Services · UI/UX and product design · Logo design
In short
A logo in the UAE has more jobs than in most markets. It appears on the trade licence paperwork, the company stamp, a shopfront sign that may need municipal approval, a WhatsApp Business profile picture, and often a vehicle. It nearly always appears in two scripts, and the Arabic version gets as much scrutiny as the English one from local customers and government counterparts.
The hardest part is the bilingual lockup. Arabic letterforms sit differently on the baseline, have different proportions and connect to each other, so simply placing an Arabic word next to an English one rarely looks balanced. We draw or adapt the Arabic wordmark alongside the Latin one, decide whether the lockup stacks or sits side by side, and produce versions for right to left and left to right layouts. Both versions are checked at the size of a business card and a building sign.
Brand names here also carry meaning in two languages. A name that sounds fine in English may read awkwardly in Arabic, or the reverse, and a transliteration can be spelled several ways. We check how the name reads and sounds to Arabic speakers and agree the official Arabic spelling with you early, ideally matching what appears on your licence.
Signage is a common surprise. Many emirates expect shop signs to show the trade name in Arabic as well as English, and landlords and malls often have their own rules on size and placement. We design sign versions of the logo with that in mind, and suggest you confirm the exact requirement with your landlord and the relevant municipality before fabrication.
The decisions that make or break a logo project usually happen before any sketching. Agree who signs off, because a logo shown to a wide group of partners or family members without a clear decision maker tends to end up as a compromise nobody loves. Decide early whether the Arabic or the English name leads, since that choice shapes the whole lockup. And list every place the mark will be used in the next two years, from uniforms and vehicles to an app icon, so the design is tested against real needs rather than a white screen.
A frequent mistake is to choose a logo for how it looks large on a presentation slide. In practice most people will see it tiny: a favicon in a browser tab, a profile picture in a WhatsApp chat list, a stamp on an invoice or an embroidered mark on a shirt pocket. Fine detail, thin strokes and gradients disappear at those sizes. We design a simplified version for small use from the start, and make sure the mark works in a single colour, because stamps, engraving and many signage materials cannot reproduce colour faithfully.
Our designers work from Dubai Silicon Oasis as part of a team of 80+ across Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi. You can sit with them to review concepts on screen and in print, or follow the project on WhatsApp and video calls.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
What you get
Arabic and English wordmarks drawn to sit together, in stacked and horizontal versions, for right to left and left to right layouts. Stacked and side by side arrangements are both supplied.
A logo that looks equally intentional in both languages.
How the name reads and sounds in Arabic and English, and an agreed official Arabic spelling.
No awkward meanings discovered after launch.
A standalone mark for app icons, social avatars, favicons and embossing.
A recognisable sign even where the name will not fit.
Simplified versions for shopfront signs, company stamps, vehicle livery and single colour printing.
A mark that survives fabrication and small sizes.
Primary colours with print and screen values, and the Arabic and Latin typefaces that go with the logo.
Anyone producing artwork knows which colours and fonts to use.
A short guide on clear space, minimum size, backgrounds and what not to do. It covers clear space, minimum sizes and the versions that should never be used.
Printers and partners use the logo correctly without asking.
Vector, print and web formats, plus versions for WhatsApp, social profiles and email signatures.
The right file is always to hand when someone asks for it.
A simplified mark for favicons, app icons, embroidery and rubber stamps, plus one colour and reversed versions. Each one is tested at its real size before handover.
A logo that stays legible when it is tiny or printed in a single ink.
Who this is for
Speed with the Arabic checked.
Evolve before replacing.
Design the family, not just the child.
How we work together
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
In practice, almost always.
Usually two or three developed routes.
We are not a legal firm, but we can prepare what you need.
Yes, we design a version specifically for circular crops.
Yes, that is a common request.
First concepts in around two weeks, final files usually within four to six.
You do, once the project is complete.
Your licence name, a few references and a list of where the logo will appear.
Yes, those versions are part of the file set.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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