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Brand identity
Naming, logo, visual system, brand guidelines. The kind of brand you can run for a decade without tweaking.
Studio · Melbourne / Tokyo
Brands worth lingering on.
Independent identity and packaging design studio working with food, hospitality, and lifestyle brands.
Trusted by teams at
Acme & Co
Globex
Initech
Hooli
Soylent
Massive Dynamic
Sterling Cooper
About the studio
Brand and product, made with care
We've been a six-person studio since 2012. We work directly with founders and product leads — no account managers, no creative-director-by-proxy. The work has been recognised by Awwwards, FWA, and Brand New, but what we care about is whether your customers feel like the page was made for them.
- Brand identity & visual systems
- Web design & development (React + Next.js)
- Editorial design & long-form content
- Motion + interaction studies
What we do
Three things, done well.
We're picky about engagements — we'd rather do three projects properly than ten in a sprint.
Recent work
Selected projects
A small slice. Reach out if you want to see the full archive — including the work we can't show publicly yet.
How we work
Four weeks, end to end.
The engagement model that fits most projects. We've run faster (one week sprints) and slower (six-month brand rebuilds) — we'll tell you which side your project should sit on.
A small team, by design.
Six people total. Every project gets a lead designer + engineer end-to-end. You will always speak directly to the people doing the work.
Mira Chen
Creative director
Tom Yates
Design lead
Lou Park
Engineering lead
What clients say
Worth the rate.
Frequently asked
Questions before reaching out?
How long does a typical engagement take?+
Four to six weeks for a website. Eight to twelve for a full brand rebuild. We will scope precisely in the first conversation.
What's the price range?+
Brand: from $18k. Website: from $24k. Anchored to scope, not seat count — there is no per-person rate. We share a fixed quote after discovery.
Do you work with founders directly?+
Almost exclusively. We work best with two or three decision-makers — once a project has more than four stakeholders the velocity dies.
Where are you based?+
Remote-first, with a small office in Brooklyn. Most clients we never meet in person; we are available for kickoffs and launches when it matters.
Can you work with our existing dev team?+
Yes — we design and hand off to internal engineering, or build alongside them. We can adapt to your existing stack as long as it is in the React / Next.js ecosystem.
Do you offer ongoing retainers?+
No, by choice. We hand the work off and remain available for fixed-scope follow-ups. Retainers blur ownership; the work belongs to you.
Ready to start?
Let's build something worth looking at.
Drop us a note about your project. We reply to every message within 48 hours, usually with questions before yes-or-no.
No NDAs to sign at first message · we read everything ourselves
Tell us about your project
We'll get back within 48 hours — usually with a handful of clarifying questions and a sense of timeline.
- Emailhello@studiomarlowe.co
- Address3F, 12-4 Daikanyama, Shibuya, Tokyo