The studio brands call when the website actually matters.
( About )
Smithd is a design and engineering studio based in Northamptonshire, working with brands across the UK. We keep the team deliberately small so every project gets senior attention from first call to launch — no account managers, no handoffs, no outsourcing.
The work spans cinematic brand sites, full e-commerce stacks and custom platforms with real backends — payments, accounts, admin portals, live data. Design and engineering happen in the same room, which is why the details survive all the way to production.
( Capabilities )
Art Direction
Web Design
Motion Design
Next.js Development
E-Commerce
Platform Engineering
Payments & Stripe
Databases & Auth
SEO Foundations
Conversion Optimisation
Hosting & DevOps
Ongoing Iteration
( Approach )
01
Discover
We start with the business, not the website — who it's for, what it must achieve and where the value is.
02
Design
Considered direction over templates. Typography, pacing and motion that position the brand where it belongs.
03
Build
Production engineering on a modern stack. Fast, accessible and maintainable — never a page builder.
04
Grow
Launch is the start. We measure, iterate and keep shipping so the site earns its keep.