Independent design studio · Brooklyn, NY
Booking new projects for spring 2027
We make brands glow after dark.
Halfmoon is a team of nine designers and developers building identities, websites and campaigns for music, food, culture and technology brands.
(About us)
We’re a small studio by choice. Every project gets a senior team from first sketch to launch day, and we only take on work we’d be proud to put our name to.
Founded in 2014 in a Brooklyn basement.
For startups, labels and household names.
Including two Type Directors Club honours.
Clients from Oslo to Melbourne.
2023 — 2026
Selected work
Services
What we do
Four disciplines, one team. Most clients start with one and stay for the rest.
Trusted by teams at
Process
How we work
A clear rhythm with a weekly check-in, so you always know what’s happening and what we need from you.
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01 Week 1
Listen
Workshops and interviews with your team and customers to find what makes you different.
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02 Weeks 2–3
Define
A one-page strategy and three creative routes, each with a clear reason to exist.
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03 Weeks 4–8
Design
We develop one route in depth and test it on real things: packs, pages, posters, posts.
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04 Launch
Deliver
Guidelines, templates and files your team can use from day one, plus a launch plan.
Kind words
Halfmoon understood the label better than we did. Two years on, every sleeve, poster and post still feels like us.
Clara WeissFounder, Nocturne Records
Our new bags sold out in the first week. Wholesale enquiries tripled, and people photograph the packaging for fun.
Daniel MensahCo-founder, Atlas Coffee Roasters
Calm, sharp and fast. They asked the right questions in week one and shipped a site our whole team actually enjoys editing.
Sofia LindgrenPartner, Verde Architects
Studio
The people behind the pixels
Nine people, two dogs and a very good coffee machine on the third floor of an old print works in Gowanus.
Noor Haddad
Founder & Creative Director
Felix Andersson
Design Director
Maya Okonkwo
Lead Developer
Julian Reyes
Motion Designer
Notes
From the journal
What makes a brand identity last ten years
Trends fade fast. These are the five qualities we look for in identities that still feel right a…
Read — What makes a brand identity last ten years
Choosing typefaces: a working designer’s shortlist
How we pick type for a new brand, and the questions that rule out ninety percent of options…
Read — Choosing typefaces: a working designer’s shortlist
How we run a two-week brand sprint
Day by day, here’s how a founder goes from a name on a napkin to a working identity…
Read — How we run a two-week brand sprint