Designing Change®

MEK is the creative catalyst for change. Specialising in impact-led strategy, identity, and design, we push boundaries and challenge convention to shape brands that move people and the planet forward. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges of purpose-driven brands, we help disruptors, innovators, and changemakers amplify their vision, inspire action, and create meaningful impact towards better futures. 

MEK: Armenian for one.

One people.

One planet.

Let’s do better together.











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“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



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PEOPLE

We’re an ambitious team of changemakers and activists always seeking new ways to do things differently, to be different, and to make a difference.

MEK is led by:

Mirella Arapian, founder & Executive Creative Director
Nicolas Collerson, Art Director
Sarah Kingsley, Studio Manager
Planet Earth, CEO & Primary Stakeholder





SELECT MEDIA

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


TALKS & EVENTS

2024   Host, Social Impact Business Meetup, Naarm
2024   Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Naarm
2024   Speaker, Social Impact Business Meetup, Naarm
2023   Panel, Assisterhood, Naarm
2022   Panel, Melbourne Design Week, Naarm
2022   Folio Review, Shillington Education, Naarm
2021   Folio Review, AGDA, Naarm
2020   Hosted Event, Womentor, Naarm
2020   Panel, The Design Kids, Naarm
2019   Panel, Never Not Creative, Naarm
2019   Keynote, Foundry Live, Kanamaluka
2019   Host, The Design Conference, Meanjin
2019   Keynote + Panel, Sydney Design Festival, Warrane
2019   Panel, The Design Kids, Naarm
2018   Folio Review, Billy Blue College of Design, Naarm
2018   Guest Lecture, Shillington Education, Naarm
2018   Keynote, The Design Kids, Naarm
2017   Folio Review, AGDA, Naarm
2017   Guest Lecture, Billy Blue College of Design, Naarm
2017   Keynote, The Design Kids, Naarm
2017   Keynote, Merri-bek Business Women’s Network, Naarm


PUBLICATIONS

2025   Design by Women, Issue 1, UK (forthcoming)
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, Turtle Island
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, Naarm

2022  Creative Sheroes: Women Driving Change, Melbourne Design Week, Naarm

2018  Hot Lagoon Art Fair, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania



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