Original Design Studio — Est. 2019Remote-first

Brands people recognise.
Products people understand.

We build distinctive identities and make websites and digital products easier to use. Explore the 40 principles behind our work, free to use in yours.

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01The principles

Ten disciplines. Forty laws. Published in full.

Not content marketing — the standard we review our own work against. Every principle carries its reasoning, a do-and-avoid list, and a test you can run yourself.

02Principle of the day

Access / Principle 04

Combine automated checks with manual evaluation and feedback from users.

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How to apply it

  1. 01

    Combine automated and manual evaluation

  2. 02

    Test error and recovery paths

  3. 03

    Include experienced assistive-technology users

Check your work

Complete a real task with a screen reader, including an error and recovery. Record where the information or next action becomes unclear, then retest after the fix.

03Services

The work of applying them.

Seven disciplines we take on commercially. Every engagement opens with a review, because the stated problem and the actual problem differ more often than not.

04Selected work

Projects, and the reasoning behind them.

06Blog

Essays, teardowns and field notes.

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Tell us what you are making, and what is in the way.

A short brief is enough to begin. We reply within two working days, and we will tell you honestly if we are the wrong studio for it.