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The North Star — a digital creative agency for brands and websites
From first idea to launch, we build clear brands and fast, accessible websites that help you grow
The North Star is a small, senior digital studio for brand strategy, identity and websites. We find the one goal that matters most, then design every word, colour and page to move toward it. You work directly with the people who design and build your project, with weekly reviews and no surprises.
Our stack
Selected work
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[02]Web Design
UX, UI, prototypes.
Web Development
Framer, code, CMS, analytics.
Brand Strategy
Positioning and messaging.
Visual Identity
Logo, type, colour, guidelines.
Motion & 3D
Animation, interactions, 3D.
Content & Art
Copy, photo, video.
Web Design
Websites designed around the one action that matters to you. Clear structure, distinctive layouts and accessibility built in from the first wireframe to the final page.
Web Development
Fast, solid builds in Framer or code, with a CMS your team can edit. Tested on real devices, tuned for speed and set up with analytics before launch day.
Brand Strategy
We work out who you are for and why they should choose you, then turn it into positioning, messaging and a tone of voice that every page can follow.
Visual Identity
A complete identity your team can actually use: logo, typography, colour and graphic language, delivered with clear guidelines and ready-made templates for web, social and print.
Motion & 3D
Motion and 3D that make a site feel alive without slowing it down: scroll storytelling, micro-interactions and launch visuals, always with a reduced-motion fallback.
Content & Art
Words and pictures that tell your story clearly: website copy, photo and video direction, and a simple content plan that keeps the site fresh after launch.
Concept projects that show how we think: the brief, the approach and the goal we would measure. Real client case studies will replace them as projects launch.
6 wks
Typical project
From brief to launch for a brand and website project.
1 day
Reply time
Every enquiry gets a reply within one working day.
Fixed
Price
One price agreed up front from a short written scope.
How we work
[04][001]
Discover
We start with your goals, your audience and what you already have. A short workshop and a look at your current site give us a shared picture of what success looks like.
2–3 days
[002]
Define
We turn those goals into a clear scope, a dated timeline and a few measures of success, so you know exactly what you are getting and when.
3–4 days
[003]
Design
We explore a few directions, choose one together and develop it into a full design system and page designs, reviewed with you every week.
1–2 weeks
[004]
Build
We build the site with care for speed and accessibility, connect the CMS and forms, and test it on real phones, tablets and desktops.
1–2 weeks
[005]
Launch
We launch with a checklist: speed, redirects, tracking and security. We watch the first days closely and show your team how to edit everything.
2–3 days
[006]
Improve
After launch we look at what is working and keep improving in small, regular updates, so the site keeps getting better.
Ongoing
Ready to start? A 20-minute call is the first step.
Book a callWhy The North Star
Why work with us
Senior team only
The people on your first call are the people who design and build your project. No hand-offs to juniors.
Built to be edited
Every site ships with a CMS, a short guide and a training call, so your team can change it without us.
Fast by default
We design within a speed budget and test on real phones, so pages stay quick as the site grows.
Accessible from day one
We aim for WCAG 2.2 AA from the first wireframe: contrast, keyboard use, readable type and motion settings.
Before & after
[06]
From brief to launch: strategy → identity → website
Tidewater Hotel
A twelve-room hotel on a tidal harbour, losing direct bookings to travel sites. The brief: make booking direct feel easier and more personal than booking anywhere else.
We organised the site around the tide: what to do at low and high water, which rooms face the harbour, and a direct-booking offer that travel sites cannot show.
View project
14 Oct 2026
What a six-week website project looks like
Week by week, from the first call to launch day, and what we need from you at each step.
2 Sept 2026
Why your site should load in under two seconds
Speed is a design decision. How we keep pages quick without making them plain.
21 Jul 2026
Write the homepage before you design it
Why we draft the words first, and the five questions every homepage has to answer.
FAQ
[08]How long does a project take?
Most brand and website projects take around six weeks. A focused landing page can be ready in two; larger sites with many page types take longer. You get a dated plan before we start.
How do you price?
A fixed price per project, agreed up front from a short scope. No hourly surprises; if the scope changes, we talk about it first.
Who will we work with?
A small senior team. The people you meet on the first call are the people who design and build your project.
Can you work with our existing brand?
Yes. We can refresh what you have, extend it to the web, or start fresh, and we are happy to work alongside your in-house team.
What do you need from us to start?
Just a short call about your goals. If you have a brief, brand guidelines or examples you like, send them over, but they are not required; we can shape the brief together.
Do you help after launch?
Yes. We offer light monthly care plans for updates, backups and improvements, or we can hand everything over to your team with a short training session.
How do we measure success?
Against the goals we agree at the start, such as enquiries, sign-ups or sales. We set up analytics before launch so you can see the results for yourself.
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a project
Tell us about your goal. We’ll reply within one working day with scope and timeline.