Our story
Three friends, one stubborn idea: agency work can be both thoughtful and fast.
Fornax began in 2018 around a kitchen table in Porto. We had all worked in big agencies and kept seeing the same thing — senior people sold the work, juniors made it, and nobody remembered why the first idea was good.
So we kept the studio small on purpose. Every project is led by the people who do the work, from the first workshop to launch day, and we take on only a handful of clients at a time.
Today we partner with founders, marketing teams and cultural institutions across Europe. The kitchen table is bigger; the idea hasn’t changed.
What we believe
Four rules we don’t break.
They shape how we price, plan and present — and they are the reason clients come back.
01
Seniority, always
The people who pitch are the people who do the work.
02
Weekly, not big reveals
You see the messy middle, so decisions stay cheap.
03
Clarity over noise
If it doesn’t help someone choose you, it goes.
04
Built to last
Systems your team can run long after we leave.
In numbers
The team
The people you’ll actually work with.
Inês Duarte
Founder, Creative Director
Tomás Reyes
Technical Director
Mara Lindqvist
Design Director
Jonah Weiss
Strategy Lead
Leo Marchetti
Senior Developer
Amara Okafor
Brand Strategist
Ewan Fraser
Motion Designer
Lucía Ferrer
Senior Designer
Henrik Dahl
Creative Developer
Clara Moreau
Project Lead
Trusted by teams who ship
(2018—26©)