We believe resilience comes from openness.
When people, ideas, and brands stay open to change, they grow stronger.
Tardigrada takes its name from one of the most resilient life forms on Earth, a symbol of thoughtful response to changing conditions. A mindset that guides how we work: staying attentive to context, to people, and to how a space is used and experienced.
Meet the Team
We are a Vancouver-based branding and interior design studio founded in 2021. Led by Maria and Shan, we collaborate with specialists around the world, connecting our clients to a breadth of perspectives and artistic rigor.
María Sinisterra, RGD
Co- founder, Brand Director
Registered Graphic Designer and mentor with 15+ years of experience shaping brands. Her work sits at the intersection of strategy, visual language, and environment, supporting clients in articulating who they are and how they are experienced. Her practice is driven by a love of photography and typography.
Shan Selvaraj
Co, founder, Interior Design Director
Architect and Interior Designer with 15+ years of experience designing high-performing commercial spaces. He focuses on how environments function, feel, and support everyday operations, translating brand intent into spatial experiences. His work is informed by a deep appreciation for photography, materials, and craft.
Tardigrada is a branding and interior design studio founded in 2021 by Maria, Brand Director, and Shan, Interior Design Director. We guide brands and interiors for commercial projects from early ideas through fully realized branded spaces, so everything stays aligned within a single, collaborative team. We work with a network of specialists, bringing diverse cultural perspectives, curiosity, and artistic rigor to every project.
Our values
Amanda
Tower
PR and Wordsmith
Dallas, TX.
Daniela
Díaz
Textual Strategist
Cali, CO.
Simon
Londoño
Illustrator
Cali, CO.
Famberlin
Taba
Illustrator
Cali, CO.
Juan Luis
Noriega
UX/UI Designer
Mexico City, MX.
Juan Diego
Zamora
Motion graphics
Cali, CO.
Artistic Rigor
We bring discipline to creativity. Every design decision is deliberate, considered, and rooted in strategic purpose. Our work is the result of rigorous craft and unwavering attention to detail.
Curiosity
Inquiry guides us to look deeper before we create, encouraging research and critical questioning to better understand the systems, people, and environments we design for, transforming assumptions into insight and informing decisions with greater awareness and intention.
Openness
An open mindset looks beyond what is familiar, embracing new ideas, emerging technologies, and alternative approaches, and questioning conventions when they no longer serve, so decisions can respond thoughtfully to context and evolve as conditions change.
Synergy
We believe the best work emerges from genuine collaboration. When clients share their stories openly and we bring our expertise in branding and interior design, ideas build on each other, energy compounds, and solutions emerge that feel both intentional and inevitable.
Ambition
Our commitment to growth and high standards guides us. We set clear goals, push ideas further, and treat challenges as opportunities to evolve.
