens & Martens studio formed with his children in 2019.
- Vier5 — Posters for CAC Brétigny from 2003, the documenta 12 guiding system in Kassel in 2007, Athens signage for documenta 14, the Fairy Tale magazine and the VIER5 fashion label.
- Lamm & Kirch — A graphic design studio named after Florian Lamm and Jakob Kirch, rooted in Leipzig’s Academy of Visual Arts, with offices in Leipzig and Berlin, and a body of posters, books and identities for cultural clients.
At a glance: founding, what each is known for and the latest change
Taken from each guide’s fact panel, as of October 2026. Follow the link for sources and detail.
| Brand | Founded | Known for | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| &Larry | Singapore, by Larry Peh (2005) | Branding, art direction and Singapore-inspired objects | Design company based in Singapore |
| A Practice for Everyday Life | London, by Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas (2003) | From Michel de Certeau’s The Practice of Everyday Life | Venice: Identity for the 59th Biennale Arte |
| Akatre | Paris, by Valentin Abad, Julien Dhivert and Sébastien Riveron (2007) | Taken from the A4 paper format | Studio Valentin Abad: A co-founder’s own practice, reported by Cercle |
| Ana Couto | Agency founded by designer Ana Couto, Rio de Janeiro (1993) | Method: Brand, business and communication treated together | Book: A (R)evolução do Branding, Editora Gente |
| Anagrama | Monterrey, Mexico, by Sebastián Padilla, Gustavo Muñoz and Mike Herrera (2009) | From the anagram, letters rearranged into a new word | Offices: Monterrey and Mexico City |
| Anti | By Kenneth Pedersen and Kjetil Wold (2008) | A New Type of Interference | Offices: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Hamar (2019) |
| Athletics | Brooklyn, as listed by the Image of the Studio survey (2004) | After the studio’s original office, a Williamsburg boxing gym | Nashville SC: Crest and identity unveiled by the club |
| Base Design | Brussels (1990s) | A studio network that grew from La Cambre | Studios in Brussels, New York, Geneva, Melbourne, Saigon |
| Bibliothèque | London, by Tim Beard, Jonathon Jeffrey and Mason Wells (2004) | Exhibition design for the Design Museum | Known for: Exhibition design for the Design Museum |
| Bond | Helsinki, by Jesper Bange, Aleksi Hautamäki and Arttu Salovaara (2009) | London: Bond London studio opened | Studios in Helsinki, London, Dubai and Tallinn, per the TDC interview |
| Bravo | Janice Teo, Edwin Tan | Identities for cafés, bars, shops and restaurants | Offices: New York and Singapore, per Creative Boom |
| Build | London (2001) | A one-word studio name, later styled Studio.Build | A studio in Leeds since 2015 |
| Bureau Borsche | Munich, by Mirko Borsche (2007) | Editorial design, fashion and culture identities, the Inter logo of 2021 | Known for: Editorial design, fashion and culture identities, the Inter logo of 2021 |
| Codesign | New Delhi, by Rajesh Dahiya (2004) | The Royal Enfield identity and self-initiated projects | Known for: The Royal Enfield identity and self-initiated projects |
| DesignStudio | London, by Paul Stafford and Ben Wright (2009) | Identities for consumer and sports brands | Known for: Identities for consumer and sports brands |
| DixonBaxi | London, by Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi (2001) | On-screen branding for Formula 1, MTV and Five | Known for: On-screen branding for Formula 1, MTV and Five |
| DNCO (formerly DN&Co.) | London, founding director Joy Nazzari (2006) | Culture and place branding | DNCO, uppercase word mark |
| Doubleday & Cartwright | Brooklyn, New York, by Christopher Isenberg and Kimou Meyer (2009) | Abner Doubleday and Alexander Cartwright, two figures in baseball’s origin story | Fire / Charlotte: Chicago Fire FC crest; Charlotte FC name, crest and colours |
| e-Types | Vesterbro, Copenhagen, by a group of young graphic designers (1997) | Group: Part of e-Types Group | Trades as eTypes, with the Playtype foundry |
| Elephant | Elephant Design, Pune, by Ashwini Deshpande, Ashish Deshpande and Partho Guha (1989) | From the parable of the blind men and the elephant | Independent studio in Pune with a base in Singapore |
| Experimental Jetset | Amsterdam, by Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers and Danny van den Dungen (1997) | From the Sonic Youth album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Whitney Museum: Identity built on a “responsive W” |
| Foreign Policy Design Group | Singapore, by Yah-Leng Yu and Arthur Chin (2007) | From a dream about news typography, Yu says | Singapore studio; Yu creative director, Chin brand strategy |
| Frost*collective | Frost Design, London, by Vince Frost (1994) | Australia: Joint creative director of emeryfrost | Frost*collective, Sydney, with a London studio in Clerkenwell |
