The Studio
Wildling Studios is a creative practice offering branding, web design, visual direction, and photography for thoughtful, aesthetically driven brands in the wellness and lifestyle realms.
Based on Vancouver Island and led by Emily Johnson, Wildling Studios partners with clinics, wellness practitioners, therapists, and lifestyle brands—supporting projects from early-stage foundations through thoughtful evolutions of established businesses.
Many of our clients come to us during moments of transition: growth, refinement, or re-alignment. Our role is often as much about listening, discerning, and distilling as it is about design execution.
With a background in psychology and a long-standing interest in how our inner worlds shape the way we show up in our work, our approach to design is considered and collaborative, rooted in a belief in beauty with meaning and design with depth.
Sustainability
Building things that are solutions for “right now” is not what we’re about. We’re solving the problems of right now, but the goal is always to find solutions that are spacious enough to offer room to grow, evolve, change and pivot without massive restructuring and rebuilding a few years down the road. We’re humans running businesses—our growth and need for change is inevitable, but having to rebuild every time we pivot or learn something new is not sustainable.
Our Values
Comfort
Empowerment
Sustainability
Thoughtfulness
Our Values
Comfort
Comfort is key but stretching just beyond that (and sometimes way beyond that) is where the growth happens. As long as we know what people are comfortable with and where they find their comfort, we can lovingly stretch into their edges and provide solace when things start to feel like they’re a bit too much.
Empowerment
It’s imperative that everyone we work with feels capable of doing things on their own. We’re always here to help and are ready to swoop in to help carry a load or work some speedy magic, but ensuring our clients feeling like they have all the tools they need to move forward on their own — be it with brand elements or a website — is of the utmost importance to us.
Thoughtfulness
To us, being thoughtful means considering what makes people feel loved, cared for and seen. Yes, this is a business but it’s a human-first business. Feelings matter here and taking the time and putting in the energy to make sure clients and collaborators feel valued and safe is essential.
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Wildling Studios works best with clients who value depth, clarity, and collaboration and those who are open to a thoughtful, considered process.
If that resonates (or even just ignites some curiosity) I’d love to hear from you.