Independent design studio — available from March
Brands & websites with a quiet kind of confidence.
I help founders and small teams turn half-formed ideas into identities, websites and design systems that feel considered down to the last pixel.
Selected work
2019 — present
Halden Coffee Roasters
Identity · Packaging · 2026
Signal Health App
Product design · Design system · 2025
Norte Architecture
Website · Art direction · 2025
Solstice Film Festival
Campaign · Motion · 2024
Trusted by teams at
Halden
NORTE
Signal
Solstice
Paperhouse
Orbita
Kiln & Co.
Mareva
Services
What I can help with
01
Brand identity
Naming support, logo systems, typography, colour and the guidelines that keep it all consistent.
Strategy · Logo · Guidelines
02
Websites
Editorial, fast and easy to update. Designed in the browser and built on WordPress so your team stays in control.
UX · UI · WordPress
03
Design systems
Tokens, components and documentation that let product teams ship faster without losing the plot.
Figma · Tokens · Docs
04
Art direction
Campaigns, photography and illustration briefs with a single point of view from first sketch to launch.
Campaign · Print · Motion
About
Small studio, senior hands on every project.
I started Ochrea after a decade in agencies, wanting fewer meetings and more making. Today I partner with a tight network of writers, developers and photographers, assembled around each brief.
The work is calm, typographic and built to last. The process is open: you see everything as it happens, and nothing is handed to a junior once the contract is signed.
12
Years designing
140+
Projects shipped
9
Countries served
Process
A clear path from brief to launch
01 — Week 1
Listen
A focused workshop to understand the business, the audience and what success looks like.
02 — Weeks 2–3
Explore
Two or three distinct directions, presented in context so decisions are easy.
03 — Weeks 4–6
Refine
We pick a route and sweat the details together: type, rhythm, motion, edge cases.
04 — Week 7+
Launch
Files, guidelines and a handover session. Plus thirty days of support after go-live.
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Working with Ochrea felt like adding a calm, opinionated partner to the team. The new site doubled our enquiries in the first quarter.
Client name
Role, Company
From the journal
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A small guide to choosing typefaces
Three questions that make picking a typeface far less overwhelming.
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Why I design in the browser
Static mockups lie. Here is how I moved most of my design work into the browser.
Let’s make something worth keeping.
Tell me a little about your project, timeline and budget. I reply to every message personally.