Place it on the board
A Loom, a screenshot, two sentences. Half the context is plenty — twenty-five years of pattern-matching fills the rest.
day zeroa private design practice for busy leaders
The studio you never have to manage.
Two senior designers. No meetings, no middlemen.
Give us what you have, however rough — we decide the rest. It returns finished.
manifesto
You have managed enough. The briefs, the syncs, the gentle chasing of people who should not need chasing. Design leadership was never meant to feel like daycare. So hand us the problem — half-formed, lightly explained, photographed on a whiteboard. Then walk away. We disappear into the work and it returns finished. That is the entire relationship. That is the relief.
the difference
Between you and finished design,
the usual pipeline places:
You
↓a six-page brief
↓a kickoff call
↓an account manager
↓a junior designer
↓a status meeting
↓finished design
We removed everything in between.
Direct access. Nothing else.
fire & forget
We disappear into the work
No check-ins. No status theatre. Deep, uninterrupted senior focus while your calendar stays beautifully empty.
the quiet partIt returns, finished
Senior-made, production-ready. Request, review, repeat — one priority at a time, until the queue is empty.
days, not weekshand-off to finished
One rough note in.
Finished work out.
areas of specialization
We can help you with…
- Logos
- Identity systems
- Guidelines
- Packaging
- Websites
- Landing pages
- Product UI
- Apps
- Dashboards
- Social media
- Presentations
- Decks
- Documents
- Reports
- Animations
- Video edits
- Promos
- Reels
- Interaction
for agencies & studios
Overflow that never shows a seam. Brief us like a senior freelancer — it comes back production-ready, under your name. You mark it up; your client never hears ours. No direct contact, no poaching, ever. One task at a time, 24–48h, no ego.
the entire firm
Dan & Diana.
No one else touches your work.
Two senior designers, married, sharing one studio and one standard. There is no account manager translating your feedback, no junior quietly learning on your budget, no bait-and-switch after the contract is signed. The people you write to are the people who design.
We built dandia for one kind of client: the leader who wants to stop thinking about design — because someone trustworthy finally has it.
- 0+years, combined
- 0hours, to finished
- 0people, total
- ∞requests, systematically
in their words
three · by design
We don't show client work — or client words — without asking first. Everything below is a yes. The rest stays private.
◆Think Designs
ongoing partnership · since 2021
Rare talent. Rarer reliability.
I've been working in the creative industry since 1995, and in all that time, I've come across very few designers who truly blow me away. That was until I met Diana Claudia Udrea.
Diana is simply amazing. Her talent spans print, digital, and web design, and her creativity is truly on another level. Her ability to take a small thought or idea and run with it — turning it into something far beyond what I originally imagined — is remarkable.
She's an incredibly talented artist and designer, but what makes Diana even more special is her reliability. It's rare to find someone with this level of creative talent who is also committed to deadlines and consistently delivers when she says she will.
After more than 30 years in the creative industry, I can confidently say Diana is one of the most talented designers I've had the pleasure of working with. She's truly an amazing designer!
◆Ivan Raul
personal site + branding · 2026
Exactly as I imagined it.
When it comes to web design, I recommend Dan every single time, with real confidence. What I value most is the patience he brought to every round of feedback, his creativity, and his ability to understand what I wanted — even when I couldn't explain it clearly myself.
He delivered everything he promised, exactly in the form we agreed — and, important to me, always on time. Communication was simple and efficient throughout, and the final result came out exactly as I had pictured it. Maybe even better.
I'd recommend him to anyone looking for not just a creative web designer, but a serious, involved and trustworthy partner.
◆L'atelier de Pixie
logo & brand identity · 2026
He gave it a soul.
With dedication, talent and professionalism, Dan turned my business concept into images. More than a logo, or a brand identity — he laid the cornerstone and gave my business its soul, which is why I am deeply grateful to him.
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the guardians
Every quiet studio is kept quiet by someone.
Ours is kept by two.
Thor
director of composure · blue frenchie
Has never once asked for a status update. We aspire to his level.
Luna
head of security · rescued stray
Hired herself with no brief and no meeting. Our finest onboarding to date.
how it works
How dandia works.
The whole loop — handed off to finished — in forty-seven seconds.
the arrangement
One rate.
Nothing meters.
€4,500/month
open for new work — we close when we're full.
- One task at a timemost return in 24–48 hours — we clear the queue in order
- Senior hands onlyDan & Diana — never juniors
- Decisions includeda rough idea is enough — we choose the approach and tell you why
- Entirely asyncemail + a shared board · zero calls
- Every disciplinebrand · product · web · systems · decks
- Leave freelyno contract, no lock-in — we earn the next month, or we don't
Reserve a seat
No proposal. No discovery call. Tell us what you're handing off — we reply within hours, with answers, not a calendar link.
no seat required
Just the one project? Same door.
Not ready for a retainer — or you simply need one thing finished? Between seats we take on the occasional single engagement. Same senior hands, entirely async, one flat quote upfront.
hand off a single project