How we work
We partner closely with founders, bringing clarity and experience to get from 0 to 1.
A strategic partner
We embed early, help define what the product should become, and work directly with founders and leadership. We move with you.
Momentum from day one
We create a stable working rhythm and keep decisions moving. Our job is to make sure design never becomes the blocker to progress.
A unified product and brand
Product design, UX strategy, brand, and launch materials all work together here. You avoid juggling freelancers or patching together multiple studios.
Setting you up for success
We give you a head start with senior talent, then help you hire and onboard the full time designers who will carry the work forward.
Selected work
Circuit, from idea to millions for a web3 AI product
Selected work
Ethereal - DEX design and brand system
Selected work
Nuon - Product design and web experience
Selected work
Rise Chain - Brand identity and website design
Selected work
The easiest way to protect yourself from inflation
What founders say
I started Halaska Studio because I saw a gap in emerging tech.
Founders were building fast, but the products were unclear, confusing, or held back by design that couldn't articulate the vision.
Teams were shipping into new territory in crypto and AI without the benefit of familiar UX patterns or the confidence to invent better ones.
My years at Google and other high performing teams taught me how much good design can shift a product. I learned how to take messy concepts and complex tech, shaping them into something simple, intuitive, and scalable.
I also saw how rare it is for zero to one teams to have access to that level of product thinking. Most can't hire a full time design leader at that stage. They end up juggling juniors, contractors, or agencies that focus on deliverables rather than direction.
The cost is momentum.
The cost is clarity.
The cost is the product itself.
Halaska exists to close that gap.
We give early stage founders access to the type of senior designers, strategic judgment and innovation they would normally find inside Google, Meta or OpenAI.
We show up not as a vendor or a churn and burn studio, but as a partner who works inside the team, helps define the product, owns the experience, guides the early brand, and removes design as a blocker rather than adding another layer to manage.
Over the past two years I've refined our approach into something simple.
We work with a small number of founders at a time.
We embed deeply.
We take ownership for the product experience from idea to launch.
We help you make decisions with confidence.
We protect your momentum.
We design for real users, not imaginary ones.
And when the time is right, we help you hire the internal team that will carry the product forward.
Great design is not about trending aesthetics, it's about designing the right thing, the right way.
That is the work we care about. That is the work we show up for.
If you're building something ambitious and want a partner who treats your product with the same care you do, we'd love to talk.
Chris Halaska
Founder, Halaska
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If you’re building something ambitious, we’d love to hear from you.
We’ll help you choose the mode that suits your goals.
You’ll meet directly with Chris.