we're a small team that builds work and worlds worth building.
we're a small team that builds work and worlds worth building.
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NOPA is a design-led creative agency that grew out of a music, design and tastemaking collective founded in 2019.
That origin still shapes how we work. We care about the final thing: how it looks, how it sounds, how it is judged and whether it holds up once it is out in the world. We work with brands, artists and cultural projects to create identities, campaigns and creative outputs with a clear point of view.
The philosophy is simple: if the work is going to take up space, it should be worth putting into the world.
Projects completed since 2019
Business from referrals
Industries served
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Theteam.
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Small on purpose. three people, no layers, no account managers between you and the work.
Tawanda Nambureti
Chief Executive Officer
NOPA®
Tawanda Nambureti
Chief Executive Officer
NOPA®
Tinashe Ganga
Chief Operating Officer
NOPA®
Tinashe Ganga
Chief Operating Officer
NOPA®
Ehsan Saeed
Creative Director
Mattis®
Ehsan Saeed
Creative Director
Mattis®
Services
01
Strategy & Research
Strategy is where we slow the project down enough to see what is actually going on. A brief can sound clear on paper while the useful problem sits somewhere else: in the audience, the category or the way the work is being framed.
This stage gives the project a better starting point. Sometimes that means research. Sometimes it means pulling apart the assumptions behind the brief. Either way, the aim is to make the creative direction harder to misread.
02
Brand & Identity
Identity is how a project becomes recognisable in use, not just in presentation. It is the set of decisions that shape what belongs, what does not and how the work should show up when nobody is there to explain it.
We build identities that can survive real conditions. They need to work outside the deck, across the places where people actually meet the brand or artist.
03
Campaign & Creative
A campaign loses strength when it tries to hold every angle at once. The work gets bigger, but the point gets harder to find.
Our role is to keep the centre clear. We shape the creative direction, then make sure the final work still feels like one campaign when it reaches the audience.
04
Film & Video
The camera is unforgiving. It can make a strong idea feel immediate, but it can also expose when the thinking is thin.
We use film and video to make projects more convincing. The focus is not just how it looks, but what the piece reveals and what the viewer is left with when it ends.
05
Social Media
Social is where a brand or artist stops being theoretical. It is where the voice, image and direction have to keep showing up without becoming flat.
We help shape social presence so it feels connected to the larger project. The account should not feel like an afterthought. It should feel like another place where the work is being developed.
06
Print & Physical
Physical work asks for more commitment. Once something is printed, worn or placed in public, it takes up space in a way a post does not.
We design physical media with that pressure in mind. It should not feel like digital work moved onto paper. It should have a reason to exist as an object.
07
Music Production
Music production is where NOPA started. We work with artists in the room, often before the language around the project has been figured out.
That stage needs trust. The work might be production, arrangement or helping the artist hear what is already working. The aim is to leave with music that feels more certain of itself.
08
Music Management
Management is the work around the music that slowly becomes an artist’s direction. The timing, the image, the release choices and the conversations all start to add up.
We work with artists who need more than someone to organise the next drop. The aim is to help them build with more control and a clearer sense of what each move is doing.
Services
01
Strategy & Research
Strategy is where we slow the project down enough to see what is actually going on. A brief can sound clear on paper while the useful problem sits somewhere else: in the audience, the category or the way the work is being framed.
This stage gives the project a better starting point. Sometimes that means research. Sometimes it means pulling apart the assumptions behind the brief. Either way, the aim is to make the creative direction harder to misread.
02
Brand & Identity
Identity is how a project becomes recognisable in use, not just in presentation. It is the set of decisions that shape what belongs, what does not and how the work should show up when nobody is there to explain it.
We build identities that can survive real conditions. They need to work outside the deck, across the places where people actually meet the brand or artist.
03
Campaign & Creative
A campaign loses strength when it tries to hold every angle at once. The work gets bigger, but the point gets harder to find.
Our role is to keep the centre clear. We shape the creative direction, then make sure the final work still feels like one campaign when it reaches the audience.
04
Film & Video
The camera is unforgiving. It can make a strong idea feel immediate, but it can also expose when the thinking is thin.
We use film and video to make projects more convincing. The focus is not just how it looks, but what the piece reveals and what the viewer is left with when it ends.
05
Social Media
Social is where a brand or artist stops being theoretical. It is where the voice, image and direction have to keep showing up without becoming flat.
We help shape social presence so it feels connected to the larger project. The account should not feel like an afterthought. It should feel like another place where the work is being developed.
06
Print & Physical
Physical work asks for more commitment. Once something is printed, worn or placed in public, it takes up space in a way a post does not.
We design physical media with that pressure in mind. It should not feel like digital work moved onto paper. It should have a reason to exist as an object.
07
Music Production
Music production is where NOPA started. We work with artists in the room, often before the language around the project has been figured out.
That stage needs trust. The work might be production, arrangement or helping the artist hear what is already working. The aim is to leave with music that feels more certain of itself.
08
Music Management
Management is the work around the music that slowly becomes an artist’s direction. The timing, the image, the release choices and the conversations all start to add up.
We work with artists who need more than someone to organise the next drop. The aim is to help them build with more control and a clearer sense of what each move is doing.
Services
01
Strategy & Research
Strategy is where we slow the project down enough to see what is actually going on. A brief can sound clear on paper while the useful problem sits somewhere else: in the audience, the category or the way the work is being framed.
This stage gives the project a better starting point. Sometimes that means research. Sometimes it means pulling apart the assumptions behind the brief. Either way, the aim is to make the creative direction harder to misread.
02
Brand & Identity
Identity is how a project becomes recognisable in use, not just in presentation. It is the set of decisions that shape what belongs, what does not and how the work should show up when nobody is there to explain it.
We build identities that can survive real conditions. They need to work outside the deck, across the places where people actually meet the brand or artist.
03
Campaign & Creative
A campaign loses strength when it tries to hold every angle at once. The work gets bigger, but the point gets harder to find.
Our role is to keep the centre clear. We shape the creative direction, then make sure the final work still feels like one campaign when it reaches the audience.
04
Film & Video
The camera is unforgiving. It can make a strong idea feel immediate, but it can also expose when the thinking is thin.
We use film and video to make projects more convincing. The focus is not just how it looks, but what the piece reveals and what the viewer is left with when it ends.
05
Social Media
Social is where a brand or artist stops being theoretical. It is where the voice, image and direction have to keep showing up without becoming flat.
We help shape social presence so it feels connected to the larger project. The account should not feel like an afterthought. It should feel like another place where the work is being developed.
06
Print & Physical
Physical work asks for more commitment. Once something is printed, worn or placed in public, it takes up space in a way a post does not.
We design physical media with that pressure in mind. It should not feel like digital work moved onto paper. It should have a reason to exist as an object.
07
Music Production
Music production is where NOPA started. We work with artists in the room, often before the language around the project has been figured out.
That stage needs trust. The work might be production, arrangement or helping the artist hear what is already working. The aim is to leave with music that feels more certain of itself.
08
Music Management
Management is the work around the music that slowly becomes an artist’s direction. The timing, the image, the release choices and the conversations all start to add up.
We work with artists who need more than someone to organise the next drop. The aim is to help them build with more control and a clearer sense of what each move is doing.
