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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 shake things up:

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

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

“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 king street properties

Branding, WebCaught in Southie
A network of hyper-local Boston blogs. Inspired by the city’s grid and storied past, we built a bold system combining wood-block type and collage-style templates, designed for quick swaps to keep content fresh and relevant.

Creative Director — Gage Salzano
Designer — Michael Miller

caughtinsouthie.com

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

Creative Director — Gage Salzano
Designers — Tommy DeFranco, Michael Miller & Skyler Ed
Development — Johannes Ma

stridekick.com

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 frame.

Creative Director — Gage Salzano
Designer — Mark Webb

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 generations in her family, Jennifer and team needed a visual design to showcase this unique offering that found its place in the modern grocery store shelf.

Creative Director — Gage Salzano
Designer — Katie Metz, Michael Miller

www.shimmerchef.com

Artistry & craft on the internet is dying.

And we think that 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.

“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: A Tiny Apartment, Refinery29

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

Designer — Gage Salzano

christenebarberich.com

Real Design, No Gimmicks

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