01 / Brand & experience
Make
an impression
Give your business a clear identity.
Carry it through your website, product and printed materials.
Independent studio. Working worldwide.
Form
Meets
function
We shape how brands are seen.
And engineer how businesses work.
FIG. 01 Two sides. The same stone.
01 / The fold
Different disciplines.
A better whole.
Two ways of thinking
One point of view
From brand strategy and UX to production software, we handle the full product. Designers and engineers work together from the first brief.
Make
02 / Engineering & fintech
Make
it work
Build financial products and complex applications.
From the user interface to APIs and core systems.
From the way it feels.To the way it functions.
02 / Selected work
Finance. Technology. New perspectives.
Open the fold
See what’s inside
Explore our brand, design and software work through selected projects. Each one shows what we created and how it fits together.
Nestview
Property discovery, membership and ownership in one product
- Brand & visual identity
- UX/UI & design systems
- Web & applications
- Dashboards & core systems
iPago
Wallets, payments and identity services in a modular product family
- Brand architecture & identity
- UX/UI & mobile experiences
- Product architecture & financial workflows
Paymenterio
A payment brand, wallet and account dashboard
- Brand & visual identity
- UX/UI & design systems
- Web & applications
- Dashboards & core systems
Griddly
A GPU marketplace for AI builders and compute providers
- Brand & visual identity
- UX/UI & design systems
- Web & applications
- Dashboards & core systems
AncoraOak Studio
Brand, website and product work for a venture studio
- Brand & visual identity
- UX/UI & design systems
- Web & applications
- Dashboards & core systems
Aurea Foundation
Brand and digital platforms for a family of financial products
- Brand & visual identity
- UX/UI & design systems
- Web & applications
- Dashboards & core systems
Nuviva
A serif wordmark and warm colour palette
- Wordmark design
- Colour direction
03 / What we bring
Strategy, design,
development and support.
The skills behind
the work
Bring us a specific task.
Or the whole product, from idea to launch.
Brand & experience
01Strategy & identity
Define what your brand stands for, how it sounds and how it looks. Give your team the guidelines and assets to use it consistently across digital and print.
- Positioning & brand strategy
- Naming & verbal identity
- Visual identity & brand systems
- Art direction, illustration & motion
- Print, packaging & brand applications
- Pitch decks & editorial design
02Digital experiences
Research, prototypes and interface design for websites and applications. We work through key user journeys before turning them into detailed screens and reusable components.
- User research & product discovery
- UX architecture & interactive prototypes
- UI design & design systems
- Web experiences & accessibility
03SEO & discoverability
Improve how search engines find, understand and surface your site. We connect technical SEO with page structure, content and measurement.
- Technical SEO & search audits
- Content strategy & information architecture
- Search intent & conversion journeys
- Measurement & ongoing optimisation
Engineering & fintech
04Fintech & payments
We design and build payment, wallet and banking products. Our experience covers customer journeys, financial APIs and the operational tools behind them.
- Banking & payment experiences
- Onboarding & identity-provider integrations
- Money movement & reconciliation workflows
- Financial APIs & operational platforms
05Custom software
Web, mobile and business applications built around your users, workflows and existing systems.
- Web & mobile applications
- SaaS & enterprise platforms
- Business systems & API integrations
- Architecture & legacy modernisation
06AI & intelligent workflows
Apply AI to a defined task, such as finding information or processing documents. We evaluate the results and set access controls and human review points.
- Knowledge assistants & retrieval
- Document & workflow automation
- Product-integrated AI features
- Evaluation, permissions & human review
07Platforms & long-term care
Maintain and extend your software after launch. We handle releases, performance, reliability and further product development.
- Cloud architecture & delivery pipelines
- Automated testing & observability
- Performance & reliability engineering
- Ongoing product development & support
04 / People & teams
Independent by nature.Distinct minds
One shared
standard
Brand designers, UX specialists, SEO experts and software engineers. Different backgrounds, working as one team from a product’s identity to its core systems.
We also build our own products, so our work includes the decisions that follow launch: what to improve, what to maintain and what to build next.
One brief.
Design and engineering, together.
Engineering & fintech
Specialist teams
Working together
Our engineering teams have experience in fintech, banking products and complex business applications. We choose the team around the technical needs of each project.
Our focus
- Financial technology
- Advanced applications
- Enterprise platforms
- Intelligent business tools
One studio. Different perspectives.
- Brand & visual identity
- UX & product design
- SEO & discoverability
- Software engineering
Strategy & direction
Martin
Founder & Strategy Director
Martin leads business and product strategy across finance, AI and software. He defines project priorities, coordinates design and engineering, and guides delivery from the initial brief to launch.
- Fintech
- AI & product strategy
- Project leadership
Design & art direction
Max
Head of Design
Max leads brand identity, art direction and digital design. His practice spans websites, printed materials and an independent clothing collection built around his graphic work.
- Brand & visual identity
- Art direction
- Graphic design
Engineering & systems
Chris
Head of Engineering
Chris leads software architecture and engineering delivery. He coordinates our specialist teams across financial products, complex applications and the systems that support them.
- Software architecture
- Fintech & platforms
- Engineering leadership
05 / How it comes together
One conversation, all the way through.
Good chemistry
Clear direction
Understand
Agree the brief, user needs, constraints and priorities. Decide what the project must deliver and how we will review the work.
Shape
Explore the brand direction, map key user journeys and test prototypes. Agree the technical approach before detailed design and development.
Make
Design and build in stages, with regular reviews. Test the work, resolve decisions and keep delivery on track.
Evolve
Launch with documentation and a handover. Review how people use the product, then prioritise fixes and further development.
06 / Working worldwide
Close collaboration
Anywhere
We work in English with clients around the world. At the start of each project, we agree review times, a main point of contact and how decisions are recorded.
Choose how we work togetherWorking worldwideEnglish, from first call to final detailOne team, across disciplines
07 / Ways to work together
A project, extra expertise
or ongoing support.
A good fit
From day one
Work with us on a defined project, add specialists to your team or keep us involved after launch.
A focused project
A brand identity, website or software product with an agreed scope, deliverables and review stages.
For a project with a defined scopeDiscuss your projectPart of your team
Designers and engineers working alongside your team, within your workflow and against shared priorities.
For teams that need specific expertiseDiscuss your team’s needsA lasting partnership
Ongoing design, engineering and support. Plan improvements, maintain the platform and release new features as the product develops.
For businesses thinking beyond launchDiscuss ongoing supportTell us what you’re working on.
A brand to launch. A product to build.
Tell us what you have in mind.