A studio born
from obsession

Obsidian Fern was founded in 2022 by Danylo Shevchenko and Maksym Bondarenko — a designer and an engineer who shared one conviction: that the digital products shaping our world deserved to be built with far more craft and intention than the industry standard allowed.

The name says everything about how we work. Obsidian — a volcanic glass, formed under extreme pressure, sharp and precise. Fern — one of nature's oldest living organisms, patient, adaptive, quietly resilient. Together they describe our approach: rigorous strategy and engineering discipline paired with the organic, iterative thinking that allows great products to grow naturally from the problems they solve.

What began as a two-person practice in a Kyiv co-working space has grown into a studio of 47 designers, engineers, and strategists who have delivered 172+ projects for 128 clients across 23 countries. We have never chased scale for its own sake. Every person we hired was hired because they made the work better — and every project we took on was one we genuinely believed we could do justice to.