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About us

Margin(s) Studio

Small studio, senior hands. Brand · motion · web, Los Angeles and worldwide.

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About us

Margin(s) Studio

Small studio, senior hands. Brand · motion · web, Los Angeles and worldwide.

About

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Margin(s)® is an independent studio for brand, motion and web. Four senior people in one room. We work with founders, labels and cultural brands that care how things move, and we stay from the first frame to launch day.

We keep the studio small on purpose: senior hands on every frame, one point of contact and a weekly cut instead of a status report. Recent work includes Firn, Lapel, Ondine, Gloaming, Nightcap and Cairn, across fashion, fragrance, drinks and sport.

Based

Los Angeles

Disciplines

Brand · Motion · Web

Working

Worldwide, remote-first

Availability

Booking early 2027

Scene 02 · The studio floor

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01 · Brand

02 · Motion

03 · Web

Meet the
Team

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Four senior people, four disciplines, one table. The team you meet is the team that makes the work.

Work with us →

Started Margin(s)® after a decade cutting trailers. Still edits every launch film herself.

Founder · Creative Director

Los Angeles

Mara Ellison

Started Margin(s)® after a decade cutting trailers. Still edits every launch film herself.

Founder · Creative Director

Los Angeles

Mara Ellison

Ex-broadcast motion lead. Thinks in frames per second and type that never sits still.

Motion Director

Los Angeles

Idris Valen

Ex-broadcast motion lead. Thinks in frames per second and type that never sits still.

Motion Director

Los Angeles

Idris Valen

Builds identity systems that survive the real world, from shopfront to favicon.

Brand Design Lead

Copenhagen

Noa Lindqvist

Builds identity systems that survive the real world, from shopfront to favicon.

Brand Design Lead

Copenhagen

Noa Lindqvist

Turns motion into Framer builds that load fast, feel calm and hand over cleanly.

Framer Developer

Milan

Teo Marchetti

Turns motion into Framer builds that load fast, feel calm and hand over cleanly.

Framer Developer

Milan

Teo Marchetti

Stats &
Facts

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Six years in the frame. Quiet startups, loud cultural brands and a few names you’d know. The work travels. The team stays the same.

Years as a studio. Long enough to know the shortcuts, young enough to skip them.

Awards and juried mentions. Nice to have, never the brief.

120+

Projects shipped: identities, films, sites and launch campaigns.

Countries we’ve shipped to, across the US, UK, Europe and Asia.

Our Clients

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Selected collaborations across sport, fashion, tech and culture.

Netflix

Title sequence and key art for a limited docuseries. Twelve weeks from first frame to global launch.

Netflix

Title sequence and key art for a limited docuseries. Twelve weeks from first frame to global launch.

Porsche

A motion identity for a regional launch. Type that moves the way the car does, cut for film, social and showroom.

Porsche

A motion identity for a regional launch. Type that moves the way the car does, cut for film, social and showroom.

Leica

Art direction and a campaign site for a new camera line. Quiet, tactile and built around the photographs.

Leica

Art direction and a campaign site for a new camera line. Quiet, tactile and built around the photographs.

Spotify

An animated artist campaign system. One toolkit, forty-plus formats, shipped in four languages.

Spotify

An animated artist campaign system. One toolkit, forty-plus formats, shipped in four languages.

Nike

Launch films and a Framer microsite for a running collection. Shot on location, edited in-house.

Nike

Launch films and a Framer microsite for a running collection. Shot on location, edited in-house.

Sony

A product reveal film and interface motion for a flagship headphone launch, across web and retail.

Sony

A product reveal film and interface motion for a flagship headphone launch, across web and retail.

Scene 06 · In their words

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“They gave a brand we’d outgrown a pulse. It finally looks as considered as the suits.”

Daniel Carter · Founder, Lapel

01 · Lapel

02 · Gloaming

03 · Nightcap

Capabilities

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Six ways in. Most projects use all of them.

Brand Identity

Art Direction

Motion Design

Web Design

Framer Development

Creative Direction

Recognition

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Juried mentions for work made alongside our clients.

Firn

Site of the Day

Awwwards

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Firn

Site of the Day

Awwwards

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Lapel

Honorable Mention

Awwwards

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Lapel

Honorable Mention

Awwwards

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Ondine

Special Kudos

CSS Design Awards

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Ondine

Special Kudos

CSS Design Awards

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Gloaming

FWA of the Day

The FWA

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Gloaming

FWA of the Day

The FWA

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Nightcap

Site of the Month

Orpetron

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Nightcap

Site of the Month

Orpetron

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Cairn

Website Design

Lovie Awards

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Cairn

Website Design

Lovie Awards

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Start a project

Let’s make it move.

A few projects each season.
Replies within two working days.

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Margin(s) Studio

Margin(s) Studio

About

Meet theTeam

Mara Ellison

Mara Ellison

Idris Valen

Idris Valen

Noa Lindqvist

Noa Lindqvist

Teo Marchetti

Teo Marchetti

Stats &Facts

Our Clients

Capabilities

Recognition

Firn

Firn

Lapel

Lapel

Ondine

Ondine

Gloaming

Gloaming

Nightcap

Nightcap

Cairn

Cairn

Let’s make it move.

Meet the
Team

Stats &
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