About the Studio: A Startup Branding Studio in Austin, Texas
One Studio.
No Bullshit.
Happy Pizza Studio is a tight-knit branding studio in Austin, Texas, founded by Dan Holdsworth: designer, creative director, ex-military. We work with early-stage and AI-native companies who need an identity that means something.
Not a logo mill, and not an agency with twelve account managers and a strategy deck that says "authenticity" on slide three. We do the thinking and the work, with the same people on both sides of the brief.
Judge us on the work. If you want the long version of who it's for, there's a page each for startups, SaaS and small business.
Three Rules. No Slide Deck.
No bloat
You talk to the person doing the work. No account managers, no middlemen, no Chinese whispers.
Opinionated
We bring a point of view. You hired a designer, not a pair of hands. If we think something's wrong, we'll say so.
Built to last
We build systems, not one-off logos. Everything we deliver should still work in five years.
Background
Heard enough?
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