Independent studio  /  Working with U.S. brands

Websites for people
who take their work seriously.

A one-person studio. You talk to the person who draws the layout, writes the code, and ships it.

No page builders. No templates.

01 — Portfolio

A few things
I've built.

  1. 01

    Marlow Ridge

    Roofing & exteriors — a trade that sells on trust

    Concept · Raleigh, NC

  2. 02

    Ninth & Rye

    Bakehouse — a site that empties as the day goes on

    Concept · Hudson, NY

  3. 03

    Alder Street Dental

    Dental practice — built around the fear of going

    Concept · Boulder, CO

These three are self-initiated concepts, built to show how differently a site can be put together depending on the trade. Each one opens as a case study, and each is live and clickable.

02 — Services

What a project
usually includes.

  1. 01

    Design

    I draw the layout and set the type before writing a line of code. You see finished screens in the first week, and you can reject them.

  2. 02

    Build

    I write the code by hand. It loads on a phone with two bars of signal, and it works in the browsers your customers carry.

  3. 03

    Landing pages

    I build the page around one action: booking the visit or filling the form. After launch I watch where visitors stop, and I move things until fewer of them do.

  4. 04

    Upkeep

    Six months in you will want a new section and different copy. I do that work, and I keep the speed and search side in shape while I'm there.

03 — Studio

You get about four seconds before someone decides whether you're worth contacting. That's what I'm designing for.

Two to four weeks from the first message. I work over email, and you see the site taking shape while I build it.

04 — Contact

Tell me what
you're building.

Direct

matthewtrestle@gmail.com

Response

Within two hours.

Booking

Taking new projects for this quarter.

What the business does, roughly when you'd like it live, and anything you already dislike about your current site.