Studio 3

What Studio 3 does

Studio 3 is an in-school design agency operating within the Graphic Design Department of Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, Norway. Established in 2002, it was staffed each academic year by 15 handpicked third-year graphic design students delivering design services to Norwegian clients across consumer goods, media, government, and cultural sectors. The agency's client roster includes Coca-Cola, Tine, Aftenposten, Posten, Arctic Paper, and Gullblyantspisseren, indicating commercial reach across both enterprise and nonprofit segments.

The service offering is manual graphic design work — branding, print, identity, and related deliverables — produced by students under faculty supervision within the academic program. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or API; output is project-based design labor. The business model is project-based with what the agency describes as "reasonable" fees, with an explicit stated preference for "educational profit over economical profit." This positions Studio 3 as a learning laboratory and portfolio builder first, with commercial activity secondary and bounded by the academic calendar and student turnover.

The entity's website is no longer active and operating status is reported as closed, with the most recent documented case study dated 2011. No funding, M&A activity, patents, or trademarks are associated with the entity. As an academic-embedded micro-agency, Studio 3 is not structured as a scalable standalone business; its continuity is tied to the host institution, and discontinuation of the public web presence suggests the program either wound down or rebranded within the parent school.

Name

Studio 3

Legal name

Studio 3

Website

https://studio3.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Studio 3 is a now-inactive in-school design agency within the Graphic Design Department of Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, Norway. Established in 2002, it was staffed by 15 handpicked third-year design students delivering project-based graphic design to Norwegian enterprise, media, government, and nonprofit clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graphic Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Content Production (Video, Design, Copy, Studio) (BPAFAAAF), Content & Creative Studio for Creators (Concepting/Production) (MPAAAHAD)

Keywords

• Graphic design services
• Visual identity design
• Packaging design
• Brand design
• Poster design

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Design project fees: Studio 3 charges fees for graphic design projects, though they state a preference for educational profit over economical profit and charge most reasonable fees. Revenue is project-based and likely minimal given their educational mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Studio 3 is an in-school design agency at the Graphic Design Department of Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo, Norway, established in 2002. It consists of a handpicked selection of 15 third-year graphic design students who deliver client-commissioned graphic design work including visual identity development, advertising design, packaging design, poster design, annual reports, viral campaigns, and event branding.

Product overview

Studio 3 operates as an in-school design agency offering graphic design services. The organization functions as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their sole product is graphic design services provided by a handpicked selection of 15 third-year graphic design students. They work collaboratively with clients on challenging assignments, emphasizing creative problem-solving with strong, surprising, and fresh ideas that embrace form as much as content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Graphic Design Services

Named customers26 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Wolff Olins: Global brand consultancy owned by Omnicom, delivering brand identity and visual design to enterprise clients including Coca-Cola-tier brands. Comparable as a large-scale identity design firm serving enterprise clients, though vastly larger and globally distributed.
• Pentagram: Iconic multi-partner design firm offering branding, graphic design, and visual identity services to major global brands. Comparable as a high-end graphic design practice serving Coca-Cola-tier enterprise clients, but operating at vastly larger scale and with permanent partner structure rather than rotating student teams.
• Designit: Global design and innovation consultancy (Wipro-owned) with Nordic roots and strong Scandinavian design heritage. Comparable as a Scandinavian-originated design firm offering brand and visual identity services, though structured as a global commercial consultancy.

Regional players

• Neue Design Studio: Norwegian design studio producing branding, packaging, and editorial design. Comparable as a small-scale Norwegian graphic design practice, though operating commercially rather than as an educational program.
• Anti (formerly Anti Design): Oslo-based design agency known for editorial, identity, and brand work for cultural and enterprise clients. Comparable as a Norwegian graphic design practice producing award-winning visual identity, but operating as a permanent commercial studio rather than a student-run agency.
• Snøhetta: Norwegian-headquartered multidisciplinary design and architecture firm with a strong brand identity practice. Comparable as a Norwegian creative house serving enterprise clients, though far larger and operating globally across architecture, brand, and digital.
• TRY Apt: One of Norway's largest creative agencies offering brand design, advertising, and design services to Norwegian enterprise clients. Comparable as a Norwegian-headquartered creative firm, though TRY operates commercially at scale whereas Studio 3 is education-led.

Direct peers

• Studio Dumbar: Independent design studio specializing in visual identity, brand strategy, and cultural-sector design. Comparable as an independent creative studio of similar scale, serving a mix of enterprise and cultural clients with strong emphasis on identity and editorial work.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studio-3_3

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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