The UAE

Brand and website design for Dubai startups

4080 Studio is a design and engineering studio in India that works remotely with startups and companies in Dubai. We design and build brands, websites, and digital products, with near full overlap in working hours for live calls and async work in between.

How the time zones work.

  Dubai
Time difference India is 1.5 hours ahead, all year
Best call times Almost any time in your working day, Monday to Friday
Example A 10am call in Dubai is 11:30am for us
How work moves Near full overlap, so we work in your day

How we work with Dubai teams

An hour and a half apart, and with the same Monday to Friday week, our days in India and yours in Dubai line up almost completely. Calls, reviews, and decisions happen live, and the project runs much like it would with a team across town.

What Dubai buyers expect

Dubai startups span fintech, proptech, ecommerce, logistics, and hospitality, and many sell across the Gulf from the start. Sites often need English and Arabic, which means designing layouts that work right to left and choosing type that has a strong Arabic companion, from the first round of design.

Where we would start

With the bilingual system. We decide early how English and Arabic will share each layout, which typefaces pair well across both scripts, and how right to left pages mirror the left to right ones. Planning this up front costs far less than retrofitting Arabic onto a finished English site.

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Relevant work

Slice project

Slice

The new bank for next India

Scope
Website, Product
Industry
FinTech
Status
Live
  • Designed and launched in four weeks with Slice's internal engineering team
  • Built as one connected journey through India, across 30+ hero iterations
  • Since launch, Slice reported 2.3× revenue growth, first-year profitability, and a $100M raise
Auralis project

Auralis

Move money like it thinks

Scope
Website
Industry
Web3 & Crypto
Status
Experiment
  • Landing page concept
Elysium project

Elysium

An invite only club for music enthusiasts

Scope
Brand
Industry
Creator & Media
Status
Experiment
  • Brand identity, membership cards, and invites

Straight answers.

Does 4080 Studio work with companies in Dubai?

Yes. We are based in Uttarakhand, India and work remotely with teams in Dubai and across the UAE. We do not have an office in Dubai; projects run over video calls and shared tools, with founder sessions up front to get the strategy right.

What time are calls from Dubai?

Almost any time in your working day, Monday to Friday. A 10am call in Dubai is 11:30am for us. Decisions are kept in writing, so nothing waits on a call.

How much does a project cost?

We scope each project to the work rather than selling fixed packages. For context, a custom marketing site from a design studio typically runs $5,000 to $30,000 (roughly AED 18,000 to 110,000) in 2026, and a full brand identity $10,000 to $50,000 (roughly AED 37,000 to 184,000). Tell us about the project and we will send a quote.

Building in Dubai? Tell us about the project.