Blank by Ellis Hamburger

“With no permanent residence of his own, OpenPurpose® is his home.

A platform he started over a decade ago in Stockholm, SWE as a home for the world’s most talented creatives.

Blank is the founder of OP®. A connector and constructor that works in the space between dream and reality — helping creators and creatives materialise their visions in its most purest form.

With no country to call his own, Blank is in the business of opening borders for creatives to come together in service of a more open tomorrow.”

OP® is for you.OpenPurpose.com

1989

Born in Tehran, IR.

2004

Migrated to Sweden.

2010

Started 3Drops,
Product Design Studio.

2011

2011

Graduated from
Natural Sciences Programme

2012

Deported from Sweden.
Migrated to Malaysia.

2012

3drops begins hiring 
to offer design and engineering.

2013

Moved back to Sweden,
on a new work permit.

2014

3drops partners with 
MetaLab, Andrew Wilkinson.

2015

3drops opens its 
first office in Stockholm,
Birger Jarlsgatan 18.

2015

3drops launches OtherThemes.
Customers include Netflix, Disney,
Redbull and many more.

2016

3drops launches Roadmap.
Customers include Dropbox, Microsoft,
WeTransfer and many more.

2016

3drops evolves into
b2b SaaS design studio.

2016

3drops partners with 
EQT Ventures, Ted Persson.

2017

3drops partners with VFS Global 
to digitalise the visa systems
globally.

2018

Deported from Sweden.
Migrated to Thailand.

2018

Took a year long
break away from work.

2019

3drops launches 
Slim AND Sincere.

2020

Started Wayward Group.
A private holding company.

2020

Began exploring a new startup studio 
in partnership with an enterprise.

2021

3drops partners with CP Corp.
to help digitalise their enterprises.

2021

3drops launches OFC.
The first NFT powered software
studio. OS for small creative teams.

2021

Started 4 new ventures.
Compliment, Marviaca, Inen
and Renklar.

2021

Rebranded 3drops to 
OpenPurpose.

2023

Visa in Thailand expired.
Spent over a year traveling to
countries seeking business visa.
Malaysia, Georgia, Turkey, Dubai.

2023

Closed all ventures,
to focus on OpenPurpose.

2024

Registered OP in Dubai
and secured a 1-year business visa.

2024

Scaling OP to become 
a venture platform for creatives.