The creative studio

Work made the
way the brand
sounds.

A small studio of clients, held quietly, selective, and made by hand.

Open
3 / 3
retainer seats
i. The studio

Quiet work,
for quiet brands.

Kaitlyn at the studio , the studio chair

Brand identity, editorial layouts and social media management for makers who want their visuals to feel like a held breath. Three retainer seats. Selected, never sold.

Service 01

Brand identity

A small, soft system you can keep using for years. Logo lock ups, palette, type, motifs and a 30 page field guide.

  • Discovery and direction
  • Logo system and lock ups
  • Colour, type, motifs
  • Brand guidelines, bound
  • Stationery suite
from $6,500 6 weeks
Service 02

Social media management

A measured rhythm of posts, captions and quiet replies. We show up softly, every week, in roughly the same shape.

  • Quarterly content strategy
  • 12 posts a month, IG, TikTok, Pinterest
  • Captions in your voice
  • Story dispatches, daily
  • Quarterly performance letter
from $1,900 / month retainer
Service 03

Editorial and print

Books, newsletters, lookbooks, packaging. The work for makers who still believe in paper, and in giving readers room to breathe.

  • Book layout and typesetting
  • Newsletter design
  • Print collateral suites
  • Packaging system
  • Letterpress liaison
from $3,250 project · or $60 an hour, for smaller pieces
ii. The process

Five small acts,
six weeks.

Slow, structured, with one rule on top, no week goes by without a small note from us.

i.

Discovery, soft

A long call, an honest brief, and time to read between the lines.

Week 1
ii.

Direction, a single one

One recommended path, written like a letter, with reasoning attached.

Week 2
iii.

Make, in quiet

Heads down. Two updates a week, no slide deck performance.

Weeks 3 to 4
iv.

Refine, together

One round of considered feedback, applied with care.

Week 5
v.

Hand over, warm

Everything packaged, labelled and accompanied by a handwritten note.

Week 6
Kaitlyn does not make brands, she tends them. Six weeks in, ours felt like it had been ours for years.
Liyana van Wyk
Founder, NHN Consulting
iii. The current door

Three retainer seats.
When they are taken,
the door closes.

This is not a scarcity tactic. It is simply how many brands one person can tend at one time, well, by hand, on her own hours.

If a seat is taken and you would like to be told when the next one opens, please write. We will reply slowly, but we will reply.

Write to the studio

If your brand could be
a little softer, write.

Tell us about it, in plain English, however many sentences it takes. We do not have a form, on purpose.