Design + technology for business transformation
02 / The gap
Markets move. Customer expectations shift. Technology advances. Over time, the distance between what a business has become and what its customers experience can grow.
Across brand, product, digital experience and technology, we help businesses bring what people experience closer to what the business is capable of becoming.
What the business
has become
What people
experience
03 / What we transform
Brands, products and systems don't exist in isolation. We work across the layers that shape how a business is understood, experienced and built.
Discipline / 01Perception layer
How the business is understood.
Strategy runs through everything.
04 / Selected Work
Designing and building the connected experience behind food ordering, restaurant operations and last-mile delivery.
Disciplines
Building a consumer brand designed to grow across categories, beginning with a modern expression of one of West Africa’s oldest grains.
Disciplines
Making multi-channel notification infrastructure easier to configure, understand and operate.
Disciplines
Designing a navigation experience that helps drivers understand the road ahead without making the map harder to read.
Disciplines
05 / In good company
A few of the businesses we work with, and the people we work alongside.
We look closely before we move. What’s working? Where are people struggling? What does the evidence show? Then we decide what deserves to stay, change or be built.
Four decisions, not four phases. An engagement may involve several at once.
What creates value that we must protect?
People and knowledge are highlighted. Their positions and existing connections stay intact: valuable foundations are protected.
Conceptual illustration
Some businesses need a clearer direction. Others are ready to build. Some need a partner for what comes after launch. We shape the engagement around the work ahead.
“We know something needs to change, but we’re unsure where to begin.”
We investigate the business, customer experience and technology to identify what matters, challenge assumptions and establish a practical way forward.
“We have a challenge or opportunity we’re ready to act on.”
We shape a focused engagement around your goals, bringing together the strategy, design and engineering the work needs. We test key assumptions early and carry the solution through to launch.
“We need a partner to help us improve continuously.”
We work alongside your team on ongoing design, engineering and optimisation, using agreed priorities and real-world results to decide what needs attention next.
1904 Studios brings strategy, design and engineering together around your business. We ask questions, challenge ideas and work closely with your team to turn a clear direction into something that works.
Dami Shemfe
Founder & Creative Director
Benedict Chibuzor
Head of Product Design
Benjamin Oguntoye
Engineering Director
Grace Opata
Data & Insights Analyst
Maureen Samuel
Client Success Manager
Omena Otovo
Operations Manager
Yes. We begin by understanding your existing brand, customer experience and technology—what works, where people struggle and what limits progress. That helps us recommend what to preserve, improve, replace or create.
Yes. We help founders turn new ideas into a clear direction, then shape the brand, product and technology needed to bring them to life. The starting point depends on what you already know and what still needs to be tested.
Yes. Our capabilities span strategy, brand, product design and engineering, including frontend, backend and integrations. We agree the combination your project needs and define responsibilities clearly before delivery begins.
Yes. We can collaborate with your existing design, engineering, product or operations team. Together, we establish responsibilities, communication and decision-making so everyone understands how the work will move forward.
They depend on the scope, complexity, technical dependencies and level of support required. We discuss these with you and agree the work, fees and schedule before delivery begins. When important questions remain unresolved, a discovery engagement helps establish a sound basis for the project.
We agree the handover and post-launch arrangements as part of the engagement. Depending on your needs, that can include documentation, team onboarding, maintenance or ongoing design and engineering support. We make clear what is included and what would require a separate agreement.
