We’re Creative Agitators


We help founders see their company in
ways they couldn’t before.

We help visionaries discover their place in the market.




and We’ve helped these people make a beautiful mess:


Everyone’s trying to figure out who they are and what they say...and don’t.


We help people figure out their unique “them,” and capture it with tools that help them express it, from billboard to thumbnail. We combine real world experience with down-to-earth collaboration to help illuminate their magic.


Branding, WebCaught in Southie
A network of Boston neighborhood magazines we helped create a brand system for that references the tight city grid to create a modular system to grow into.

caughtinsouthie.com


Branding, App, Web Stridekick
Stridekick is an online fitness challenge app that dares to make fitness fun. We helped with a brand refresh and website to usher in a new era that challenges the conventions of fitness apps.

stridekick.com
“Gage and Studio Apt have an incredible ability to distill the most important aspects of a project (in my case, the sense of place we are creating with our real estate) into naming and branding. His concepts are spot on and delightful – and on time! He is a joy to work with.”
– sonia taneja, Managing Director






Brand Identity, WebLaetro
An online creative community that redefines creative services for the 21st Century: by merging a variety of global talent with technologies like AI, flex team structures and transparent pricing. We helped creative a brand identity celebrating the many different creatives coming together to create a better whole, with the technology as the (hidden)  frame.

laetro.com


Brand Identity, PackagingShimmer Chef
Shimmer Chef thinks the future of skincare is much like the future of health in general: like the ancient past. Creating facial creams from fresh ingredients inspired by recipes handed down by generations, Jennifer and team needed a visual design to showcase this modern tie to the past.

www.shimmerchef.com

Art & craft on the internet is dying.


And we think that shit sucks. We grew up in a different web that encouraged discovery, curiousity and self-expression...not just scalability.

And that’s what we seek to do with everything we help make.


Branding, WebChristene Barberich
Helping a media icon reinvent herself and find a new place online by establishing a personal consultancy practice; showcasing her storied writing portfolio, introducing her award-winning Substack newsletter and webshop.

christenebarberich.com


Naming, Brand Identity, Print, WebMesa LabWorksCreating a name and brand story for a life sciences lab workspace in San Diego. Inspired by the building layout and central courtyard, the mark symbolizes the epiphany moment in the lab and connection of the community on campus.

mesalabworks.com
“Collaborating with Gage and A Studio Apt. was moving and motivating on so many levels. Namely because we were able to balance constant pragmatism with the most thoughtful creative impulses. What resulted was a site and brand experience that elevated my whole attitude about what was possible. And for that, I'm so grateful.“
– Christene Barberich, Founder


        
Real Design, No Gimmicks
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