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Northstar Studio

Design studio · Founded 2019

Northstar Studio

Brand and product design for ambitious small companies

Four designers, one engineer, no account managers. You talk to the people doing the work.

  • Pune, India

Summary

We design identities, websites and products for founders who want craft without the agency theatre. Forty-two launches since 2019.

Selected work

  • Kiln Ceramics

    Kiln Ceramics

    Identity + e-commerce · 2025

    A warm, tactile brand for a studio that sells out every drop. Online sales up 3× in the first quarter.

    • identity
    • e-commerce
  • Finly app

    Finly

    Product design · 2023 – 2024

    Redesigned the lending app used by 400,000 customers; onboarding completion from 54 % to 81 %.

    • fintech
    • design system
  • Sailing School Mumbai

    Sailing School Mumbai

    Brand + website · 2024

    An identity that moves like water and a site that books lessons in three taps.

    • identity
    • website
  • Clinic Nair

    Clinic Nair

    Website · 2024

    A calm, accessible site for a dermatology practice with online booking.

    • healthcare
    • website

What we do

  • Brand identity

    Positioning, naming, logo system, guidelines. Four to six weeks.

    from ₹4.5 lakh

    See a case
  • Websites

    Design and build on a stack you can maintain. Fast, accessible, yours.

    from ₹6 lakh

  • Product design

    Research, flows, UI and a design system your engineers will actually use.

    monthly retainer

  • Design sprints

    Five days from question to tested prototype.

    ₹2.5 lakh

The studio

Northstar is five people in a converted warehouse in Koregaon Park. We take six clients a year so that every one of them gets the founders' attention. We don't do pitches, retainers we don't believe in, or logos in a day.

Capabilities

  • Brand strategy
  • Identity design
  • Web design
  • Front-end build
  • Product design
  • Design systems
  • Motion
  • Packaging

Awards

  • Kyoorius Design Awards — Blue ElephantNov 2024 · Kyoorius

    Kiln Ceramics identity

Testimonials

  • They listened more than they talked, then showed us something we didn't know we wanted.

    Neha Kulkarni — Founder, Kiln Ceramics

  • The first agency whose design system our engineers thanked us for.

    Dev Anand — CTO, Finly

  • Honest estimates, honest timelines, excellent work.

    Capt. R. D'Souza — Sailing School Mumbai

Working with us

  1. A 30-minute call to see if we fit.
  2. A short written proposal with a fixed price.
  3. Weekly show-and-tell; you see everything as it happens.
  4. Launch, then a month of support.

Contact

Your message goes straight to Northstar Studio. No account needed.

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