About the DK

The Design Kollective is a multidisciplinary creative studio for brand-led companies. Brand strategy, identity systems, editorial design, photography, videography, and web — built under one set of hands.

We work with lifestyle, hospitality, F&B, considered real estate, and brand-led companies building a coherent brand world. Most studios specialize in one piece of that. We do all of them, end-to-end.

Made in California, growing brands worldwide.

About Lindsay Vacek, Founder+ PRINCIPAL

I run The Design Kollective on a simple thesis: idea to execution — and the why underneath.

Most studios stop at strategy. Then a different team does the design. A third does the photography. A fourth handles the build. Things get lost in the handoffs.

I don't work that way because I've spent my career doing all of it. Fifteen years working for ABC's The Bachelor franchise during the era when TV brand integrations were being invented. Fourteen years founding and publishing Established California, an independent print and digital magazine. Strategy, editing, design direction, production, finance — all of it, every issue. I've worked with all budgets and all kinds of team resources.

With the DK, you get someone who has sat on both sides of the table: the creator's side and the publisher's side. I understand what it takes to get your ideas made.