Mara Quist

Independent designer

Lisbon 14:05

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Mara Quist

MARA QUIST

Identity, books and screens for people with something to say.

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Almanac book cover in cobalt blue, standing in window light

Yellow Commons festival poster on a white wall

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( About Mara )More about me →

I make identities, books and screens that leave room for what you have to say.

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01Book design

Book designAlmanac Press/ 2026

Open Almanac book with a cobalt 26 and WEEK 52 spread

02Identity

IdentityKiln Bakery/ 2025

03Poster campaign

Poster campaignCommons Festival/ 2025

Two Commons festival posters in an ivy wall

04App design

App designPulse Health/ 2024

05Packaging

PackagingField Oats/ 2024

06Wayfinding

WayfindingHarbour Ferries/ 2023

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140 projects38 clients, 11 countriesLisbon and anywhere

Four disciplines

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Names, marks and the systems that carry them

Books, magazines and annual reports

Boxes, labels and shelf presence

Sites and apps with the same voice

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4 min

Why I set everything in one typeface

A variable font with a wide range can do the work of a whole family.

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3 min

Designing for the number people check

Notes from the Pulse app on making one figure the hero.

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5 min

A timetable you can read from the quay

What a small ferry line taught me about signage.

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Let's make room for it.

Based in LisbonReplies within two daysOpen from March

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Lisbon, Portugal

Taking on two projects from March

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Elsewhere

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Lisbon, Portugal

MARA QUIST

Selected work(06)

2014—26

Four disciplines

Your project, set by Mara.

Notes from the desk

Why I set everything in one typeface

Designing for the number people check

A timetable you can read from the quay

Let's make room for it.

Taking on two projects from March

MARA QUIST

Taking on two projects from March

MARA QUIST

Selected work⁽⁰⁶⁾