Different minds. One point of view.

Amsterdam · Available worldwide

Tell Us Your Story
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Spaces · Brands · From Idea to Launch

Bring us a space.
Bring us an idea.
We'll build the world around it.

melipotamia is a multidisciplinary creative house that transforms spaces and builds brands from first idea to launch.

We transform spaces and build brands from first idea to launch.

Strategy, interiors, styling, image, sound, and social direction come together around one clear world. Whether the starting point is a room or an idea, we shape what people encounter, feel, and remember.

Founder & Creative DirectorMelisa Dağlı

Two ways in.
One complete world.

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Spaces & Hospitality

Transform a Space

For short-stay homes, boutique hotels, wedding venues, restaurants, cafés, and hospitality or event spaces that need a complete world around them.

  • Concept & story
  • Furniture, décor & styling
  • Photo, film & listing preparation
  • Social media launch
Explore this pathway ↘
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Brands & New Ideas

Build a Brand

For new or growing brands that need a distinctive position, identity, visual language, and practical launch system.

  • Positioning & story
  • Voice & visual direction
  • Photo, film & social identity
  • 90-day launch plan
Explore this pathway ↘
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From an empty space
to a world ready to open.

For Airbnb and short-stay homes, wedding venues, boutique hotels, restaurants, cafés, and other hospitality or event spaces. We develop the concept and story, source the furniture and décor, coordinate styling and implementation, create the photo and film, prepare the relevant booking-platform listing, and shape the social media launch.

The result is a coherent, memorable space. It is ready to host, open, or welcome its first booking.

  • Concept, story, and creative direction
  • Space planning and guest journey
  • Furniture, lighting, and décor sourcing
  • Procurement and installation coordination
  • Styling and final set-up
  • Guest-experience and event details
  • Photography and short film
  • Airbnb or booking-platform listing preparation
  • Social media launch direction
  • Optional ongoing content support
Transform your space ↗

From an early idea
to a brand ready to launch.

For new or growing brands that need a clear position and a distinctive world. We define the brand story, audience, tone of voice, and creative direction; produce photography and film; shape the social identity and strategy; and turn it all into a practical 90-day launch plan.

You leave with a coherent brand system ready to communicate, launch, and grow. Ongoing social media management is available when needed.

  • Discovery and creative workshops
  • Brand positioning
  • Audience definition
  • Brand story and narrative
  • Tone of voice
  • Creative and visual direction
  • Photography and film
  • Content pillars
  • Social media identity and strategy
  • 90-day launch plan
  • Social templates and guidelines
  • Optional ongoing social media management
Build your brand ↗
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Creative Capability · Photography & Film

Every world needs
a way to be seen.

Photography and film are built into both pathways when the idea needs them. This can include listing imagery, opening films, brand campaigns, reels, and social-first content. Image serves the larger story; it is never a disconnected add-on.

Creative Capabilities

Image and sound,
in service of the idea.

Photography, film, and sound direction are creative layers within a space transformation or brand build. We bring them in where they make the world more coherent, memorable, and alive.

  • Creative concepts
  • Art direction
  • Interior photography
  • Brand photography
  • Short-form film
  • Reels and social-first content
  • Campaign imagery
  • Editing and post-production
  • Content asset libraries
Tell us what you are building ↗
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House Sessions

Give the world
a sound of its own.

When sound belongs in the story, we add music curation, playlists, DJ sets, and sound direction to a space or brand project. It can shape the atmosphere of a venue, the rhythm of a launch, or the memory people carry away.

  • DJ sets
  • Music curation
  • Branded playlists
  • Hospitality soundscapes
  • Launch and event programming
  • Listening sessions
  • Artist collaborations
House Session 001

Selected by Melisa Dağlı · Coming soon

Add sound to your project ↗
House Sessions

Music selected for spaces, journeys, and moments in between.

Selected by Melisa Dağlı

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House Session 001

Coming soon

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Guest mixes

Space reserved

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Monthly selections

In preparation

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Listening notes

In preparation

Future Listening Links

Spotify

SoundCloud

Mixcloud

Links will be added when sessions are published.

A space or an idea.
We take it from there.

Start with the route that best describes what you have today. We assemble the right mix of strategy, styling, image, sound, and launch support around the outcome the project needs.

Transform a SpaceBuild a Brand
Start your project ↗

Different minds.
One point of view.

The house is not defined by one discipline. It is shaped by the people invited into each project. We build each team around the idea, bringing together the minds and skills it genuinely needs.

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Studio Study · The Minds
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Creative Direction

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Interior Styling

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Brand Strategy

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Photography

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Film

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Writing

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Music Curation

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Art & Culture

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Visual Essay · Image / Sound

A living house of references, experiments, and conversations.

Journal

Observations on the details that give spaces, brands, and experiences their character.

Explore all House Notes
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Melisa
Dağlı

Founder & Creative Director

Melisa Dağlı founded melipotamia to bring different perspectives and disciplines into conversation. She leads each project from its central idea, shaping both its creative direction and the team behind it.

Her Approach

Clear · Curious · Collaborative

Our Point of View

The work may begin
with a room or an idea.
It ends with a world people can feel.

We bring the right disciplines together to make spaces memorable and brands distinctive.

Tell Us Your Story

Let's make
something worth
remembering.

Have a space to transform or a brand to build? Tell us where you are starting and what you want the project to become.

Or write directly: melipotamia@gmail.com