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Sublimio is an independent boutique branding studio founded in Rome in 2009 by creative director Matteo Modica. We partner with ambitious founders, international heritage houses, and selective ventures to craft enduring brand identities where strategy and design operate as one.
Bridging Product Design and Branding
Trained as an industrial designer, Matteo approaches branding through Bruno Munari’s principle that beauty and usefulness are inseparable. We engineer brands the way industrial designers create objects: every choice must serve a distinct strategic purpose, endure market shifts, and win audience loyalty. Strategy and design never sit in separate silos at Sublimio; they exist in constant dialogue to give brands structural strength and cultural relevance.
Deliberately Small, Directly Senior
We accept around eight projects a year. This deliberate scarcity allows us to partner directly with clients at executive level. There are no account managers, no layers of junior delegation, and no bureaucratic friction. For each engagement, we orchestrate a tailored network of senior generalists with specialist capabilities matched to the exact scope of the project.
Cross-Cultural Vision and Global Reach
Operating internationally, we specialize in translating deep heritage across cultures without diluting authenticity. When historic Japanese brewery Nihonsakari, founded in 1889 and official supplier to the Imperial Household, prepared to enter global markets, they commissioned Sublimio to conceive and launch Sakari, Sakari Gin, and maikasui, an innovative skincare line derived from sake production.
Luxury, Hospitality, and Physical Products
Our portfolio spans luxury hospitality, private clubs, and ultra-prime real estate, including The Missing Element and global luxury asset platform Upstairz. That same craft led to aprile, our limited-edition suspended seat exhibited at Milan Design Week, proving that brand identity and physical product design share the same foundation
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Min project size
$10,000+
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Hourly rate
$200 - $300 / hr
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Employees
2 - 9
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Locations
Roma, Italy
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Year founded
Founded 2009
1 Locations
- Roma , Italy
Service Lines
- Branding
- 40%
- Web Design
- 15%
- Graphic Design
- 10%
- Logo
- 10%
- Print Design
- 5%
Select Focus Area
- AI Expertise
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- Branding Focus
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- Brand messaging
- 20%
- Brand strategy
- 20%
- Naming
- 20%
- Animation Focus
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- 2D Animation
- 50%
- Motion Graphics
- 50%
- CMS Focus
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- WordPress CMS
- 100%
- Corporate Photography Subject
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- Food Photography
- 20%
- Frameworks and CMS
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- NextJS
- 25%
- NodeJS
- 20%
- React
- 20%
- Ruby on Rails
- 20%
- VueJS
- 15%
- Generative AI Focus
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- Packaging Design Services
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- In-Store Display Design
- 40%
- Package Structure
- 40%
- Packaging Testing
- 20%
- Design Focus
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- Presentation Design
- 10%
- NFT Design
- 5%
- Production Services
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- Scriptwriting
- 25%
- Storyboarding
- 25%
- Directing
- 15%
- Filming
- 15%
- Video Type
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- Videography & Photography Specializations
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- 360 Product Photography & Video Tours
- 25%
- Aerial & Drone Videography & Photography
- 25%
- Time Lapse Videography
- 25%
- Underwater Videography
- 25%
Industries
- Advertising & marketing
- 10%
- Arts, entertainment & music
- 10%
- Automotive
- 10%
- Business services
- 10%
- Consumer products & services
- 10%
- Education
- 10%
- Information technology
- 10%
- Other industries
- 10%
- Retail
- 10%
- Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transport
- 10%
Clients
- Small Business (<$10M)
- 60%
- Midmarket ($10M - $1B)
- 40%
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Our Story
Founded in Rome in 2009 by Matteo Modica, Sublimio has evolved from a design-led practice into an independent boutique branding studio.
Today, strategy and design work as one, with Matteo directly involved in every project and a trusted network of senior generalists with speciastic skills assembled around each brief.
We deliberately take on a limited number of projects, helping ambitious businesses build distinctive brands designed to compete and endure, in Italy and internationally.
Meet the Team
Matteo ModicaFounder & Creative Director
Matteo Modica is the founder and creative director of Sublimio. Trained as a product designer, he brings a designer’s eye and a strategic mindset to building brands, leading each project in collaboration with clients and a network of senior creatives
What Sets Us Apart
What makes Sublimio’s branding approach unique?
Sublimio treats branding like a well-made product: strategy and design work as one. We call it beautiful thinking, connecting the rational dots with the aesthetic ones. We are not content with brands that simply look good or win awards. They must be strong, relevant, built to perform and last.Senior-led branding, from day 1 to final delivery
Clients work directly with founder and creative director Matteo Modica, with no account managers or layers of handoffs. By taking on around eight projects a year, we give each one the close, senior involvement it needs.A tailored team for every branding project
Sublimio builds each team around the brief, bringing in trusted senior creatives as needed. Clients get the focus of a boutique branding studio, with cross-cultural insight shaped by work across premium sectors and international markets.Locations (1)
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