We are a three human team that not only know and trust each others capabilities, but can also manage to have an honest and dynamic work flow that can bring the best out of one an other. We simply love what we do, and take it very seriously.
Our Values
Create to survive and survive to create.
We like our ideas fresh. Every project is different and it makes our job ever exciting. The need to create is one of our main purposes; it makes everything make sense! Approaching every day as a source of new ideas, and try to express those ideas in their endless forms; the process is everything. Like mind puzzles, shaping an idea becomes an obsession. We study and grow every day by challenging ourselves, to offer better services and capacities. We believe what we do is a very serious game, and we like to play.
A Little Of Our Story
How did we get here?
Santiago Ferrari is a Uruguayan-born graphic designer and web devolper based in Liguria, Italy.
At 19, he moved to the city and built a twelve-year career in fashion — a journey that led him across global creative capitals: New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Barcelona, and Milan, which became home.
While in Milan, he pursued further studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, honing a visual sensibility shaped by both academia and industry. His portfolio spans collaborations with leading names in luxury — Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Ermenegildo Zegna, Calvin Klein, Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana — experiences that refined his understanding of brand, craftsmanship, and aesthetics.
In parallel, Santiago partnered with long-time friend and developer Guillermo Galain, who was building digital projects from Uruguay. Together, they began shaping creative collaborations — design and code intertwined — bringing brands to life across platforms.
Andrea Leigh, model and creative director, brings over a decade of industry experience, complementing the team’s visual and strategic approach.
The studio has evolved organically, operating under various names and forms — becoming santiagoferrari.com in July 2023.
Meet Our Team
Santiago Ferrari is a Uruguayan born graphic designer based in Milan, Italy. He arrived to MIlan at the age of 19, and made a successful career in fashion for 11 years. This experience consisted in large amounts of travelling through mainstream cities such as NYC, LA, Paris, London, Barcelona, and Milan making this last his base, where he undertook further studies in Brera Academy of Belle Arte. He has accumulated a vast number o world known clients such as Giorgio Armani, Dolce&Gabbana, Ermenegildo Zegna, Calvin Klein, Brunello Cucinelli, to name a few, and such experience has refined his eye and understanding of commercial and luxury aesthetics. This agency has been active for a few years under different names an contexts, but has only become santiagoferrari.com in july of 2023.
Bio
Andrea is Australian, she grew up in a small town in North Queensland, full of different cultures which gave her the want to travel and explore. Certified as body piercer, she was working in a tattoo parlor in the Goldcoast, where she gets picked up on Australia's next top model which launched her straight into the fashion world. Shortly after, she started a travelling experience through Asia, following into Europe, to Milan, where she lives today. Now a mum of 3 kids, she has started creating her own slow fashion brand, and undertakes several parallel projects within the industry as a creative director. Her mother tongue is english, fluent in italian, and currently learning spanish.
Capabilities
01. Branding
Our unified approach ensures scalability and consistency across all brand touch-points by building strong coherent design systems. From logo, slogans, name, website, social media, content, and advertising, we can advice you on everything, and get it done.
02. Production
We have undertaken end to end projects in which we have provided incredible locations, photographers, models, retouchers, stylist, make up artists, hair dressers. Through strong connections within the fashion industry, we are able to find highly capable professionals for entry prices to produce image/lifestyle photography, product photography, video content and animations, such as motion graphics.
03. Web Development
A website is the most important channel to showcase your brand to customers. Our portfolio features highly interactive websites designed to give users the best experience possible while also meeting business goals. From content strategy and production, to web design and frontend development, we have the want and capabilities to build a website that you are proud of.
04. Marketing
We offer digital advertising campaigns that convert your traffic into sales. Organic and Sponsored Social media capagins and Management, Google ads, and more. We can do that for you, and show you in a very transparent way your ROI. In other words, how your brand grows.
05. Animation
GIFs, motion graphics, and video montage are very handy tools to apply to website’s content. We often offer them as little presents for our clients, specially if we believe that it can add value to our website, and by extension to our work. Also we tend to present our logo projects with motion graphics, often handy for social media content as well.
06. Illustration
Often used as T-shirt graphics, our illustrations are flexible to the client’s style. We have collaborated with many brands, being this the foundation of this company. Santiago’s illustrations can be found in logos, and animations minted in the blockchain as NFTs.