Brand systems
Identity, naming, typography and the rules that keep them intact once we have gone. Delivered as a working system, not a PDF of logos.
Independent studio — brand, product, web
Brand and product work that holds up under scrutiny.
Northwind Digital designs identity systems, product interfaces and the websites that carry them. One small team, from the first sketch to the shipped code.
- 01 Brand systems
- 02 Product interfaces
- 03 Websites & engineering
01 — Capabilities
Three things, done properly.
We are not a full-service anything. We do a narrow set of work with people who have done it before, and we say no to the rest.
Product interfaces
Flows and screens for software people use daily. Designed in the browser, next to the engineers who will build them.
Websites & engineering
Marketing sites and the front-end that runs them. Performance, accessibility, and a codebase your team can pick up on Monday.
02 — Process
How a project runs.
Four stages, one team. You always know what we are doing, what comes next, and what we need from you.
01
Scope
A written scope before any pixels: the problem, the constraints, the price. If it does not add up, we say so before we start.
02
Design
Two directions, one decision. We show work early and often, and we do not hide behind moodboards.
03
Build
Front-end that ships. Staging links from the first sprint, real content in place, no lorem ipsum at launch.
04
Launch
Handover with the source files, the system and a short guide for whoever comes next.
Every project starts with a written scope. Nothing is billable before you have read it.
03 — Studio
Northwind is deliberately small. The people who plan the work are the people who do it.
We work with founders and in-house teams on the things that are hard to outsource: a brand that has to survive contact with a real product, an interface that has to hold a thousand edge cases, a site that has to load fast on a phone in a lift.
We take on a small number of projects at a time so each one gets the attention it needs. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you — and point you somewhere better.
DisciplinesBrand · Product · Web
EngagementProject, retained
WorkingRemote-first
TeamSmall by design
04 — Contact
Tell us what you are building.
Send the short version. We will come back with questions, a rough shape for the work, and an honest answer about whether we are the right studio for it.
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