DESIGN IS A

DECISION.

Ahmad Abu Goura, Founder and Creative Director of AGSketches
[ ABOUT ]

Ahmad Abu Goura

  • Founder
  • Creative Director

17+ years building brands people remember across Jordan and the Middle East, from five-star hotel campaigns to street-food launches.

I start with the business problem, build strategy on real market insight, then direct execution with precision across identity, campaigns, digital and physical space. My team thinks before it designs and challenges the brief before accepting it.

On brief. On brand. On time.Read more ↗
[ HOW WE THINK ]

Strategy and craft are one job.

01

Problem before moodboard

We start with the business problem. The visuals come after the decision, not before it.

02

Challenge the brief

A brief is a starting point, not a contract. If it doesn’t make sense yet, we say so.

03

Systems, not logos

We build brands that work without us in the room: hierarchy, rules, voice.

04

Outcomes over aesthetics

Beautiful is the minimum. We judge the work by what it changes.

Our featured work

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Khdoum project cover

Khdoum

  • Brand Identity
  • Creative Direction
  • Digital
BallWhizz project cover

BallWhizz

  • Brand Identity
  • Digital
  • Social & Content
Leaders project cover

Leaders

  • Brand Identity
  • Creative Direction
Brands We’ve Worked With
  • Khdoum
  • Eatalio Gelato
  • Ceramore
  • BallWhizz
  • Enjoy — Danah Dairy
  • Bloomcart
  • NewLand
  • Smart Serve
  • EPG Hotels & Resorts
  • Kempinski
  • Rock Store
  • Nader Brand
  • Tasdeer
  • Shanab Shawarma
  • Soul
  • Madzdog
  • El Maghraby
  • Snacks.jo
[ JOURNAL ]

Decisions.

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A man in an armchair hides behind a newspaper reading "Everything around you was designed by somebody" — AGSketches Decisions
Everything around you was designed by somebodyDesign Literacy

Everything around you was designed by somebody

You see graphic design hundreds of times a day and never notice it. That is the point. What design really is, and…
Ahmad Abu Goura, Creative Director at AGSketches, drinking coffee in a teal-tiled kitchen
Why great designers fail as Creative DirectorsCreative Direction

Why great designers fail as Creative Directors

Creative Direction is not design with more experience. It’s a completely different job, and a title without authority sets good people up…
Moodboard of a brand system: sneaker box, colour swatches, photos and a stamp with the brand mark — A logo is not a brand
A logo is not a brandIdentity

A logo is not a brand

Clients ask for a logo. What they need is a system that works without them in the room.