Independent since 2011
We make the thing, not the deck about the thing
A studio of nine in Manchester. Brand, product and the software to run both — for companies that have outgrown the website they built themselves.
What we do
Four things, done properly
Most projects use two or three of them. We will tell you which, and talk you out of the rest.
Strategy
Positioning, naming and the argument for why anyone should care. Usually two weeks.
Brand
Identity, type, art direction and a system your team can run without us.
Product
Interface design and front-end build, from the first sketch to the day it ships.
Growth
Landing pages, lifecycle email and the measurement to know which worked.
Selected clients
Who we have done it for
Northbank
Brand and product · 2026
Halden Rail
Identity · 2025
Pier & Post
Website and CMS · 2025
Verity Health
Design system · 2024
Brightwater
Campaign · 2024
Foldline
Naming and brand · 2023
How we work together
Three ways to buy an agency
Published, because you should not have to sit through a call to find out whether we are affordable.
Sprint
£8,000
Two weeks, one question answered — a positioning test, a prototype, a pitch that has to land.
Project
from £30,000
Six to twelve weeks with a named team. Most brand and product work sits here.
Retained
£9,000 a month
Two days a week of the studio, for companies shipping continuously.
The studio
Nine people, four of whom you will meet
No account layer. The people who design the work are the people in the room.
Nadia Feld
Founder, strategy
Callum Reece
Design director
Yumi Adeyemi
Product design
Marek Stolar
Engineering
Start a project
Tell us what you are trying to do
We take on about fourteen projects a year and we are usually booked six weeks out. If the timing does not work we will say so in the first reply rather than the third meeting.
[email protected] · 0161 555 0134
What to include
- What you are making, and who for
- What has already been tried
- When it has to be live
- A budget range, even a wide one
We reply to everything within two working days, including the noes.
Start a project
The quickest way to reach us is email — we answer within two working days.