Best Design Agencies in São Paulo (2026)

Introduction

São Paulo is the centre of Brazil’s design industry, and the eight studios below cover most of what a brand, publisher or manufacturer might need: packaging, editorial and book design, industrial products, exhibitions and spatial work. They were chosen for recent projects, 2024 to 2026 recognition and the range of clients they serve.

The city’s design calendar is busy. DW! Semana de Design de São Paulo held its fifteenth edition in March 2026, with talks, showrooms and studio open days spread from Jardins to the city centre. The Brasil Design Award remains the main national prize; in 2025 Casa Rex won gold there for four projects. Large consumer clients such as Natura, Ambev and Coca-Cola keep packaging and product studios in steady work, while museums, publishers and cultural institutions support a strong editorial scene.

Every studio here has an active São Paulo office in 2026. The list is unranked, since the right choice depends on the discipline you need, the size of the project and how closely you want to work with the studio’s founders.

The best design agencies in São Paulo

1. Questtonó

Independent · Faria Lima · questtono.com

Questtonó describes itself as a hybrid strategy and design consultancy. It has worked since 1993, has more than 40 people, and runs a New York studio alongside its São Paulo base, where it hosted part of DW! 2026 at its Avenida Faria Lima office. The firm reports more than 170 awards and says it has won in every edition of the Brasil Design Award, ranking first among firms for product, service and digital design medals.

Its industrial design roots show in recent work: a new Budweiser bottle and the Bohemia brand expansion for Ambev, alongside service design for Hospital Sírio-Libanês, a chronic-disease health ecosystem for Raia Drogasil and a skincare app for Nivea. It suits clients who want physical product, service and digital design handled by one team.

2. Casa Rex

Independent · Vila Buarque · casarex.com

Casa Rex is a graphic design house led by Gustavo Piqueira, with its own print workshop (Oficina Gráfica) and an online shop for its publications. It is one of the most awarded studios in Brazil. In 2025 it won Brasil Design Award gold for four projects, including Nasce um País and Aldo Manuzio, and in 2026 it had work selected at the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño and in the Museu da Casa Brasileira design prize.

Clients lean towards culture and publishing: opera seasons for the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo from 2021 to 2025, Vogue Brasil’s 50th anniversary, the Ney Matogrosso exhibition at MIS, a classics series for Panda Books and work for the Museu da Língua Portuguesa. It also designs packaging, including truffles for Dengo.

3. Pande

Partner-owned · Vila Olímpia · pande.com.br

Pande is a branding and design consultancy of about 30 people, led by CEO Fernando Faria and chief creative officer Marta Cardoso. Packaging is the core of its portfolio, backed by consumer and trend research; it published a 2025 macro-trends report on menopause in beauty and personal care.

Recent work includes the illustrated São João 2026 edition of Tirolez’s Queijo Reino, Tirolez Stickids for children, BIC Kids skin-tone colours, Easter packaging for Sodiê and a baby skincare sub-brand for Hidramais. It is a practical choice for food, dairy and personal-care brands with large supermarket ranges.

4. Bloco Gráfico

Independent · São Paulo · blocografico.com.br

Bloco Gráfico is an editorial and exhibition design studio run by Gabriela Castro, Gustavo Marchetti and Paulo André Chagas. It won the Type Directors Club Best in Show in New York in 2019 and the Fundação Biblioteca Nacional’s Prêmio Aloísio Magalhães for book design in 2017 and 2018, and its books have been selected for the Society of Typographic Arts’ STA 100.

The studio works for institutions including Instituto Moreira Salles, MASP, SESC and Companhia das Letras, with recent projects on Hélio Oiticica, Luiz Zerbini and Paz Errázuriz. Its strength is long-form books and catalogues where typography and production carry the work.

5. Tereza Bettinardi

Independent · Centro · terezabettinardi.com

Tereza Bettinardi founded her studio in 2014 after more than a decade as a designer. It works across editorial design, visual communication, identity and environmental graphics for people, companies and cultural institutions.

The studio sits on Avenida São Luís in the centre of São Paulo, in the same building that hosted Senac’s talks during DW! 2026. It suits clients who want a small, senior team on publications, exhibition graphics or identities for cultural projects.

