Anemone Design Studio

What Anemone Design Studio does

Anemone Design Studio is a boutique branding, design, and digital agency founded in 2014 and headquartered in Dubai (Level 7, Building 11, Bay Square, Business Bay) with a secondary office in Beirut, Lebanon. The firm delivers a full creative services stack spanning brand strategy and research, concept development, logo and identity design, brand books, packaging, print and web collateral, event branding, signage and wayfinding, photography, video animation, UI/UX design for web and mobile, creative copywriting, production and printing, and translation. Its underlying technology is conventional creative tooling applied through human-led design thinking rather than any proprietary platform or AI pipeline.

The studio operates a project-based, quote-driven professional services revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing or standard rate cards. Services are sold via direct client engagement and referral-driven networks, targeting four overlapping customer segments: startups seeking strategic brand differentiation, established enterprises seeking brand amplification or rebranding, nonprofit organizations requiring campaign and event branding, and small and medium businesses needing professional identity and digital presence. The GTM motion is sales-led and portfolio-driven, leaning on Instagram, LinkedIn, the company website, and a YouTube brand-introduction video for top-of-funnel demand generation.

Anemone is privately held and founder-owned, with Rana Saad as Owner and Managing Director and a visible creative team of roughly eight members across creative direction, graphic design, illustration/motion, and production. The company has no external funding, no parent entity, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed financial metrics; revenue scale and headcount trajectory are not reported. Client work disclosed publicly spans telecom, healthcare, education, nonprofit, consumer, hospitality, and arts/culture verticals across the MENA region and globally.

Name

Anemone Design Studio

Legal name

Anemone Design Studio

Website

https://anemonedesignstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anemone Design Studio is a boutique Dubai-based branding, design, and digital agency serving startups, enterprises, nonprofits, and SMBs across MENA with brand strategy, visual identity, UI/UX, photography, video animation, copywriting, printing, and translation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Branding and Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Visual Identity & Brand Design Systems (BPAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Packaging & Brand Identity Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAN), Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD), Packaging & Product Brand Design (BPAFAEAG), Environmental & Experiential Brand Design (Retail/Exhibit/Signage) (MPAAAEAG)

Keywords

• Branding design services
• Visual identity design
• UI UX design
• Creative copywriting
• Video animation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Branding and Design Services: Project-based creative services including brand creation, rebranding, visual identity design, website UI/UX design, packaging, event branding, and collateral design. Services are delivered to a global client base ranging from startups to established organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Anemone Design Studio is a boutique branding, design, and digital agency that delivers a unified portfolio of creative services including brand research and strategy, concept development, logo and identity design, packaging, brand books, event branding, signage and wayfinding, web and mobile UI/UX design, photography, video animation, creative copywriting, translation, and print production. The studio serves clients globally from offices in Dubai, UAE and Beirut, Lebanon, and operates as a creative partner helping organizations differentiate their brands, resonate with customers, and inspire employees.

Product overview

Anemone Design Studio is a boutique branding, design, and digital agency that offers a unified portfolio of creative services. The core offerings span Branding Services (including design consultancy, product/service branding, brand research, concept development, creative copywriting, logo and identity design, print and web collateral, brand books, event branding, packaging, infographics, illustration, communication design, and signage/wayfinding), Photography & Video Animation, Digital UI/UX Design (web and mobile app), Creative Copywriting, Production & Printing Services, and Translation Services. The studio positions itself as a full-service creative partner helping brands differentiate, resonate with customers, and inspire employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding Services Comprehensive branding services including brand research and story development, concept development, creative copywriting, logo and identity design, brand books, packaging, infographics, illustration, communication design, event branding, and signage and wayfinding for organizations building or refreshing their brand identity.
• Digital UI/UX Design Web design and mobile app design services delivered as part of brand digital presence for clients needing websites and mobile experiences aligned with their brand identity.
• Photography & Video Animation Professional photography and video animation services supporting brand communications, campaign assets, and visual storytelling for client initiatives.
• Creative Copywriting Copywriting services for marketing materials and brand communications, supporting campaign and collateral messaging for clients.
• Translation Services Translation services for multilingual brand communications, enabling clients to deploy brand assets across language markets.
• Production & Printing Services Print production and printing services for collateral materials, supporting physical brand asset deployment for clients.

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Jive EventsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOOSTMENA tech investor conference - Anemone handled branding while Jive Events managed the event. This was a one-time collaboration for the third annual BECO tech investor conference in Dubai.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• RKS Design: RKS Design is an independent, multi-disciplinary design consultancy spanning brand strategy, industrial design, and user experience. Comparable to Anemone on its independent, full-service creative model and its emphasis on translating strategy into tangible brand and product outcomes.
• MetaDesign: MetaDesign is an international brand and design agency with offices in Europe, China and the US, offering brand strategy, identity systems, and digital design. Comparable to Anemone on full-service brand identity work, though at larger scale and with deeper corporate heritage.
• Saffron Brand Consultants: Saffron is an independent brand consultancy working on brand strategy, naming, identity and innovation. It competes with Anemone for mid-market and enterprise brand engagements and matches Anemone's positioning as an independent, founder-driven creative boutique.
• Pentagram: Pentagram is the world's largest independent design consultancy, offering brand identity, environmental design, digital and editorial work. It is directly comparable to Anemone as a partner-led, multi-disciplinary creative studio competing for the same brand and identity engagements, just at significantly greater scale.
• Moving Brands: Moving Brands is an independent, multi-disciplinary brand and design studio with offices globally, working across brand strategy, identity, motion, and digital experience. It is closely comparable to Anemone in service scope (branding, digital, motion) and boutique positioning, though with a larger international footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Wolff Olins: Wolff Olins is a global brand consultancy (Omnicom) specializing in brand strategy, identity, and experience. Comparable to Anemone as a brand-led creative shop but serving much larger global clients and offering deeper strategic consulting alongside visual identity.
• Serviceplan Group: Serviceplan is one of Europe's largest independent, partner-led agency groups with strong MENA presence through Serviceplan Arabia. It overlaps with Anemone on branding, digital and creative services but offers integrated media, digital and communication capabilities at much larger scale.
• Landor & Fitch: Landor & Fitch is a global branding and design consultancy within WPP, serving enterprise clients on brand strategy, identity, and experience design. It competes with Anemone for the same enterprise and government-backed branding mandates but operates at vastly larger scale and across more geographies.

Regional players

• Brash (Dubai): Brash is a Dubai-based independent branding and creative agency offering brand identity, digital, and environmental design across the MENA region. It is the closest head-to-head regional competitor to Anemone, sharing geography, boutique positioning, and full-service creative scope.

Emerging players

• Koto Studio: Koto is an independent brand and design studio with offices in London, Berlin, New York and LA, focused on brand identity for tech and consumer startups. Comparable to Anemone in boutique positioning and startup-heavy client base, but with a stronger focus on the venture and tech ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anemonedesignstudio
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• Facebookfacebook.com/anemonedesignstudio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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