Founded in 2008 by
Dave Franzese & Mark Miller
Dark Igloo is a company that specializes™





We’ve collaborated for 15 years scaling the ambition of our ideas and our abilities vs the size of our team to remain uniquely engaged and vital partners. We mentor local creatives while creating works for ourselves and clients that draw like minds to big ideas.







Dave, Mark and friends:
Rob Ebeltoft, Brooke Bamford, Jake Longoria, TJ Freda, Kati Rehbeck, and a vast network of collaborators.









We exist outside of time and space. Office hours are 10-6PM, located in Brooklyn, NY.







Cartuna
A Cartoon Company ...
GIPHY Retrospective
10 Years of GIPHY Swag ...
GIPHY
10 Years Directing the GIPHY Brand ...
Contact Us 2
We turned our contact page into a video game. Again. ...
PLANT
Peace Love And Natural Things. ...
1,000 Words
Photography highlights from both client & personal projects. ...
GIPHY Emoji
Directed the first-to-market full set of animated emojis ...
Duality Derby
20 min film exploring the forces that compete within each of us. ...
Affurmations
Having a ruff day? ...
DISC
Synthesizers & Synesthesia. See. Hear. Now. ...
GIPHY Arcade
Play. Share. Remix. ...
The Vibe Is Right
Come on down! ...
Elsewhere Sound Space
Broadcasting to pods everywhere with Elsewhere & Twitch. ...
I AM MY MTV
Putting kids in control of MTV International's rebrand. ...
Bored Game
Our commercial for the greatest board game never made. ...
Muze
Branding a better way to say whatever. ...
BuzzFeed
Rebrand and office designs for Buzzfeed. ...
Frame By Frame
The first animated book of GIF art. ...
GIPHY IRL Arcade
3 Custom gaming cabinets for GIPHY HQ. ...
Duality Derby Soundtrack
That one time the company was a couple different rock bands. ...
JIF x GIPHY
If you only buy one jar of co-branded peanut butter … ...
Stick Around
Channeling our inner cable network to launch GIPHY Stickers. ...
UnReality
Branding for the Experience Ecosystem™. ...
Doochi
Building a world of creativity and friendship. ...
Fools Gold Day Off
Character design for the local beat makers. ...
Have A Cool Day
A typical day with the Dark Igloo lighters, Penguin and Bear. ...
Self-E-Wear
Branding the fictitious VR company of tomorrow, today. ...
IRL Emoji
The emoji you know and love … for real. ...
Kickstand
Limited-edition sculptural tables that look like legs, duh. ...
District Cannabis
Medicinal marijuana straight from our Nation's capitol. ...
Nike NYHQ Mural
Food truck as storytelling device for NIKE's NYHQ. ...
GIPHY Yearbook 2017
Psychedelic and loopy employee portraits. ...
TIME_FRAME
Exhibition design for the GIFs 30th Anniversary. ...
GIPHY Keys To Success
The greatest GIF keyboard is now a daytime talkshow. ...
Sold Out
Debut gallery show at FISK. ...
GIPHY Yearbook 2016
Ambient, sticker enhanced portraits of the GIPHY starting lineup....
GIPHY Capture Jack
Stumped on how to capture GIFs? Jack can show you how … ...
Rubber Chucks
Four looping films and a puddle of waterproof gifs for Converse....
Loop Dreams
Branding & exhibition design for GIPHY's first art show. ...
GIPHY x Print All Over Me
Pixelated pool party apparel and look book photography for GIPHY...
Cartuna
A Cartoon Company ...
GIPHY Retrospective
10 Years of GIPHY Swag ...
GIPHY
10 Years Directing the GIPHY Brand ...
Contact Us 2
We turned our contact page into a video game. Again. ...
PLANT
Peace Love And Natural Things. ...
1,000 Words
Photography highlights from both client & personal projects. ...
GIPHY Emoji
Directed the first-to-market full set of animated emojis ...
Duality Derby
20 min film exploring the forces that compete within each of us. ...
Affurmations
Having a ruff day? ...
DISC
Synthesizers & Synesthesia. See. Hear. Now. ...
GIPHY Arcade
Play. Share. Remix. ...
The Vibe Is Right
Come on down! ...
Elsewhere Sound Space
Broadcasting to pods everywhere with Elsewhere & Twitch. ...
I AM MY MTV
Putting kids in control of MTV International's rebrand. ...
Bored Game
Our commercial for the greatest board game never made. ...
Muze
Branding a better way to say whatever. ...
BuzzFeed
Rebrand and office designs for Buzzfeed. ...
Frame By Frame
The first animated book of GIF art. ...
GIPHY IRL Arcade
3 Custom gaming cabinets for GIPHY HQ. ...
Duality Derby Soundtrack
That one time the company was a couple different rock bands. ...
JIF x GIPHY
If you only buy one jar of co-branded peanut butter … ...
Stick Around
Channeling our inner cable network to launch GIPHY Stickers. ...
UnReality
Branding for the Experience Ecosystem™. ...
Doochi
Building a world of creativity and friendship. ...
Fools Gold Day Off
Character design for the local beat makers. ...
Have A Cool Day
A typical day with the Dark Igloo lighters, Penguin and Bear. ...
Self-E-Wear
Branding the fictitious VR company of tomorrow, today. ...
IRL Emoji
The emoji you know and love … for real. ...
Kickstand
Limited-edition sculptural tables that look like legs, duh. ...
District Cannabis
Medicinal marijuana straight from our Nation's capitol. ...
Nike NYHQ Mural
Food truck as storytelling device for NIKE's NYHQ. ...
GIPHY Yearbook 2017
Psychedelic and loopy employee portraits. ...
TIME_FRAME
Exhibition design for the GIFs 30th Anniversary. ...
GIPHY Keys To Success
The greatest GIF keyboard is now a daytime talkshow. ...
Sold Out
Debut gallery show at FISK. ...
GIPHY Yearbook 2016
Ambient, sticker enhanced portraits of the GIPHY starting lineup....
GIPHY Capture Jack
Stumped on how to capture GIFs? Jack can show you how … ...
Rubber Chucks
Four looping films and a puddle of waterproof gifs for Converse....
Loop Dreams
Branding & exhibition design for GIPHY's first art show. ...
GIPHY x Print All Over Me
Pixelated pool party apparel and look book photography for GIPHY...