CREATE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU.
MAKE IT MATTER TO THE WORLD.

BUSINESS & BRAND STUDIO FOR FOUNDERS CREATING SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.

You care deeply about what you're creating.
We help shape it into a business people want and a brand they love and remember.


WHAT MATTERS TO YOU

What are you trying to create?

You know why it matters. You can see what it could become. But turning that into something other people immediately understand, identify with and care about can be harder.

With clarity on what to say, who it’s for and how it to make it real, we help you turn what matters to you into something that matters to others.

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WHAT MATTERS TO THEM

Who is this really for?

Building something you care about matters. But for it to grow and last, it needs to matter to the right people too.

By understanding what the right people need, want and identify with, we help you turn your idea into something that resonates - and make what you’re creating matter to them.

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WHAT MATTERS MOST

What are we really creating here?

What matters to your customers matters. Their needs, desires, frustrations, language and reasons for choosing should shape what you create.

But not at the cost of what made you want to build it in the first place.

Your perspective, taste, beliefs, strengths and ambitions are part of the value too. Lose those, and you might create something the market might needs, but something you no longer recognise as yours.

So we look for the truth on both sides.

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MAKING IT MATTER TO THE WORLD

From idea to offer, identity and experience.

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Bring it into
the world.

A brand lives wherever people meet it — from your website and emails to launches, content and customer touchpoints.

We turn the strategy into a connected brand experience people understand, feel and remember.

Turn what matters
into a brand.

You know what this business means to you. The question is whether the right people understand and feel it too.

We turn that into a distinctive brand strategy and identity built around recognition, trust and belonging.

Find what
matters now.

Your business has changed. Maybe the offer needs simplifying. Maybe the right people still don’t know you’re for them.

We use customer research, offer strategy and positioning to work out what should lead next.

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BRAND EXPERIENCE

BRAND STRATEGY & BRAND IDENTITY

OFFER & BUSINESS STRATEGY

Work that matters.

Strategy, brand and experience work built around what matters most.

THE PERSON BEHIND MATTERS MOST

WE BUILT SOMETHING WE CARE ABOUT, TOO.

After more than 10 years in product development, innovation and strategy, I created Matters Most to bring together two things that had always run alongside each other: strategic thinking and creative work.

One helped me ask better questions. The other helped me make ideas tangible.

Now I use both to help thoughtful, conscious founders turn what matters to them into businesses and brands people love.

Matters Most Studio is a business and branding studio for founders creating something they care about. Together with Mariah, founder of Life by Design Studio, we help shape the business, brand identity and experience around what matters to you and the people you want to reach.

Create what matters to you.
Make it matter to the world.

I’m Amina.

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Tell us what matters.

We start with a 30-minute discovery call.

It’s free, there’s no pressure to have the answer yet, and you don’t need a perfect brief. We’ll talk through what’s happening, what feels off, and whether Matters Most is the right fit to help.