Practice
Melimalist Design is a one-person studio built on subtraction. I design brand identities, editorial layouts and hand-drawn illustration for people who would rather whisper than shout.
Graphic designer & illustrator
I make quiet work that holds its shape.
Hello — I'm Melisa. Born in Istanbul in 1994, I graduated from the Fine Arts University and stepped into the graphic design industry in 2016. I love drawing, so I keep illustrating and selling products alongside my design work. I now live in Nottingham, UK. To stay inside a wide creative frame and connect with many creative people, I expanded my field. Beyond the custom identity designs I create for companies, I also focus on the artistic side of this practice and sell my own drawings. Here on my website, alongside my portfolio, you can discover and purchase my artworks.
Approach
Every project begins with the same question: what can be removed? What is left is usually type, spacing, and a single deliberate gesture — a leaf, a line, a shift in weight.
Beyond
Outside client work I draw botanicals, press small print runs, and keep an ongoing archive of quiet things. Some of it becomes merch; most of it stays in sketchbooks.
- Services
- Identity, editorial, illustration, packaging
- Based in
- Nottingham, UK — working worldwide
- Availability
- Accepting commissions