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Independent design studio

# GRID&NOISE

We design systems with hard edges — brand, product, and campaign work that stays loud after the launch party ends.

See selected works Start a brief

## Clarity first. Chaos optional. Grid always.

A raw CSS grid, hard ink borders, and type loud enough to survive a gallery thumbnail.

Manifesto

## Pretty is not a strategy.

GRID&NOISE builds interfaces and identities that survive real use: deadlines, messy content, and stakeholders who change their minds.

> If the grid holds, the noise can roar.

We start with structure: type scale, contrast, content order, and the one action that must be obvious. Then we turn the volume up — hard borders, offset shadows, color that refuses to apologize.

Attitude without waste. Every block earns its place. Every word has a job. No filler icons. No pastel fog. No layouts that collapse the first time someone pastes a real headline.

- 01Design for reading distance first, decoration second.
- 02Make the brand impossible to mistake at thumbnail scale.
- 03Ship systems operators can extend without calling us every Tuesday.

Selected works

## Projects that left a dent.

A text ledger of recent engagements — year, client type, and the outcome we were hired to protect.

2025 Helio Freight Console Logistics SaaS Cut average booking time 40% with a denser ops console and clearer exception states. 2025 Northline Civic Permits Municipal services Redesigned the permit portal; first-pass completion rose 28% across mobile sessions. 2024 Volt Market Brand Kit Fintech Built a modular brand system that held through Series B diligence without a redraw. 2024 Paperhouse Longform Publishing Editorial site redesign halved bounce on features over 2,000 words. 2024 Kite Athletics Checkout DTC retail Mobile checkout rewrite lifted conversion 19% in eight weeks of A/B traffic. 2023 Signal Ops Naming B2B infrastructure Naming and UI kit for a monitoring suite adopted by three product teams in one quarter. 2023 Orchard Bank Lobby Retail banking Branch digital lobby screens shipped WCAG AA with live rate content and calm motion. 2023 Meridian Deck System Biotech Investor deck system reused across eleven fundraising rounds without brand drift.

Services

## Four ways we enter the room.

Engagements stay focused. We do not sell a vague “full-service” fog — we sell the work that changes what people see and do.

Service 01

### Brand systems

Logo logic, type pairings, color roles, and component rules teams can ship without waiting on a moodboard.

Service 02

### Product UI

Dense tools, onboarding, and marketing-to-app handoffs with accessibility baked into the first pass.

Service 03

### Campaign sites

One-page launches and portfolio surfaces that punch in a thumbnail and still read on a phone.

Service 04

### Design ops

Tokens, critique rituals, and documentation so your next hire inherits a system instead of a myth.

Contact

## Send the brief. Keep the attitude.

Tell us what must ship, who it is for, and where the current design is failing. We reply within two business days.

### Studio desk

- Email brief@gridandnoise.studio
- Hours Mon–Fri · 10:00–18:00 PT
- Base Portland, OR · remote-first

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