01 — HQ
Lisbon
00:00local time
Rua das Flores 28
1200-195 Lisbon, PT
38.71° N, 9.14° W
Fourteen people.Three cities.One obsession.
(01) Manifesto
We started OBRA 
in a Lisbon apartment with one belief: design only counts if it changes what people do. Three studios, 
124 launches and 
one airline later, we still judge every project the same way.
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Founded
In a two-room apartment above a tile shop.
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Senior people
Strategists, designers and developers. No juniors.
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Nationalities served
Two-thirds of our clients are outside Europe.
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Industry awards
Nice to have. The numbers matter more.
(02) Principles
What we
believe.
Four rules we’ve kept since day one. They cost us projects. They’re also why clients come back.
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Senior hands only
The people on your first call are the people doing the work. We don’t staff projects with juniors behind the curtain.
02
Numbers, then nerve
Every project starts with a metric we agree to move. Then we take the creative risk that actually moves it.
03
Show, don’t present
No big reveals. You see the work weekly, unfinished and honest, so nothing at the end is a surprise.
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Small on purpose
Six partners at a time, never more. It’s the only way to give each one our best people and full attention.
(03) Founder
“Most agencies sell you hours. We sell you the moment a customer stops, looks twice and decides — that’s the only thing worth designing for.”
Aya Moreno
Founder & Creative Director
Ex-Pentagram · Ex-Spotify Design
The people
you’ll actually talk to.
03 strategists
07 designers
04 developers
Fun factKeeps a drawer of 600 matchbooks. Calls it “research”.
Aya Moreno
Founder & Creative Director · Lisbon
Fun factHas redrawn the same lowercase “a” forty times. Worth it.
Nadia Haddad
Brand Lead · Lisbon
Fun factAnimates his grocery lists. Nobody has asked him to stop.
Kai Tanaka
Motion Director · Tokyo
Fun factShips Framer sites faster than his coffee cools.
Theo Lindqvist
Head of Web · Lisbon
Fun factFormer architect. Still thinks in floor plans.
Idris Mensah
Product Designer · New York
roles →Senior Brand Designer · Framer Developer
(04) Worldwide
Three studios.
One clock.
Somebody at OBRA is awake for every client, every working hour. Hand off in Lisbon, pick up in New York, polish in Tokyo.
02 — Americas
New York
00:00local time
55 Water Street, Fl. 9
Brooklyn, NY 11201, US
40.70° N, 73.99° W
03 — Asia
Tokyo
00:00local time
2-14-5 Jingumae, Shibuya
Tokyo 150-0001, JP
35.67° N, 139.70° E
(05) Recognition
Shelf
space.
We don’t design for juries, but it’s nice when they notice.
YearAwardCategoryTotal 30
2026AwwwardsSite of the Day · Developer Award×14
2026FWAFWA of the Day×06
2025D&ADGraphite Pencil · Shortlist×03
2025Cannes LionsBronze, Digital Craft×01
2024Red DotBrands & Communication Design×04
2024Type Directors ClubCertificate of Excellence×02
(06) Careers
Join a small
team.
We hire slowly and keep people for a long time. Average tenure: 4.6 years.
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Senior Brand DesignerLead identity projects from first sketch to guidelines. 6+ years, a portfolio with systems in it, and strong opinions loosely held.
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Framer DeveloperBuild the sites we design — components, CMS, motion and performance. You know where Framer ends and code begins.
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(→) Next step
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