Mano a Mano

Mano a Mano Club is a design studio based in Porto, Portugal, that creates brand identities, graphic design and web design. Its two main team members are Ines Vieira and Ana Noversa, and the studio says its goal is to build unique identities that reflect each brand and its universe.

The studio describes its mission as bringing businesses closer to people through ambitious work. It says it avoids magic formulas and instead starts from what makes each brand different, working directly and honestly with clients and aiming for lasting relationships. Details of its working process are set out in a presentation PDF from 2023 linked on the site.

• Branding: visual identity, brand applications, brand guidelines and social media
• Graphic design: editorial design, posters, packaging and merchandising
• Illustration: icon design, patterns, infographics and decorative illustration
• Copywriting: naming systems, slogans, storytelling and tone of voice
• Web design: UI and UX design, usability analysis and development

The portfolio on its homepage lists Journafy, Casa Cedo, Sway and FLAT Burger as branding projects and Tagpeak as a web design project. Client logos shown include Barkyn, ScaleUp, PBS, Porto., P.Porto, Porto Design Factory, Sensei, Paw It Up!, Hashdash, Ensico, Green Cook and Portuguese Women In Tech.

Work in progress highlighted by the studio includes an app for cannabis consumers (Hashdash), a new way of shopping (Sensei), a vegan burger brand (Green Cook), a wine project for the Reguengo de Melgaco House and a creative piece titled a letter to the year 2038 (Norte.Ar #2). The studio shares its projects on Behance, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.