ABOUT AST & PARTNERS
AST & Partners is a London-based digital studio serving luxury and design-led brands across culture, fashion, hospitality, and property.
Our work is defined by years spent operating within high-expectation environments; spaces where discretion, judgement, and detail are the baseline.
We design and build digital experiences that feel calm, confident, and intentional, and we understand the nuance required for luxury to remain credible in a digital space.
OUR BACKGROUND
Over a decade of partnership with luxury founders and leadership teams across global markets.
Before AST & Partners, our work was rooted in luxury hospitality and travel. Environments where brand experience is not a concept, but a lived encounter.
These origins continue to shape how we listen, how we think, and how we make decisions today.
We bring this intuition to every project: knowing when to be expressive, when to be restrained, and when to step back entirely.
HOW WE WORK
We work best in close, transparent partnership.
Our process is deliberately measured and personal. We take the time to understand the wider context of a business: its audience, its heritage, and its sensitivities, before shaping its digital expression.
JUDGEMENT & CRAFT
Luxury requires judgement at every stage.
From typography and pacing to architecture and tone, every decision is made with intent. We do not design to impress; we design to communicate with clarity and composure. The best work often feels effortless because it is natural, appropriate, and assured.
LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP
We view a launch as a beginning, not a destination.
Many of our client relationships extend well beyond the initial delivery. We remain involved as brands evolve and support refinement and growth without disrupting the established direction.
THE TEAM
AST & Partners is led by a senior team with backgrounds spanning luxury hospitality, digital design, and technical delivery.
We remain intentionally small. This allows for senior involvement at every stage of a project and ensures our clients always have a direct line to the people doing the work.
Andrei Stoica
Creative Director, Co-Founder
Creative direction, client management and growth.
ANA TOMESCU
Client Success, Co-Founder
Client growth, SEO and considered design.
RICHARD DAVIS
Senior Designer
High end website & graphic design.
JOSEF ELIAS
Senior Developer
Expert in custom functionality and VELO development.
ELVIS NASTASA
Junior Designer
Creative design & expert in Wix Studio development.
ZAINEB PADILLA
Assistant Designer
Junior design assistance & client management.
RECOGNITION
Our work has been recognised internationally across design, development, and platform partnerships.











