Welcome to MEK, a design studio shaping brands of the future. We specialise in impact-led strategy, identity and design, helping aligned companies and founders communicate their vision for a better tomorrow. Our approach pushes boundaries and challenges convention to create outcomes that resonate deeply with people, inspire action, and convey hope, progress and possibility. Our unwavering commitment to positive change ensures exceptional brand transformation to help our partners differentiate, raise awareness, and create lasting impact with measurable results.
MEK: Armenian for one. One people. One planet. Let’s do better together.
“I can’t imagine a better design team than MEK for a purpose-driven brand. MEK invested in establishing a genuine knowledge of what we wanted to change in the world and how we’re able to do it; to the extent that I would describe them as ambassadors of our cause.
The work that MEK produces for us is consistently effective and has elevated our communications and the presentation of our brand, fit for a global audience. We cherish our partnership with MEK and couldn’t be more grateful for the incredible work they deliver in the name of our mission.”
Robbie Neville, Founder, Revival Projects
The work that MEK produces for us is consistently effective and has elevated our communications and the presentation of our brand, fit for a global audience. We cherish our partnership with MEK and couldn’t be more grateful for the incredible work they deliver in the name of our mission.”
Robbie Neville, Founder, Revival Projects
DESIGNING CHANGE®
We specialise in the 3 stages of change: Awareness → Action → Impact
BRAND
From establishing your brand through future-forward strategy to creating a unique and powerful identity, we help you build a brand that’s best positioned to engage the right people, stakeholders and investors.
- Brand Strategy
- Positioning
- Vision & Mission
- Purpose & Values
- Visual Identity
- Verbal Identity
- Naming
- Rebranding
- Brand Audit
- Creative Direction
- Consultancy
DESIGN
Shifting behaviours to effect positive change begins with desirability. By leveraging strategic design and creative innovation, we help you effectively communicate and amplify your impact to your audience, stakeholders and community, enabling them to make more informed choices towards sustainable and kinder outcomes.
- Design Strategy
- Campaigns
- Digital Design
- Web Design
- Sustainable Web Design
- Print Design
- Website Audit
- Website Sustainability Audit
- Creative Direction
- Consultancy
PEOPLE
We are an ambitious team of change makers always seeking new ways to do things differently, to be different, and to make a difference.
MEK is led by:
Mirella Arapian, Founder & Creative Director
Nicolas Collerson, Art Director
Sarah Kingsley, Studio Manager
We collaborate with a trusted network of leading creators for capabilities beyond our core offering, ensuring the best possible outcomes for our partners.
MEK is led by:
Mirella Arapian, Founder & Creative Director
Nicolas Collerson, Art Director
Sarah Kingsley, Studio Manager
We collaborate with a trusted network of leading creators for capabilities beyond our core offering, ensuring the best possible outcomes for our partners.
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WHY MEK?
ALIGNMENT
As an impact-led business we share your values and become an extension of your team to collaboratively achieve common goals. We believe the most rewarding, transformative work happens when like-minded people with a shared vision come together.
As an impact-led business we share your values and become an extension of your team to collaboratively achieve common goals. We believe the most rewarding, transformative work happens when like-minded people with a shared vision come together.
INNOVATION
We bring fresh perspectives and creative innovation to each project, avoiding trends and transforming visionary ideas into design that excites and inspires people while evolving with their changing needs and expectations.
We bring fresh perspectives and creative innovation to each project, avoiding trends and transforming visionary ideas into design that excites and inspires people while evolving with their changing needs and expectations.
ADAPTABILITY
As an independent studio, we work quickly and flexibly without the delays, hierarchy and costs of traditional agencies. We adapt your brand to shifts in your mission or offerings in response to external challenges, ensuring consistency, relevancy and longevity.
As an independent studio, we work quickly and flexibly without the delays, hierarchy and costs of traditional agencies. We adapt your brand to shifts in your mission or offerings in response to external challenges, ensuring consistency, relevancy and longevity.
TRUST
With over 20 years’ experience in design and activism we know what it takes to build brands that inspire meaningful change. We have a proven record of successful projects through a collaborative design process, transparent communication and impactful partnerships.
With over 20 years’ experience in design and activism we know what it takes to build brands that inspire meaningful change. We have a proven record of successful projects through a collaborative design process, transparent communication and impactful partnerships.
