(About) The studio
Independent since 2014

A small studio with an outsized obsession.

We’re 24 strategists, designers and engineers across Lisbon and New York, building brands and digital products for companies that refuse to blend in.

Founded

2014

People

24

Studios

Lisbon & New York

Ownership

100% independent

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The team collaborating in the Lisbon studio
Fig. 01 — Rua da Boavista, Lisbon

We started Verso in a Lisbon attic in 2014 with one belief: the best work comes from small, senior teams who care about every detail.

Twelve years later, we’re still deliberately small. There are no account layers between you and the people doing the work — the strategist who interviews your customers is in the room when the design is reviewed, and the engineer who builds it was there when it was sketched.

That closeness is our advantage. It’s how we move fast without cutting corners, and why so many of our clients have been with us for five years or more. We don’t scale by adding headcount; we scale by getting better.

“Craft isn’t decoration. It’s how a business earns trust at scale.”

Inês Moreira — Founder & Creative Director

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(02) Milestones

Twelve years, one idea.

A short history of a studio that grew carefully — and on purpose.

2014

Founded in Lisbon

Two designers, one attic studio and a borrowed printer.

2016

First international client

A Berlin fintech took a chance on us. They’re still a client today.

2018

First Site of the Day

Recognition that put our craft on the map — and on more shortlists.

2020

New York studio opens

A second home to work closer to our North American partners.

2022

Product practice launches

Dedicated product designers and engineers for long-term platform work.

2024

24 people, 14 countries

Still small enough that everyone knows every project.

2026

What’s next

Still independent. Still obsessed with the details.

(03) What we believe

Less noise. More meaning.

01

Small teams, big ownership

Every project is led by senior people who stay from kickoff to launch. No hand-offs, no diluted vision.

02

Craft is a business tool

Details aren’t vanity. The quality of a product is how customers decide whether to trust you.

03

Honesty over theatre

We’ll tell you what we really think — including when the best answer is to do less.

(04) The team

The people behind the work.

A senior, multidisciplinary team — small by design and close to every project.

(05) Life at Verso

A studio, not a factory.

We protect the conditions that make good work possible: time to think, space to make, and people worth learning from.

The Lisbon studio

The Lisbon studio

A weekly design critique

Weekly critique

The quiet room

Quiet room

A client workshop

Client workshop

01

Four-day weeks in August

Rest is part of the process.

02

Annual studio retreat

One week a year, the whole team in one place.

03

Learning budget

€2,000 a year for everyone, no questions asked.

04

Studio-first, remote-friendly

Two studios, flexible days, real collaboration.

(06) Careers

Join a team that sweats the details.

We hire slowly and look for people who are kind, curious and very good at what they do.

No role that fits? We’re always happy to see great work.

Recognition

Recognised by our peers.

18 awards · 2016 — 2026

Awwwards
Studio of the Day
Aether
2026
×4
CSS Design Awards
Special Kudos
Noir
2025
×3
FWA
Site of the Day
Vanta
2025
×2
Behance
Featured Project
Frame
2024
×9

Trusted by ambitious teams

120+ launches across 14 countries

Northwind
HALCYON
lumen.
Kestrel
Parallel
Atlas & Co.
OSTRA
Meridian

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