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[ Design & branding studio — Nairobi ]
We design the identities, interfaces and spaces that make East African businesses impossible to ignore, at home and anywhere in the world.
( What we fix )
East Africa is building some of the most inventive businesses on the planet: mobile money that the rest of the world copied, hospitality that sells out a season, developers raising whole neighbourhoods. Too often the brand still looks like a template someone downloaded.
We are Casper FourTwenty Studio, a group of young, energetic creatives with decades of combined experience. We give serious businesses the design they deserve: local enough to feel true, sharp enough to compete with anyone.
Our services
Every service is designed to help your business stand out and turn ideas into reality. Pick one, or let us carry the whole thing.
Your business grew up. Your logo is still in Form One.
A company should look and feel professional in every way. We work closely with you on strategy, logo, type, colour and guidelines until the brand finally matches the business.
Talk about your brand →
Your customers pay in three taps. Your website takes twelve to find a phone number.
Websites, dashboards and apps built on current UI/UX practice, designed for the way your audience actually browses: mobile-first, data-light and fast.
Plan your website →
The building isn't up yet. Your buyers want to walk through it anyway.
Photoreal renders and drawings for interiors, retail, real estate and products, accurate down to the last detail, so clients can say yes before anything is built.
Visualise your project →
Stock photos show someone else's city. We draw yours.
Our fine artists sketch and illustrate for comics, publications, billboards, campaigns and custom pieces, with characters and places your audience recognises.
Commission illustration →
A billboard on Thika Road gets three seconds. We design for the three.
Years in the print industry mean we know the paper, the finish and the press. We guide you on best practice so what arrives from the printer looks like what you approved.
Get it printed right →
Being great isn't the same as being noticed. We fix the second part.
Campaigns that combine the newest digital channels with the traditional methods that still work here: radio, outdoor, activations and word of mouth.
Get noticed →Selected work
Brands, spaces and print for businesses that wanted to look as good as they are. Concept, art direction, 3D and production, all in-house.
A lion and a vintage microphone for a communications firm built on one idea: every message is a choice. Full brand guidelines, carried across print, events and merchandise.
A warm green identity for a café, from cups and aprons to a signboard that glows after dark.
Brand guidelines for a workforce mobility and professional services firm, from logo and tone of voice to billboards and social media.
A bold navy-and-blue identity built to work everywhere, from business cards to hoodies, caps and ceiling banners.
Illustrated graphic tees, drawn in-house and printed across four colourways.
( Let's settle this )
Our take: it's a false choice. The brands that travel best are the ones that know exactly where they're from. Specific beats generic in Nairobi, in Lagos, and in New York. Tell us where you stand →
Why work with us
No filter, no salesperson.
You work with the people who design your brand. It's faster, smoother, and your ideas don't get lost in translation.
Built for how East Africa buys.
Mobile-first audiences, multilingual customers, outdoor that has to work at speed. We design for the real context, not a Silicon Valley mood board.
Wherever your clients are.
Working with us from abroad? We run projects remotely with clear timelines, shared files and calls that respect your time zone.
Support until it works.
Our team helps you take the final product to market and follows through until it reaches the outcome you expected.
How we work
We take the time to understand your idea and its needs, then identify the best way to achieve it.
Creative work that communicates your idea and appeals to the exact audience you want to reach.
For ideas that need building, we research and advise on the most effective way to execute them.
We help you launch to market and follow through with support until it reaches the expected outcome.
4-2-0 Exhale. Admire the work. Then help the next brand get lifted.
Sectors
We shape each project around what your field has to prove, and to whom.
The app moves millions of shillings a day. The brand still feels like a side project, and trust is the whole product.
What we makeIdentity systems, app UI, onboarding flows and investor-ready decks.
You're selling off-plan to buyers in Nairobi and the diaspora. They're being asked to trust a drawing.
What we makePhotoreal 3D renders, development branding, brochures and sales suites.
The view sells itself. The booking page doesn't, and guests compare you with every lodge on the continent.
What we makeHotel and lodge identities, websites, menus, signage and interior visualisation.
Your impact is real, but the annual report reads like a spreadsheet and donors skim it.
What we makeBrochures, reports, campaign identities and illustration that tell the human story.
You're on the same shelf as global brands with global budgets. The pack has a second to win.
What we makePackaging, retail interiors in 3D, point-of-sale and print production.
The talent is world-class. The poster looks like it was made the night before the show.
What we makeRebrands, event identities, social campaigns and custom illustration.
“Every great design begins with an even better story.”
We are a design and branding studio. We create brand identities, websites and digital products, 3D renders, illustration, print, and marketing campaigns, and we can take a project from first idea to launch.
Because 4-2-0 is when the studio peaks. Lunch has landed, the second chai has kicked in and the good ideas start rolling. If you had a different theory, we won't argue. We keep our designs high and our standards higher.
We're based in Nairobi, Kenya. We work with businesses across East Africa and run projects remotely for clients elsewhere, with scheduled calls, shared files and clear milestones.
Every project is scoped individually, because a logo refresh and a full brand-plus-website build are very different jobs. Tell us what you need and we'll send a clear proposal with fixed deliverables.
Four stages: Define, Design, Build and Launch. You talk to the designers directly at every stage, and we keep supporting you after launch.
Yes. We have long experience in the print industry and will advise on stock, finishes and suppliers so the final piece matches the design.
Absolutely. Many projects start with an existing brand that needs refining, extending into new materials or modernising without losing what customers already recognise.
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Let us be the ones to tell your story.
You found it.
Mention “four twenty” when you get in touch and we'll know you're one of us.
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