About us
Small studio. Big appetite.
We're a team of designers, motion artists and strategists who believe the best brands are made with care, curiosity and a healthy dose of nerve.
We started with one belief: design should feel like something.
Owngraphic began as two friends, two desks and a stack of sketchbooks. A decade later we're a team of twelve working with founders, cultural institutions and global brands — but we've kept the same habits: start with questions, sketch before screens, and never ship something we wouldn't hang on our own wall.
We stay independent on purpose. It means we choose projects we believe in, work directly with decision-makers and keep every piece of work senior-led from the first workshop to the final file.
What drives us
Our values
Bold by default
Safe design is invisible. We push until the work has a pulse.
Craft in the details
Kerning, easing curves, paper stocks — the small things add up to the big feeling.
Partners, not vendors
We work in the open, share the messy middle and celebrate the wins together.
Design with purpose
Beautiful is the entry fee. Every decision has to earn its place.
The team
Humans behind the pixels
Maya Lindqvist
Founder & Creative Director
Jonas Weber
Head of Digital
Amara Okafor
Senior Brand Designer
Leo Marchetti
Motion Director
Our journey
A decade in colour
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2014
Owngraphic founded in a Berlin attic with two desks and one very loud espresso machine.
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2017
First international rebrand and our move into a proper studio in Mitte.
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2020
Launched our digital team and went fully hybrid, long before it was cool.
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2023
Named Studio of the Year at the European Design Awards.
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2026
Still curious, still independent, still making things we're proud of.