# Margo > Editorial portfolio theme for designers, studios, and photographers, built with Astro and Tailwind CSS: 3 homepages, case studies, photo series, services, and a journal. This is the portfolio website of an independent designer and photographer. It shows selected projects and photo series, describes the services (brand identity, web design, art direction, packaging, photography), lists prices and FAQs, and publishes a journal about process and craft. Visitors can start a project through the contact page. Links point to a Markdown copy of each page where one exists. The full text of every page is in https://margo-astro.pages.dev/llms-full.txt. Other languages: [fr](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/fr/llms.txt), [ar](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/ar/llms.txt). ## Pages - [Margo](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/): Independent brand designer and art director in Lisbon: identities, packaging, and print for small makers. - [Small studio](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/home-studio/): A design studio of six in Rotterdam and Montréal: brand identities, packaging, and websites for independent makers. - [Anselm Rook, photographer in Marseille](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/home-photo/): Landscape, architecture, and still life photography from Marseille: six personal series and commissions by the day. - [About me](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/about/): Hugo Merrin, independent brand designer and art director in Lisbon: eleven years of identities, packaging, and print for small makers. - [Projects](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/): Brand identities, packaging, print, and art direction for small makers, plus six photo series of coastlines, deserts, courtyards, and still lifes. - [Archive](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/archive/): Every project in one list: brand identities, packaging, print, and art direction for small makers, and six photo series, with year, client, and services. - [Services](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/): Five ways to work together: brand identity, web design, art direction, packaging, and photography commissions, each with a clear process and a fixed quote. - [Pricing](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/pricing.md): Two ways to hire an independent brand designer in Lisbon: a monthly retainer at €6,400 or a fixed quote for one project, with plain answers on payment and terms. - [Journal](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/): A design journal on process, pricing, typography, and photography, with practical notes on working with clients and developers. - [Team](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/): Meet the studio: designers, a web developer, a producer, a photographer, and a strategist working from Rotterdam and Montréal. - [Client testimonials](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/testimonials.md): Six clients of an independent brand designer in Lisbon on working together, from the first brief to the last proof: rated 4.9 from 86 reviews across 140+ projects. - [FAQ](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/faq.md): Plain answers from an independent brand designer in Lisbon: how a project runs, what it costs and when you pay, and who owns the files at the end. - [Contact](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/contact/): Get in touch with an independent brand designer and art director in Lisbon: send a short project brief or book a call. Replies within a day. ## Projects - [Marrow Kiln](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/ceramic-forms.md): A label system for a small ceramics studio whose glazes change with every firing. - [Werrin Paper](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/envelope-system.md): One envelope range in two inks for a stationery maker with six product lines. - [Saltmoor](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/stone-still-life.md): Campaign stills for a flower and fragrance studio, built from cut stone and single stems. - [Ravel & Hue](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/colour-fan.md): A colour fan, tin labels, and a website for a paint maker, all sorted by how light a colour is. - [Pellow & Co.](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/gift-bag.md): A gift bag for a neighbourhood gift shop that ships flat and opens in one push. - [Corvane Press](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/screen-print.md): Six poster designs, pulled by hand 300 times at a print studio's autumn fair. - [Night Shore](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/after-hours.md): Toronto's skyline from the islands and the lakeshore, photographed between blue hour and midnight. - [Cypress Lines](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/cypress-hills.md): Cypress-lined roads, wheat hills, and morning fog in the Val d'Orcia, across one summer and one autumn. - [Dune Light](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/dune-light.md): Dune ridges, ripples, and long shadows in the Sharqiya Sands, photographed in the first and last hours of light. - [North Atlantic](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/north-atlantic.md): Headlands, sea cliffs, and small villages on the Faroe Islands under a low, grey sky. - [Quiet Table](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/quiet-table.md): Candles, pears, cups, and halved oranges on a linen table, lit by one window in the Marseille studio. - [White Courtyards](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/projects/white-courtyards.md): Arcades, corridors, and courtyards in Muscat, where pointed arches turn sunlight into patterns on marble. ## Services - [Brand identity](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/brand-identity.md): A mark, a type system, and a colour palette that hold up from a price tag to a shop sign. - [Web design](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/web-design.md): Calm, fast websites that show the work clearly and make the next step obvious. - [Art direction](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/art-direction.md): A clear look for campaigns and product pictures, planned frame by frame before the shoot. - [Packaging](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/packaging.md): Labels, boxes, and bags that read from across a shop and still feel considered at home. - [Photography commissions](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/services/photography.md): Still life, product, and architecture photographs, shot to a written list and a calm, warm grade. ## Journal - [From first call to final files: how a brand project runs](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/from-first-call-to-final-files.md): The six stages every identity project goes through on my desk, what you see at each one, and why I show two directions, never five. - [How I price a project, and why I stopped counting hours](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/how-i-price-a-project.md): Fixed prices with a written scope, a monthly option for steady work, and the three questions I ask before I put a number on anything. - [Designing with a developer in the room](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/designing-with-developers-in-the-room.md): At Fernlow Studio our developer joins the first sketch review, not the last file drop. What changed, and the hand-off checklist we send with every site. - [Choosing type for a small brand](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/choosing-type-for-a-small-brand.md): Two families at most, tested at the smallest size first, and licensed for every place they will live. Notes from eleven years of type decisions. - [Twelve stills in two studio days](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/twelve-stills-in-two-studio-days.md): Notes from art-directing a still-life campaign: a shot list written as sentences, one light, props that earn their place, and room left for type. - [The first two weeks with a new client](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/the-first-two-weeks-with-a-new-client.md): How Fernlow Studio starts every project: a short questionnaire, one kickoff with the person who decides, a shared folder with a fixed shape, and a box of materials in the post. - [The tools on my desk, and the ones I keep off it](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/blog/the-tools-on-my-desk.md): Pencils, a cutting mat, a proof printer, and one calibrated screen. The tools I use every week, described by the job they do, not the name on the box. ## Team - [Elio Brask](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/elio-brask.md): Leads design at the studio: type, identity systems, and the first sketch on most briefs. - [Joost Varenkamp](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/joost-varenkamp.md): Designs identities and the labels, signs, and templates that carry them. - [Félix Ardouin](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/felix-ardouin.md): Builds the websites the studio designs, from the first wireframe to launch. - [Karim Doucet](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/karim-doucet.md): Runs the schedule, the budget, and the first call on every project. - [Bram Oosterveld](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/bram-oosterveld.md): Shoots the stills for campaigns, packaging, and the studio's case studies. - [Julien Quach](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/team/julien-quach.md): Starts most projects with questions and writes the brief the designers work from. ## Optional - [Cookie policy](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/cookie-policy.md): Which cookies and browser storage this site uses, why, and how to change your choice at any time. - [Privacy policy](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/privacy-policy.md): How this site handles the details you send through the contact form and the newsletter, and what its analytics measure. - [Terms and conditions](https://margo-astro.pages.dev/terms-conditions.md): The terms for using this site, quoting the work shown on it, and how client projects, files, and rights are usually handled. ## Contact - Phone: +1 (555) 010-0199 - Email: hello@example.com - Address: 100 Example Street, Suite 200, Springfield, ST 00000 Built on the Margo Astro theme by [Getastrothemes](https://getastrothemes.com/astro-themes/margo/)