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Real projects for real businesses

Websites, brands, and audits for solopreneurs, artists, and independent businesses. Every project starts with a conversation about what's not working and ends with something that does.

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Web Design

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Branding

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Audits

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Consultation

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Graphic Design

Web Design ✳︎ Branding ✳︎ Audits ✳︎ Consultation ✳︎ Graphic Design

  • Hankar Sisters website designed by Derin Kivaner Studio displayed on laptop in natural setting. Squarespace web design for holistic practitioners

    Hankar Sisters

    website and brand guidelines design
    8+ page website design for a private retreat center in Kenya along with detailed brand guidelines deck.

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  • custom branding and packaging design

    rca

    branding and packaging design
    Complete branding package including logo design, color palette, visual identity, brand guidelines, and packaging design for a wet wipe subscription company

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  • Client reviewing their new Squarespace website profile page. Web design delivery moment

    burcu gökçek

    website design
    Clean gallery-focused portfolio site for a contemporary visual artist. Built on Squarespace to showcase exhibitions, works, and info.

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  • A tablet with a keyboard attached displaying a branding presentation for Global Vortex, featuring logos, color schemes, and a group of people outdoors.

    global vortex

    branding, pitch deck, and website design
    Complete branding package for a corporate offsite and retreat design venture. Positioning, logo, color system, and brand guidelines for a B2B audience.

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  • custom branding and website design project

    hero journeys

    branding and website design
    Full brand identity and website for an experience-driven brand. Logo, visual system, and a custom website designed to tell their story and convert visitors.

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Derin Kivaner profile

The person
behind the work

I spent over a decade producing digital experiences at agencies like MediaMonks and Hogarth Worldwide, working with brands like Apple, Snapchat, HP, Amazon, and ServiceNow. I've led projects across UX, branding, web design, and content production for some of the biggest names in tech.

Now I bring that same strategic thinking and creative rigor to solopreneurs, coaches, and independent businesses who deserve a digital presence that matches the quality of their work.

I studied film production at Bahçeşehir University and NYU Singapore, where I learned how to build visual narratives, direct attention, and make people feel something before they've read a single word. I later earned my UX Design certificate from IDxF in Copenhagen, which added the strategic layer: understanding how people actually move through a screen and why they do or don't take action. Every project I take on comes back to that combination: the creative eye and the user-first thinking.

Based in Zurich. Originally from Istanbul. Have lived in LA, Nairobi, Singapore, and Houston. I bring a global perspective to everything I design

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COUNTRIES
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I take on a limited number of projects at a time so I can give each one the attention it deserves. If you're ready, let's talk.

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