Montano Design Studio specialises in crafting globally-minded spatial strategies that spark engagement and amplify brand presence. We guide projects from the earliest concept phase through design direction, ensuring your vision is fully defined before any production or build coordination begins
Exhibition & Trade Show Strategy
Attention-grabbing stands designed to stop traffic, guide engagement, and convert visitors into leads.
Brand Activations & Experiential Concepts
Concept-led activations and experiential campaigns that turn brand stories into memorable physical experiences, created to travel seamlessly across regions and markets
Retail & Commercial Spatial Design
Thoughtfully planned retail and commercial environments that shape customer movement, enhance experience, and translate brand values into physical space — independent of location or supplier.
Design Development & Execution Support
Detailed design development and documentation that clearly communicates intent, enabling smooth collaboration with local production and build partners selected by the client.
Montano Design Studio operates as an independent design and strategy partner. Fabrication, construction, and local delivery are undertaken by third-party partners appointed by the client.
We Design Spaces That Drive 30% More Engagement
Our strategic exhibition and retail environments don’t just look goodthey perform. Let’s build a space that drives real business growth.
Featured Projects
Ferrari
Designed to drive a bold brand launch moment, capturing audience attention from the first glance
Aesop
Designed to slow the pace, encourage tactile discovery, and deepen brand immersion through material honesty
ABB
Engineered to showcase innovation in automation, the spatial design elevated product storytelling and positioned ABB as a leader in industrial innovation
Why
Brands
Choose Us
We Think Strategically and Design for the Real World
Many studios stop at ideas. We go further by developing concepts with real-world applications in mind.
Our work bridges strategy and design development — ensuring spatial concepts are not only compelling but also clear, considered, and ready for appointed partners to execute without confusion or compromise. Every decision is intentional, enabling projects to move from concept to delivery with confidence.
We balance creativity with commercial reality.
Strong design doesn’t just look good; it needs to perform. Our work considers visibility, flow, scale, timelines, and practical constraints early in the design process, so ideas translate smoothly into real-world environments.
By designing with execution realities in mind, we help reduce friction, improve outcomes, and create spaces that support teams and audiences when it matters most.
We understand the full landscape of events and exhibitions.
Our experience across global exhibition and event environments allows us to design with the broader context in mind, from early planning and design development through to handover.
By anticipating real-world constraints and downstream requirements during the design phase, we help reduce risk, improve clarity, and ensure concepts are well-prepared for execution by appointed partners. The result is work that is scalable, practical, and designed to perform in real conditions.
You Work Directly With Creative Leadership
Every project is shaped directly by the designers and strategists responsible for the thinking, not passed through layers or diluted along the way.
You work closely with the people defining the concept, spatial logic, and design direction, ensuring clarity, consistency, and sharper decision-making from the outset. This direct collaboration allows ideas to move faster, stay focused, and translate into stronger outcomes.
We design for impact, not decoration.
Every line, surface, and material is considered with intent. Our design decisions are guided by brand strategy, audience behaviour, and how people genuinely move through space.
The result is spatial experiences that attract attention, encourage engagement, and drive commercial outcomes, not concepts created purely for visual appeal.
We approach every project as a long-term collaboration.
We work closely with our clients as strategic partners, not just service providers. You’ll be supported, informed, and confident throughout the process with clear communication and considered design direction at every stage.
Our focus is on building trust, alignment, and outcomes that reflect both your brand and ours over the long term.
Brands We've Contributed To
We’ve contributed to leading brand projects through agency partnerships, bringing that experience into every MDS brief.
