Tripalium Studio

What Tripalium Studio does

Tripalium Studio is a privately held multidisciplinary design studio founded in 2020 and co-led by Paul Gilbert (designer, based in the French Pyrenees, formerly of AREA 17) and Colin Schmitt (fullstack developer, based in Lima, Peru, formerly of Gameloft Canada). The studio operates a dual-office model spanning France and South America and delivers professional services across branding, UX/UI design, full-stack web development, design systems, creative coding, CMS integration, and art direction. Its methodology emphasizes strategy workshops, ideation sprints, and continuous client collaboration rather than productized offerings.

The service portfolio is grounded in a Webflow-centric web delivery stack augmented by design-system architecture, CMS/e-commerce backends, and creative-coding interactive experiences. Notable client work includes the NASA Apollo 11 'Man on the Moon' digital archive, the OSE Engineering platform, and the Olibrius production-studio website, demonstrating capability across cultural, industrial, and media verticals. The studio markets through organic social channels (Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, LinkedIn) and engages clients via direct, bespoke project contracts.

Commercially, Tripalium Studio operates as a bootstrapped, founder-owned professional services firm with no disclosed institutional investors, parent entities, funding rounds, or pricing benchmarks. It has no disclosed subsidiaries, no M&A activity, no patents or regulatory actions, and no documented leadership changes since founding. Customer concentration appears high relative to the small visible engagement base, and revenue, headcount, and growth-rate data are not publicly available.

Name

Tripalium Studio

Legal name

Tripalium Studio

Website

https://tripalium-studio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tripalium Studio is a privately held, founder-led multidisciplinary design studio founded in 2020, operating from France and Peru and offering branding, UX/UI design, full-stack web development, design systems, and creative coding services to enterprise clients across media, cultural, and industrial verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Design Services

NAICS

Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brand Experience (BX) & Service Design (BPAFAEAI), Content Production (Video, Design, Copy, Studio) (BPAFAAAF)

Keywords

• Branding services
• UX/UI design
• Web development
• Design systems
• Creative coding

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tripalium Studio is a multidisciplinary design studio that sells branding, UX/UI design, design systems, full-stack web development, creative coding, CMS integration, art direction, and project strategy/methodology services to clients. Engagements are delivered as bespoke projects combining strategic workshops, ideation sprints, and end-to-end design and engineering execution. Customers contract the studio for tailored digital product, website, and brand identity work rather than packaged software or off-the-shelf products.

Product overview

Tripalium Studio is a multidisciplinary design studio offering a portfolio of professional services including branding (brand identity and unique brand images), UX/UI design (intuitive interfaces), design systems (coherent and scalable systems), full stack web development, creative coding (interactive experiences), and CMS integration. The studio operates across France and Peru, delivering projects of all sizes guided by a refined methodology involving strategic workshops, sprints, and continuous collaboration. Client project showcases include the NASA Apollo 11 digital archive, OSE Engineering website (built on Webflow), and Olibrius production studio website. The studio also offers workshops and conference speaking engagements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding Service offering for clients seeking distinctive brand identities and brand universes that tell stories and leave lasting impressions; delivered as a standalone contractable engagement.
• UX/UI Design Service offering designing intuitive and aesthetic interfaces with empathy, combining function and precision to deliver an ideal user experience for clients across digital products and websites.
• Design Systems Service offering producing coherent, scalable design systems that harmonize visual identity and guarantee a homogeneous user experience across all products and platforms.
• Full Stack Development Service offering delivering robust and scalable technological solutions from conception to implementation to meet complex client needs across web platforms and digital products.
• Creative Coding Service offering applying experimentation and innovation to creative vision, delivering unique and captivating interactive experiences for client projects.
• CMS Integration Service offering enabling smooth management of editorial content or e-commerce platforms through an efficient and flexible administration interface.
• Strategy and Methodology Service offering providing innovative strategies that guide decision-making throughout projects, with a methodical approach ensuring project success and team training.
• Art Direction Service offering delivering visual consistency and execution from concept to completion to bring the client vision to life across brand and digital deliverables.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Manual: Manual is a creative agency focused on branding, digital experiences, and production for ambitious brands. Its blend of strategy, design, and engineering makes it a directly comparable boutique peer to Tripalium.
• AREA 17: AREA 17 is a global digital design and product studio with a strong luxury and culture portfolio (Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Maison Gainsbourg). Co-founder Paul Gilbert is an alumnus, making AREA 17 both a former employer and the closest direct talent-and-methodology comparable.
• Koto Studio: Koto is a London-based branding and design studio with strong cultural and consumer-brand work. It competes head-to-head with Tripalium for branding and design-system engagements from premium European clients.
• Studio Function: Studio Function is a boutique digital design and engineering studio offering branding, UX/UI, and custom development. Its end-to-end service model closely mirrors Tripalium's multidisciplinary offering at a similar boutique scale.
• Resn: Resn is a New Zealand-based interactive experience studio known for creative coding and immersive digital storytelling. It is a direct peer to Tripalium's creative coding capability and overlapping portfolio of narrative-driven digital projects.
• Locomotive: Locomotive is a Webflow-native digital agency specializing in branding, design systems, and custom web development. It directly competes with Tripalium's full-stack Webflow delivery model and shares a similar boutique positioning.
• Hugo & Marie: Hugo & Marie is a New York-based design and branding studio with cultural and editorial clients. It is a comparable boutique peer competing for premium branding and digital identity engagements.
• Active Theory: Active Theory is a Los Angeles-based digital experience studio building immersive web-based interactive environments for brands. It competes for the same experiential, creative-coding-heavy briefs that Tripalium's flagship capabilities target.

Broad incumbents

• Pentagram: Pentagram is one of the world's largest independently owned design firms with multidisciplinary branding, digital, and experience design practices. It competes for the same enterprise and cultural-institution clients Tripalium targets, but at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• GAMMA Tech Lab: GAMMA is a French digital studio with branding, design, and engineering services, primarily serving French and European clients. It is a regional peer with a similar multidisciplinary boutique model competing in Tripalium's home French market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tripalium-studio/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tripalium-studio
• Instagraminstagram.com/tripalium.studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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