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ONA Studio

The Studio was founded by Cressida Kocienski in 2018, as a platform to capture perspectives from the most interesting thinkers and makers of our time, incubate talent from the creative sector, and support growth and transformation within emergent design, governance, architecture, and technology.

For the last 15 years, Cressida has worked internationally with startups, well-loved global brands, architects, design agencies, academics, and the nonprofit sector, to tell deeply human stories.

The ONA Studio team draw on our broad perspectives and creative practices, to bring an intelligent, warm, and witty edge to everything we do.

Curiosity and optimism drive us. We are The Office for Narrative Architectures.

In the foreground a camera is framing the setting up of filming. The director, a middle aged neurodivergent woman, is straightening the microphone on a male Sikh architect while the sound recordist observes.

Being an inclusive production environment is an ongoing process of continual learning.

Many of our team are chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent, as well as coming from different communities, and this gives us a good mix of perspectives that positively shapes how we work with our partners.

We aim to have our sets hold as much relaxed fun, discovery, and camaraderie as possible.

An attractive man in a business environment is laughing and turning his face to share the fun.
A man and two women are smiling and holding their ice cream cones outside the shop they bought them from.

“ONA guided us through the process from start to finish including support during the briefing process, location setting and making individuals featured in the films feel at ease.

All films were delivered to an exceptional standard.

There’s no doubt that this has helped us to elevate our brand storytelling.”

 

Francine Barsam

Head of Marketing, Softwire