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Tamtam — brand studio, Karaköy · since 2014Now showing: the studio

Brands you can point at.

Tamtam

Nine people who make names, identities and packaging for companies that would rather be remembered than liked.

Palette
Cobalt#2340FF
Paper#F3F1EC
Ink#111111
Type
Studio grotesk, set heavy
Since 2014
64 identities, 11 countries
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What we make

Six things, done properly

Most projects combine two or three. Prices are where we start; a fixed quote follows a one-hour call.

Naming
Names that are short, sayable in Turkish and English, and available.from $6,000 · 3 weeks
Strategy
Who it is for, what it promises, what it never says.from $8,000 · 3 weeks
Identity
Mark, type, colour and the rules that keep them together.from $18,000 · 6 weeks
Packaging
Labels and boxes that win three seconds on a shelf.from $12,000 · 5 weeks
Website
Sites built on the identity, not decorated with it.from $15,000 · 6 weeks
Motion
The brand when it moves: idents, social, screens.from $9,000 · 4 weeks

Work06

Six recent projects. Hover to see each client’s colour; open one for the full case.

  1. 01SarnıçSpring water from Bolu · Strategy, Identity, Packaging2026
  2. 02Vites BikesCity bicycles, made in Eskişehir · Naming, Identity, Website2025
  3. 03Defne BooksIndependent publisher, poetry and essays · Identity, Editorial2025
  4. 04Orbit FMCommunity radio, 94.6 · Identity, Motion, Website2024
  5. 05Mira OptikEyewear, four shops in Izmir · Strategy, Identity, Signage2024
  6. 06Pazar KooperatifiProducers’ cooperative, 140 farms · Naming, Strategy, Packaging2023

The studio in five numbers

  • 64identities shipped
  • 11years in Karaköy
  • 9people, no account managers
  • 83%of clients come back for a second project
  • 1colour per brand, on purpose

People

The nine who answer your e-mails

  • Nil Karataş

    Founder, creative director

    Identity · Naming

  • Ozan Erdem

    Partner, strategy

    Positioning · Workshops

  • Duru Şahin

    Type designer

    Custom type · Lettering

  • Kerem Polat

    Packaging lead

    Structures · Print production

  • Asya Güneş

    Motion designer

    Idents · Systems

  • Bora Tunç

    Developer

    Websites · Brand tools

  • Ece Yıldırım

    Designer

    Identity · Signage

  • Mert Aksoy

    Writer

    Naming · Tone of voice

  • Leyla Demirci

    Studio manager

    Schedules · Quotes · Coffee

Clients

What they say a year later

1 / 4

People now ask for “the one with the number”. We had been trying to get them to ask for us by name for nine years.

Hande YalçınGeneral manager, Sarnıç

The orange did more for us than any ad. People see a Vites two streets away.

Umut KaplanFounder, Vites Bikes

Booksellers started shelving us face-out, together. That never happened before.

Leyla AksoyPublisher, Defne Books

Our volunteers make their own show art in minutes now, and it still looks like Orbit.

Can ÖzkanStation manager, Orbit FM

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We take on four projects at a time. Next opening: January 2027.