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Week 1
Idea
Strategy first. We find what the brand stands for and who it speaks to.
Brand identity studio · Gulf & Iraq
We make brands people remember at first glance.
Arabic and English brand identities that make Gulf and Iraqi brands recognisable at first glance. Strategy, identity and a full system, led by the founder and delivered in six weeks.
Ocean · Identity · 2025
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A boutique studio for brands in the Gulf and Iraq that want to be recognised, not just seen. Strategy, identity and a system your team can keep, in Arabic and English as one voice.
Start a projectIdea before form
We start with what the brand stands for and who it speaks to. The logo comes last, never first.
One voice, two scripts
Arabic and Latin are designed together from the first sketch. Never translated at the end.
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How we work(Idea → Impression)6 weeks
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Week 2
Feeling
We decide what people should feel in the first three seconds.
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Weeks 3-5
Design
Identity, language and system, built in Arabic and English together.
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Week 6
Impression
Guidelines and templates so the brand stays itself everywhere.
What we do
Six ways in. Most clients start with strategy and identity.
- 01Brand strategy & identityPositioning, naming support, full visual identity
- 02Visual language systemsGuidelines, templates and rules that scale
- 03PackagingFrom structure to shelf
- 04Social media designA system your team can post with every week
- 05Campaign art directionConcept, shoot direction and rollout
- 06Content & copywritingOne voice in Arabic and English
FREE BRAND REVIEW · 5 BRANDS EVERY WEEK
Is your brand decorated, or defined?
Send your Instagram or website. We reply within two working days with what works, what doesn’t, and one thing to fix first.
No call. No commitment.
(05) Journal
Notes on identity.
All articles →Decoration
or identity?
EssayDecoration or identity?
Most brands in the region don’t have an identity problem. They have a decoration problem.
AR / EN
EssayBilingual branding is not translation
Designing Arabic and English as one voice, from the first sketch.
ocean
Case studyOcean: from scattered posts to a system
How a shipping company found one clear visual voice.