Brick-walled studio room with an arched window, desk and chair in the former bakery

118 VAN BRUNT ST, RED HOOK — SINCE 2018

PHOTO: ANDREW VANCE

PHOTO: ANDREW VANCE

A former bakery, seven people, one rule: the people you meet are the people who do the work.

HOW WE THINK

01

Honest

We tell you when the brief is wrong.

02

Slow first

Two weeks of listening before one pixel.

03

Finished

Production files, not moodboards.

04

Ours

No subcontracted juniors, no white-label without asking.

Eight years, in short.

2018

Founded in a shared space in Gowanus by Mark and Claire.

2019

First national retail brand (Milk & Honey).

2020

Moved into the bakery on Van Brunt Street; Biscuit arrives.

2022

Jonah joins; every website since is built in Framer.

2024

D&AD Wood Pencil for Catskill Hemp.

2026

Seven people, ten shipped brands, two dogs.

OUTSIDE WORK

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Summer rooftop garden above the Red Hook waterfront

SUMMER ROOFTOP, BUSHWICK

Drawer of wooden letterpress type at the press in Long Island City

PRINT CHECK AT THE PRESS, LONG ISLAND CITY

Country road through autumn woods near Bear Mountain on the studio's off-site

TEAM RIDE TO BEAR MOUNTAIN

The team talking over drinks at a studio evening

HOLLOW OAK LAUNCH, HUDSON

Studio lunch on a rooftop terrace under a canopy

FRIDAY CRITS

VISIT

118 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231. B61 bus or the NYC Ferry to Red Hook. Coffee is on us; Thursdays are studio days.

MON–FRI 9 AM – 6 PM ET

We hire slowly. If you are a designer who reads briefs twice, write to jobs@umber.studio.

Street corner with a brick warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn

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