Sensate is a brand advisory led by Prem Kishore.

It began with a question: can design move beyond form and function to shape how organisations think, behave, and evolve?

Our name comes from sensing—a practice of deep attention. The studio is rooted in Richard Buchanan’s Four Orders of Design: communication (graphic design), construction (product design), interaction (interfaces), and organisation (systems).
Sensate explores a fifth: transformation.

We work with founders, teams, and institutions navigating change—starting up, shifting focus, or scaling up. Our role is to bring clarity, coherence, and systems that hold.

We approach brands as participants—in culture, in organisations, in ecosystems.
Design, here, is an alignment between story and system.

We work across four quadrants of growth:

Clarity – identity, narrative, and positioning for customer acquisition
Systems – CRM, content ops, and marketing automation for customer retention
Experience – touchpoints, onboarding, and UX for products and apps
Community – brand behaviour, participation, and belonging

Post-2020, Sensate also took on an ecological lens. Because design has consequence. It shapes behaviour, signals intention, and influences systems. As brands move through markets, people, and environments, the work must hold that complexity—with care.