FOUR32C is Mark Jarecke, Mike Lee, Jamie Marin and Rob Van Wyen. It's also the name of a Pantone color that we like. Here it is.
We're an independent digital design and interactive product development agency based in New York City (in Chelsea, right by The High Line, to be exact). We have the pleasure of collaborating and working with amazing clients and partners, including Condé Nast Media Group, Condé Nast Digital, LG, Mindshare, Teen Vogue, Barnes & Noble, Style.com, GQ, The Joyce Theater, Danspace Project and Movement Research, to name just a few.
Check out some of our recent work…
In late 2008, we (and in this case, we mean Mark), left Condé Nast Digital-after serving eight years as Creative Director-to launch FOUR32C. Mark's objective was to establish a creatively driven digital design studio that has an uncompromisingly high standard of excellence. A couple of months later, Mike joined FOUR32C. Then Jamie joined the team. And most recently, Rob came on board.
Together, we have more than 45 years of agency, editorial and publishing experience working at companies such as Condé Nast Digital/Condé Nast Digital, Time Inc., BBDO and HBO.
A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
—R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER
We're passionate about creating beautiful, unique and useful content-driven products-across digital and traditional platforms, including print, web, mobile-iPhone and BlackBerry-and desktop applications. We are our toughest critics, and we demand in ourselves (on behalf of our partners) the highest standards of user experience, design and production. Our job is to exceed our clients' business objectives and expectations.
Ours is a design-driven creative process that's deeply rooted in fashion and lifestyle content development. Don't get us wrong: We're happy to work on seemingly unglamorous projects like developing content management systems and implementing search engine optimization programs (And some people have said we're pretty good at that stuff). But truth be told, our sweet spot is the intersection between fashion/lifestyle and technology.
And although design is at the core of our approach, we know that just making something pretty is not the only (or sometimes even the right) solution. And while we know that the simplest answer is usually the right one, we also know that simplicity is not always so simple.
Here are examples of some recent projects that we're really jazzed about.
I'm JAMIE MARIN, TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR. I joined FOUR32C in 2009 after nine years at Condé Nast Digital, where I led the front-end Web development department. Specifically, I was responsible for interfacing with the technology and design departments to develop and maintain the award-winning roster of destination sites. And like Mike and Mark, I have a young son at home. Yes, we're an office full of new dads!
