Howard Studio

What Howard Studio does

Howard Studio is a privately-held, founder-owned boutique creative studio headquartered in Paris with a secondary office in Barcelona, co-founded by Bastien Ribeiro (design/form) and Sabrina Mellah (strategy/content). The studio delivers visual identities, brand strategy, naming, logo design, web design (UX/UI/mobile), packaging, art direction, and content creation on a project-by-project basis to ambitious brands, with a primary focus on luxury hospitality, gastronomy, and lifestyle clients. Its client roster spans European boutique hotels and hotel groups (Club Med, Paris Society International, Groupe Extendam, 369° Hotels & Maisons, Groupe Annie Famose) as well as non-hospitality enterprises such as L'Oréal, BNP Paribas, Roche, and Première Vision, and it has executed work on F&B and lifestyle brands like Vins Géniu, Off.Studio Bordeaux, and Odos.

Name

Howard Studio

Legal name

Howard Studio

Website

https://howardstudio.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Howard Studio is a Paris-based boutique creative studio that designs visual identities, websites, packaging, and brand content for ambitious brands, primarily in European luxury hospitality, gastronomy, and lifestyle sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Design Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAAAAAN

Packaging & Brand Identity Creative Agencies

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Advertising Agencies (Full-Service/Creative)

SECONDARYMPAAAAAD

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

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Advertising Agencies (Full-Service/Creative)

SECONDARYBPAFAIAJ

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

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Content Marketing & Production (Copy, Video, Design)

Keywords

• Brand identity design
• Graphic design services
• Web design services
• Luxury branding
• Creative agency services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

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. Creative Agency Services: Howard Studio generates revenue through project-based creative agency engagements, including brand identity development (naming, logo, branding), web design (UX/UI/mobile), graphic design, art direction, and content creation. Revenue is earned on a per-project basis as a professional services firm.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Howard Studio is a boutique creative studio that creates visual identities and digital experiences for ambitious brands. It delivers project-based services spanning brand identity (naming, logo, brand strategy), web design (UX/UI/mobile), print and digital graphic design, packaging, art direction, and brand content creation. Engagements are sold as bespoke professional services to clients in luxury hospitality, gastronomy, lifestyle, and select consumer sectors.

Product overview

Howard Studio is a creative studio that creates visual identities and digital experiences for ambitious brands. The offering consists of four core service areas: Branding & Brand Identity (naming, strategy, logo design), Web Design (UX, UI, mobile design), Print & Digital Design (art direction, graphic design, packaging), and Content Creation (manifestos, web content, press kits). The studio operates as a unified creative service rather than a software platform, delivering bespoke design solutions across hospitality, food & beverage, sports & wellness, and luxury sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding & Brand Identity Howard Studio creates visual identities and brand strategies for ambitious brands, covering naming, brand strategy, logo design, and graphic design services for premium and luxury clients.
• Web Design End-to-end web design services encompassing UX design, UI design, and mobile design to create coherent digital experiences for brands across hospitality, gastronomy, and lifestyle sectors.
• Print & Digital Design Art direction and graphic design services for both print and digital media, including packaging design and visual communications for premium and luxury brands.
• Content Creation Content services including brand manifesto writing, web content creation, and press kit development to support brand storytelling for ambitious brands.

Named customers16 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

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MetaDesign: International brand and design agency with offices across Europe and Asia, serving premium enterprise and cultural clients — overlaps with Howard Studio's integrated branding and digital work as a broader incumbent with deeper geographic reach.
• Superunion: Global brand and design consultancy (part of WPP) operating across strategy, identity, and digital — overlaps with Howard Studio's premium brand identity work but operates at enterprise scale across multiple sectors and geographies.
• Landor & Fitch: Global brand consulting and design firm with deep luxury and hospitality practice — competes with Howard Studio for branding and digital engagements but operates as part of a larger WPP-owned network with much broader resources.
• Pentagram: Largest independent design consultancy in the world, with multiple partners covering branding, digital, and editorial for global luxury and enterprise clients — a broad incumbent that competes for the same premium brand identity work as Howard Studio but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Bureau Borsche: Munich-based brand and graphic design studio known for premium cultural, hospitality, and lifestyle clients; comparable to Howard Studio in its boutique scale, founder-led model, and emphasis on visual identity for luxury and prestige brands.
• Mucho Studio: Barcelona-based independent brand and graphic design studio serving premium and cultural clients globally — directly comparable to Howard Studio in its boutique founder-led model, Iberian footprint, and integrated branding/visual identity work.
• Studio Dumbar: Renowned Dutch brand and visual identity studio with a strong portfolio across cultural, luxury, and lifestyle clients — comparable to Howard Studio in founder-led boutique model and emphasis on distinctive visual identity as core deliverable.
• Mucca: Milan-based design studio specializing in brand identity and communication for luxury hospitality, fashion, and gastronomy — directly comparable to Howard Studio in vertical focus, boutique scale, and integrated brand+packaging offering.
• Winkreative: Boutique creative agency founded by Tyler Brûlé, focused on brand identity, art direction, and digital design for premium and luxury clients across hospitality, aviation, and lifestyle — directly comparable to Howard Studio in scale, sector focus, and integrated offering.
• Anagrama: Independent brand design agency with studios in Mexico and the US, known for identity, packaging, and digital work for premium hospitality and consumer brands — comparable to Howard Studio in integrated service offering and ambition to win luxury-tier clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HowardCreativeStudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/howard-studio
• Instagraminstagram.com/howard_creative_studio

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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