Design services
Design for websites and apps
We start with your customers - who they are, what they need to hear and what makes them get in touch. Then we design your website, web app or mobile app around them, and write the words too.
Tools I build with
Where design starts
Good design starts with your customers
A site can look great and still lose people. If a visitor can't tell what you do, who it's for or what to do next within a few seconds, they leave and find someone else. So before we pick a single color, we work out who your customers are and what they need to hear.
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We use the StoryBrand framework, so every page is written around your customer
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We make the key design decisions, and tell you why we made them
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Pages are clear enough for Google and AI tools like ChatGPT to understand what you do
Design work
Rekklist
A native iOS and Android app - launching November 2026
Mobile Design
FlutterFlow
Mobile Development
WealthBlock
Founding designer for WealthBlock - the marketing site, the landing pages and the product itself.
Product Design
Design System
UX Design
Parker 125th Anniversary Microsite
A microsite for Parker's 125th anniversary, designed and built in Webflow.
Design
Webflow
Development
Sort It Out Coach
Branding and a website for a local coaching business.
Branding
Design
Webflow
What you get
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Words that speak to your customers
We write the copy for the pages we design, from your customer's side. You don't have to stare at a blank page wondering what to say.
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A design system
Colors, type, buttons and layouts built as one system on a component library. Every page matches, and adding new ones later is quick.
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The pages and screens that matter most
Your homepage, your key pages and the main screens of your app, designed so the important parts are clear on a laptop or a phone.
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Files ready to build
Whether we build it or someone else does, the design files are organized so anyone can pick them up and get started.
Your options
How Graphyte compares
Most owners weigh a bigger agency, a freelancer or an AI website builder. Here's how they stack up on the parts of design that matter most.
What you get | GraphyteOne partner who designs and builds | A bigger agencyA team and an account manager | Doing it yourself with AIAn AI builder and your evenings |
|---|---|---|---|
Who you work with | The person designing it | An account manager | Just you |
Words written for your customers | Included | Often extra | AI drafts it, you fix it |
A design system you can grow | Included | Usually | A template |
Built for you too | Yes, or hand off the files | Yes | You build it |
How a design project runs
Website designs usually take about two weeks once we have your materials. App design depends on how many screens there are, so we'll give you a timeline with your quote.
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Let's chat
Tell us about your business, your customers and what the site or app needs to do. We'll ask a lot of questions.
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Get a quote
One quote for the whole design, with a timeline. Half up front to get started.
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Design
We dig into your customers, write the words, build the design system and design the key pages. You see it along the way, not just at the end.
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Ready to build
You tell us what's off and we fix it. Then it's ready for us to build, or for anyone else you choose.
Questions about design
Don't see yours? Email matt@graphytedesign.com - happy to help.
It depends on what we're designing. After a quick chat you get one quote for the whole thing. Half up front to get started, and the other half when the design's delivered.
Website design usually takes about two weeks once we have your materials. App design depends on how many screens there are, so you'll get a timeline with your quote.
Not always. We'll look at your current site and show you what it's missing out on, so you can decide what makes sense.
No. The design is yours. We can build it, or you can hand the files to another builder.
Yes. Copy is part of the design, because what a page says matters as much as how it looks. We write it for your customers, and you tell us what doesn't sound like you.
Your logo, any photos you have, and a rough idea of what you want people to do. If you don't have the words yet, we'll work them out together.
Yes. We design web apps and native iOS and Android apps the same way - starting with the people who'll use them every day.