UX / UI design studio · Dallas, TX
Design thatglowsafter dark.
Websites, apps and brands that still stand out when everything else on the feed has gone quiet. Out of Dallas, built for anywhere the tide reaches.
What we do
Four tide pools.
Separate practices, same water. Every pool feeds the next one, so a brand turns into a site turns into a campaign without anyone starting over.
Industries
We design for these, specifically.
Sonar
What comes back.
Projects shipped
Average lift in conversions
Disciplines under one roof
WCAG 2.2 on every build
From canvas to current.
Four stages. No mystery middle.
You always know which stage you are in, what is due from you, and what lands next.
Chart the course
Discovery, audit and a written plan. We map who is searching, what they are searching for, and what has to be true for them to pick you.
Set the canvas
Design in the open. Wireframes, then full comps at 1280 and 390, reviewed in a link you can comment on rather than a PDF you have to annotate.
Catch the current
Build, test and launch. Accessible, fast, indexed, and handed over with the files and the documentation, not just a login.
Hold the wind
Ongoing design and content. New pages, new campaigns, and the monthly work that compounds instead of resetting.
Inside the studio
Specialists, not generalists.
Your brand does not get handed to whoever happens to be free. Every discipline below lives in house, and your project gets the person who does that one thing all day, in the week it actually needs them.
Brand & Identity
Marks, palettes, systems and the rules that keep them honest.
Product & App
Flows, states, edge cases and a design system engineers can build from.
Web Design
Layout, hierarchy, motion and the path to a booked call.
Graphic & Print
Packaging, signage, decks and everything after launch.
Front-End & A11y
The build itself. Speed, semantics and WCAG 2.2 AA.
What clients say
Proof, not adjectives.
[Placeholder quote. Two sentences from a real client, kept specific: what was broken, and what changed after launch. Numbers beat adjectives.]
[Title], [Company]
[Placeholder quote. This one should speak to the process rather than the result, because half of your buyers are nervous about the process.]
[Title], [Company]
[Placeholder quote. A third from a different service line, so the page proves range and not just websites.]
[Title], [Company]
Pricing
The numbers, published.
Hiding price is the biggest leak on an agency site. Here are the real ranges. Your number gets fixed in writing before anyone starts, and it does not move.
Landing Page
One page, built to convert one campaign.
from $[X,XXX]
- Strategy and copy direction
- Design at 1280 and 390
- Build and launch
- Two rounds of revisions
Website Design
The full site, built as a system that scales.
from $[XX,XXX]
- Everything in Landing Page
- Up to [XX] page templates
- Technical SEO and schema
- CMS setup and training
Brand Identity
Logo, system and the rules that keep it consistent.
from $[X,XXX]
- Logo suite and colourways
- Palette, type and spacing
- Brand guidelines document
- Launch asset pack
Design Retainer
Design on tap, without carrying the headcount.
from $[X,XXX]/mo
- Rolling design queue
- New pages and campaigns
- Monthly reporting
- Cancel any time
Every project includes accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA, technical SEO, and the source files. Not upsells.
Where we work
Local to Dallas. Working nationwide.
Canvas & Current is based in Dallas, Texas, and designs for businesses all over the United States. Dallas clients can get in-person kickoffs and photo days. Everyone else gets the same process over video, with the same people and the same standards, wherever you are.
Common questions
Answers before you have to ask.
Still stuck? Email the studio and a designer replies, not a form robot.
How much does a website cost?
Most of our website projects land between $[X,XXX] and $[XX,XXX]. The range is real, not evasive: a five page site for a local service business and a sixty page site with a CMS, an e-commerce layer and twelve location pages are different amounts of work. We scope in a call, then send a fixed price. You will never get an invoice larger than the number you approved.
How long does a project take?
A landing page is about two weeks. A standard website is six to eight weeks. A product or app design engagement usually runs eight to twelve weeks before the first build. The single biggest variable is how quickly we get content and feedback, so we set review dates up front and hold them.
Do you build the site, or only design it?
Both. We design it and we build it, and we hand over the files either way. If you already have a development team, we deliver production-ready design files and a documented design system so they are not guessing at spacing and states.
Do you only work with Dallas businesses?
No. We are local to Dallas, Texas, and we work with businesses nationwide, from New York to Los Angeles. Dallas clients can get in-person kickoffs and photo days. Everyone else gets the same process over video, with the same people and the same standards, and we have never found that it changes the outcome.
What do you need from us to start?
A conversation, then access to whatever exists already: the current site, analytics, brand files, photos. If you do not have those, that is common and it is not a blocker. Part of what we do is figure out what is missing and make it.
Do you do ongoing work after launch?
Most of our clients stay on a retainer. Launch is when a site starts earning, not when it stops needing attention, and the sites that keep growing are the ones that keep adding pages. That is why we build every site as a system in the first place.
Insights
Writing that earns the call.
Set the canvas. Catch the current.
Come in for a night swim.
A thirty minute call. We look at what you have, tell you what we would change and give you a number. No deck, no discovery fee, no obligation to hire us.