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We design identities and websites for companies that make real things.

Ferries, olive mills, clinics, a bakery that opens at 3am. Six people above a ship chandler in Piraeus, 4 projects at a time, prices in public.

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Work

Nine projects, newest first. Point at a name to see it; open it for the brief, the process and what changed. Filter by discipline

  1. 2026Halcyon FerriesIdentity, wayfinding, booking site
  2. 2025Moro Olive MillPackaging, identity
  3. 2025Kyma RecordsIdentity, motion, sleeve system
  4. 2024Atlas ClinicsWeb platform, design system
  5. 2024Nightjar BakeryIdentity, signage, ordering site
  6. 2023Petra ArchitectsIdentity, website, publication
  7. 2023Aegean Film FestivalIdentity, posters, motion titles
  8. 2022Oros Mountain SchoolWayfinding, signage, identity
  9. 2021Sifnos Pottery GuildIdentity, packaging, shop
Halcyon Ferries identity applied: the departures app on a phone

Latest case study, 2026

Halcyon Ferries

A timetable you can read from the deck

Rebranding an island ferry line around the one thing passengers actually look at: the departures board.

−48% fewer passengers queuing to ask about sailings in July

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Out in the world

We judge the work where it lives: on a quay at noon, on a supermarket shelf, on a street at three in the morning. These are the tests we design for.

What we believe

Design that survives the real world, made by the people you met on the first call.

More about the studio

  • Design for the worst day

    A timetable read in wind and full sun. A tin on the bottom shelf under strip lights. A booking page on a cracked phone at two in the morning. If the work holds up there, it holds up.

  • The most-used thing first

    We start with the thing people touch every day: the departures board, the label, the booking form. The logo comes last, and it is usually the quickest part.

  • Small on purpose

    Six people, four projects at a time. The people on your first call are the people who do the work, from that call to the launch.

  • Prices in public

    Every service has a published starting price, and every project a fixed price per phase. The first conversation should be about the work.

What we will not do

  • Pitch for free. We show our work and write a plan; we do not design your answer before hearing your question.
  • Design a logo on its own. A logo without the things it goes on is a guess.
  • Hand over and vanish. The first months of real use are in the price.

Services and prices

What we do, how long it usually takes, and where the price starts. What each one includes

The studio building: a ship chandler on the ground floor, Tessera behind the lit windows on the third

Third floor, Karaiskaki 12

Above a ship chandler, six minutes from the metro, with the ferries at the end of the street. One long table, one wall for pinning up the work, and the same six people since 2023.

  • Mosaic portrait of Eleni Markou, founder and creative director, set in small square tilesEleni
  • Mosaic portrait of Jonas Weller, design director, set in small square tilesJonas
  • Mosaic portrait of Nikos Stathis, technical lead, set in small square tilesNikos
  • Mosaic portrait of Aiko Hayashi, senior designer, set in small square tilesAiko
  • Mosaic portrait of Chara Vlachou, motion and illustration, set in small square tilesChara
  • Mosaic portrait of Tom Okafor, developer, set in small square tilesTom
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We take 4 projects at a time. The next one can start in February 2027, and the first call costs nothing but an hour.

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