Testimonials

I've had the pleasure of knowing Mark for more than a decade, and I've always admired his work and recommended him to portfolio company founders (who also love him). So when we finally got the chance to work with him directly on Asylum, we jumped at the chance. Mark took the existing v0 of the Asylum brand and pushed it forward in ways that feel both true to our original spirit and fresh for what's ahead. The new wordmark and identity are sharper, clearer, and more memorable. Mark is a true professional, highly communicative, opinionated when it matters, responsive and timely, and just a real pleasure to work with and learn from.

Nick ChirlsPartner, Asylum Ventures

We gave Mark an unreasonably specific brief: create a brand identity for Laminated Labs that feels serious about the work, but is not self-serious. Also, make it croissant-forward. The result is baked to perfection. The brand is confident, weird, stylish, and totally us. Even the walking croissant animation feels like part of the team.

Rob ChristensenPartner, Laminated Labs

We had a compelling story about our technology, but Mark helped us make it more accessible. He gave us our best tagline: Plants have memories too. The bookmark-leaf symbol instantly communicates what we do. The brand imagery positions us differently. Instead of looking like an AgTech startup, we stand out as a company that respects agricultural tradition while advancing the science. I highly recommend Mark as a creative partner and am thrilled with the outcome of our work together.

Chuck FrazierCEO and Founder, Temporal

Mark is the best, from creative to execution. He built Bison Trails into one of the strongest brands in crypto. A fantastic creative partner for any founder. Highly recommend.

Aaron HenshawCo-Founder, Bison Trails

From the first naming session to final execution, Mark was instrumental in shaping the Alluvial brand. His strategic vision and creative execution helped bring our company to life, making an immediate impact with partners, media, and customers.

Matt LeisingerCo-Founder and CPO, Alluvial

Mark brings the full package: deep product understanding, sharp messaging, and world-class brand design. He helped craft Liquid Collective's brand from the ground up, making it the category leader in decentralized staking.

Evan WeissCOO, Alluvial

We're very happy with the result. Our new name and visual identity is playful and unique–exactly what we wanted. I strongly recommend Mark!

Kuan HuangCo-Founder, Scout

He brought the ideal blend of creativity and efficiency to our rebranding process. Mark was a great facilitator for our renaming exercise, visual identity overhaul, and redesign of our user-facing channels. He challenged us to think beyond familiar concepts and take highly technical elements into succinct visual communication. I highly recommend him and hope to work with him again in the future!

Scott SigelHead of BD and Marketing, Arwen

Mark worked with us on the very first wireframes of Fatherly through our brand redesign years later. He's a consummate professional and the rare breed that can competently tackle design, ux and product management all at once. Look forward to finding ways to collaborate with Mark in the future.

Michael RothmanCo-Founder and CEO, Fatherly

As our interim head of product and design, Mark guided Fatherly through a re-brand and site re-design. His creativity, laser focus and passion shone through in each task he was assigned. Our refreshed logo and UX experience are so modern and clean and have received both internal and external praise. Working with Mark was such a delight and I would personally recommend him for any project moving forward.

Lauren CoombsHead of PR, Fatherly

Mark worked for us at Fatherly for 9 months as our consulting, part-time head of product, but also of design, ux, and project management. He is incredibly skilled at each of these functions, immensely creative and talented, and really helped move our organization forward. He is a pro.

Michael WertheimCOO, Fatherly

Under After, led by Mark Forscher, came to us from a very good recommendation and still managed to exceed our high expectations. For our renaming project, Mark expertly guided us through the process of selecting from a variety of creative naming options he created and selected based on our own goals and expectations for the brand. For our visual identity, Mark produced a fantastic look that met every single one of our goals. Throughout both processes he was professional, prompt, and a pleasure to work with. We will unquestionably work with Mark on future projects and I could not more strongly recommend him and Under After.

