- In 1974 Mark Polo began business as a residential Interior Designer in Northern New Jersey. His business services New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Within several years, projects brought him across America and Europe. In 1989 and 1990 Mark Polo won New Jersey Magazine's Residential Designer of the Year award for 2 projects, one a charity house and the other a N.J. residence. Polo M.A., Inc.www.polomainc.com