Website design for creative studios that presents the work without slowing it down.

By deciding what the site is allowed to weigh before we design it, not after. We set a performance budget at the start of every project, so every image, video and animation is measured against a known limit while the design is still being made. In practice that means the right compression and format choices for each asset, video that loads only when it is needed, and motion evaluated on what it costs as well as what it adds. The result is a site that presents heavy creative work without the six-second load that usually comes with it.

Yes. We build portfolio structures on a CMS, so adding a project, writing a case study, reordering the work or removing a client is something you do yourself in a few minutes. No developer, no support ticket, no waiting on an agency's availability. This matters more for creative clients than for anyone else, because the portfolio changes constantly and a site you cannot update quietly stops representing you.

For most creative studios, Framer, and it is what we recommend by default. It handles motion and interaction natively, builds quickly, and is straightforward to maintain without a developer. Webflow is a better fit for sites with heavier structured content or specific ecommerce needs. Custom React or Next.js makes sense when there is genuine application logic, complex integrations, or scale that a visual builder cannot support. Most creative sites do not need custom code, and paying for it usually buys complexity rather than capability.

No, and that is not what a performance budget does. The rule is that every animation earns its place, or it does not ship, which removes the decorative movement, not the deliberate kind. A site with three considered transitions reads as more crafted than one with twenty competing effects, and it is faster. What makes a creative site memorable is the quality of the work and the confidence of the layout, not the number of things moving at once.