Make it unmistakable
If it could belong to anyone, it is not finished.
A/01About the studio
WE ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE MORE OF THE SAME.
Afterglyph is a studio of designers, engineers and creative technologists who believe the web is still the most exciting canvas there is, and that it deserves better than the same five layouts.
DESIGN WITH A POINT OF VIEW . DESIGN WITH A POINT OF VIEW .
ENGINEERING WITH STANDARDS . ENGINEERING WITH STANDARDS .
MOTION WITH A MOTIVE . MOTION WITH A MOTIVE .
01Origin
Named for what lingers after the screen goes dark.
An afterglyph is our word for the shape a great experience leaves behind: the interaction you remember on the bus home, the transition you show a colleague, the product that just made sense.
We started as a small group of designers who code and engineers who care about type. That mix is still the point. Nobody here throws work over a wall, because there is no wall.
02Philosophy
Philosophy
We believe ambition and usability are not opposites. The most striking sites we build are also the fastest, the most accessible and the easiest for their teams to run.
03Values
Four ruleswe keep.
Motion with a motive
Every movement explains, guides or rewards. Nothing moves to fill time.
Craft is a performance metric
Speed, accessibility and polish are designed, not bolted on.
Say the true thing
Honest estimates, honest feedback, honest numbers.
04Team
The peoplebehind the pixels.
Placeholder profiles by role. Add real names and portraits before launch.
- Creative Director Sets the visual language and protects the idea.
- Technical Director Owns architecture, budgets and the final say on performance.
- Lead Motion Designer Decides how everything enters, leaves and responds.
- Creative Developer Turns sketches into shaders, scenes and systems.
- Product Designer Maps journeys and makes complex things feel simple.
- Producer Keeps ambitious projects calm, clear and on time.
05Creative culture
How the studio stays curious.
Lab Fridays
Every other Friday afternoon is for experiments with no client and no brief.
Crits, not approvals
Work is reviewed by the whole team, early and often, with kindness and candour.
Learning budget
Courses, books, conferences and hardware for whatever you are trying to master.
Shared tools
What one project invents becomes a studio tool for the next.
Sane hours
Great work comes from rested people. We plan for it.
06Working methodology
Small senior teams. Weekly proof. No black boxes.
Senior by default
The people you meet in the pitch are the people who do the work.
Prototype first
Ideas are judged in the browser, not in slide decks.
Shipping every week
A working build you can click, every week, from week two.
Open books
Shared boards, shared budgets, shared repositories.
07Statistics
The studio in figures.
- Projects delivered
- 120+
- Years of practice
- 9
- Countries served
- 18
- Client satisfaction
- 97%
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08Timeline
How we got here.
Placeholder milestones. Replace with the studio's real history.
Chapter one
Studio founded
Two designers who code and one engineer who cares about type.
Chapter two
First creative build
A launch site with real-time graphics that set our direction.
Chapter three
Platform practice
Commerce and CMS builds join the creative work.
Chapter four
AI practice opens
Evaluated, grounded AI products for research and operations.
Now
What comes next
Your project, perhaps.
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