Patient design for brands that want to last.
We help founders and brand teams ship identities, websites, and product surfaces that feel quiet, deliberate, and easy to live with for a long time.
Selected work
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Atelier — Identity
01Brand · Print · Site
Object Co. — DTC
02E-commerce · Packaging
Northwave — Studio site
03Editorial · Web
We use design as a tool to help thoughtful, ambitious, and respected brands say less, and mean more.
Our practice is small, purposeful, and adaptable.
Four people. A handful of partners we trust. We take on a small number of projects each year so we can give each one our complete attention.
Brand identity
01Marks, type systems, art direction. Identities that age slowly.
Digital design
02Editorial websites, products, and surfaces — built to be read.
Art direction
03Photography, motion, and campaign work that feels intentional.
Strategy & consulting
04Naming, positioning, and brand systems for early-stage teams.
A four-step process, with room to breathe.
Listen
A short conversation, an honest brief, and a thorough audit of where you are now.
Sketch
Loose-form exploration. Words first, then shapes. Direction settles before pixels do.
Draft
A first round, ruthlessly edited. We share fewer concepts so the right one gets attention.
Refine
Edits, type tuning, copy passes, technical handoff. We stay until the work feels finished.
“Quill made the parts of our brand we couldn’t articulate feel obvious. They gave us back something more disciplined than we knew to ask for.”
Three ways to work with us.
Whether you need a quick sprint or a full identity build, we keep our scope plain and our pricing transparent.
Sprint
from $8kA focused two-week engagement on a single deliverable.
Studio
from $24kOur most-requested package — six weeks of dedicated attention.
Bespoke
on applicationLong-form partnerships for teams treating brand as infrastructure.
Plain answers, asked often.
How long does a typical project take?
Most engagements run between two and twelve weeks. We share an honest timeline before we start.
Do you take on equity work?
Occasionally — for early-stage teams whose work we believe in. Reach out and tell us about it.
Can you work with our existing team?
Yes. We collaborate with in-house designers, engineers, and writers more often than not.
Where are you based?
A small studio in Lisbon, with a satellite desk in Brooklyn. We work with teams across time zones.
Tell us about your project.
We respond within two working days. The first call is free, and almost always useful — even if we end up not being the right fit.