Everything Design·What's Happening
Monthly Dispatch Vol. I · No. 03
THIRD ISSUE
PUBLISHED 01 JULY 2026 · BENGALURU
What's happening.
When everyone else zigs, we zag.
How to get results others won't, by thinking how others don't. Seven new partners. Five new faces. A deal closed in three WhatsApp messages. And another deal which almost fell apart.
Cover Story · p. 10
Nuclear energy's first brand presentation.
Zakia and Swathi presented. The client walked out impressed. Back-to-back wins for Zakia — 91 Ninjas, Turno, and now this. The mid-field and defence is finally as strong as the strikers.
Sectors covered this month
Nuclear Energy · Career L&D · AI · Investment Banking · Asset Management · Financial Services · Semiconductor · Stop Motion · Logistics · Healthcare · Cybersecurity · Impact · Education · Renewable Energy · FinTech · EV · Venture Capital · Advertising
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Studio · June 2026
Relationship Note
Dinner with the Z47 team. Madhavi was recently promoted.
Dinner with Vineet, Nyrika and Madhavi. She was recently promoted. The relationship keeps growing — another VC firm we're genuinely glad to be building with.
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Contents
In this issue.
What "loves working with us" means
8 in 10 clients continue to work with us after the first engagement. We don't track this as a metric — it's just what happens when the work is right and the relationship is honest. Entries marked loves working with us are clients who've come back, on their own terms.
01New sign-up · Quantifai AI | Everything Film (one division, first project)
02New sign-up · Pepper
03New sign-up · Lemus (deeptech)
04New sign-up · Aftershoot (Branding)
05New sign-up · amplify.xyz (video)
06New sign-up · G42 · loves working with us
07Brand presentation · Bharat Atomics
08Brand + web · PrimeWealth (going live)
09Brand + web · Kandou · Turno referred us
10Stop motion + web · Peak Pause · partnership Non Zero
11Web · Mojro (with Neon Trumpet)
12Web · Cloudphysician · loves working with us
13Partnership with Agency
14Website · BEENEXT · 2nd project
15Brand + web · Xpat (identity locked)
16Brand + web · BQ · loves working with us
17Brand + web · LightMetrics
18Brand + web · New sign-up - Investment Banking
19Web · SemiCab · Winner Brands and Z47 referred us
20Film + book · GSIS (50th anniversary)
21Web · SISA · loves working with us
22Exhibition · Turno · loves working with us
23Web · Social Alpha
24Continuing · Chitkara
25New project · Asper AI
26Web · Ad Club Bangalore
27Film · Tazapay · 2nd project
28Film · Vecton (testimonial)
29Film · Zuora · loves working with us · many projects
30Ad Club of Bangalore. Website project in.
31Film · Tazapay · 2nd project, went live
32Film · Vecton (testimonial)
33Film · Zuora · Behind the scenes
34Film · Vega · Shot in Mumbai
35Film · Cloudphysician (testimonial shoot)
36Photography · APTA Advisors (leadership)
37Film · Ayr Energy (new video)
38Field Notes · Peakpause + Armory (Nanki)
39Content · Quickbytes · BTS · Showreel
40Content · Logo Deconstructed (series launch)
41Website project kicking off with Ahmer, THEMVP
42Web · Solytics Partners · website updates
43Film · Grundfos · loves working with us
44SRKP · the usual stuff
45Web · Neon Trumpet · new website
463D · Brand · Web · Focus Lab collaboration
47Web · Papillon Bleu · website revamp
48Value Momentum · finally we have better momentum · Website work
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People
Studio · Zakia Ali · Visual Designer
LinkedIn · June 2026
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From the Editor
Editor's note
The month we zagged.
June was not a quiet month.
Eight new projects walked in the door. Five people joined the studio this month — the first time that's happened. Zakia, along with Ekta, walked into the first nuclear energy brand presentation and came out the other end with a standing ovation. The client was impressed. So was everyone watching.
Three of the eight sign-ups closed the way deals should close. One call to understand the problem. One call to show what we can do. A handshake before the contract was open. Quantifai AI came in on exactly that script · one intro call, demo, three WhatsApp messages. No nitpicking. Done.
We also changed a brand archetype for LightMetrics. Not because the client asked. Because the first one wasn't true. The new one is and the work has moved with conviction since. Athira is taking it forward well.
The log is below.
What the data tells the whole team
01You value substance over flash · Swathi is #1, and it's not about flashy deliverables.
02Growth is being noticed · Zakia, Vignesh, Goutham all jumped 9 positions.
03Your bubble is real · most people rank by proximity, not company-wide impact.
04Titles don't protect you · some leads rank below ICs, and the team doesn't care about your title.
05Half of you are invisible · only 20 out of 39 were mentioned by name in reasoning.
06Document your work · Notion visibility directly correlates with how the broader team sees you.
07Appreciations flow one way · a few people give most of them, many give zero.
08Good judgment is a skill · voter alignment varies wildly, and it's worth developing.
