Independent design & development practice EST. IN IDEAS / BUILT IN ITERATIONS

From concept
to something.

Exploring the space between an idea and its realisation — through design, engineering and technology.

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01 / CONCEIVE02 / CREATE03 / ITERATE04 / LEAVE A MARK
01 — Portfolio

Selected work.

A growing collection / 2022—NOW
↗ Musafir Map

Musafir Map

Digital product / Mapping / UX / Development

01 / LIVE

A map-based tool designed to help users visualise travel boundaries and distances.

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Dhikr
Friends
Little moments of remembrance

Dhikr Friends

Product concept / Children's publishing / Design

02 / IN DEVELOPMENT

An interactive board-book concept encouraging young children to engage with daily remembrance.

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Prayer Desk Device

Hardware / Embedded systems / Prototyping

03 / CONCEPT

An exploration of physical interaction, prayer-time awareness and habit tracking.

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Engineering Explorations

Mechanical design / CAD / Iteration

04 / ARCHIVE

A space for selected mechanical design studies, prototypes and experiments. More to come.

Project visuals are conceptual placeholders, not photographs of finished products.

02 — About

Made to make.

Independent / Multidisciplinary

A practice built on curiosity, making, and the belief that every idea deserves a first iteration.

MK1 Studio is an independent creative practice where engineering principles meet design psychology, with the human experience at the heart of every decision.

Rooted in curiosity and driven by the pursuit of excellence, the studio explores ideas across physical and digital disciplines. Each project begins with a question, takes shape through experimentation and evolves through thoughtful iteration.

Perfection may be unattainable, but its pursuit gives direction to progress. No idea is too ambitious to begin, and no first iteration is expected to be the last. What matters is the willingness to start, the intention behind the work and the commitment to continually improve.

The name Mark I reflects this philosophy: the first iteration, not the final destination.

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03 — Our philosophy

The iteration between conception and perfection.

04 — Contact / Follow along

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