freelance designer & creative technologist for the next internet.
I’m Theo Marek — I design and build small, sharp websites, interfaces, and identities for studios, founders, and the occasionally weird museum.
# ./about.sh --short name = "Theo Marek" role = "Independent designer" years = 9 stack = ["figma", "webflow", "react", "three.js", "after-effects"] based = "Berlin · DE" currently = "booking Q3 / Q4 2026" // last 3 projects > halden-mineral [shipped] > atlas-foundry [shipped] > verge-reader [in beta]
Half designer, half engineer,
fully independent.
I’ve been making things on the web since right before Flash died. Started in print, drifted into motion, lost a decade to product design, and now spend my time at the strange edge where identity, code, and weird ideas collide.
Most projects last six to twelve weeks. I work directly with founders and creative directors — no account managers, no decks for the sake of decks, no agency markup. Just the work, with my name on it.
// design
// engineering
Things I’m good at, priced in plain text.
Brand system
For founders launching something new, or studios that need to grow up. A complete visual posture: marks, type, motion, the rules.
- Strategy1w
- Identity + system3w
- Guidelines1w
- Source files∞
Website build
Designed and built end-to-end. Webflow, Astro, or Next — whatever survives your editors. I write code that other devs don’t hate.
- Wireframes + design2w
- Build + animation3w
- CMS + handoff1w
- 30-day fix window✓
Product partner
Embed for 2–3 days a week. I become your design team for a quarter or two. Roadmap, UI, and the awkward parts no one wants to touch.
- Min commitment2mo
- Days / week2–3
- Design ops✓
- Async + 1 weekly call✓
Selected output, 2022 — 2026.
Some people said nice things.
“We hired Theo for a website and walked away with an entirely new brand. He’s the rare designer who actually finishes the build himself.”
“He took our 80-page deck and gave us back something we could actually read on a phone. The board approved it in the first meeting.”
“Like working with a small studio, just faster and less complicated. He understood the museum’s tone better than half our curators.”
Transparent rates, no haggling.
Spark / kickoff
- One landing page or moodboard sprint
- Two design directions
- Async-only
- Source files
Studio / flagship
- Identity, full website, or product MVP
- Direct access, no PMs
- Weekly calls, daily on Slack
- Build + handoff included
- 90-day support window
Embed / retainer
- I become your design team
- Slack, Figma, Linear
- Roadmap + execution
- Quarterly creative reviews