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 03

Keep controls reachable, focus visible and navigation predictable.

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How to apply it

  1. 01

    Test full tasks without a pointer

  2. 02

    Keep focus visible and unobscured

  3. 03

    Manage focus in modal interactions

Check your work

Complete the main task using only the keyboard. Can you always find focus, reach the next action and leave a temporary menu or dialog?

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.