Independent studio · Est. 2017

Design & engineering for ambitious teams.

We partner with founders and product teams to shape brands, build websites, and ship software that feels considered down to the last pixel.

Trusted by teams at

Orbit FinancialMeadow Co.Helix SystemsTide FoundationLumen HealthNorthwind LabsPaper & PineCadence Orbit FinancialMeadow Co.Helix SystemsTide FoundationLumen HealthNorthwind LabsPaper & PineCadence
Selected work

A few things we're proud of.

Long-term partnerships, not drive-by deliverables. Every engagement starts with understanding the problem before opening Figma.

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What we do

Four disciplines, one team.

We're generalists who go deep. Most engagements blend several of these — that's where the best work happens.

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Brand strategy & identity

Positioning, naming, visual systems, and the words that hold it all together.

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02

Web & product design

From marketing sites to complex dashboards — interfaces that earn trust and drive action.

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03

Engineering

Fast, accessible front-ends and sturdy back-ends. We ship what we design.

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04

Digital strategy

Research, roadmaps, and the unglamorous decisions that make everything else work.

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How we work

A clear path from blank page to launch.

Discover

Workshops, interviews, audits. We learn the business before we touch the canvas.

Define

Strategy, scope, and a plan everyone agrees on. No surprises later.

Design & build

Tight loops between design and engineering. Working software, early and often.

Launch & grow

We ship, measure, and stay on as a partner — most clients do.

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Northbound felt like an extension of our team. They rewrote our brand, rebuilt our app, and somehow made it all feel inevitable.

Maya Lindqvist
CEO, Orbit Financial
Journal

Notes from the studio.

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Designing for trust

Why credibility is a design problem before it's a copy problem.

Building design systems that last

The boring habits that keep a system healthy for years.

The case for slow design

When speed costs more than it saves.

Let's build something

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We take on a handful of partners each quarter. Tell us what you're working on.

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