Ihabe
Strategy & Story
Ihabe leads strategy and creative direction. The brands that come out of The Workshop are shaped by the questions he asks at the start of every engagement.
What started two decades ago designing mythical & fantastical toys in a room Upstairs, became a creative studio designing brands from idea to artifact.
Meet the three occupants
…operating in a room on the third floor that grew bigger than itself.
"The Workshop Upstairs built our brand from the ground up and has been our partner since day one. The work goes deeper than design, it's strategic, ongoing, and shows up in how Erik Ventures talks about itself everywhere now. Ihabe personally handles our LinkedIn presence, and the growth has been steady and real."
Erik Åkesson
Author, Founder, Investor, Erik Ventures
"The Workshop Upstairs helped us with something that was more complicated than just improving the design. We needed Finnblue and GoMed to have their own voices, even though they are connected by the same bigger purpose. Through the GoMed social media audit and the deeper brand work for Finnblue, they helped us think through what each company should sound like and how it should show up. The result is that both brands feel clearer, more intentional, and more distinct."
Eric Baumgardner
CEO, Finnblue Technologies
“It’s been a great collaboration with The Workshop Upstairs on communicating our company’s essence to international clients. They brought to our networks the core business of the company on both deck and social media presence.”
Maria Kivinen
Director, Norse Key Studios Ltd.
"Accounting firms aren't supposed to have personality. Ours does now. TWU rebuilt how we look online — the brand, the newsletter, the LinkedIn presence — and the change is visible to anyone who finds us. Our followers know we're a company, not a commodity."
Kimmo Lähti
CEO, TalousAvain
