About us

Hello, we’re Mallow.

Seven people in a ground-floor studio in Lisbon, making brands, websites, packaging and the odd object since 2019.

Inês

Keeps every tram ticket

Theo

Owns a stamp that says ‘no’

Rita

Has labelled the label maker

Pão

Mostly naps, sometimes ball

Inês

Thinks with a 2B pencil

Rita

Bica at 11, no exceptions

Theo

Cuts every mock-up by hand

Rita

Shoots every project on film

Inês

Paints the clay mock-ups

Pão

Head of morale (dog)

Everything here belongs to someone. Find them.

Our story

How we got here

How we got here

2019

A table in Alfama

Two designers, one borrowed table and a bag of plasticine.

2021

Websites join in

Clients asked who would build the site. So we learned.

2023

The clay shelf

Objects and merch, made with the small makers we brand.

Stacked patterned tin cans on a green background

2025

Prizes on the shelf

A Pentawards silver for Larder & Co. and a Behance feature for Ethe Ceramics.

2026

Sixty launches

Seven people, one dog and a studio with its own front door.

The studio

Inside the ground floor

Inside the ground floor

A ground-floor shopfront in Lisbon: one long table, a drawer of old type and a corner for photographing what we make.

A ground-floor shopfront in Lisbon: one long table, a drawer of old type and a corner for photographing what we make.

  • Long table set with plates in a warm, crowded room

    The big table

    Long table set with plates in a warm, crowded room

    The big table

  • Wooden drawer full of old printing type

    The type drawer

    Wooden drawer full of old printing type

    The type drawer

  • Laptop showing a website on an orange table

    Site reviews on the orange desk

    Laptop showing a website on an orange table

    Site reviews on the orange desk

  • Mug on a table beside two vases in a quiet room

    The quiet corner

    Mug on a table beside two vases in a quiet room

    The quiet corner

  • Pink jar and white tube on a marbled board, from above

    The photo corner

    Pink jar and white tube on a marbled board, from above

    The photo corner

  • Pile of lilac, green and orange boxes in a corner

    Samples waiting in the corner

    Pile of lilac, green and orange boxes in a corner

    Samples waiting in the corner

  • Black tote bag hanging in warm sunlight

    Tote on the door hook

    Black tote bag hanging in warm sunlight

    Tote on the door hook

  • Orange, green and purple stickers scattered on pink

    Sticker test prints

    Orange, green and purple stickers scattered on pink

    Sticker test prints

  • Open lookbook and a cover with a paper clip on terracotta

    Lookbook proofs

    Open lookbook and a cover with a paper clip on terracotta

    Lookbook proofs

  • Open red notebook on a dark background

    Notebook dummy

    Open red notebook on a dark background

    Notebook dummy

  • Stacked patterned tin cans on a green background

    Tin can mock-ups

    Stacked patterned tin cans on a green background

    Tin can mock-ups

  • Mug and its kraft gift box on a table by a curtain

    Packing a sample

    Mug and its kraft gift box on a table by a curtain

    Packing a sample

  • Two open lilac boxes on a white step

    Gift box fittings

    Two open lilac boxes on a white step

    Gift box fittings

  • Purple, orange and green envelopes standing together

    Envelope colour tests

    Purple, orange and green envelopes standing together

    Envelope colour tests

The people

The people you’ll meet

The people you’ll meet

Inês Duarte

Founder, creative director

Keeps every tram ticket

Theo Marsh

Design director

Owns a stamp that says ‘no’

Rita Sousa

Studio manager

Has labelled the label maker

Pão

Head of morale

Mostly naps, sometimes ball

Room for one more

Room for one more

We’re hiring a mid-weight designer. Send three things you made and one thing you’d change about this site.

We’re hiring a mid-weight designer. Send three things you made and one thing you’d change about this site.

How briefs land

Every brief lands like this.

We hand it back like this.

Brief 01

Make it pop, but calm.

Brief 02

Our nan should get it.

Brief 03

A festival, but for chairs.

Brief 04

Can the box be the ad?

How briefs land

Every brief lands like this.

We hand it back like this.

Brief 01

Make it pop, but calm.

Brief 02

Our nan should get it.

Brief 03

A festival, but for chairs.

Brief 04

Can the box be the ad?

How briefs land

Every brief lands like this.

We hand it back like this.

Brief 01

Make it pop, but calm.

Brief 02

Our nan should get it.

Brief 03

A festival, but for chairs.

Brief 04

Can the box be the ad?

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