Avelã Creative founders. Katerina Vinogradova and Dmitrii Vinogradov..

our vision

WHERE TASTE BECOMES STRATEGY

We work with interior designers, creative agencies, and luxury brands — businesses built on taste, precision, and a point of view that took years to earn. Our work starts by understanding what actually makes each one different: not just the aesthetic on the surface, but the thinking underneath it. What a client is really buying when they hire an interior designer. What makes one creative agency's work instantly recognisable against a hundred others. What a luxury brand has spent years building that a website could either honour or quietly undermine.

We translate that into design — but design here means something specific. Pauline Brown, former chairman of LVMH North America, calls this "the other AI": aesthetic intelligence, the idea that beauty isn't a finishing touch, it's a strategic advantage that shapes how a business is perceived, trusted, and valued. We build from that same premise. A website isn't finished when it looks good. It's finished when it does its job — when it reflects the calibre of the work behind it, and gives the right client every reason to reach out.

This is design that earns its place before you say a word. Not decoration. A considered, strategic asset that helps the businesses we work with be seen — and valued — exactly as they deserve.

MEET THE FOUNDERS

Katerina Vinogradova
creative direction / design

Katerina's path into branding and web design began in marketing and photography — an eye trained on composition, light, and how an image makes someone feel, long before it ever touched a website. That background still shapes how she works today: every project starts with looking closely, not designing quickly. Together with her husband Dmitriy, she launched Avelã Creative to bring that same eye to how ambitious businesses show up online.

Dmitriy Vinogradov
operations / shop development

Dmitriy brings 16 years in corporate marketing and sales to how Avelã Creative actually runs — the operations, finance, and shop development that let Katerina focus entirely on the creative work. His background means the business side of every project is handled with the same rigour as the design itself.

How We Work

We believe good design can't be rushed. Every project — a full brand identity or a single considered refinement — gets the same unhurried attention: understanding first, building second. We'd rather take an extra week to get the details right than launch something that only half reflects who you are.

BASED IN portugal - WORKING WORLdWIDE

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Let's build something that reflects who you are

If an approach built on taste and strategy — not just aesthetics — sounds like the partner you're looking for, we'd love to hear about your project.