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independent · since 2023

A small studiofor the surfaces ahead.

We make typefaces, kits, and tools for teams that care about
the surface — and the millisecond underneath.

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06Products shipped
14Countries reached
1.2kCustomers in beta
∞Iterations
Approach

Three rules. The rest is taste.

01

Surface details. Hidden complexity.

What's on the surface should feel inevitable. What's underneath should be paranoid. Both should be fast.

02

Performance is a design choice.

Every interaction is paid for in milliseconds. We make those payments cheap, on purpose, on every screen.

03

Less, but more.

Smaller catalogue, sharper edges. We ship what we'd want to use ourselves, then we use it for a year before you do.

Selected

A few things we made.

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Figma
Lattice$48

A precision UI kit for ambitious teams.

48 stems
Pulse$24

Cinematic ambience for screen work.

Variable
Editorial$89

A display serif sketched at the nanosecond.

TypeScript
Particle$36

WebGL primitives for product teams.

Process

From sketch to ship in four moves.

  1. 01

    Listen

    We sit with the brief, the constraints, and the people that have to live with the result.

  2. 02

    Sketch

    We make ten directions, kill nine, sharpen the one. Pencil first, pixel later.

  3. 03

    Build

    We prototype in the medium of the final surface. No mockups that lie about behaviour.

  4. 04

    Maintain

    We ship, then live with it. Updates land for years, not quarters.

Working on something ambitious?

We take on a small number of partner projects each year.

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