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LEADERSHIP
2024 Board Member, Design Declares Australia
2024 Mentor, Assisterhood
2023 Mentor, Assisterhood
2022 Judge, Vegan Brand Design of the Year, Antagonist
2018 Founder, Womentor
2017 Mentor, Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA)
AWARDS
2023 Finalist, Digital Design, Victorian Premier’s Design Awards
2019 Finalist, Design for Good, AGDA
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
The Brand Identity (1,2,3,4,5,6)
Design by Women (1,2)
Design Declares
Femme Type
Let’s Go Vegan
Mavens
Pangram Pangram
Shillington Education
Sustainable Digital Design
2024 Board Member, Design Declares Australia
2024 Mentor, Assisterhood
2023 Mentor, Assisterhood
2022 Judge, Vegan Brand Design of the Year, Antagonist
2018 Founder, Womentor
2017 Mentor, Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA)
AWARDS
2023 Finalist, Digital Design, Victorian Premier’s Design Awards
2019 Finalist, Design for Good, AGDA
FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
The Brand Identity (1,2,3,4,5,6)
Design by Women (1,2)
Design Declares
Femme Type
Let’s Go Vegan
Mavens
Pangram Pangram
Shillington Education
Sustainable Digital Design
TALKS & EVENTS
2024 Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Speaker, Social Impact Business Meetup, Melbourne
2023 Panel, Assisterhood, Melbourne
2022 Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Folio Review, Shillington Education, Melbourne
2021 Folio Review, AGDA, Melbourne
2020 Hosted Event, Womentor, Melbourne
2020 Panel, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2019 Panel, Never Not Creative, Melbourne
2019 Keynote, Foundry Live, Launceston
2019 Host, The Design Conference, Brisbane
2019 Keynote + Panel, Sydney Design Festival, Sydney
2019 Panel, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2018 Folio Review, Billy Blue College of Design, Melbourne
2018 Guest Lecture, Shillington Education, Melbourne
2018 Keynote, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2017 Folio Review, AGDA, Melbourne
2017 Guest Lecture, Billy Blue College of Design, Melbourne
2017 Keynote, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2017 Keynote, Merri-bek Business Women’s Network, Melbourne
2024 Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2024 Speaker, Social Impact Business Meetup, Melbourne
2023 Panel, Assisterhood, Melbourne
2022 Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Folio Review, Shillington Education, Melbourne
2021 Folio Review, AGDA, Melbourne
2020 Hosted Event, Womentor, Melbourne
2020 Panel, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2019 Panel, Never Not Creative, Melbourne
2019 Keynote, Foundry Live, Launceston
2019 Host, The Design Conference, Brisbane
2019 Keynote + Panel, Sydney Design Festival, Sydney
2019 Panel, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2018 Folio Review, Billy Blue College of Design, Melbourne
2018 Guest Lecture, Shillington Education, Melbourne
2018 Keynote, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2017 Folio Review, AGDA, Melbourne
2017 Guest Lecture, Billy Blue College of Design, Melbourne
2017 Keynote, The Design Kids, Melbourne
2017 Keynote, Merri-bek Business Women’s Network, Melbourne
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Design by Women, Issue 1, UK (coming soon)
2023 The Interviews, Volume 2, The Brand Identity, UK
2023 Mavens, Issue 2, AU
2022 Mavens, Issue 1, AU
2021 The Interviews, Volume 1, The Brand Identity, UK
2020 Activities for Children Impacted by War, Therapists for Armenia, USA
2017 The Process, The Brand Identity, UK
2016 Art Marks, Counter-Print, UK
2015 The Steidz, Issue 1, FR
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Up to Us: Bringing Women Together to Design the World We Want, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Creative Sheroes: Women Driving Change, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2018 Hot Lagoon Art Fair, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2024 Design by Women, Issue 1, UK (coming soon)
2023 The Interviews, Volume 2, The Brand Identity, UK
2023 Mavens, Issue 2, AU
2022 Mavens, Issue 1, AU
2021 The Interviews, Volume 1, The Brand Identity, UK
2020 Activities for Children Impacted by War, Therapists for Armenia, USA
2017 The Process, The Brand Identity, UK
2016 Art Marks, Counter-Print, UK
2015 The Steidz, Issue 1, FR
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Up to Us: Bringing Women Together to Design the World We Want, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2022 Creative Sheroes: Women Driving Change, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne
2018 Hot Lagoon Art Fair, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
For media and speaking engagements, please contact media@mek.studio.