6. Tátil Design

Independent, certified B Corp · Vila Madalena · tatil.com.br

Tátil is a design and branding consultancy founded in 1989, with offices in São Paulo (Vila Madalena), Rio de Janeiro and London, and a New York office announced. It has more than 300 people and reports more than 200 awards. Its range is wider than most identity specialists: packaging, product shape, type design, motion and creative coding all appear in its case studies.

Clients include Natura (Ekos Ryos, with naming, packaging, type and bottle shape), Coca-Cola, AB InBev brands such as Michelob Ultra, Skol and Brahma, Carrefour Home and Netflix’s Tudum. It also designed the Rio 2016 Olympic Games brand. Ask which office will lead your account, as work is shared between cities.

7. Estudio Guto Requena

Independent · São Paulo · gutorequena.com

Estudio Guto Requena is a multidisciplinary practice covering architecture, product and interior design, installations and research, with offices in São Paulo and Lisbon. Its work uses light, sound and data to make spaces respond to people. It won iF Design Awards in 2023 for a Hermès pop-up and in 2024 for the Dolce Gusto Neo flagship, and an Architecture MasterPrize for Work & Co’s São Paulo office.

Guto Requena became creative consultant to Senac São Paulo in 2025 and moderated talks at DW! 2026. Clients have included Stella Artois, Laufen, Walmart.com and Santander’s Farol cultural centre. The studio is a good fit for retail flagships, brand spaces and interactive installations.

8. Bijari

Independent · São Paulo · bijari.com.br

Bijari is a São Paulo collective and design studio working between art and design: visual identity, art direction, motion, projection mapping, stage design and installations. Rodrigo Araújo leads creative direction, with a group of associates behind the studio.

Its projects include visual communication for Nike’s Ibira activation, the identity for Sumaúma and, in 2024, the exhibition identity for Sobre Nós, marking 60 years of democratic resistance in Brazil, for Instituto Vladimir Herzog. It has also worked with YouTube, Sesi-SP and Ivete Sangalo. It suits cultural, music and entertainment clients who want design that moves between print, screen and physical space.

What to look for in a São Paulo design agency

Start with the discipline. São Paulo’s studios tend to specialise: some are packaging houses built around supermarket ranges, others are editorial studios that live in book fairs and museum catalogues, and a few are industrial design consultancies that work with engineers and factories. Ask to see projects in your category, and at the scale you need.

Check who owns the studio and who will do the work. Many of the best São Paulo studios are small and founder-led, which brings senior attention but limited capacity. Larger consultancies can run national launches across several categories at once, though they may staff your project from another office.

Look at production knowledge as well as design. For packaging, ask how the studio works with converters and printers, and whether it handles artwork adaptation for every SKU. For books and exhibitions, ask about print supervision. Studios with in-house print workshops or long relationships with local printers tend to deliver fewer surprises at the press.

Finally, agree how files and feedback will be handled. Design projects in Brazil often involve a brand team, a regulatory reviewer and a printer, each needing different versions. A studio with one clear place for the latest artwork, and a tracked approval process, saves weeks across a long project.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best design agency in São Paulo?

It depends on the discipline. On recent awards, Casa Rex won four Brasil Design Award golds in 2025, Questtonó says it has medalled at every edition of the award, and Estudio Guto Requena won iF Design Awards in 2023 and 2024.

Which São Paulo studios specialise in packaging?

Pande focuses on packaging for food, dairy and personal-care brands, and Tátil Design handles packaging and bottle shape for clients such as Natura and Coca-Cola. Questtonó has designed bottles for Ambev, including a new Budweiser bottle.

Who designs books and exhibition catalogues in São Paulo?

Casa Rex, Bloco Gráfico and Tereza Bettinardi are the main editorial studios on this list. Their clients include the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, MASP, Instituto Moreira Salles and Companhia das Letras.

What is the difference between a design agency and a branding agency?

Design studios make the things a brand puts into the world: packs, books, products, spaces and digital screens. Branding agencies focus on strategy, naming and identity systems. Some firms do both; for strategy-led work see the list of branding agencies in São Paulo.

When is São Paulo’s design week?

DW! Semana de Design de São Paulo runs each March. The 2026 edition was its fifteenth, with events at the Centro Cultural São Paulo and in studios and showrooms across the city.

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