09What I want to see next quarter · know the company, do citable work, leave a trail, recognise each other.
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From the portfolio.
Work that shipped.
The work in June.
PrimeWealth · Brand, Website · Athira, Harishma, Siva
Bharat Atomics · Brand Identity · Ekta, Swathi, Zakia, Vignesh
APTA ADVISORS · BRANDING, WEBSITE · Athira, Jiyash, Siva, Rajashri
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From the portfolio.
Kandou AI · Website · Jiyash. Harishma. Swathi. Vignesh.
91 Ninjas · Website · Sabai. Zakia. Swathi.
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Featured in this issue.
BEENEXT · Website · Yash
Selected clients · June 2026
The brands behind the work.
A few of the teams we worked with this month.
Nuclear Energy · AI · Investment Banking · Semiconductor · Logistics · Healthcare · FinTech · EV · Venture Capital · Career L&D · Renewable Energy · Cybersecurity · Advertising
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The Log · Part I
Eight new · one month.
New on the books.
ENTRIES 01 → 07 · NEW ENGAGEMENTS. EACH ONE DESCRIBES A DIFFERENT WAY A DEAL COMES TOGETHER.
01/46
New Sign-Up
Signed · AI
How to close a deal in three WhatsApp messages.
One intro call. Second call was the demo. Three WhatsApp messages. We both knew we wanted to work together. Contract sent · no nitpicking, no back-and-forth. Simple, clean deal. Quantifai AI is in.
FILM
02/46New Sign-Up · Via Vecton
Very Excited
Pepper is pivoting in the age of AI. We're in.
Referred by Vecton. Pepper is rethinking everything in the age of AI. First meeting done — demo and brand strategy presentation included. We're helping them through the pivot. Very excited about this one.
Brand · Web · Referred by Vecton
03/46New Sign-Up · Deeptech
Killer Partnership
Lemus. We're going to kill it.
Deeptech. We're making sure we're going to kill it. That's the plan and we mean it. It's going to be a killer partnership.
Brand · Web · DeepTech
Aftershoot. Branding project in the door.
Brand · New
05/46New Sign-Up · Everything Film
New · Video
amplify.xyz. New video project in.
Everything Film · New
G42. New project in.
New · Scope to be confirmed
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Cover Story · June 2026
07 / 40 · Bharat Atomics
The first brand presentation for nuclear reactor brand.
07/46Brand Identity · Nuclear Energy
Done
Brand Identity
Nuclear Energy
Lead · Zakia Ali
Bharat Atomics. Zakia killed it.
The first brand presentation for the nuclear energy company went in this month. Zakia and Ekta presented. It was exceptionally great · the client walked out impressed and so did everyone in the room. Back-to-back wins on 91 Ninjas, Turno, and now this. She is finding her stride.
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The Log · Part III
Shipping · June
Final lap, nearly there.
ENTRIES 08 → 15
08/46Brand + Web Going Live
PrimeWealth. New brand, new website, going live soon.
Advice shaped by alignment, not transaction. Brand and website wrapped and going live.
Brand · Web · Financial Services · Lead Athira
09/46Brand + Web · 3D Launching Soon
Kandou is shaping up. Launch imminent.
The Swiss semiconductor company, $225M Series A. Chip-to-chip interconnects for data centres. Messaging, 3D and website coming together.
Brand · Web · 3D · Semiconductor · Switzerland · Harishma is persistent. Jiyash. Vignesh. Swathi.
10/46Stop Motion + Web Film Done · Web Next
Peak Pause. Stop motion is done. Website goes live.
Built one frame at a time. The film is done · patient, meticulous work. The website is next.
Everything Film · Stop Motion · Lead Nanki
11/46Web · Partnership Almost Over
Mojro. Almost over. A successful project with Neon Trumpet.
Design wrapped, website in development. Built in collaboration with Neon Trumpet · a good partnership.
Web · Logistics · With Neon Trumpet
Cloudphysician website almost done.
Website in its final lap. Testimonial shoot also done this month · video coming out soon.
Web · Health Tech · Almost Done
91 Ninjas website is shaping up.
Web · Agency · Singapore
BEENEXT website is shaping up well.
I saw some good stuff today.
Web · Venture Capital
15/46Brand · Remittance Identity Locked
Xpat. The remittance brand. Visual identity now locked.
Brand · FinTech · Remittance
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The Log · Part IV
Work in progress
Mid-build, in motion.
ENTRIES 16 → 21
16/46Brand + Web Progressing Well
BQ · Becoming Quotient is progressing well.
Felix and team are working on Motion Identity too. Team photoshoot is in the pipeline. V1 of the landing page to go live in July.
Brand + Web · Career L&D
17/46Brand + Web Conviction Found
LightMetrics. We changed the brand archetype mid-project.
Visual design and narrative coming out really well. We changed the brand archetype — the new one is actually aligned with who they are. The work has moved with conviction since.
Brand · Web · Vision AI
Investment Banking rebrand and website. Starting.
