The product studio of
Chris Halaska
I've been designing products for twenty years. Six of those at Google, working on products used by over a billion people. Before and after: Ogilvy, CBA, Immutable, and product teams across crypto, AI, fintech and consumer.
I started Halaska Studio because of a pattern I kept seeing. Companies rarely struggle to get design done. They struggle to get the right things designed, to a bar that holds, by people who'll tell them when they're wrong. That's the studio.
How it's built
Deliberately small. I set the direction and the quality bar on every engagement. Delivery is a senior team: Arvydas Gecas and Dominik Martin, product, visual and brand. Contractors when the work needs a specialist. We work with a few clients at a time, which is the only honest way to promise senior attention.
What we believe
The work should be able to continue without us.
Our best endings are handovers.AI makes exploration cheap.
It makes judgement more valuable, not less.Small senior teams beat large mixed ones.
Every time we've tested it.If we think you're building the wrong thing, we'll say so.
That's what you're paying for.Every surface is the brand.
Product, site, deck, and the emails in between.
Where we are
The studio is based in Dubai with designers world-wide, working with teams globally.