| Futura | Monterrey (2008) | Branding, packaging and interiors under one roof | Moved: Monterrey to Mexico City |
| Godfrey Dadich Partners | Announced: Godfrey Dadich Partners, by Patrick Godfrey and Scott Dadich (2017) | Base: San Francisco, with an office in New York | kyu, strategic operating unit of Hakuhodo DY Holdings |
| Graphic Thought Facility | London, by Paul Neale, Andy Stevens and Nigel Robinson (1990) | Studio logo: From an early magazine commission | Led by Huw Morgan, Paul Neale and Andrew Stevens |
| Gretel | Gretel, New York, by Greg Hahn (2005) | Netflix: Approached for global branding, per Gretel’s head of design | Brooklyn-based branding studio; Kodansha (2021) and New York City FC (2025) among dated projects |
| Hakuhodo Design | Tokyo, by Kazufumi Nagai (2003) | Branding and design management | Known for: Branding and design management |
| Helmo | Helmo, Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) (2007) | Earlier studio: La bonne merveille, with Thomas Dimetto, for four years | Book: Look at Jazz, Éditions B42 |
| Hey | Barcelona, by Verònica Fuerte (2007) | Brand identity, editorial design and illustration | The Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona |
| Heydays | Oslo, by five design graduates (2008) | Oslo City Bike and Studio Hansen identities | Known for: Oslo City Bike and Studio Hansen identities |
| HORT | Eikesgrafischerhort.com, Frankfurt am Main, by Eike König (1994) | Partner: Martin Lorenz joins as co-runner of the studio | Berlin-based studio led by Eike König |
| Hulsbosch | Brand agency started in Sydney by Hans Hulsbosch (1982) | Qantas: Redrawn Flying Kangaroo and typeface rolled out | Hulsbosch, North Sydney |
| Irma Boom Office | Amsterdam, by Irma Boom (1991) | Books built as objects, edges and covers included | Known for: Books built as objects, edges and covers included |
| johnson banks | London, by Michael Johnson (1992) | Science Museum: Identity and Grid typeface launched | Mozilla: Final Protocol logo revealed |
| Karel Martens | Trained: Fine art, Arnhem Academy of Art and Industrial Arts (1961) | Teaching: ArtEZ, Arnhem | Studio: Martens & Martens, with Klaartje and Diederik Martens |
| Kinetic | Kinetic Interactive, Singapore, by Carolyn Teo, Sean Lam, Benjy Choo and Adrian Tan (1999) | Renamed: Kinetic Design & Advertising, with Pann Lim and Roy Poh | Independent Singapore studio; Pann Lim creative director |
| Kontrapunkt | Copenhagen, by Bo Linnemann and Kim Meyer Andersen (1980s) | Offices: Copenhagen and Tokyo | Exhibition: LABORATORIUM Kontrapunkt, Designmuseum Danmark |
| Kurppa Hosk | Stockholm, by Thomas Kurppa and Måns Hosk (2009) | Group: Part of the Eidra consultancy collective | Oslo studios Neue Design Studio and Heydays become Kurppa Hosk |
| Lamm & Kirch | Leipzig, the studio says (2012) | Posters, books and identities for cultural clients | Known for: Posters, books and identities for cultural clients |
| M/M (Paris) | Paris, by Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak (1992) | The Agent: The studio’s stick-figure avatar appears | Harper’s Bazaar Italia: Creative directors from the September issue |
| Made Thought | London, by Paul Austin and Ben Parker (2000) | Identity, packaging, print and art direction | WPP majority stake, within AKQA |
| Manual | Manual, San Francisco, by Tom Crabtree and Patricia Callaway (2009) | Fort Point brewery identity, illustration and packaging | Offices in San Francisco and Amsterdam |
| MetaDesign | Berlin, by Erik Spiekermann and partners (1979) | Rebuilt: As MetaDesignPlus, with Uli Mayer and Hans Christian Krüger | Publicis: Owner since buying LBi |
| Mevis & Van Deursen | Amsterdam, by Armand Mevis and Linda van Deursen (1987) | Boijmans identity: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam | Separate practice: Both designers continue independently |
| Moving Brands | London, by Ben Wolstenholme (1998) | Identities designed for screens | Moving Brands describes itself as a fully remote studio |
| Mucho | Barcelona (2003) | A studio grown by adding partners in other cities | Studios in Barcelona and San Francisco |
| Mytton Williams | Since: Bath, by the studio’s own account (1996) | Bath Spa: Won the pitch to brand the spa project | Independent brand and design studio in Bath |
| nendo | Tokyo, by Oki Sato (2002) | Japanese for clay, written in lowercase | nendo, Inc, Tokyo; Oki Sato and co-founder Akihiro Ito |
| Nippon Design Center | Tokyo, with eight corporate investors (1959) | Founding designers: Yusaku Kamekura, Hiromu Hara, Ryuichi Yamashiro and others | Offices: Tokyo, Nagoya, Beijing, Los Angeles |
