Lylix

Design studio — Lisbon

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(01) — Lylix Studio

Brand · Web · Art direction

Est. 2012 — Independent

LisbonAvailable for projects

Design that
earns its
silence.*

Red studio wall with a framed typographic poster and a vermilion lounge chair in striped afternoon light

Fig. 01 — The studio wall, Lisbon

Fig. 01 — The studio wall, Lisbon

An independent brand and digital design studio in Lisbon. We make identities and websites with nothing to hide behind.

An independent brand and digital design studio in Lisbon. We make identities and websites with nothing to hide behind.

* silence (n.) — the confidence to leave out everything that isn’t doing work.

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4.9 / 5 — 62 client reviews

(02) — A note from the studio

Fewer things, made better — identities and websites built to be kept, not refreshed.

Fewer things, made better — identities and websites built to be kept, not refreshed.

Lylix is a studio of four in Lisbon. Since 2012 we have designed brands, websites and printed things for independent businesses, cultural institutions and founders who care about the details.

Lylix is a studio of four in Lisbon. Since 2012 we have designed brands, websites and printed things for independent businesses, cultural institutions and founders who care about the details.

We take on around eight projects a year and lead each one ourselves. No account managers, no hand-offs — just the people you meet on the first call, all the way to launch.

— Mara Lindqvist, founder

(03) — Selected work

Six projects, one habit: restraint.

Six projects, one habit: restraint.

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(04) — Services

Four things, done properly.

Four things, done properly.

01

Brand identity

Brand identity

Positioning, naming support, logo and mark systems, colour, type and a concise guideline your team will actually open.

Strategy · Identity · Guidelines

8–10 weeks

02

Web design

Web design

Editorial websites designed and built in Framer, so you can publish every page, image and article yourself.

Design · Framer build · CMS

6–8 weeks

03

Art direction

Art direction

Photography, campaigns and launch moments that feel like the brand rather than an advert for it.

Shoots · Campaigns · Launches

From 3 weeks

04

Design systems

Design systems

Type, colour and component systems that keep a growing team consistent without slowing it down.

Tokens · Components · Training

From 6 weeks

(05) — How we work

From first sentence to final file.

Two designers reviewing printed artwork together at the studio table
01ListenTwo hours, one table, no slides. We ask about your best customer, your worst day and what everyone else gets wrong.
Close-up of a designer's hand sketching first ideas on white paper
02Write the sentenceBefore any sketch, we agree on one sentence the whole identity has to earn. It becomes the brief for every decision.
Hands arranging printed photographs and colour proofs on a dark table
03Make, then chooseWe make many routes quickly, then pin them to the wall and keep only what survives a second look.
Fan deck of paper colour swatches arranged as a spectrum
04Tune the colourColour is reviewed in daylight, on paper and on screen, in light and dark — until it holds up everywhere.
Printed sketch sheets and pencils scattered across a warm wooden surface
05Print it, ship itFinal files, a concise guideline and a living Framer site you can edit yourself. Then we stay close for the first launch.

(06) — Kind words

14

Years of independent practice

120+

Identities, sites and systems shipped

4.9

Average rating from 62 client reviews

“Lylix gave us an identity we didn’t have to explain. Six months in, customers describe our brand back to us in the exact words of their one sentence.”
Sofia Almeida— Co-founder, Onē Atelier
“Lylix gave us an identity we didn’t have to explain. Six months in, customers describe our brand back to us in the exact words of their one sentence.”
Sofia Almeida— Co-founder, Onē Atelier

(07) — The desk

Mara’s desk, as it was on Tuesday.

Mara’s desk, as it was on Tuesday.

Seven objects that explain the studio better than an About page: a train ticket to a kick-off, the palette we keep returning to, and the note stuck to every monitor. Move them around — nothing breaks.

Red studio wall with a framed typographic poster and a vermilion chair
The studio wall, Lisbon — 2026
Brief for every project: make it quieter, then make it clearer.
Blank spiral notepad and sharpened pencils on a white desk
Sketchbook no. 41
Since 2012 · Lisbon
Lylix palette — bone, ink, vermilion
CP · 2nd classLisboa → Porto · 08:14 — kick-off at Onē Atelier
Seat 41
Blackwing 602, half used
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(08) — Journal

Notes from the studio.

Notes from the studio.

All articles

Process

Why every brand we make starts with one sentence

6 min read

Craft

The case for fewer typefaces

5 min read

Studio

Designing in daylight: notes from the Lisbon studio

4 min read

Warm desk lamp glowing against a red studio wall with plant shadows at dusk

(09) — Start a project

Let’s make something worth keeping.

Two new projects open for early 2027. Tell us what you’re making — we reply to every message within two working days.

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