Canvas & Core Labs

Design and engineering studio

We make brands look like the company they're about to become.

Canvas & Core Labs designs and builds brands, websites, campaigns, motion and products for startups and established teams, with experience across cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare and consumer apps. One team, from the first idea to launch day.

  • Studio work
  • Cisco
  • SoFi
  • Vernier
  • Rangewell
  • PrediBall
  • Rostara
  • Founder's in-house experience before the studio
  • Fortinet
  • Securitize
  • Abra
  • Vanguard
  • Aetna
  • Freedom Financial Network
  • Boston Children's Hospital

(01) Selected work

Work that launches.

Studio products, client work for Cisco, pre-launch startups, and brand work our co-founder led at Securitize, Abra and more.

All work →
14Years leading brand and marketing design
41%Email open rate on our Cisco campaign
9,000PrediBall users in its first month

(02) Capabilities

Everything a launch needs, under one roof.

Strategy, design, motion and engineering in one studio, so nothing gets lost between teams.

All capabilities →
  1. 01 Brand identity & systems Logos, visual identities and brand systems that hold up across every touchpoint.
  2. 02 Websites, designed and built Marketing sites and landing pages designed by an art director and built by an engineer.
  3. 03 Campaigns & performance creative Paid social, display, email and landing pages built to convert, and to be tested.
  4. 04 Motion & film Launch films, product promos, event content and social video, from storyboard to final cut.
  5. 05 Product & app design App and product interfaces that turn complex features into calm, obvious screens.
  6. 06 Pitch decks & presentations Investor decks and executive presentations with clear data and a strong narrative.
  7. 07 3D & product visualization Modeling, materials, lighting and animation for products that don't exist yet.

(03) Motion & film

Motion and film, made in-house.

Launch films, product promos, event content and social video, from script and storyboard to the final cut.

Watch more films →
Fortinet Threat Landscape, Accelerate hype video
Security Operations Summit 2026
PrediBall promo video
PrediBall product overview

(04) Packages

Fixed scope. Fixed price.

Three packages built around the moments startups actually have: a raise, a launch, and everything after.

Compare packages →

Creative Partner

Ongoing creative, without a full-time hire.

From $4,000 / month

3-month minimum

What's included →

(05) Why us

Why teams choose us.

01

Design and engineering in one studio

Our art director designs it and our engineer builds it. Nothing gets lost in a handoff, and nothing has to be redesigned to ship.

02

AI speed, an art director's eye

We use AI to explore more directions and produce more assets, faster. Every final piece is directed and refined by hand.

03

We launch our own products

PrediBall reached 9,000 users in its first month. We bring the same launch thinking to yours.

(06) The studio

Founder-led, start to finish.

You work directly with the people doing the work.

Meet the studio →

Somaiyeh Ghaffarnia

MFA in Brand and Marketing Design

Co-founder, CMO & COO · Creative direction

Art director with 14 years across cybersecurity, fintech, crypto, healthcare and consumer tech. Leads every engagement.

Sajad Mirzaei

PhD in Software Engineering

Co-founder, CEO & CTO · Engineering

Ph.D. in Software Engineering. Leads technical architecture and builds the websites and products we design.

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