Independent design + engineering studio

Design people notice.
Engineering businesses keep.

We create distinctive websites, rescue good businesses from ageing platforms, and build the useful machinery underneath — CMS, search, analytics, automation, publishing and deployment — without unnecessary lock-in.

New buildsBespoke HTML / client CMSModernisationWordPress / Wix / legacyExposureSEO / analytics / social
DesignIdentity before templatesPerformanceMobile-first by defaultOwnershipPortable code + controlSearchSEO + analytics built inAssuranceValidation + provenance
Selected transformations

Let the work do the convincing.

Different businesses should not come out of the same mould. We preserve what makes a client recognisable, improve what holds them back, and make the technical side quieter, faster and easier to own.

CRS Rendering completed architectural rendering projectTransformation / in progress
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CRS Rendering

An established WordPress site contains years of reputation, imagery and search equity. We are reconstructing it from verified evidence first — preserving routes and working components — before moving into visual modernisation.

WordPress → portable buildVisual QASEO continuityIn progress
See the modernisation story →
Pearl Carpentry bespoke kitchen projectLegacy rebuild / pre-launch
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Pearl Carpentry

The strongest thing about a craft business is the craft. The replacement site gives genuine project photography, workmanship and services room to breathe, while moving the business towards a cleaner independent platform.

Legacy → independentCraft-led art directionResponsivePre-launch
Explore the rebuild →
More live work

Different clients. Different visual worlds.

Hospitality, local services, community platforms and research infrastructure all demand a different voice. The common thread is useful design and dependable delivery.

View the wider portfolio →

Under the surface

Beautiful front end. Serious back room.

The design should feel effortless to the visitor. The engineering behind it can be anything but: migration, CMS, forms, search visibility, analytics, integrations and controlled publishing all need to work together.

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Design & build

Bespoke responsive sites, art direction, content hierarchy, accessibility, performance and interface behaviour shaped around the business — not a theme catalogue.

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Modernise & liberate

WordPress, Wix and legacy sites can be captured, reconstructed and migrated into portable code while preserving valuable content, routes and search equity.

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Operate & expose

Client CMS, Google Drive and Gmail workflows, analytics, Google/Bing search foundations, schema, social assets, image optimisation and automated deployment.

SCC method

Search.
Corroborate.
Communicate.

A design studio still benefits from research discipline. Understand the business and its audience, verify the important technical assumptions, then communicate with clarity.

Validation

Does it work?

Routes, forms, mobile layouts, accessibility, metadata and deployment checks are part of delivery rather than an afterthought.

Verification

Is it really what we think it is?

Migration and modernisation projects compare source and replacement instead of trusting a superficial visual impression.

Integrity

Say what is live — and what is not.

Work in progress stays labelled as work in progress. Case studies do not invent metrics, launches or client outcomes.

Provenance

Know where the work came from.

Source assets, build history and deployment routes remain auditable, helping future maintenance stay controlled.

Start with the problem

New website, ageing platform or something nobody has built quite like this?

Bring us the awkward version. We can design from scratch, modernise what already exists, or build the digital system around the website as well.

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