Studio — dark abstract
Independent brand studio · Est. 2016 · Lisbon & Berlin

We help foundersbuild a brand theycan grow into.

Naming, identity and the first version of your product — made with you, not handed down to you. Small team, long conversations, work that still fits three years later.

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HaldenTerra NinePinecrestOllie HealthVerseMeridian LabsFold
HaldenTerra NinePinecrestOllie HealthVerseMeridian LabsFold

Selected work

Six of the last forty

What we do

Four things, done properly. Most engagements start with one and quietly become two.

01

Naming & verbal identity

A name you can say on a call without spelling it, plus the voice that carries it — positioning, messaging, the words on the pricing page.

02

Brand identity

Marks, type, colour, motion and the rules that keep them honest — delivered as a kit your team can actually use on a Tuesday.

03

Product & web design

The site that raises your round and the app behind it. We design in components and hand off to engineers who are glad to see us.

04

Design partnership

A monthly retainer for founders who aren't ready to hire. Two designers, one standing call, no scope theatre.

How it goes

Eight to twelve weeks, four steps, one shared document. You'll always know what week you're in.

Week 1–2

Listening

Interviews with you, your team and five customers. We come back with what we heard, not with a deck.

Week 3–4

Territory

Two or three honest directions. We argue for each of them, then you pick one and we go all in.

Week 5–9

Making

Weekly builds in the browser. Nothing is presented that hasn't been tried at real size.

Week 10–12

Handover

Files, components, a short film for your team, and a month of us on call while it lands.

By the numbers
41

Brands built since 2016, from pre-seed to Series C.

9wk

Median time from first call to a brand in market.

94%

Of clients come back for a second piece of work.

6

People in the studio. That's the whole team, always.

The six of us

No account layer. The people you meet in week one are the people who do the work.

Mara Løvik
Mara Løvik
Founder · Strategy
Idris Amankwah
Idris Amankwah
Design director
Bea Coutinho
Bea Coutinho
Type & identity
Tom Weyer
Tom Weyer
Product design

Kind words
and shiny things

D&AD Wood Pencil — Brand Identity2026
Type Directors Club — Certificate of Excellence2025
It's Nice That — Studio of the Month2025
Fast Company — Innovation by Design, finalist2024
They asked us better questions than our board did. The brand has outlived two pivots.
Sofia Ekdahl — Co-founder, Halden
Say hello

Tell us what you're building.

hello@ligature.example

A paragraph is plenty. We answer every note within two working days — usually with three questions.