About

A studio built for work that travels.

We're a design studio in Istanbul. Most of our clients aren't — they're spread worldwide, with the majority across Europe and the United States.

NEWO Design was founded on a straightforward observation: the gap between what a design studio charges in London and what it charges in Istanbul is much larger than any gap in the quality of the work.

We run the same software, hold the same standards and speak the same language as any Western European studio. What we don't carry is their cost base. That difference goes back to our clients, which is why a global skincare brand, a Benelux retail chain and a Mexican convenience giant have all briefed a team based in Istanbul.

Most of our clients sit in Europe and the United States, and our location suits both. Working on GMT+3, we keep a full European working day and reach the US East Coast every morning — close enough to collaborate in real time, far enough to cost a fraction of a London or New York studio.

The other thing that shapes us is range. We design brand identities, packaging, mobile apps, e-commerce storefronts, jewellery, interiors and product CAD. That breadth means we're rarely solving one problem in isolation — a café project touches identity, signage, packaging and interior at once, and getting those to agree is much easier inside one studio than across four suppliers.

By the numbers

Where we stand.

17+ Client projects shipped
4 Continents served
30–60% Below Western agency rates
GMT+3 Overlaps EU & US mornings
People

Who you’ll work with.

Small studio, senior people. The designers you meet at the brief are the designers who do the work — there is no handover to a junior team after you sign.

Nilsu Akbacak Öztek Co-founder, Design Director
Can Elmas Co-founder, Creative Director
How we operate

Six things you can
count on.

Fixed quotes

The price we agree is the price you pay. Scope changes are quoted separately and approved before we start them.

You own everything

Full source files, working files and production artwork at handover. No licence terms, no hostage files, no lock-in.

English throughout

Every conversation, document and file in English, from first call to final handover. No translation layer.

Convenient hours

GMT+3 covers a full European working day and reaches the US East Coast every morning.

Production literacy

We know what a printer, a caster, a fabricator and a developer each need — so files arrive usable the first time.

NDAs as standard

Happy to sign yours before you send anything. Confidentiality is assumed, not negotiated.

Tell us what you’re building.

Send us the brief and you’ll have a scoped proposal and a fixed quote back within two working days. No obligation, no sales sequence.