Brand · Web · Investment Banking · Kickoff
SemiCab. A new website project. Yash is doing a good job.
Web · Logistics SaaS · Lead Yash
20/46Film + Coffee Table Book Progressing
GSIS. Glad to be part of their 50th year anniversary.
Good Shepherd International School, Ooty. Work progressing. Being part of an institution's fiftieth is the kind of brief you don't forget.
Film · Book · Education · 50th Year
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The Log · Part V
The ones who keep coming back
The ones who keep coming back.
ENTRIES 22 → 26
21/46Maintenance · Return Keeps coming back
SISA loves working with us. More website updates.
Following the rebrand and migration to sisa.ai, SISA loves continuing to work with us. Back for more website updates. Also — Sanjana started developing in Webflow on this project.
Web · Cybersecurity · Sanjana · Webflow
22/46Exhibition · Return Keeps coming back
Turno loves working with us. Exhibition booth this time.
Post-strategy, web, 3D and film — another engagement from a client that just loves working with us.
Exhibition Design · EV · Keeps coming back
23/46Web · Return Keeps coming back
Social Alpha website is back in action.
Web · Impact · Back On
Chitkara. Continuing.
Web · Education · Ongoing
Asper AI. New project in the door.
Brand · Web · AI · New
Ad Club of Bangalore. Website project in.
Web · Advertising · New
41/46Web · Return Starting Soon
The MVP. Website project kicking off with Ahmer.
We did their Space Design in 2020. Six years later, a website project. The kind of return that means they remember the work.
Web · Loves working with us · themvp.in
45/46Web · New New Project
Neon Trumpet. New website project in.
Web · B2B Marketing · neontrumpet.in
46/463D · Brand · Web · Partnership New · Collaboration
Focus Lab collaboration. 3D, branding and website.
Focus Lab referred us to Lexrio and SecureCo. Now we're working together on a 3D, branding and website project. A partnership that keeps giving.
3D · Brand · Web · With Focus Lab · Vignesh
40/46Content · Series Launch New Series
Logo Deconstructed. Felix launches a new series.
A new content series from Felix and team. Taking apart logos — the thinking, the decisions, the craft behind them. First in a line of work we're putting out under our own name.
Content · Series · Lead Felix
43/46Film · Return Keeps coming back
Grundfos loves continuing to work with us. Film this time.
Grundfos loves working with us — and we love working with them. A client relationship that just keeps building.
Film · Grundfos · Loves working with us
—Relationship · VC Loves working with us
Z47. Ongoing. The relationship keeps growing.
G Man is doing his thing. Dinner with Vineet and Madhavi. She was recently promoted. Another VC firm we're genuinely glad to be building with — and they feel the same way.
Ongoing · Venture Capital · Z47 · Goutham · Athira · Zakia is on a roll
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The Log · Part VI
Everything Film
Stories told at 24 frames.
ENTRIES 31 → 35 · Client work and studio output.
31/43 · Film · Live
Tazapay explainer went live. 2nd project.
Clear, single-minded walk through how the platform moves money across borders.
FinTech · Payments
32/43 · Client Testimonial
Vecton testimonial video came out well.
The founder walks through the whole transformation. Jun 17.
Lead Mejo + Harishma D
33/43 · Client Projects
Zuora: CFO Does-It-All + Stone Age.
Two more films. Many projects. Jun 2.
Subscription Software · loves working with us
34/43 · Film · Repeat Client
Vega. Shot in Mumbai. Amal led it well.
Delivered. Amal + Tejus + team. Sanjana picking up art direction.
Film · Multiple projects
35/43 · Testimonial Shoot
Cloudphysician testimonial shoot done.
On set. Video coming out soon. Loves working with us · multiple projects.
Health Tech · In Edit
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The Log · Part VI (cont.)
ENTRIES 36 → 43 · Field notes, content, and studio update.
36/43 · Photography
APTA Advisors leadership photoshoot.
On set and wrapped.
M&A Advisory · Done · Tejus, Aditi, Yugan, Geovani
37/43 · Film · New
Ayr Energy. New video project kicked off.
Renewable Energy · New
38/43 · Field Notes
Field Notes: Peakpause + Armory Storyboard.
Two new Field Notes episodes from Nanki. Jun 24 + Jun 18. True partnership.
Nanki Arora + Aditi
39/43 · Content
Quickbytes, BTS, Showreel + Work Around Work.
Mejo on Armory + Sanjana on SISA (Quickbytes). BTS Zuora by Yugan + Sanjana. April-May showreel by Aditi. Zakia's Work Around Work.
Multiple formats
40/46 · Studio · Series Launch
Logo Deconstructed — new series by Felix + team.
40 updates, all 39 entries — the series is live.
Lead Felix
41/46 · Studio · Division
Everything Film. One division. First project in.
Everything Motion and Everything Film merged. Arpan leads. First post-merge project signed quickly.
Lead Arpan
42/46 · Web
Solytics Partners — website updates.
Ongoing
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