Creative Director duo Marco Molteni and Margherita Monguzzi of Jekyll & Hyde strive to create designs that represent the client’s concept and are distinctive to the client and receiving audience. This driving force influences the studio’s portfolio of work, which spans industrial, finance, fashion accessories, and music and cultural sectors. The team comes from two different backgrounds, which gives them unique insight into the process and helps bounce fresh ideas off each other.

Molteni has a background in editorial design, and Monguzzi studied fine arts and worked freelance for several different agencies before finding her home at Jekyll & Hyde. Molteni discovered a passion for graphic design at 15, after meeting some graphic designers and becoming intrigued by the profession, and Monguzzi decided to pursue graphic design while at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts after hearing a guest lecturer talk about the career path.

Jekyll & Hyde starts every new project by striving to understand the client and their brand. The first steps combine in-depth analysis, workshops, mood boards, and interviews in order to get a good snapshot of what the client wants and what direction the eventual design should take. It’s essential to have this foundation set before any design work begins. The team believes that in order to design something distinctive, you need to understand the objective fully. Then, the creative team starts exploring different ideas, keeping all of their possibilities open, and coming to a final decision as a team. Jekyll & Hyde’s team is cohesive, collaborative, and able to find common ground, making it easy to find a solid direction and stick with it.