Design for the work that matters.
Prophet is a small studio building brand identities and websites for organizations shaping policy, public good, and the planet.
Our point of view
Mission-driven organizations earn trust through substance. They publish good research, run smart campaigns, win cases, move legislation, repair land, fund work that matters. And then a first-time visitor lands on a website that hasn't kept pace with any of it, because the team was busy doing the work.
We started Prophet because that gap is solvable, and expensive to leave unsolved. Better design isn't about looking trendy. It's about looking as credible, modern, and serious as the work itself.
We took our name from the idea that good design points forward, toward the version of an organization it's trying to become.
How we're different
We pick a lane.
We work with mission-driven organizations on brand identity and websites. Not paid media, not video production, not 15 other things. The narrower we are, the better the work gets.
We work in fixed scopes.
No surprise invoices. Every engagement is a defined sprint with a clear price.
You get senior attention.
Every project is led directly by the founder. We stay small on purpose.
We build in Framer.
Modern, fast, fully editable by your team after launch. You own the site. No agency lock-in.
Founder
Christopher Hapner
Founder and Creative Technologist
Christopher Hapner founded Prophet to help mission-driven organizations look as credible as the work they do. He has created award-winning projects for Nike, Ogilvy, Marvel, Walt Disney, and Taco Bell, and before Prophet he was design lead at Hyperice, where the brand he helped shape won a Red Dot Design Award. He studied illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design and holds a master's in interactive entertainment from the University of Central Florida. He lives in Southern California with his wife and their four daughters.
Selected clients
- The Wayfinder Group
- I&C Solutions
- OGR
- Regenesis
- Foss
- Nike