01 — PracticeIndependent studio for brands that refuse to blend in. Building since 2014.
AvailableSelected projects for Q3 2026 — two slots open.

Design with a pulse. Vesper®

Mara Vesper — designer & art director crafting brand systems, editorial worlds and motion for founders who'd rather be remembered than safe.

Scroll
02 / Selected Work

Six things
I'm proud of.

A small, opinionated slice. Full case studies on request.
View case →
Aurora Type Co. A–001
Aurora Type Co.Brand Identity
2025Identity
Type
Guidelines
View case →
Form & Flux ISSUE 04 — SPRING A JOURNAL OF MAKING on shape
Form & FluxEditorial Design
2024Print
Art Direction
View case →
ORBIT / NAVIGATION CORE
OrbitProduct / 3D
2025Hardware
Visual System
View case →
StrataWeb Design
2024Digital
Design System
View case →
PULSE / TITLE SEQUENCE
PulseMotion Design
2025Title Design
Direction
View case →
EMBER SMOKED · 700ML
EmberPackaging
2023Spirits
Structural
03 / About

Designer,
not decorator.

Written by hand, not by committee.
I'm Mara — an independent designer and art director working from Lisbon with founders, labels and the occasional museum. I believe a brand is a behaviour, not a logo — so I build systems that hold up from the typeface down to the way a box sits on a shelf. Twelve years in, I still make things because not making them was never an option.

Before going independent I led identity at a Berlin studio and art-directed a culture quarterly that somehow survived five issues. These days I keep the circle small: a handful of projects a year, each one touched by hand from first sketch to final file.

12
Years independent
60+
Shipped identities
4
D&AD pencils
2
Slots open · 2026
— Catch me between espressos.
04 — Let's build something

Got a seed
worth growing?
say hello →

Studio Mara Vesper®
Rua das Janelas Verdes 14
1200-690 Lisbon, PT
Direct hello@vesper.studio
+351 910 000 000
Mon–Fri · 09–18 WET
© 2026 Vesper Studio
Set in Georgia & system mono
Built by hand, in one file