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ClientRafaz Web
Year2024
SectorProfessional services · Web
PracticeBrand & Web
DeliverablesIdentity · Marketing site · Signage

A digital studio identity,
applied at the door.

Brand and website for a Kano-based digital studio — drawn so the wordmark works on a glass storefront, on a header, and inside a 32-pixel favicon without redrawing it three times.

Rafaz Web exterior signage
01 — The brief

Where the project started.

Rafaz Web had outgrown a logo a friend made in college. They needed an identity that would hold up at the storefront and on a marketing site, and a site that explained the practice clearly enough to convert without a sales call.

Constraint: keep it small. One studio shouldn't look bigger than it is.

02 — The approach

How we worked through it.

We drew the wordmark first for signage and worked backward to small applications — the opposite of how most identities go. The result is a mark that survives at fifty meters and at favicon size without bespoke variants.

The site itself runs on Next.js with content in MDX, so the team can update copy without us. Pages are intentionally short. We removed two of the original five sections during the writing pass; nothing was missed.

It looks like us. We don't have to apologize for the website anymore.
— Founder, Rafaz Web · 2024
03 — The outcome

What changed after launch.

Storefront went live the same week as the new site. Inbound inquiries doubled in the first quarter post-launch, and the team reports they spend less time explaining what they do on first calls.

Results

Measured.

Inbound

Inbound inquiry rate in the quarter following launch, against the previous quarter.

Time-to-clarity
−40%

Reported reduction in first-call explanation time.

04 — The details

Studio facts.

Services
Creative Design · Web & App Development · Brand Strategy
Timeline
10 weeks
Year
2024
Team
Studio of one + production print partner

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