About Mara

Serious about ideas. Not precious about design.

Portrait of a creative director outdoorsThat’s me, probably thinking about type.

(Story)

I’m Mara, an independent art director and designer working across identity, digital and image-making.

For the last decade, I’ve helped founders and creative teams turn early-stage ideas into distinctive worlds. My work lives where strategy and visual culture overlap: clear enough to work, strange enough to remember.

I collaborate with a small network of photographers, writers, developers and motion artists, building the right team around each brief. No bloated layers. No mysterious process. Just close, thoughtful collaboration.

Working principles

A small manifesto.

01

Find the honest idea

Good design starts with the thing worth saying.

02

Make it felt

Information matters. Emotion makes it memorable.

03

Leave room for surprise

A little friction keeps the work human.

Have a project that needs a point of view?

Let’s make something