about us

We have been partnering with heart-centered businesses & organizations for over 15 years.

Studio Incognita is a certified women-owned (WBE) graphic design consultancy that specializes in strategic brand identity development and environmental design for businesses, organizations, municipalities, and nonprofits that serve in the community, arts, and culture space. 

Additionally, we collaborate with architects and interdisciplinary design agencies bringing branding, messaging, wayfinding, and environmental design expertise to their discipline.

Within our studio walls, we are constantly iterating on different ways to lead, show up for our community and embody our progressive values through business. Our focus and commitment to this allow us to run a successful business while modeling new ways of working and being together.

We’re all about

Equity for all.
Design for social change.
Clients becoming good friends.
Serving the community.
High-quality craft.
Others feeling seen.

Trusting intuition.
Soft strength.
Wow-factor.
Design beyond capitalism.
Working from the heart.
Listening = respect.

LEADERSHIP

Jenn Maine

Principal & Director

As the Owner and Director of Studio Incognita, Jenn Maine has over 15 years of experience designing and managing brands for small businesses, non-profits, municipalities and global corporations. She has led and executed branding efforts for the Joe Louis Greenway (City of Detroit), Kresge Arts in Detroit, Living Arts Detroit, Henry Ford Learning Institute, Sidewalk Detroit, and many more. Over the past several years, her focus and passion has turned to community-building with design. While doing brand development for the Joe Louis Greenway, Jenn developed a Public-Integrated Brand Design process that utilizes public engagement for building collaborative community identities.

Project Partners

we’re proud collaborators with

JIMA Studio

SmithGroup

Sidewalk Detroit

Studio H2G

Additionally, we work with a wide network of strategists, designers, writers, photographers, printers, fabricators and producers on a regular basis. If you’re intersted in joining our team or network, reach out! Please include a link to your portfolio or your resume.