A boutique design studio focused on branding, strategy and storytelling.
Who We Are
StudioDA is a boutique design studio focused on branding and storytelling. We help clients translate their points of differentiation into a durable competitive advantage. Our work begins with strategy: a thesis about why our clients will win; why customers choose them, and why customers love them. Our output, which spans visual identities, websites, branded editorial and more, is always an expression of that thesis.
It is also always a reflection of our collective sensibility: a point of view built from reading, listening, watching and absorbing the world around us. Sensibility is what enables us to build cultural relevance for clients, which we believe is inextricably linked to commercial success.
StudioDA was born of the global interior design practice, DesignAgency. Much of our work is done in partnership with DA, bringing brands to life in physical spaces.
What We Do
- Brand Strategy
- Narrative Strategy
- Brand Architecture
- Naming
- Visual Identity Design
- Signage & Wayfinding
- Guest Journey Mapping
- Web Design
- Packaging Design
- Book Design
- Art Direction
- Branded Content
Clients
13th Floor Investments
Ascari Hospitality Group
Carver Road Hospitality
Enduring Hospitality
Fengate Asset Management
Fitzrovia
Forum Asset Management
Gencom
Geranium Corporation
Hilton
Hospitality Fallsview
Holdings Inc
Hullmark
Marriott
MGM Resorts International
Montage International
Northland Properties
Pemberton Group
Pendry Hotels & Resorts
QuadReal
Solmar Development Group
Tidewater
TMGOC
Warm Welcome
Hospitality Group
DesignAgency Collective
StudioDA is part of DesignAgency Collective, a group of design-led businesses co-founded by Allen Chan, Matt Davis and Anwar Mekhayech. The Collective traces its roots back to 1998, when the three partners launched DesignAgency, which they’ve built into a global interior design practice, with studios in Toronto, DC, Barcelona and Singapore. DesignAgency is ranked 16th on Interior Design’s Hospitality Giants list, and is respected for its category-defining work with clients including Momofuku, NeueHouse, Four Seasons and Brookfield.
From the outset, DA’s founding partners aimed to build an interdisciplinary practice, serving as true creative partners to clients, and using design as a tool for transformation. Branding was part of DesignAgency’s practice for many years. StudioDA carries this legacy forward with a new identity, a new team, and new leadership.
StudioDA and DesignAgency collaborate frequently. On shared mandates, DA’s founding partners work alongside the StudioDA team to ensure the brand, the space and the experience all reflect a single, overarching idea.
