What The Blackpepper Studio does

The Blackpepper Studio (TBP) is a London- and Lagos-based multidisciplinary branding and design studio founded in 2020. It offers an integrated suite of five services — Brand Identity, Web + Digital, Content Production, Brand Positioning, and Packaging Design — delivered as bespoke 360-degree design engagements rather than as packaged products. Web + Digital delivery is built primarily on Webflow, supporting custom animations, page preloaders, cursor customization, and consent implementations.

The studio is led by two principals, Asmah Mansur-Williams (Visual Designer) and Nkenna Amadi (Creative Web Developer & Designer), with team capacity expanded on a project basis via contractors. Its client base comprises startups, SMBs, and a small set of enterprises across fashion, luxury, arts, wellness, lifestyle, beauty/skincare, hospitality, and F&B — a roster that includes Arami Essentials, Nutmeg & Ginger, Amana Retreats, Paradis, BAV (Black Arts Vault), Ndaane, Joshua Kissi, and Lyra, among others. The studio's work has been recognized by AWWWARDS, CSSDesignAwards, MindSparkleMag, and CSS WINNER, including multiple Site of the Day designations.

TBP operates on a project-based pricing model with full branding packages starting at £2,000 and website design beginning at £3,500, scaling into £5K–£10K, £10K–£15K, £15K–£20K, and above £20,000 tiers. It generates revenue exclusively from professional services fees — there is no subscription, licensing, or recurring component. Go-to-market is direct via a website contact form, supported by organic social presence (Instagram, Twitter) and an editorial 'Musings' blog, with no intermediary or reseller channel. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

The Blackpepper Studio

Legal name

The Blackpepper Studio

Website

https://theblackpepperstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Blackpepper Studio is a London- and Lagos-based multidisciplinary design studio offering brand identity, web/digital, content production, brand positioning, and packaging design services to fashion, luxury, arts, wellness, and lifestyle brands on a bespoke, project-by-project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design Services: TBP generates revenue through professional design services including brand identity creation, web and digital design, content production, brand positioning, and packaging design. Services are quoted on a project basis with minimum price points starting at £2000 for branding and £3500 for website design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Blackpepper Studio is a multidisciplinary branding and design studio that creates brand identities, websites and digital experiences, content, brand positioning strategies, and packaging for clients. It is based in London and Lagos and serves brands in the fashion, luxury, arts, wellness, and lifestyle sectors.

Product overview

The Blackpepper Studio (TBP) is a multidisciplinary design and experiential studio offering five distinct service modules: Brand Identity, Web + Digital, Content Production, Brand Positioning, and Packaging Design. These services work together as an integrated 360 design experience, allowing the studio to create comprehensive visual identities and brand systems for clients across fashion, luxury, arts, wellness, and lifestyle industries. The studio serves clients from London and Lagos, operating as a service-based design practice rather than a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand Identity Creation of visual brand systems (logo, typography, color, guidelines) for fashion, luxury, arts, wellness, and lifestyle brands.
• Web + Digital Design and development of websites and digital experiences for brand clients, built using Webflow.
• Content Production Production of brand-aligned content assets to support brand identity and digital presence for clients.
• Brand Positioning Strategic brand positioning work that defines how a brand is perceived relative to its market, supporting identity and messaging decisions.
• Packaging Design Design of physical packaging that translates brand identity into product packaging for fashion, luxury, wellness, and lifestyle brands.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14+ completed projects across fashion, beauty, hospitality, arts, and lifestyle industries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mast: Mast is a design studio specialising in brand identity, packaging, and digital design, with comparable premium pricing and a focus on fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle clients. It directly competes with TBP in the boutique brand identity + packaging space.
• DIA Studio: DIA Studio is a Brooklyn-based design practice working across brand identity, art direction, packaging, and digital for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle clients. It is a direct peer to TBP in offering integrated identity + packaging + digital services to premium lifestyle brands.
• Mucca: Mucca is an Italian design studio focused on brand identity, packaging, and editorial design for fashion, food, and luxury brands. It is a direct peer in offering premium brand identity + packaging services to lifestyle and luxury clients, similar to TBP's positioning.
• Studio Output: Studio Output is a UK design agency delivering brand identity, motion, and digital experiences for clients in culture, hospitality, and lifestyle. It is directly comparable to TBP as a UK-rooted boutique offering premium brand + digital design services.
• &Walsh: &Walsh is a New York-based branding and design studio focused on brand identity, digital experiences, and creative direction for fashion, lifestyle, and culture-led brands. It is directly comparable to TBP in offering an integrated brand + digital service mix targeting premium lifestyle clients.
• Koto: Koto is a brand and digital design studio building brand identities, verbal identities, and digital products for emerging and established brands globally. It is directly comparable to TBP's integrated identity + digital offering and similar premium positioning toward consumer-facing lifestyle and tech clients.
• Here Design: Here Design is a London-based independent design studio working across brand identity, packaging, and digital for hospitality, food, and lifestyle clients. It is a direct peer to TBP as a UK boutique competing in the same fashion/lifestyle/hospitality design segment.

Broad incumbents

• Anomaly: Anomaly is a global creative agency with strong brand identity, digital, and design capabilities across consumer lifestyle, fashion, and beauty. It is a broad incumbent to TBP — operating at much larger scale across the same fashion/lifestyle/beauty verticals TBP serves.
• Mother Design: Mother Design is the design arm of the global creative agency Mother, offering brand identity, packaging, and digital design across consumer, fashion, and culture clients. It is a broad incumbent in the same premium design category as TBP, with a much wider creative and geographic footprint.
• Pentagram: Pentagram is the world's largest independently owned design consultancy, with partners across identity, brand strategy, digital, and editorial design. It is comparable to TBP as a broad incumbent in the same premium brand identity and graphic design category, but at far greater scale and with a wider service portfolio than TBP's boutique studio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TBPStudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/the.blackpepperstudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-blackpepper-studio-tbp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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