Established businesses
You have customers and a track record, but your brand, product or website no longer shows it.
Start a conversation→Brand and design studio
A founder-led studio for businesses and startups. Brand, websites and web apps, plus the design and documents you need every week, on a monthly plan.
Design subscription
The work you need every week, on one monthly plan.
Send requests as they come up. Get the work back from one studio that already knows your brand.
Brand and identity
Logos, branding, brand guides, visual identity systems
Web and product design
Web design, UI and UX design, mobile app design
Development
Front-end and Webflow development, MVP builds, mobile apps, software and automation
Marketing design
Social media graphics, display ads, email design, flyers, brochures, icons
Sales and presentations
Slide decks, sales presentations, product sheets, catalogues
Print and documentation
Print design, document templates, technical documentation, shade cards
Motion and visualization
Video, animation, 3D visualization
Research and specialist content
Technical research and regulatory documentation, reviewed by a qualified person
Experience with
Why one system
Brand work usually shows up in pieces. One team writes a strategy deck, another draws a logo, a third builds the website, and nobody owns what happens after launch. We do it as one job: positioning shapes the identity, the identity shapes the site, and the site feeds a follow-up process someone looks after.
Two ways to start
Startups
You have an idea or an early product and need a brand, a product design and a site that can carry it.
Bring your idea→Come with your idea, or let’s build it together.
Four disciplines, one system.
Every project starts on the layer that is holding the business back. Pick one to see what it covers.
Position
Brand positioning that gives buyers a reason to choose you.
- Buyer and market researchInterviews, search data and a look at competitors, to see how your buyers decide.
- PositioningWho you serve, what you do for them and why you win, written as one decision you can defend.
- Launch positioningFor startups: who to build for first, what to promise and how to say it before you have customers.
- Offers and messagesThe headlines, offers and proof points your sales team and website can reuse word for word.
Start here when prospects need a long explanation before they understand what you sell.
How Position worksIdentity
Brand identity and product design that match the quality of your work.
- RebrandingA refreshed or rebuilt identity for a business that has outgrown its look, with a plan for rolling it out.
- Visual identityLogo, colour, type, imagery and the rules for using them.
- Design systemReusable pieces for web, product and print, so new work matches the old.
- Product designInterfaces for apps and web products, from first flows to screens your team can build.
Start here when your logo exists but nothing else matches it.
How Identity worksPresence
Website design and SEO built to be understood and found.
- Website planWhich pages you need, what each one is for and the one action it asks for.
- Search and AI visibilityPages structured so search engines and AI assistants can read, quote and recommend you.
- SEO structureA map of searches to pages, plus internal links, titles and structured data.
- Design and buildA fast, accessible site that we hand over finished.
Start here when your site has not changed in years and sales do not send buyers to it.
How Presence worksMomentum
Lead flows and growth systems that keep follow-up moving.
- Enquiry flowForms, routing and reply steps that fit how your team sells.
- Content routineA publishing rhythm and templates your team can keep up.
- AutomationRepeated tasks moved into simple workflows you can check.
- AI where it helpsAssistants for drafting, search or sorting, with a person checking the output.
Start here when enquiries arrive and then wait in someone’s inbox.
How Momentum worksFind your starting point.
Four questions. No email needed, and your answers never leave this page.
How a project runs.
Diagnose
We start with the business problem, not a list of deliverables. Your buyers, sales calls and current materials show where value is being lost.
Decide
We pick one audience, one position and one place to start, and write down what we will not do.
Build
Identity, website and sales material get made together, so they fit when they ship.
Run
We set up the follow-up, content and reporting your team keeps using after the project ends.
Experience and projects.
These businesses and products shaped how we think about manufacturing, technology and buyers. They give background. Full case studies are added only when a client has approved them.
Asahi Dyes and Chemicals
Product communication for a manufacturer of textile dyes and chemicals, designed and built by Factory Skull.
Nython Globaltech
Digital presence for a technology company, designed and built by Factory Skull.
BatchGate
Product and process context for a systems product, designed and built by Factory Skull.
DyeLogic
A dyehouse recipe intelligence platform, designed and built by Factory Skull.
Valuto Royale
A men’s premium clothing brand, designed and built by Factory Skull.
Founder-led, with a team behind the work.
Our founder, Ishant Kumar, brings seven years in 3D art and development, followed by three in design and brand development. We combine that experience with a small design team to build systems that work and messages people understand.
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Ishant Kumar
Founder and strategic partner
India, working worldwide
- Track record
- Hundreds of freelance projects delivered over the years
- Team
- We work as a small design team with industry experience
- Background
- Seven years in 3D art and development, then three in design and brand development
- Role
- Ishant leads every project and stays responsible for the result
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We build websites that are light, fast and private. Here are the site facts, plus measurements from your browser when JavaScript is available.
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Site facts, before measurement
- Page content
- Static HTML
- Typefaces and images
- Hosted on this site
- Data transferred
- Not measured
- Requests
- Not measured
- Sent when you send a brief
- Opens your email app
Estimated footprintNot measured
Live measurements need JavaScript. If it is disabled or cannot load, the site facts remain here; transfer size and footprint are not measured.
The CO₂e figure is a rough estimate from 0.81 kWh per GB and 442 g CO₂e per kWh. Real figures vary with your device and network.
Questions buyers ask first.
What does Factory Skull do?
We are a brand and design studio. We help established businesses with rebranding, positioning and websites, and help startups with identity, product design and launch. We also build custom web apps and automations, and host and maintain them. One senior person leads each project.
Who do you work with?
Established businesses that have outgrown their brand, and startups building their first. Past work covers manufacturing, technology and fashion, in India and worldwide.
Can you work from just an idea?
Yes. Come with an idea, a rough product or a team that has already started. We help you decide what to build first, then design the brand, the product and the site together. If a step is too early, we will say so.
Do I need all four disciplines?
No. Most projects start with one. The right one depends on what is holding the business back, and the starting-point tool above asks four questions to help you see it.
Do you host and maintain what you build?
Yes. For web apps, automations and websites we can set up hosting, then handle updates, fixes and backups on an agreed monthly plan. You keep ownership of the code and data.
How do we begin?
Send a short brief or write to hello@factoryskull.com. We reply with questions, then agree a written scope before any work starts.
How much does a project cost?
Every project is scoped after a first conversation, and the price is agreed in writing before work starts. If you have a budget in mind, say so in your first message and we will tell you what fits.
Who does the work?
Ishant Kumar leads each project and stays responsible for the result. A small design team with industry experience works alongside Ishant.
Do you work with companies outside India?
Yes. We work remotely, and the studio is based in India.
Come with an idea, or a problem.
Bring something to build, or something to fix. A short brief is enough, and we reply with questions before anything else.