Manila · Founded 2025
You talk to the person doing the work. No account manager relaying your notes, no junior learning on your budget.
Starzt is me — Stanleigh Morales, a designer in Manila. I started it in 2025 to do identity, websites and logo systems properly: written briefs, fixed scope, and files you own outright when we're done.
Working with one person has an obvious trade-off. I take a small number of projects at a time, so there's a queue sometimes. In exchange, the person you brief is the person who draws it, and nothing gets lost being passed along.
I write things down — decisions, reasons, the route I didn't take and why. That record is half of what you're paying for; the drawing is the other half.
If I can't write down why a mark works, it doesn't. The brief comes before the design file, every time.
Ten options is a way of making the client do the thinking. I bring two I'd defend.
A mark that only works on a screen isn't finished. I test at stamp size and in one colour before showing anything.
The studio opened in 2025. Early clients get my full attention and keener pricing — that's the trade, and I'd rather say it than imply a back catalogue I don't have.
Ask. Some finished pieces aren't public yet; I'll walk you through them on a call.
You do, on final payment — source files included, not just exports.
Open for work