Design. Build. Ship.
We shape raw ideas into refined brands, interfaces, and apps — and ship them to production.
What we do
Four disciplines. One team.
Hire us for one layer or all four — most clients start with one and stay for the rest.
01
Branding
Logo systems, colour and type, and guidelines that hold up across every touchpoint — not just the deck they were presented in.
02
UI/UX Design
Wireframes, prototypes and design systems built to be handed straight to engineering — ours or yours.
03
Web App Development
Production-grade web applications — fast, accessible, and built on a stack that scales past launch day.
04
Mobile App Development
Native-feel iOS and Android apps — shared codebase where it saves time, native where it matters.
How we work
From brief to launch.
Four stages, one team the whole way through — nothing gets re-explained to someone new halfway in.
01
Discover
Workshops, audits and competitive research — out of it comes a roadmap everything else is built on.
02
Design
Identity, wireframes and prototypes. This is where the product becomes visible for the first time.
03
Build
Production code for web and mobile — clean, tested, and built to still run in five years.
04
Launch
Release, monitor, iterate. We stay on after go-live — your product grows, and we grow with it.
How we use AI
AI where it earns its place.
We bring AI into the work to move faster and explore wider — then put senior hands on every decision that ships.
01
Accelerated
More directions explored in week one, shorter turnarounds throughout — AI does the heavy lifting so the thinking gets more time.
02
Human-judged
Every output is reviewed, refined and signed off by senior designers and engineers. Nothing ships on autopilot.
03
Studio-grade, startup speed
Faster never means cut corners — it means the polish of a senior studio, at a pace and price that suit a team still finding its feet.
Studio
A small team that ships.
Akumio is a small, senior studio — strategists, designers and engineers who stay on a project from kickoff to release. No account managers relaying notes, no juniors learning on your dime, no handoffs between departments. You talk to the people doing the work, every time.
Frequently asked
Answers, up front.
Do we have to use all four services?
No. Most clients start with one discipline — and bring us in for the rest once they see how we work. Nothing is bundled by default.
How long does a project take?
A brand identity typically runs 2–4 weeks. A web app is 2–12 weeks depending on scope, and mobile builds run 4–10 weeks. You get a concrete timeline with milestones after the discovery call, not a guess.
What does it cost?
Fixed price after a short discovery call, scoped individually based on complexity — no hourly billing and no surprise invoices once the scope is agreed.
Who actually works on the project?
The same small team from kickoff to launch — designer and engineers assigned to your project specifically, with the founders involved throughout. We cap parallel projects to protect that.
Do we own the source files and code?
Yes. On final payment, full usage rights transfer and the repository moves to your GitHub. No vendor lock-in and no licensing fees down the line.
Do you work with teams outside our time zone?
Yes — we work asynchronously by default with a weekly live call, which has worked well across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific time zones.
Contact
Let's build something.
Tell us what you're working on. We reply within one business day with next steps — no sales call required to get an answer.