Wren Okafor

About

I make things that hold up after the deadline's forgotten.

I'm Wren Okafor, a designer and photographer working out of a converted textile mill in Porto. Most of what I do sits somewhere between identity design, print, and small websites — the kind of work where the client and I still argue about kerning in person.

Before going independent I spent six years at agencies learning the parts of the job nobody teaches in school: how to spec a Pantone against a client's actual printer, why a grid system needs an escape hatch, and when a project needs a photographer more than it needs another mood board.

I still shoot on film when the schedule allows it. The gallery is where those frames end up.

Portrait of Wren Okafor in the studio

Path here

2024 — Now

Independent studio, Porto

Identity, editorial, and web work for small studios and independent makers.

2021 — 2024

Senior designer, Casa Tipográfica

Led print and packaging for regional food and wine brands across the north.

2018 — 2021

Junior designer, Lumen Studio

Cut my teeth on annual reports and a lot of very unforgiving grid systems.

Tools of the trade

  • Figma
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Risograph printing
  • Cinema 4D
  • React & Tailwind
  • 35mm film
  • Type design (self-taught)