Benjamin DuranskeCo-Founder and CEO, Beam

Over the last year and a half, Mark developed Lyte's brand identity and designed its consumer experiences and with each new project, the caliber of his work and direction proved to be only more exceptional. Not only was Mark key to translating complex concepts into refined, fresh and intuitive user experiences, he did so creatively while bringing focus to the vision of the company. Working with him was always a privilege and a pleasure, for he is a supportive team player with multi-faceted talent and expertise. His product design and leadership skills would be assets to any organization. Couldn't recommend Mark more and hope to work with him again in the future.

Karina BrioukhovaProduct, Lyte

Mark came very highly recommended from a past client, and we could not have been happier with the work. Mark helped develop and craft our company's visual identity. He walked the whole team through the process, helped us understand what the materials were communicating, and was extremely responsive and flexible as the work unfolded. I will be happy to refer people to Mark!

Drew ConwayFounder and CEO, Alluvium

Mark worked with us closely to hash out a txt-based digital assistant. He helped us with initial direction, designing and building our landing pages and provided valuable input on the tone and brand of the product. Really enjoyed working with Mark and strongly recommend him!

Aseem SoodCo-Founder, Keeper

Mark created a new brand identity for our company. He is obviously quite creative, but is also professional and responsive. It was a pleasure to work with him. We are thrilled with his work and look forward to continued collaboration!

Elizabeth MontoyaVP Investor Relations, Rubicon

Working with Mark was awesome! He laid down the process during our first meeting, he took the time to understand our needs and then he went to work. Couldn't be happier with the vision that he came up with—it's fun, playful, and oh-so-right!

Yannell RodriguezCo-Founder, Picnic

Mark and Ed were such a pleasure to work with! We came to them with the difficult challenge of communicating that at One Month 'learning is fun.' We didn't want to come across as quirky, but we also didn't want it to feel dry. They really went above and beyond rebranding our umbrella company, as well as our separate entities like One Month HTML and Install Rails. They provided us with a complete style guide including logo, colors, t-shirt designs, and some pretty damn great headlines that we still use today.

Christopher CastiglioneCo-Founder and Chief Product Officer, One Month

We hired Mark to help build our brand identity. He did an outstanding job of keeping us honest and keeping us on track. Plus he's fun to work with which is no small thing.

Ashley SimonHead of Video and Strategic Partnerships, Upworthy

Mark was really easy to work with. Not only did he deliver outstanding work, but he made the process feel right. Highly recommend connecting with Mark - I know I will again soon.

Elan MillerCo-Founder and CEO, Glimpse

We hired Mark to develop our brand identity from the ground up. He was a pleasure to work with. Mark was extremely flexible and worked with us to find the best paths forward as we progressed. He was able to corral, interpret and distill multiple and largely disparate opinions during the process—which was no small task in our group. Mark is an elite-level talent in multiple areas, and importantly, a man of his word.

Brian YeeCo-Founder and Managing Director, Respera

Mark was a tremendous asset for Spur. He helped us architect and design our consumer and business, mobile and desktop experiences, while simultaneously developing our core brand identity from start to finish. He is a dedicated team-player and very reliable. I can't wait to continue collaborating with Mark on all of my current and future projects.

Akash ShahCo-Founder, Spur

He deeply understands the product, and applies his high attention to detail and empowering communication skills to produce a tight product. He is truly exceptional. I couldn't provide a higher recommendation for someone.

Steven CohnFounder and CEO, Irrive

I first worked with Mark when I contracted Under After to design a logo for a site I was building. He knocked it out of the park so I hired him to design the layout of one of the sites...then another...and another. Each time I was more and more impressed by how quickly he understood my goal and how well he translated it into images. Will be using him again for whatever else design work I need. If he'd take a job at my company, I'd hire him.

Lauren LetoCEO, Listen

I worked with Mark as a full-service designer—conceptual, information architecture, wireframing, design, and implementation—for about a year on a new product for Daylife. He did an outstanding job of taking in a huge number of desires and ideas and making them concrete, simple, and clear. The product he helped us design won many raves from our clients as incredibly easy to use and navigate, much of which led directly from Mark's contribution. I also felt that Mark did outstanding work communicating with a large team on needs, feedback, concerns, and possible directions. Overall, he was a fantastic one-man design department for us.

Marc HedlundChief Product Officer, Daylife