[ Studio / 04 ]

A small studio,
quietly obsessed with the craft of the web.

[ Founded ]
·2019
[ Projects shipped ]
·84
[ Studio size ]
·8
[ Countries served ]
·17

[ Manifesto ]

We started Ayan Designs because the web had become a shopping mall — every storefront the same, every window a template.

We think a company's website should feel like walking into a place someone actually built — where the door handle, the light, and the smell are all part of the same idea. It should not feel like every other tab in your browser.

So we work small. Six to eight clients a year. Same three humans on every project. No account managers, no offshore handoffs, no junior work smuggled under a senior name.

§ 02 / The team

Eight people, six timezones.

Small enough that everyone signs their work.

Ayan Malik

12 yrs

Founder · Design lead · Lahore

Noor Rahim

9 yrs

Design director · Karachi

Elena Voss

11 yrs

Engineering lead · Berlin

Kai Tanaka

7 yrs

Motion & 3D · Kyoto

Marta Ines

8 yrs

Writer / Strategist · Lisbon

Jude Okafor

6 yrs

Product designer · Lagos

§ 03 / Recognition

Occasionally, people notice.

  • Awwwards

    Site of the Day × 4

    2023–26
  • CSS Design Awards

    Best Innovation

    2025
  • Fast Company

    Innovation by Design finalist

    2024
  • Communication Arts

    Interactive annual

    2024