Own
2010-2013
I started on my own.
The bill sat in the same room.
I design and I code. I like to build with other people, and stay in the work.
I helped found a studio and spent 10+ years there as a partner. Those were some of the best years of my life.
Marco
Barbosa
How I got here.
Partner
2013-2025
I ran the studio with other people.
Partner still meant being in the work.
Next
2025-today
I am ready for a new challenge.
Freelance for now, while I look. Open to a long stretch.
Three calls I’d still make.
Arrival
Stockholm
I left a practice of my own for Stockholm.
I didn’t feel ready. I went anyway.
Stay
14islands
I helped found it. The years, not a season.
The people were the reason. The years followed.
Take
The brief
I don’t need the famous brief.
I take the one that isn’t a sure thing.
I lead it. I still have to ship it.
Roles
Partner meant new business, running projects, looking after the team.
Craft
I like when the result is actually good. I stay with it until I can see the end.
People
I’m strong in a team. I keep the mood good and the work practical, while still open to learning.
I like to share. It challenges me, and I learn more.
Harbour Space
Delivery and craft
How a team takes a fuzzy brief and ships something that holds.
Harbour Space
Frontend systems
Structure, standards, a codebase other people can actually run.