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.”
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.