A studio in Gdańsk Everything here is still running

A studio table in overcast light: paper, coffee, a closed laptop

Book Work

The work

Launching is the easy part.

Putting a site live takes an afternoon. Keeping a business running on it takes years.

Two people in conversation at a long table, daylight from the windows

Most of what gets called a website is a brochure with a contact form. Ours is usually the other kind: a Dutch contractor’s bid room, where an addendum at 16:40 has to find the right person before the deadline; a German clinic’s waiting list, built for the regulatory file ahead of it. We build them in Gdańsk, and stay for the questions that come after.

  • Software
  • Practices
  • Shops
  • Places

Approach

How the work usually goes.

  • A quiet studio table: paper, coffee, a laptop closed in the background

    01

    Name the job

    Before anything gets designed, we write down what the thing is for in one plain sentence. If that sentence is hard to write, the project is not ready to start.

  • Printed sheets and a paperweight on oak

    02

    A working version

    The first thing we show is usually rough and running on real data, so it can be argued with. Colour and type arrive later, once the shape is right.

  • A finished pale room with a chair and daylight

    03

    After launch

    Most studios hand over a folder and leave. We stay for the addenda, the seasons, and the file that arrives at 16:40 on a Friday.

Software

Steinlog

Dutch construction firms run their tenders here, from the first notice to the addendum that lands at 16:40.

Open the roll

The rest of the roll

Every site, and what each one is for