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Independent design studio, Amsterdam

We design brands and products for companies with something to say.

Verso is a studio of strategists, designers and engineers. We shape identities, websites and apps, from the first workshop to launch day and long after it.

Independent since
2014
Brands, sites and products launched
140+
Strategists, designers and engineers
18

Trusted by

  • Halden Coffee Roasters
  • Pillar
  • Casa Mira
  • Northfold
  • Atelier Brandt
  • Kinetica Clinics

What we do

One senior team, from first idea to launch day.

Most projects combine two or more of these. You work with one team that carries the idea from strategy to the final pixel, without hand-offs between agencies.

  1. Brand identity

    Positioning, naming and visual identity systems that hold together from a coffee cup to a billboard.

    • Brand strategy
    • Naming
    • Visual identity
    • Packaging
    • Brand guidelines
  2. Websites and e-commerce

    Recent projects

    Fast, accessible websites and online stores, built so your own team can update them without calling us.

    • UX and content strategy
    • Web design
    • Development
    • E-commerce
    • CMS setup
  3. Digital products

    Recent projects

    Apps and platforms taken from first prototype to launch, with a design system your team can keep building on.

    • Product discovery
    • User research
    • Interface design
    • Design systems
    • Prototyping
  4. Campaigns and content

    Recent projects

    Launch campaigns, art direction and motion that give a new brand its first big moment.

    • Campaign concepts
    • Art direction
    • Motion design
    • Social content

How we work

Clear steps, visible progress.

Every engagement follows the same rhythm, scaled to your timeline. You always know what we are working on and what comes next.

  1. Discover

    Workshops, customer interviews and an honest audit of what you have today. We leave with a sharp brief and a shared definition of success.

  2. Define

    Positioning, structure and the core creative idea, tested with real customers before anything gets polished.

  3. Design

    Identity, interfaces and content built in short cycles, so you see real progress every week instead of one big reveal at the end.

  4. Launch and grow

    We ship, measure and refine. Most clients keep working with us long after launch day.

The team

Senior people on every project.

The people who lead your project from the first call to launch. No hand-off to a junior team once the contract is signed.

  • Portrait of Lena Hartmann, a woman with a silver bob in a cream blouse, arms crossed against a pale blue wall

    Lena Hartmann

    Founder and creative director

    Led brand teams in Berlin and London before founding Verso in 2014. She still sketches every first concept by hand.

  • Portrait of Daniel Okafor, a smiling man with a beard in a grey knit sweater

    Daniel Okafor

    Design director, digital

    Leads our product and web work. Before Verso, he built design systems for two European fintech scale-ups.

  • Portrait of Sofia Marín, a woman with long brown hair in a white shirt against a light wall

    Sofia Marín

    Head of strategy

    Turns workshops, interviews and data into positioning a whole company can rally behind.

  • Portrait of Ruben Janssen, a man with curly grey hair, glasses and a beard in a black shirt

    Ruben Janssen

    Technical director

    Makes sure everything we design ships fast, accessible and easy for clients to edit themselves.

What our clients say

Verso understood that our coffee was already great. They made people notice it, and then made it effortless to keep buying.

Marieke de Vries

Founder, Halden Coffee Roasters

Read the Halden Coffee Roasters story
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