Marianna Fierro

Marianna is a visual and ui/ux designer currently working at Hyperakt in Brooklyn, NY. Driven by her strong passion for crafting digital and physical experiences through design, art direction and photography, Marianna has worked with both innovation and social impact focused clients. As side ventures, Marianna spends her time developing and sharing recipes on Veloce Veloce, gardening her cucumbers and tomatoes and walking all over Brooklyn.

What role does music play in your day-to-day life as a creative?

In retrospect, music is a big reason why I got into design and photography. I always admired cover art and working with Vampire Weekend on an album cover is number one on my design bucket list! My relationship with music while I work really depends on the task. If I need to write or think more intentionally it becomes challenging, but if I need to get shit done, there’s no way I can meet a deadline without some pump-up tunes.

Tell us about your playlist:

“Chiuso Per Ferie” is the signage in Italy you’ll see on business doors during the month of August. It means “Closed for Vacation”. Who works in August? Not Italians! It’s the month you take off to drive around the coast and go swimming. You move to the mountains and stay cool. No work. But I am in New York, so music that I’d blast driving around back home is as close as I get to feel like I am chiusa per ferie too!