About Us

PolyFrame is a multidisciplinary design innovation studio based in Providence, Rhode Island. Our work occupies the intersection of strategic consulting and creative expression. We leverage our network of creative and business connections to build the right team for any project.

Founders

Sebastian Calvo

Founder, Business & Creative Director
Sebastian Calvo was born in Colombia and lives in Providence, RI. He received a BFA in Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design. His role at PolyFrame involves leading business operations, consulting, and creative direction on a wide range of projects.

His creative interests include neuroscience, perception, consciousness, physics, and multidimensional information synthesis.

Billy DeNatale

Co-founder, Creative Director
Billy DeNatale is a Rochester, NY native who has a BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design. At PolyFrame, he leads the creative direction of design systems, brand identities, packaging, print, and digital design.

His personal creative practice explores—among other things—phenomenology, perception, juxtaposition & synthesis, culture & nostalgia, cinema, collecting and indexing, and information structures.

Services

Discovery

Creative Consulting
Strategic Consulting
Networking
Investment Opportunities
Brand Strategy
Content Strategy

Design

Brand Identity
Art Direction
Campaigns
Presentation Systems
Narrative
Experience Design
Signage
Packaging
Print

Digital

Website Design
Mobile Design
User Experience

Clients

Intus Care
SSPARK Innovacion Humana
Blue Sea Products
Fanbasis
The NEMIC Foundation

Marcelino's Boutique Bar
Pasta Beach
Ladaat
goTeff
Common Sport

Intus Care
SSPARK Innovacion Humana
Blue Sea Products
Fanbasis
The NEMIC Foundation
Marcelino's Boutique Bar
Pasta Beach
Ladaat
goTeff
Common Sport

How can we help you innovate?

We operate through the belief that design is a philosophy which transcends visuals and that it should be an integral part of building brands, ideas, stories, and everything in between.

Team

Sebastian Calvo
Founder, Creative Director
Billy DeNatale
Founder, Creative Director
Danny Schiller
Art Director, Resident Musician
Aman Sharma
Lead Web Developer
Lauren Milan Rausaw
PM, Resident Film Producer

Our work is anchored on the belief that diversity in perspective, skillset, cultural background, and education brews informed and effective concepts.

We work with a network of immensely talented collaborators across four continents allowing us to adapt our team as necessary to meet your needs.

Services

Branding

Research

Visual Identity

Design Strategy

Narrative Tone & Voice

Creative Direction

Illustration

Environmental Graphics

Print

Digital

Web Design

Web Development

Photo and Video

Motion Graphics

Concept Development

Research & Insights

Ideation

Creative Consulting

Clients

Life Hive Nutrition

Brown University Legorreta Cancer Center

West Elmwood Housing

Development Corporation

Pasta Beach

Mr. R

HAUS PVD

Danny Schiller

Andrew DeNatale

Skills for Rhode Island’s Future

Intus Care

NEMIC

Marcelino’s Boutique Bar

MindImmune

ResusciTech

Blue Sea Products

Stryve Spine + Sport

Uber LatAm

Riot Games LatAm

“The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of everything.”
Tom Peterson
about us

We are versatile creative partners for those independent thinkers willing to reimagine the future. We build and scale ideas, experiences, brands, products, services, and systems in both digital and physical space.

By orchestrating diverse skillsets from our network of strategic partners, design specialists, and investors, we scale our team to the needs of each project and bridge the gap between idea and execution.

A fluid and playful process grounded in research, strategy, iteration, and craftsmanship allows us to generate beautiful and intuitive solutions for a wide range of creative endeavors.

Input + play + sweat = magic

HOW OUR BRAINS WORK

We believe ‘design’ is a universal creative language that can be applied anywhere.

No, design is not just making things look pretty.

To be honest, we are not very fond of rules or the way things are “usually done” because we believe revolutionary ideas require playfulness and unexpected discoveries.

We leverage this mental model to solve problems, find innovative opportunities, architect complex systems, and curate authentic interactions between people and their environment.

But yes, we do also make things look pretty.

Here’s to building a future worth living in, solving problems worth solving, and telling stories worth spreading.

clients
Pasta Beach
Intus Care
Danny Schiller
West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation
Marcelino’s Boutique Bar
Stryve Spine + Sport
SSPARK
Uber LatAm
Mattel LatAm
Riot Games LatAm + Brazil
Scotiabank
Blue Sea Products
Andrew DeNatale
NEMIC
MindImmune
ResusciTech
Q2Behave
SMöLTAP
Ladaat
Cinemates
CommonSport
partners
The Nuñez Co
NEMIC
Dream Ventures
Micro1
Founders Approach
LET’S WORK TOGETHER
Providence, RI
150 Chestnut Street, Suite C
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA