Studio Meraki

What Studio Meraki does

Studio Meraki is a privately held, full-service packaging and graphic design studio founded in 2019 and headquartered in Hapert, Netherlands (Brabantse Kempen region). The five-person team delivers four interconnected service lines: Packaging Design (brand creation, relaunches, and packaging refreshes), Vormgeving en Prepress (graphic design, logo and brand identity, brochures, advertisements, stickers, banners), Drukwerk en Modellen (printing, mockups, print proofs, and event materials), and Relatiegeschenken en Give-aways (customized corporate gifts with full execution). The studio positions itself as a single point of contact from initial concept through to print-ready artwork and final printed materials, with technical artwork expertise that optimizes designs for specific printer capabilities and production requirements.

The business operates on a project-based professional services revenue model. Customers engage Studio Meraki directly via the company website, phone, or email ([email protected]) for consultation, with pricing not publicly disclosed and quotes provided per project. Go-to-market is sales-led with direct client engagement, supplemented by content marketing through a blog, portfolio website, and organic social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. There are no disclosed APIs, software platforms, or proprietary technology stacks; the core competency is human creative expertise in design and prepress.

Studio Meraki serves a mix of enterprise and SMB clients across diverse industries including retail (Hema), tobacco (Scandinavian Tobacco Group, Hajenius), healthcare (Isala Hospital Pharmacy), medical devices (Fengh Europe), food/beverage (Patisse, Maddox), and education. Operating geography is confined to the Netherlands with no disclosed international expansion. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent organization, no institutional investors, and no publicly available revenue figures. Essie van der Zanden serves as Data Protection Officer (Functionaris Gegevensbescherming) per the firm's privacy policy.

Name

Studio Meraki

Legal name

Studio Meraki

Website

https://studiomeraki.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Studio Meraki is a five-person Dutch packaging and graphic design studio in Hapert, Netherlands, offering project-based branding, packaging design, prepress, and printing services to enterprise and SMB clients across multiple industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaging and Graphic Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging & Product Brand Design (BPAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Packaging design services
• Graphic design
• Brand identity
• Prepress services
• Print production

Headquarters

HQ city

Hapert

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Project-based design services including packaging design, graphic design, layout and prepress services. Clients engage Studio Meraki for specific design projects from concept through to print-ready artwork.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Studio Meraki is a Dutch branding and packaging design studio that creates product packaging, brand identities, and visual communications for product brands and B2B clients. Services span packaging design (from new brand creation through relaunches), graphic design and prepress (logos, brochures, magazines, advertisements, stickers, banners), printing and physical mockups, and corporate gifts/promotional items. The studio manages the full process from initial concept and visual design through technical artwork production for printers, mockups, samples, and final delivery.

Product overview

Studio Meraki is a design studio offering branding and packaging design services based in Hapert, Netherlands. The company provides four interconnected core services: Packaging Design (creating and refreshing product packaging), Vormgeving en Prepress (graphic design and print preparation), Drukwerk en Modellen (printing and physical mockups), and Relatiegeschenken en Give-aways (corporate gifts). The studio positions itself as a full-service packaging and design partner, handling the complete process from concept design through technical artwork production for printers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Packaging Design Full-service packaging design covering brand creation from scratch, brand relaunches, and refreshing outdated packaging. Includes critical evaluation of colors, materials, and production techniques to ensure packaging is both visually appealing and functional within desired lead times and price-quality ratios.
• Vormgeving en Prepress (Graphic Design and Prepress) Graphic design and prepress services including logo development, brand identity creation, visual brand storytelling, and design for brochures, magazines, websites, advertisements, stickers, and banners.
• Drukwerk en Modellen (Printing and Models) Printing services and physical model creation including mockups, samples, print proofs, and marketing materials such as banners, posters, and fair/event materials.
• Relatiegeschenken en Give-aways (Corporate Gifts and Promotional Items) Corporate gift and promotional item services including customized gifts for employees, company campaigns, and full execution through delivery to employees or customers.

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Dept Agency: Large Amsterdam-headquartered digital and creative agency offering brand, design, packaging and marketing technology services, representing a scaled incumbent that often competes for the same enterprise mandates as Studio Meraki.
• Pentagram: Global independent design consultancy delivering brand identity, packaging and editorial design for major enterprises, serving as a benchmark for the kind of premium design studio Studio Meraki aspires to compete within.
• Landor & Fitch: Global brand and design consultancy with packaging design as a core capability across consumer goods, healthcare and tobacco categories that overlap with Studio Meraki's client verticals.
• iO (formerly Intracto): Benelux digital and creative agency with brand, content and packaging capabilities under one roof, competing with Studio Meraki for full-service design mandates from mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Interbrand: Global brand consultancy offering brand strategy, naming, identity and packaging design, often brought in on the same rebrands and product launches that Studio Meraki competes for at a regional level.

Direct peers

• Total Design: Long-standing Amsterdam-based design agency offering brand identity, graphic design and packaging design services to enterprise clients, competing in the same Dutch design services market.
• Edenspiekermann: European brand and design consultancy with offices in the Netherlands and Germany delivering brand strategy, packaging design and graphic design to enterprise clients across multiple sectors.
• Lava Design & Brand: Amsterdam-based creative agency focused on brand identity, packaging and product design for consumer brands, with comparable end-to-end design-to-print capabilities.
• Studio Dumbar: Dutch independent brand and design agency headquartered in Amsterdam with an analogous specialty in brand identity, graphic design and packaging, making it the closest direct in-country peer for Studio Meraki.

Emerging players

• Ace Agency: Independent branding and design agency of comparable scale to Studio Meraki working on brand identity, packaging and marketing design for ambitious consumer and lifestyle brands.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/studiomeraki.nl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studiomeraki
• Instagraminstagram.com/studiomeraki.nl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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