Where Brand
Meets Space

We are an experiential brand design studio partnering with commercial architecture firms to articulate brand into meaningful spaces.

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Who We Are

A studio built to support architecture and brands

Hiarki works at the intersection of brand, architecture and experience. We partner with architects to define the meaning a space must carry. We then translate that intent into spatial and graphic systems that feel native to the design.

Brand is the decision-making spine. It is the meaning people carry away and the clarity that keeps choices aligned. We activate that clarity into space through hierarchy, moments and environmental graphic design so the experience holds together from arrival to exit.

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Doug Forbes, CEO and Principle of Hiarki, an experiential brand design studio

Our Practice

We shape how spaces are experienced

Hiarki works across brand, space and systems to shape how environments are understood, navigated and remembered. We collaborate with project teams early, ensuring design intent withstands the pressures of scheduling, stakeholders and late-stage decisions.

Brand Integration

We embed brand into the built environment. We align narrative and architectural intent so the space communicates with clarity and consistency. We turn identity and design into cohesive spatial decisions so the experience feels inevitable, not applied.

Spatial Strategy

We shape how people move through, interpret and engage with a place. As a result, clarifying priorities, hierarchy and moments that matter so the experience harmonizes across the journey.

Vision, System and Scope

We bring order to complexity. We convert intent into a vision, a system and a scoped plan. The messy, often overlooked part of the project becomes clear, disciplined and executable.

Environmental Graphics and Wayfinding

We design environmental graphics and wayfinding systems as an extension of architecture and brand, prioritizing clarity, accessibility, and cohesion. Each system is developed to be buildable and executed without compromising design intent.

How We Partner

Built for the Architectural process

As commercial architecture expands beyond structures and aesthetics, the experiential layer needs to be designed with the same vigor as the architecture.

Hiarki owns environmental graphic design as a brand-led system. As a result, taking signage, environmental graphics and wayfinding out of the late-stage scramble and into a coherent buildable direction.

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Next Steps

Let’s talk about your next project

We’d love to learn more about your firm and project and explore how we can collaborate.