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Index — 2020 / 2026
Selected work
Selected work
Brand identities, websites, products and campaigns — each one built around a single, clear idea.
Brand identities, websites, products and campaigns — each one built around a single, clear idea.
Projects
Projects
06
06
Disciplines
Disciplines
04
04
Based in
Based in
Lisbon
Lisbon
All projects
All projects
Open any project to see the full story — the brief, the idea and the details behind it.
Open any project to see the full story — the brief, the idea and the details behind it.
Brand & product design
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Northwind
Northwind
2025
A complete rebrand and app redesign for a fintech helping freelancers get paid faster.
A complete rebrand and app redesign for a fintech helping freelancers get paid faster.
Exhibition identity
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Paper Light
Paper Light
2025
An immersive exhibition identity built from 1,200 suspended sheets, one typeface and a single colour.
An immersive exhibition identity built from 1,200 suspended sheets, one typeface and a single colour.
Website & brand identity
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Casa Vale
Casa Vale
2024
A warm new identity and a fast Framer website for a boutique hotel on the Alentejo coast.
A warm new identity and a fast Framer website for a boutique hotel on the Alentejo coast.
Campaign
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Night Light
Night Light
2024
A campaign of light sculptures photographed at night on the edge of the city.
A campaign of light sculptures photographed at night on the edge of the city.
Editorial design
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Orbit Press
Orbit Press
2023
A series of art books for an independent publisher, built on rhythm, grid and restraint.
A series of art books for an independent publisher, built on rhythm, grid and restraint.
Brand identity
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Atelier Nord
Atelier Nord
2023
A quiet, confident identity for a Nordic architecture studio — from stationery to site signage.
A quiet, confident identity for a Nordic architecture studio — from stationery to site signage.
Featured project
2025 · Brand & Product
Northwind — London
Northwind — London
Northwind
Northwind
A complete rebrand and app redesign for a fintech helping freelancers get paid faster.
A complete rebrand and app redesign for a fintech helping freelancers get paid faster.
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Brand kit
Stationery
Poster campaign
Client
Client
Northwind
Northwind
Role
Role
Brand, Product design
Brand, Product design
Year
Year
2025
2025
Duration
Duration
6 months
6 months
By discipline
By discipline
Four practices that often meet in one project. Explore the services behind each of them.
Four practices that often meet in one project. Explore the services behind each of them.
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Recognition
Recognition
Awards and features that the work and the teams behind it have received over the years.
Awards and features that the work and the teams behind it have received over the years.
2025
2025
Northwind
Northwind
Awwwards — Site of the Day
Awwwards — Site of the Day
Web
Web
2024
2024
Casa Vale
Casa Vale
CSS Design Awards — Best UI
CSS Design Awards — Best UI
Web
Web
2024
2024
Night Light
Night Light
ADC Europe — Merit
ADC Europe — Merit
Campaign
Campaign
2023
2023
Orbit Press
Orbit Press
Type Directors Club — Certificate
Type Directors Club — Certificate
Editorial
Editorial
2023
2023
Atelier Nord
Atelier Nord
Brand New — Noted
Brand New — Noted
Identity
Identity
“Mara turns a loose brief into something you can feel. Calm, exact and always a little surprising.”
JL
Julia Laurent
Julia Laurent
Founder, Northwind
Founder, Northwind
Trusted by startups & studios
Northwind
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Atelier Nord
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Field Journal
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Studio Halden
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Casa Vale
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Orbit Press
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Maison Ève
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Northwind
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Atelier Nord
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Field Journal
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Studio Halden
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Casa Vale
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Orbit Press
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Maison Ève
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Northwind
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Atelier Nord
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Field Journal
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Studio Halden
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Casa Vale
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Orbit Press
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Maison Ève
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Based in
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