We build the products people actually keep.
A senior team of designers and engineers shipping interfaces that feel considered, fast, and unmistakably yours.
Who we are
Selected work
Products taken from a first principle to a shipped interface, each one written up in full.
All case studiesWhat we do
We don’t have a services page as long as your arm. This is the list.
Each service, in detailWebsite and app developmentResearch, interaction design and interface work for products that have to earn daily use.
Production front-ends built on modern React. Fast by default, accessible by default, maintainable by the team you already have.
Native and cross-platform apps, from first prototype to a shipped build in both stores.
Marks, type systems and art direction that hold together across every surface you will ever ship.
The layer most teams skip. Considered motion is the difference between software that works and software people like.
Testimonials
The short version of what it is like to work with a studio where the people you meet are the people who build.
They pushed back on half our brief in the first week, and they were right about most of it. What shipped is simpler than what we asked for and it converts better.
The team in the kickoff was the team at launch. After three agencies and three handoffs to juniors, that alone was worth the move.
Design and engineering sat in the same thread the whole way, so nothing got lost between the mock and the build. First project I have run without a redline round.
We saw working software every week instead of a reveal at the end. By the time we launched there were no surprises left to have.
The design system they handed over is the one our team still uses two years later. It was documented well enough that we never had to call them back for it.
They stayed for the last ten percent, the part everyone else quietly cuts. That is the part our customers actually notice.
Scope, schedule and price were fixed before we started and none of the three moved. I did not know that was still possible.
Our app went from something people tolerated to something people mention on calls. Same feature set, entirely different product.
Senior people end to end, no account layer in between. Every conversation was with someone who was actually building the thing.
How we work
Three phases, no mystery. You see the work the whole way through.
Design and engineering run together, in your hands every week. No six-week reveal, no surprises at the end.
We stay through launch and past it. The last 10% is the part everyone feels, and it is the part most teams cut.
Systems, documentation and a real handover, so your team keeps moving at the same standard without us in the room.
Contact
Tell us what you're working on. We reply to everything within two business days.
xstudio.hq.team@gmail.comFAQ
The things people ask before the first call. If yours isn't here, send it over.
We design and build websites, web apps and iOS and Android apps, usually as one project with one team. Behind that sit five disciplines: product design, interface engineering, mobile products, brand identity, and motion and interaction design. Most engagements combine two or three of those, because the handoff between design and build is where quality usually gets lost. You can bring us a problem rather than a spec.
Three phases: build, ship, scale. Design and engineering run together and you see the work every week, so there is no six-week reveal and no surprise at the end. We stay through launch and past it, then hand over systems and documentation your team can keep moving with.
The timeline varies by project scope, but it typically ranges from a week to two months for complex builds. We define clear milestones up front, so you get a real schedule before anything is signed rather than an estimate that moves.
Per project or per phase rather than per hour, so the cost is known before we start. Websites start from $200, web apps from $600, mobile apps from $1,200, a website and app together from $1,800, and maintenance from $100 a month. We scope on a free first call and send a fixed quote against that scope. The cost calculator gives a starting price for your project in a minute. Tell us your budget range early and we will tell you honestly what fits inside it.
Yes, and often that is the better shape. We plug into your repo, your design files and your rituals, and we are comfortable being the design half, the engineering half, or the pair that unblocks both. No account layer sits between you and the people doing the work.
Yes. Early-stage teams are usually the ones who feel the difference most, because there is nobody else to absorb a bad interface. What matters to us is that someone on your side can make decisions quickly, not how large the company is.
The last ten percent is the part everyone feels and the part most teams cut, so we stay for it. After that we hand over a documented system and stay reachable for support, and plenty of clients come back for the next phase rather than keeping us on permanently.
Send a note through the contact form or email us directly with a sentence or two about what you are building. If you want to be more thorough, the free project brief builder helps you write a full brief in about ten minutes. We reply to everything within two business days, then set up a call to work out whether we are the right studio for it.
