Aperture
Web design & development studio
Websites with the precision of glass.
A small studio of designers and engineers crafting fast, considered digital products for brands who care how things feel to use.
Mostwebsitesareforgettable.
Yoursshouldn’tbe.
Wedesignthefeeling,
thenengineerittolast.
What we do
Every part ground for a purpose.
Strategy & brand
A point of view before a pixel.
Engineering
Next.js, TypeScript, zero compromises.
Performance
Lighthouse, every launch.
Motion & interaction
Go on, throw it.
Commerce & CMS
Content your team can run.
Selected work
Four launches, live right now.
01Kestrel Robotics
Product site · Scroll-driven motion · 2026
02Lumen Health
Clinic site · Design system · 2026
03Halide Optics
Optical clinic · Frame studio · 2026
04Basalt Capital
Investment firm · Data viz · 2026
How we work
A nine-week arc, not an open-ended retainer.
Discover
Week 1Stakeholder interviews, competitive audit, and a content inventory so decisions are grounded in the real business, not a mood board.
Define
Week 2Sitemap, information architecture, and a design token system — the vocabulary the rest of the project speaks.
Design
Weeks 3–5High-fidelity interfaces and interaction prototypes, reviewed together in working sessions rather than one big reveal.
Build
Weeks 5–8Next.js front end, CMS integration, and QA across devices. You get staging access from week one of engineering.
Launch & tune
Week 9+Performance passes, analytics wiring, and a two-week post-launch window to fix anything real usage turns up.
The studio
Twelve people. One studio. No account managers between you and the person doing the work.
Aperture was started by a designer and an engineer who were tired of watching good ideas get lost in handoff. We stayed small on purpose — every project gets the same two or three people from kickoff to launch, and everyone on the team can read a Figma file and a pull request.
Client notes
Drag through what people say once the invoice is paid.
“They rebuilt our marketing site in under nine weeks and it outperformed the old one on every metric we track. No scope creep, no surprises.”
“The rare studio that pushes back on bad ideas. Half of what makes our product feel considered came from Aperture questioning our first draft.”
“Handoff was seamless because there was no handoff — the same two people designed and built the thing, start to finish.”
“Our investors read the site the way they read a prospectus: carefully. Aperture made the numbers feel as solid as the assets behind them.”
Start a project
Tell us what you’re building.
We take on a small number of projects each quarter. Send the basics and we’ll reply within two business days with next steps, or a referral if we’re not the right fit.