published projects
Websites, identities and a few long-running programmes. Everything here launched.
Where to start
Which of these is closest to your situation?
Choose the closest one to see comparable projects, what that kind of work usually involves and roughly what it costs.
Portfolio
Twenty-eight published projects across brand identities, large websites, publishing platforms and several long-running programmes.
Crescent Shopping Centre / XOCEAN / SES / SSPC / Thomond Park
written up in detail
The situation the client came with, the decisions we made, and what shipped.
sectors covered
Technology, professional services, cleantech, property, hospitality and the nonprofit sector.
senior-led
Dave Curtin leads every project from the first conversation through to launch.
Established companies,
websites that have to earn
their place.
49.2827° N / 123.1207° W
Featured work
Website DesignCrescent Shopping Centre
All 28 projectsWhere to start
Start with the problem, not the service.
You do not need to have decided between a rebrand and a rebuild. Describe what is going wrong and that part gets worked out together.
01
The website is out of date
What you sell, or who you sell it to, has changed since the site was built.
02The brand and the website disagree
The identity and the website give different impressions, and fixing one without the other rarely works.
03People misunderstand what you do
The explanation works in person but has never quite worked in writing.
04There is no agreement internally
Different people want different things from the project, and no decision has been made.
How we help
01
Website Design
For companies whose website no longer matches what they sell or who they sell it to.
02Branding
For companies whose identity was designed for a smaller or different version of the business.
03
Brand + Website
One programme covering the identity and the website, run by one person.
04Direction Sprint
A short piece of paid work to establish what the real problem is.
05Web Development & CMS
Building and launching a site, with a CMS your team can run day to day.
06Search, Conversion & Growth
Improving how you get found, and what happens after someone lands.
Our process
01
Discovery
Interviews with you and with the people who sell or deliver day to day. This is also where we look at whatever analytics and enquiry data exists.
02
Structure and strategy
You get a written view of who the site is for, what it needs to say and how it is organised. Nothing gets designed until that is agreed.
03
Design and writing
Pages are designed and written at the same time. You review real pages with real copy rather than mood boards, which makes the feedback far more useful.
04
Build and launch
Development, testing across devices and assistive technology, content migration and launch. Your team gets training before handover, not a PDF afterwards.
05
After launch
A few weeks of monitoring once real traffic arrives, then a short written view of what is worth changing next. Some clients stop here and some carry on monthly.
Our studio
A Vancouver-based studio
Senior thinking. Direct collaboration.
Work directly with experienced strategists, designers and developers who care about the business as much as the visible interface.
- Diagnosis
- Founder-led
- Delivery
- Specialist-supported
- Review
- Senior throughout
Useful thinking
Explore insightsDecisions before decoration.
01Website planning
When a Vancouver business has outgrown its website
How to tell whether a website needs restructuring or just needs redesigning, and why the distinction changes the budget.
02Brand decisionsBrand first, website first, or both together?
Whether to start with the brand or the website, and how to sequence the work so the same decisions are not paid for twice.
03TechnologyChoosing the right website platform in 2026
A comparison of WordPress, Webflow, Framer and custom builds, based on how your team publishes and what the site has to connect to.