About us

Northbeam Studio

Northbeam started in 2021 when three product designers got tired of being four-month-long line items in agency engagements. We work with one team at a time, six weeks per engagement, and we're done when the design is in production — not when the invoice clears.

We don't do retainers. We don't do “growth design” or “design ops consulting” or whatever the latest framing is. We design products: the screens, the flows, the words on the buttons, and the type and colour around them.

We take on roughly six engagements a year. If you'd like to be one of them, the form below is the only way in.

The team

Six people. One focus.

We're small enough that everyone who works on your project is someone whose name you'll know.

Inès Tremblay

Founder, Principal Designer

Spent eight years at small design studios in Montréal and Berlin before starting Northbeam. Wrote her undergrad thesis on Swiss timetable typography. Cycles in winter.
Asher Kapoor

Principal Designer

Came from product design teams at two early-stage SaaS startups (one acquired, one not). Specialises in B2B onboarding flows. Plays bass.
Nia Okonkwo

Brand Lead

Worked agency-side for a decade — Wieden, Pentagram alumni — before joining Northbeam to do less press-release work. Runs a small letterpress on weekends.
Tomás Hilbert

Design Engineer

Bridges Figma and code. Writes the front-end prototypes that ship as production starting points. Used to make video games.
Priya Vinayak

Researcher

PhD in HCI; ran research at a fintech for three years. Designs the discovery sprints. Always has too many tabs open.
Beck Aldridge

Studio Manager

Keeps the studio running. Knows where every contract, invoice, and stray Notion page lives. Aggressively organised.

Northbeam Studio

The team

Inès Tremblay

Asher Kapoor

Nia Okonkwo

Tomás Hilbert

Priya Vinayak

Beck Aldridge

Ready to start a project?