--- title: "About" description: "" url: "https://demo.uichemy.com/kitebound/about/" updated: "2026-10-23" --- # About ![A person with short light hair bathed in red light, looking down at the camera](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/639521e6e1c27871.webp) An independent brand and digital design studio in Bristol. Since 2013, we have helped bold brands look the way they act. # About the studio ## Our story A studio for brands that refuse to blend in Est. 2013Ada Okafor and Theo Lindgren founded Kitebound in 2013 with one rule: the people you meet are the people who make the work. Today 22 designers, motion artists, developers and strategists keep that promise. ![A man and a woman leaning back to back, both wearing small white wireless earbuds](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/94f0fcebd84dc3b7.webp) ![A dark-skinned person in profile, head tilted back looking up, glossy violet-tinted skin](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/5853c1d6e7fd3855.webp) > Brand design > > — Product UX, Motion & web ## Thirteen years, told in three numbers 13+ Years designing brands, products and sites from our studio in Bristol. 310+ Projects launched for bold brands across the UK, Europe and North America. 27 Design awards won, each shared with a client who went bold. We are 22 people working as one senior team per client. Fewer projects at a time means more attention on each, and it shows: 92% of our clients come back to us for a second project. Meet the team ### Meet Ada Okafor, our creative director ![Black-and-white studio portrait of a person in profile with head tilted back](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/9eb53d50f440c872.webp) ##### About Kitebound ## A small studio, a long reach Based in Bristol, building brands for teams across the UK, Europe and North America. 140+Brands 92%Return rate 4.9/5Rating identity product kitebound © motion packaging unmistakable campaigns since 2013 © identity product kitebound © motion packaging unmistakable campaigns since 2013 © ## Our values ##### What we stand by / 01 ### Unmistakable If a logo, a screen or a campaign could belong to anyone, it isn't finished. We keep pushing until the work could only ever be yours. / 03 ### Build to measure We design things to be built, shipped and tested. After launch we read the numbers with your team and keep improving what real people actually use. / 02 ### Senior hands The people you meet on the first call are the people who make the work. No handovers to a junior team, no faces you only see at the final presentation. / 04 ### Say it straight Clear timelines and clear costs from the first proposal. Plain words in every session, so you always know where the project stands and why. ![A smiling woman with short curly hair and round glasses](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/a9179ef3b09a1440.webp) ![A man with dreadlocks tied up, round violet-tinted glasses and a beard](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/60e779c008c4c992.webp) ![A bald man with a grey beard wearing clear-frame glasses with violet reflections](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/c01a4184f4c40b1d.webp) ##### In their words ## What partners say after launch ” ![A smiling woman with short curly hair and round glasses](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/e779ca5b7bb4a15d.webp) Priya Nair Founder, Halo wireless headphones “We were a small team with a good product. Kitebound made us look like the category leader, and pre-orders landed at three times our target.” ” ![A man with dreadlocks tied up, round violet-tinted glasses and a beard](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/dd960aea1c4c394f.webp) Marcus Bell Head of Product, Verdant Bank “No grand unveiling, just a working session every week. By launch our savers were calling the app calm, which was the whole brief.” ” ![A bald man with a grey beard wearing clear-frame glasses with violet reflections](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/b0dfac5120566333.webp) Sam Adeyemi Co-founder, Pulse Run Club “The motion kit turned every weekly run into an event. Our app finally felt alive, and the club doubled its membership in a single season.” ## The people you'll work with Four of the 22 people behind every Kitebound project. The senior team you meet on the first call stays with you right through to launch day. ![A smiling woman with short curly hair and round glasses](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/6a1bcdd4c1fca7dc.webp) ### Ada Okafor Creative Director ![A bald man with a grey beard wearing clear-frame glasses with violet reflections](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/68e45ab93a4b585f.webp) ### Theo Lindgren Design Director ![A woman in profile with slicked-back hair wearing round violet sunglasses](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/753ced1f2562b368.webp) ### Mina Sato Head of Motion ![A man with dreadlocks tied up, round violet-tinted glasses and a beard](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/9260144643df1ab9.webp) ### Rafi Mendes Lead Developer ##### Awards ## Recognition Kitebound · Studio of the Year (Small), Westway Creative Awarded in 2024 for a full year of brand, product and motion work, and for how a small senior team kept delivering for growing brands. Fieldhouse Coffee · Silver, Shelf Craft Packaging Prize Awarded in 2023 for a bag system and shop identity that took a small specialty roaster from a single counter to supermarket shelves, and tripled its retail stockists along the way. Arcwise · Site of the Day, Gridline Showcase Awarded in 2023 for a marketing site designed and built in-house, praised for its sharp typography, considered motion and a build that stays quick on every screen size. Nomad Cycle launch · Best Campaign, Westway Creative Awarded in 2022 for a launch campaign of portrait-led art, bold type and short films that gave the brand a voice people recognised before they read the name. Kitebound · Agency to Watch, Northern Design Index Awarded in 2021, an early nod for a young Bristol studio. Given for bold identity work, steady craft and a stubborn habit of actually shipping it. ![A person with short light hair bathed in red light, looking down at the camera](https://assets.uichemy.com/6aa270f25ede64be4be9b26e/uploads/6ad05527b385d361416a0b21/be7cb8d98a1d65ba.webp) ### Want work that gets noticed? Send a brief. Tell us about the brand, the launch and the market you want to own next. Start a project