| Norm | Zurich, by Dimitri Bruni and Manuel Krebs (1999) | Books, typography for Cologne Airport, typefaces released through Lineto | Known for: Books, typography for Cologne Airport, typefaces released through Lineto |
| North | London (1995) | A studio name taken from its founder’s home region | Partners: Sean Perkins, Jeremy Coysten, Stephen Gilmore |
| Office | Office, San Francisco, by Jason Schulte (2004) | Led by: Jason Schulte, creative director, and Jill Robertson, president | Office: Jason Schulte Design, San Francisco |
| Order | Order, design office, New York (2017) | Reissue: NASA Graphics Standards Manual campaign | Offices in Brooklyn and Miami, each led by a co-founder |
| Porto Rocha | Leo Porto and Felipe Rocha, Brazilian designers | Base: New York; It’s Nice That described a Brooklyn studio in July 2020 | New York; It’s Nice That described a Brooklyn studio in July 2020 |
| RE | Base: Sydney, within M&C Saatchi Group | London: Re London set up by Benjamin Harrison | Sydney, within M&C Saatchi Group |
| Red Antler | Red Antler, New York, by Emily Heyward, JB Osborne and Simon Endres (2007) | Foursquare: New identity for Foursquare and the Swarm app | Brand company based in Brooklyn |
| Saffron Brand Consultants | Madrid and London, by Jacob Benbunan with Wally Olins (2001) | Brand strategy and identity for companies and places | Saffron lists London, Madrid, Tokyo and Vienna |
| Sagmeister & Walsh | Sagmeister Inc., New York, by Stefan Sagmeister (1993) | Renamed: Sagmeister & Walsh, with Jessica Walsh as partner | Sagmeister Inc. and &Walsh; joint art and exhibition work under the shared name |
| Savvy | Led by: Rafael Prieto, co-founder and creative director | Bases: Mexico City and New York | Own project: Casa Bosques, Colonia Roma, Mexico City |
| Snask | Stockholm, by Fredrik Öst, Magnus Berg and Erik Kockum (2007) | Book: Make Enemies & Gain Fans | Stockholm creative agency; Öst and Kockum featured in Slanted #39 |
| Spin | London, by Tony Brook and Patricia Finegan (1992) | Reductive identity systems and self-initiated publishing | Unit Editions: Catalogue and future titles taken on by Thames & Hudson |
| Stockholm Design Lab | Stockholm, by Björn Kusoffsky and Thomas Erikson (1998) | Identities, packaging, wayfinding and typography | Known for: Identities, packaging, wayfinding and typography |
| Studio Dumbar | The Hague, by Gert Dumbar (1977) | The PTT identity of 1989 and Dutch police work | Known for: The PTT identity of 1989 and Dutch police work |
| Studio Feixen | Feixen, Lucerne, by Felix Pfäffli (2009–2010) | Posters: All posters for the Südpol cultural centre, Kriens | Lucerne design studio and type foundry |
| Studio FNT | Seoul, by Jaemin Lee (2006) | Simple geometry, few colours and Hangul type | Known for: Simple geometry, few colours and Hangul type |
| Studio Ongarato | Melbourne, by Fabio Ongarato and Ronnen Goren (1993) | Former name: Fabio Ongarato Design | Studio Ongarato, reported by Architecture & Design |
| Studio Sutherl& | Left Hat-Trick: Jim Sutherland, co-founder of Hat-Trick (2001) (2014) | Royal Mail: Six Agatha Christie stamps | Since: Churches Conservation Trust (2020), Perspectiva (2021) |
| Sulki & Min | Studio practice in Seoul (2005) | Research: Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht | Imprints: Specter Press (2006–21); Workroom Specter with Workroom Press |
| The Chase | Manchester, by Ben Casey with Lionel Hatch (1986) | Idea-led identity, print, packaging and exhibition work | Casey and Hatch, after buying it from receivers |
| Toko | Rotterdam (2001–2002) | Branding, books, signage and exhibitions | Moved: Rotterdam to Sydney |
| Trollbäck+Company | New York, by Jakob Trollbäck after R/Greenberg Associates (1999) | Arrived: Trollbäck reaches New York from Stockholm | Global Goals: Logo, icons and copy for Project Everyone |
| Tátil | Rio de Janeiro, by Fred Gelli, Patrícia Pinheiro and Gustavo Gelli (1989) | Principles: Creative principles written down | Offices: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and London |
| Vier5 | By Marco Fiedler and Achim Reichert; later based in Paris (1999 / 2002) | Posters for the Centre d’art contemporain de Brétigny | Athens: Signage for documenta 14 |
| Werklig | Werklig Oy, Helsinki, by Janne Kaitala and Anssi Kähärä (2008) | Kyrö Distillery: Identity with the custom typeface Napue Sans | Lapland: Chosen for the Lappi-brändi 2.0 regional brand project |
| Why Not Associates | London, by Andy Altmann, David Ellis and Howard Greenhalgh (1987) | Experimental typography, print and public-space lettering | Known for: Experimental typography, print and public-space lettering |
| Zak Group | Zak Kyes, in London | Cultural identities, publications and art direction | Known for: Cultural identities, publications and art direction |
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