Website Design & Development
Bespoke design and engineering for companies whose website has to carry a serious business — built on the right platform rather than the one we happen to resell.
The situation
A specialist company with a generic website is at a permanent disadvantage during exactly the decisions that matter most: the tender, the shortlist, the introduction from a colleague who sends a link.
The gap is rarely visual taste alone. It is that the site cannot explain what the business actually does, to someone deciding in under a minute.
How we do it
- 01
Understand
The commercial truth behind the brief, and what success would look like.
- 02
Define
Positioning, audience journeys, content architecture, technical roadmap.
- 03
Design
Interface system and prototypes before anything is committed to build.
- 04
Engineer
Performance, accessibility and a CMS your team can actually operate.
- 05
Prove
Device QA, Core Web Vitals, WCAG 2.2 AA on core journeys.
- 06
Launch & evolve
Monitoring, training, and a prioritised improvement backlog.
What you get
- Content architecture and conversion journey design
- Bespoke interface system, not a theme
- CMS implementation your team can publish from unaided
- Performance and accessibility engineering to agreed budgets
- Analytics, schema and search foundations
- Documented handover with accounts under your control
Where this was the substance
A specialist building-services engineering firm, made legible to the people who commission buildings.
Digital identity · Design · Development · Motion & 3DDesigned in New York, handcrafted in Nairobi — an e-commerce experience built to carry provenance as carefully as product.
Design · eCommerce · Brand storytellingContemporary handcrafted furniture with a trade programme for interior designers and hospitality specifiers.
Design · eCommerce · Trade portalA brand built from nothing — name through to nurture. Identity, messaging, store, acquisition, email and automation delivered as one system rather than six suppliers.
Digital identity · Design · Brand storytelling · eCommerce · Automation · Paid media · Email · GrowthOur own venture — which is why we can publish how it is built, in detail no client NDA would allow.
AI & automation · Platform · DesignAn interactive 3D model of a working mine, showing exactly where a wireless mesh network lives and why it holds — the kind of thing that previously needed an engineer, a whiteboard and an hour.
Motion & 3D · Design · Development · Complex B2B · Digital identityRepositioned from financial advisor to retirement partner — competing on confidence rather than products — with a custom CRM behind every form on the site.
Digital identity · Brand storytelling · Design · Development · Automation · EmailA contract manufacturer rebranded and rebuilt around its process — discovery, formulation, prototyping, manufacture, QA — so brands can see how a product actually gets made.
Digital identity · Design · Development · Brand storytelling · Complex B2BA stockbroking and investment firm taken through discovery, workshop and a clarity-first copy framework — technical financial services written so a client can act on it.
Digital identity · Brand storytelling · Design · Development · MigrationAn independently owned freight operation, explained clearly enough that a procurement team can shortlist it.
Design · Development · Complex B2BThirty years of commercial HVAC, positioned around response time and certification rather than price.
Design · Development · Growth · Brand storytelling · Content · SocialAfrican heritage and upcycled materials presented to corporate buyers without losing either the craft or the commercial case.
Design · Development · Brand storytellingA seaside guest house positioned where coastal luxury meets corporate stay, with booking handled properly.
Design · Development · AutomationA live digital-product business moved off Wix onto WordPress — 13,000 customers, their orders and their access, carried across without a break.
Development · Migration · eCommerce · Design · SEO · MaintenanceA premium water brand selling direct, with custom branding offered on the product itself.
Design · eCommerceQuestions we get asked
Which platform do you build on?
Whichever is right for the job — WordPress, Shopify, or a custom Next.js build. We are deliberately platform-agnostic, which means nobody gets steered into the stack we happen to resell. The choice is recorded as a decision with its reasoning, so you can audit it later.
Do you work with our existing brand?
Yes. Many engagements extend an identity that already works rather than replacing it. Where the brand is genuinely holding the business back we will say so, with reasons.
Who owns the site and accounts?
You do. Repository, hosting, domain, analytics and third-party accounts are set up under your ownership, never under a contractor personal email. Handover documentation is part of delivery, not an extra.
Tell us what is changing in the business.
If we are not the right partner for it, we will say so in the first conversation.