A boutique design studio for ransom notes

Ransom notes, designed properly.

Demands by Design is a design studio that makes one thing: ransom notes. We compose cut-letter demands by hand for clients who feel their ultimatum deserves better than a laser printer. Every note is typeset from magazines we own outright, proofed twice, and handed back to you in an unmarked sleeve. What you do with it is your correspondence.

Selected work

Recent engagements

Shown with each client's written permission, granted anonymously, which took some doing.

Full portfolio

Clients

Withheld
Anonymous
Name redacted
A neighbor
A regional bowling league (unconfirmed)
A married couple, jointly

Studio tool

The Composer

Set a demand of your own in the house style, then download it. The preview is built from fonts, which the studio would like on record that it regrets. The real thing is cut from paper.

Engage

Something needs saying.

Flat pricing for single notes, series pricing for escalations, and a retainer for those with recurring demands. Briefs are read the day they arrive.