Salsa Brava is not for everyone.
Neither is bold design.
Brava is selective.
We’re not in business to build an enterprise.
We don’t even want staff. We’re good as we are.
We work with people we enjoy working with. That’s why connection is key for us, and why we don’t accept jobs before meeting who’s behind it.
Without the spice, it’s just sauce. Without passion, it’s just design.
Why?
Fun.
We strongly believe that everyone has a genius inside, and putting it to work for others turns work into fun. It was a revelation for us, and we've been on perma-holidays ever since.
Nerea thrives creating. I (Axel) thrive resolving tech problems.
If you let us do our thing, you’ll get ten times more than you expected. Because we primarily do it for us, and we take pride in it.
Start setting unreasonable constraints and we’ll get bored, leading to a quick “let’s close this chapter”.
We try to make it fun for you, and we want it to be fun for us.
Who?
We like to help small businesses where we can have direct contact with owners or high management, as they’re the only ones who care as much as we do. That usually means brands with 3-20 people teams.
Going larger gets boring as we need to deal with the faff of boards and extra bureaucracy, and life is too short for that.
We’ve helped socially conscious non-profit orgs from scratch to international level, and we’re very proud of it for being there since day 1.
We also work with entrepreneurs starting out, as long as they trust the process and understand that
good ingredients cost more, but the flavour lasts forever.
How?
The process is key.
Like your abuelita’s salsa, it always comes out right.
We always say Nerea doesn’t do magic. We just have a process that works, and she’s great at shaping ideas.
Nerea dives into the soul of your project, and we need you to open up to grab all those nuggets that make your business what it is.
Most clients come to us with a really bitter taste of their past agencies (some with renown). We know it’s such an uphill battle to go through a business redesign after that. And that’s precisely why we’ve turned the tortilla (not the wheat one, the patatas one) upside down and made it stupidly fast and hassle free for you.
The process is the secret sauce. It allows us to work in intensives and launch your Brand in 1 day.
We treat every brand like it’s a family recipe.
We try to make it fun for you, and we want it to be fun for us.
Like salsa brava, it takes more than one ingredient.
Paprika +
Tomatoes
(Creativity with spice, structure with substance)
We’re Axel and Nerea, two Barcelona-born adventurers now based in the UK. Think of us as terrace people: we live for good chats, shared laughs, and ideas that spark over coffee (or vermut).
We’re honest, direct, and just the right amount of cheeky. Very Spanish of us. But being Catalan also makes us meticulous, hard-working, and yes… practical (time matters, and la pela is la pela).
We care deeply about details, about doing things properly, and about turning every project into something personal. If it’s not fun, we don’t do it. If it’s a challenge, we’re in. We’ll find a way—even if we’ve never done it before.
Creativity is our drug of choice. We’re addicted to big ideas and solving problems. We love the craft, the finish, and the joy of hearing, “I love it.” Compliments are our guilty pleasure.
Brava is a mix of the best ingredients: Spanish soul, British respect, Catalan practicality, and 15+ years’ design experience. One tech brain (Axel), one creative mind (Nerea), both passionate to the core.
Authentic. Bold. Close. That’s who we are.
Brava Design. Brava or Nada.
Buen Provecho
straight from our clients
“3 more Nerea’s and I could rule the world.”
“I have been in design for over THIRTY YEARS and you are good, very good.
You truly “collaborate” – that means you understand the central idea, you understand what the client thinks they want to see but you also offer refinement or alternatives and not in an arrogant way. I have worked with so many designers that think they are God’s gift and come up with stuff that is good to look at but 100% NOT what was asked for.
Martin Lambert
PR Kawasaki Motors Europe.
“She produced something that completely exceeded our expectations. It’s actually something so unique that people to this day talk about.
She has this warm energy. Honestly, she is a dream to work with.”
Kiran
GirlDreamer
“OMG! We need to clone you, we have to duplicate you.”
Amna
GirlDreamer
“Nerea, my god send, you have smashed it out of the park again.
I LOVE them, I think they look vibrant and engaging and are in line with the brand.
Can’t thank you both enough for all of your hard work and super swift responses – dream team!”
Thea
Beatfreeks
“We need more Nerea’s in our team.”
She has this warm energy. Honestly, she is a dream to work with.”
Aimee
Reality About Humanity (RAAH)
“We’ve been really blown away by her not just doing the things that we’ve asked for but challenging us and almost being a part and an extension of our brand.”
Anisa
Beatfreeks
“THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! (…) Thank you. And never forget, this all started with ‘Hi Nerea, nice to meet you, thanks for contacting me but I don’t think I need a logo’.
We are in the middle of creating something massive.”
“I am exhausting all of the words and vocabulary in my mind, because I keep repeating just how in love I am with this bloody website, but I don’t know how else to express my love, haha! You are jusssssst AMAZING.”
“I honestly am looking for a clone of you.”
Jeremy
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