A small studio for brands that hate templates.
We design it and we build it, and the people who do both pick up the phone. No account team, no handoff, nobody standing between you and the work.
- One team, design through build
- You talk to whoever is building it
- No handoffs
- 0 account managers
Selected work
Work we still answer for.
Fjord & Field
Outdoor retailer rebrand and storefront for a business that had outgrown marketplace copy.
Haskell Grain
A member-owned grain co-op whose information used to live in PDFs and a phone tree.
Paper Crane Legal
Solo immigration practice. Plain-language service pages and a first step someone can actually take.
What we take on
Brand sites
Design and build from one team, no handoff. We scope the timeline with you in writing before anything starts.
Rescues
Your site is slow, hacked, or held hostage by a vanished freelancer. We've seen worse.
Care plans
Monthly retainer: updates, backups, small changes, and a human who answers email.
How it moves
Enough process to make a decision, not hide behind one.
A small team only works when the work is visible. This is the sequence we use to keep decisions close to the people making them.
01
Get the real brief
We talk to the people answering customer questions, not just the person who approved the budget.
02
Make the site make sense
We shape the message, content and navigation before polishing screens that may never earn their keep.
03
Design and build together
The design system and the production site move in the same weekly review, so there is no handoff cliff.
04
Hand it over properly
We document the useful bits, train the team, and leave a care plan if you want one.
Who does the work
Strategy and design
Mara Chen
Turns a messy offer into a site with a point of view. Leads research, content structure, visual direction, and the decisions that make a business recognizable.
Development and care
Dev Ortiz
Builds the thing, keeps it fast, and stays available after launch. Cares about an editor being as clear as the page it produces.