Web Design & Development
Creative web designWeb developmentLocal SEOE-CommerceCopywriting
Crafting fast, beautiful sites where design meets ROI, turning visitors into revenue and ranking you where buyers look first.
We’re a web design, branding, and growth agency based in Detroit, crafting beautiful work for brands that refuse to be ordinary.
OurServices
Branding
Brand strategyVisual identityTone of voice
It starts with your brand. We use sharp strategic thinking to build or elevate your identity, from your visuals to your voice.
Growth Marketing
Paid adsSocial mediaCreative campaigns
Campaigns that earn attention, spark demand, and turn spend into measurable growth.
AI Systems
AI receptionistAI chatbotsAutomation
The edge most agencies cannot offer. AI receptionists and chatbots that answer, book, and convert around the clock so no lead slips away.
Brand led.Built to perform.
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Proof before pitch.
You see a working mockup of your site before you spend a dollar. Most agencies sell you a deck and a promise. We hand you the real thing first, then you decide.
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Built around revenue.
Every system points at the metric that actually pays you: more calls, more bookings, more qualified leads. No vanity numbers, no dashboards full of noise. Just the work that moves the needle.
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Yours to keep.
Your site, your profile, your ad accounts, your content. You own all of it. We run the engine, but we never hold it hostage. Walk away whenever you want and it keeps working.
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Built for the bold.
We work with owners who've built something real and want the world to see it. If you're chasing the cheapest option, we're not your team. If you want the best, we should talk.
Work thatturns heads.
First impressions decide everything. Here’s work built to make the right one.
01Project
A Birmingham med spa
Refined site, real booking flow, photography that doesn't feel like every other med-spa template. Designed for the kind of client who books on aesthetic before reading the menu.
+40%Online bookings, first quarter
Build yoursAurelia
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Birmingham, MI
Skin that holds its glow.
Birmingham’s most thoughtful aesthetics studio. Refined treatments, no pressure, results that last.
Book consultationView services
Signature
A small menu, mastered.
HydraFacial
60 minutes / $245
Serum Therapy
45 minutes / $185
Treatments
Built around your skin, not a script.
Signature HydraFacial
60 min
$245
Microneedling with PRP
75 min
$485
Botox & Dysport
30 min
from $13/unit
Lip Filler
45 min
$695
Chemical Peel
60 min
$185
The space
Quiet rooms. Considered light. Not a clinic.
Our team
Led by board-certified specialists with a decade of refined practice.
Your skin deserves a slower conversation.
Complimentary consults available Tuesday through Saturday.
Book your visit
Aurelia Skin & Wellness
Birmingham, Michigan
By appointment, Tuesday through Saturday
02Project
A Detroit coffee roaster
Editorial site for a third-wave roastery. Direct-trade story up front, subscription flow built around their weekly drops. The brand reads as confidently as their best beans.
+58%Cafe foot traffic, six months
Build yoursSTOCKYARD
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No. 14 / Detroit, MI
Slow roasted in Detroit.
Direct-trade single-origin beans, roasted three days a week in Eastern Market. Shipped within 48 hours of roast date.
Shop beansVisit the roastery
Current lineup
Three beans, all worth your morning.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
Stone fruit. Jasmine. Bergamot.
$22
12 oz
Honduras Marcala
Milk chocolate. Almond. Citrus zest.
$19
12 oz
Sumatra Mandheling
Cedar. Brown sugar. Tobacco leaf.
$24
12 oz
Subscribe
Beans on your doorstep. Every 14 days.
Three bags rotating across our active lineup. Cancel anytime. Free shipping in Michigan.
Start subscription / $54
Visit
Roastery & cafe. Eastern Market.
Wednesday through Sunday
STOCKYARD COFFEE
Direct trade. Detroit roasted. Est. 2021.
03Project
A creative agency
Stark, modern, opinionated. A brand studio's portfolio site that makes the work do the talking. Strong type, clean grids, and zero filler.
2xQualified inbound leads
Build yoursHALCYON®
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Issue No. 04 / Independent brand studio / Est. 2019
Makethingspeopletalkabout.
08 New cases
Summer / 2026
We work with founders building brands that refuse to blend in. Strategy, identity, and digital craft from the ground up.
Open the work →Read the index
Strategy ★ Identity ★ Editorial ★ Digital ★ Print ★ Strategy ★ Identity
Case 01 / Editorial
SWAGGER
Print first. Always.
Quarterly print magazine. Editorial design, art direction, paper stock. Sold in 14 cities.
Case 02 / Identity system
Verde. Botanicals.
Visual identity for a third-wave botanicals brand. Palette, typography, packaging.
Forest
#1a3322
Sage
#4a6b3d
Citron
#d4ff44
Bone
#f1e8df
Ink
#0a0a0a
Ag
Ag
Display / BoldDisplay / Italic
CASE 03 / DIGITAL PRODUCT
Tokens that travel.
Components that ship.
Components that ship.
Atlas Co. / Fintech
CASE 04
04
Years of practice
CASE 05
“The brief is a starting point. Not a leash.”
Studio principle
Selected work / 2024 to 2026
Eighteen brands.
Three years.
One bar.
Mason & Field
Custom lettering / Spirits
A1
Northfold
Web / Skiwear
B1
Halo Wines
Packaging
Drift
App / Travel
Atlas Co.
Engineering / Fintech
D1
Capabilities
Brand strategy. Visual identity. Digital craft.
01Positioning & narrative●
02Visual identity systems●
03Editorial & art direction●
04Website design & build●
05Packaging & print●
Hello / Halcyon
We don’t pitch ideas we wouldn’t sign. We don’t ship work we couldn’t defend.
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HALCYON®
Independent brand studio
By inquiry only
One process.No surprises.
Live in about a week, not the usual three months.
Recon and mockup
It starts free. We build a working mockup of your site before you pay a dime, so you can see exactly how it could look and know you like it first. You get a live URL to click, share, and test, plus a brief naming exactly what is broken and where revenue is leaking. Yours to keep, even if we never work together.
Build
Production build with regular check-ins, so you always know where things stand. Nothing ships until we both agree it is ready.
Launch
Your site, ads, and AI receptionist go live. Fully built, tested, and ready to bring in business within the first week.
Operate
We operate and tune the system for the first 90 days, instrumenting what works and sharpening it weekly. You stay in the loop without living in the weeds.
What ourclients say
Tell us whatyou’re building.
Studio
Detroit, Michigan
Write us directly at
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Accepting projects for the next quarter
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