Brand & identity
Positioning, naming, visual systems and the guidelines that keep it coherent as you grow.
Open 2 project slots · Q1 2027
Digital work that earns its keep.
Cobalt Kin is a senior-only studio for brands that need more than a deliverable. We design and engineer websites, products and digital systems that hold up in the real world.
148+
Projects shipped
11yr
Studio practice
2.4×
Median conversion lift
96%
Client return rate
Trusted by teams at
Who we are
A small studio with
a stubborn standard.
We keep the team deliberately small so the people who pitch the work are the people who build it. No handoffs, no layers, no account theatre.
Inside the studio
Four disciplines, one room: strategy, brand, interface and engineering.
Most digital projects fail at the seams — between the brand deck and the build, between the design file and the release. We removed the seams. Strategy, design and code sit in the same conversation, which is why our work ships faster and survives contact with real users.
You get a lead partner, a working prototype in week three, and a site or product that your team can actually maintain after we're gone.
Fixed scope
Senior only
No lock-in
What we do
Five ways we
solve problems.
Engagements are scoped to outcomes, not hours. Every service can stand alone, but they compound when sequenced together.
All services & pricingWebsites
Marketing sites engineered for speed, search and conversion — not just for the portfolio shot.
Product design
Interfaces for software people use daily: research, flows, design systems and prototype testing.
Commerce
Storefronts and checkout journeys that reduce friction and lift average order value.
Growth & analytics
Measurement that tells you what happened, plus experiments that change what happens next.
Not sure which
you need?
A 30-minute call usually clarifies it. No pitch deck required.
Selected work
Proof, not
promises.
Four projects from the last 18 months — a rebrand, a product launch, a storefront rebuild and a platform migration.
View all 8 case studies
How it runs
From first call
to launch day.
A typical engagement runs six to ten weeks. You always know what's happening and what's next — the board is open, not summarised.
Discovery & audit
Week 1 · Stakeholder interviews, analytics review
We learn the business before touching a pixel: what's working, what's leaking value, and where the real constraint is. You leave with a written diagnosis, not a moodboard.
Strategy & architecture
Week 1–2 · Positioning, sitemap, success metrics
A single page of decisions that everything else follows from: audience, promise, proof, and the structure that makes each one findable. Agreed in writing before design starts.
Design in the open
Week 2–4 · Art direction, key screens, weekly reviews
Two directions, one chosen fast. We design with real content and real constraints, then refine in working sessions with your team rather than one big reveal.
Build & prototype
Week 4–8 · Front-end, CMS, integrations, QA
Semantic, accessible markup and a maintainable content model. You can click through a live staging build from week four onward — no guessing what it will feel like.
Launch & handover
Week 8+ · Migration, monitoring, training, support
Redirect maps, performance budgets, analytics events and a recorded walkthrough for your team. Then 30 days of support while the real traffic arrives.
What clients say
when we're gone.
★★★★★"They found the commercial problem underneath the design brief. That reframing is worth more than the site itself."
★★★★★"Fastest launch of my career, and the first one where the build matched the Figma exactly. No translation loss."
★★★★★"Clinical staff stopped complaining about the software. In healthcare, that's a five-star review."
Have something
worth building?
Tell us what you're trying to move — revenue, retention, reputation. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right studio for it.
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