About · Since 2016
Darkline Studio is 34 people across three cities, working on a small number of things at a level the industry has quietly given up on. We exist because craft is a moat — and someone has to defend it.
- 34people
- 3offices
- 9years
- $500M+raised by clients
Our story
Nine years, one high bar.
We have grown slowly on purpose. Every year is a small bet on the same idea: craft compounds.
- 2016
Two people, one desk
Started in a garage in Oakland with a Notion doc and a promise.
- 2018
First unicorn client
Signed a Series C SaaS platform. Wrote our first playbook.
- 2020
The remote pivot
Moved fully distributed. Kept the studio culture — sharper, quieter.
- 2022
First Awwwards
Won our first Site of the Day. Then two more that year.
- 2024
Three offices
Opened New York and London. 34 people, still one voice.
- 2025
$500M+ raised
Clients we helped position have raised more than half a billion.
What we believe
Five rules we refuse to break.
We wrote these once, printed them on the wall, and never touched them again. Read them slowly.
- 01
Do the honest thing
Even when it costs us the meeting. Especially then.
- 02
Craft is respect
Every pixel and every sentence is a message about how much we care.
- 03
Ship the unshippable
The best work happens on the far side of "that is impossible".
- 04
Compound the boring
Small, ruthless improvements every week beat big bets forever.
- 05
Grow humans first
The studio is a bet on the people. Everything else is a byproduct.
The team
Small on purpose.
Every engagement gets a partner in the room, not a slide and a stranger. Meet the people behind the work.
Ex-Wieden. Built brands for eight unicorns.
Sara Whitfield
Strategy Partner
Editorial obsessive. Awwwards jury 2024.
Ines Bello
Design Director
Next.js & motion. Writes on the seam.
Kenji Watanabe
Design Engineer
4× founder. Loves a compounding curve.
Priya Patel
Growth Lead
Runs the studio. Reads too much philosophy.
Mateo Álvarez
Managing Partner
Ships things. Argues about typography for fun.
Nadia Alaoui
Producer
Turns insights into ideas people repeat.
Rhea Kapoor
Head of Brand
SQL, spreadsheets, storytelling.
Jordan Reyes
Growth Strategist
Studio life
A place to do the best work of your life.
Studio culture is not a perk sheet. It is the quiet decisions the team makes when nobody is watching — and how proud they are of last Friday.
Let’s build something
Make things people remember.
Tell us about your ambition. We usually reply in under a business day.