About Me

About Me

Mark Jackson

Owner

I deeply love and appreciate my team for everything they do!

My curiosity, adaptability, and commitment to craft help me solve problems from multiple angles and create impact in fast-changing environments enabling teams to perform at their best, users to feel understood, and products to grow with clarity and purpose.

My curiosity, adaptability, and commitment to craft help me solve problems from multiple angles and create impact in fast-changing environments enabling teams to perform at their best, users to feel understood, and products to grow with clarity and purpose.

My background combines visual communication, art, web design, branding, product design, and design leadership. I started by shaping digital identities and interfaces, then evolved into designing and scaling product experiences for complex teams and business goals.

Over 22 years of professional experience, I’ve worked across freelance projects, in-house teams, startups, and established companies. This gave me a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on how design can create value: from brand awareness and marketing to product strategy, UX architecture, UI craft, team collaboration, and measurable business outcomes.

I consider design a strategic operating system: a way to connect vision, users, teams, and execution. My role is to help products express their value clearly, help teams work with stronger alignment, and help users feel represented through thoughtful, useful, and coherent experiences.

Driven by curiosity, craft, and adaptability, I bring a creative and analytical mindset to every challenge — turning complexity into clarity and helping organizations move from ideas to impact.

History

Our history is full of interesting stages and events.

2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

2022

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

2021

Participates in a national interior design expo, showcasing innovative concepts and gaining industry recognition.

2019

Opens a second office in a neighboring city to meet growing demand and takes on larger projects, such as retail spaces and restaurants.

2014

The company is founded by a visionary designer with a focus on personalized, high-quality residential interiors. The first few projects are local homes.

2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

2022

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

2021

Participates in a national interior design expo, showcasing innovative concepts and gaining industry recognition.

2019

Opens a second office in a neighboring city to meet growing demand and takes on larger projects, such as retail spaces and restaurants.

2014

The company is founded by a visionary designer with a focus on personalized, high-quality residential interiors. The first few projects are local homes.

2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

2022

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

2021

Participates in a national interior design expo, showcasing innovative concepts and gaining industry recognition.

2019

Opens a second office in a neighboring city to meet growing demand and takes on larger projects, such as retail spaces and restaurants.

2014

The company is founded by a visionary designer with a focus on personalized, high-quality residential interiors. The first few projects are local homes.

Two timelines
NABA
SFSU
Unicredit
Next14
MTV
Mastercard
Crédit Agricole
Infront
Azimut
Akiflow
Y Combinator
ViaFarini
MAXXI
Rai2
Caramel Music
Graphic Design
Art
2004
Graphic Design & Art Direction @ NABA
2005
First album cover released
2006
Studied Fine Arts @ San Francisco State University
2007
Started freelancing
2009
Started studying Contemporary Art
2010
Joined C+L — Unicredit, Next14, MTV
2011
Italian Area with ViaFarini @ Museo del '900 & MAXXI Roma
2012
Movie with Giorgio Bosisio @ Festival del Cinema di Venezia
2013
Collaboration with Paolo Bosisio, Rai2 star
2014
Founded Caramel Music, digital portfolio for musicians
2018
Gellify: Mastercard, Crédit Agricole, Infront, Azimut. Grew from Senior UX/UI Designer to Creative UX/UI Lead
2019
Collaboration with contemporary artist Laura Santamaria
2023
Joined Akiflow, a Y Combinator startup
2026
Released the new ViaFarini website

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Description

We are a passionate team of designers dedicated to transforming your vision into beautifully crafted spaces.

Valeria Novikova

Designer

Valeria Novikova

Designer

Valeria Novikova

Designer

Alex Podzemsky

Designer

Alex Podzemsky

Designer

Alex Podzemsky

Designer

Helen Reeves

Designer

Helen Reeves

Designer

Helen Reeves

Designer

Mark Jackson

Owner

We are here to create space that will inspire you.

Mark Jackson

Owner

We are here to create space that will inspire you.

Mark Jackson

Owner

We are here to create space that will inspire you.

Tanya Rodriguez

HR

Tanya Rodriguez

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Tanya Rodriguez

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People in business

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People in business

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People in business

Awards

International Design Awards (IDA)

2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

Red Dot Design Award

2021

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

SBID International Design AwardsName

2019

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

International Design Awards (IDA)
2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

Red Dot Design Award
2021

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

SBID International Design AwardsName
2019

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

International Design Awards (IDA)
2024

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

Red Dot Design Award
2021

Wins a prestigious national design award for an innovative mixed-use development project.

SBID International Design AwardsName
2019

Celebrates 15 years with a retrospective showcase of the company’s most iconic projects and milestones.

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