Brand systems, motion, and product UI for teams that ship at speed.
A 14-person product and brand studio for Series A–C software companies. First brand system in 21 days. First production UI in 6 weeks.
PracticeBrand · Motion · Product UI · 3D
Cadence21-day brand systems · 6-week UI
— Manifesto
Software has a brand problem, and the fix is craft, not volume.
Most studios sell hours. We ship systems. MKKA was founded in 2017 by two former lead designers who left large product companies because they were tired of watching software brands get assembled from Figma libraries and AI-generated marks. We believe a brand system is an operating asset — something engineering, marketing, and product can all use without asking permission — and that a product interface is a piece of writing, not a wireframe.
We work with one client at a time per partner, in fixed-scope engagements, with a published rate card and a timeline written down before week one. We don't pitch. We don't present fifty-slide decks. We sit with your team, write the brief, and start building on day six. If a Series A–C founder wants a senior partner who treats their roadmap like a craft problem, this studio exists for them. If they want a vendor who bills by the hour and ships a moodboard, they should look elsewhere.
— M. & K., Founding Partners
— Capabilities
Four surfaces we ship on.
Each engagement is a defined output, not a retainer. You can hire us on one surface or commission the full stack.
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01
Brand systems
Logo, typography, color, voice, and the operating rules that let marketing, product, and engineering use it without drift. Delivered as a Figma library + living guideline site.
Output — Brand OS in 21 days. -
02
Motion languages
Easing curves, transition grammar, and a working motion library for product UI, marketing, and brand films. Built in-house — never subcontracted.
Output — Motion spec + Lottie set. -
03
Product UI
Senior interface design shipped into production with your engineers. React, Swift, and design-system work — paired with a staff designer for the duration.
Output — Production UI in 6 weeks. -
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3D & spatial
In-house 3D team for product visualization, spatial UI, and brand marks that move in three dimensions. Cinema 4D, Blender, and real-time pipelines.
Output — 3D kit + render templates.
— Index of recent work
An index of shipped brand systems and product UI.
View the full archive of 220+ engagements
— Process
A fixed-scope engagement, week by week.
No hourly billing. No scope creep. The contract is written before week one and honored through the last.
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Ch. 01
Diagnose
Weeks 1–2A two-week diagnostic with your founders, design lead, and two engineers. We audit the existing brand, the product surface, and the org chart, then write a single brief.
Output — A signed brief and a fixed quote. -
Ch. 02
System
Weeks 3–6We build the brand system or the product UI in parallel tracks. Two art directors, one staff designer, and one engineer from MKKA embedded with your team for the duration.
Output — Working system, in Figma or in code. -
Ch. 03
Ship
Weeks 7–9Production rollout with your engineering team. We pair on implementation for three weeks, write the documentation, and stand up the operating rules.
Output — Live in production, documented. -
Ch. 04
Transfer
Weeks 10–11We hand the system to your in-house team with two weeks of pairing, a recorded walkthrough, and a 90-day review window. We do not retain IP.
Output — Your team owns it, fully.
— Proof
Four numbers that describe how the studio actually performs.
220+
Engagements shipped since 2017, including 17 unicorns and 4 public companies.
21d
Average time-to-first brand system, verified across the last 84 engagements.
4.97/5
Average client rating across 63 published reviews on Clutch.
89%
Retention on multi-engagement clients — the people who come back for a second project.