Purpose-Driven Website Design and Development
Built to scale, connect, and bring your brand to life.
We specialize in audience-centered website design Portland businesses love. Our approach to development focuses on accessible, brand-friendly, user-first digital experiences.
Complex e-commerce marketplaces that capture sales. Mission-driven sites that put values into practice. Immersive, one-page digital calling cards that introduce your startup to the market…Sites as purposeful as the brands behind them.
Websites that are Accessible, Branded, and Intentional
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Squarespace Websites
Intuitive, scalable, fully custom and beautifully branded Squarespace sites, with all the benefits of easy-to-use backend CMS. -
Shopify E-commerce:
The seamless power of Shopify, paired with a custom build that showcases your products and reflects your brand.
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Wordpress Websites:
User-friendly, custom branded, template-based designs make it easy to grow your content, connect with your community, and build engagement.
Our Website Design and Development Process
Discovery & Strategy —
audience research, project goals, sitemap
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UX/UI Website Design —
wireframes, static comps design, and prototypes
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Development —
Desktop and responsive builds, integrations, motion, and interactive features
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Quality Assurance Testing —
testing for optimal functionality: accessibility, links, integrations, load speed, resolution quality, etc.
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Training & Launch —
handoff with tools, documentation, and recorded tutorials
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Ongoing Support —
site maintenance and troubleshooting support
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We build sites for
Nonprofit and community organizations
Women’s health and reproductive care
Architecture and design firms
Purpose-driven startups
Arts and cultural organizations
Founders and solo entrepreneurs
County districts and local government
B2B and B2C service and product brands
Our team specializes in
Strategy & UX/UI Website Design
From sitemaps to wireframes, to fully visualized site hierarchy, we strategize for audience engagement, ease-of-use, impact, and conversion before prototyping even begins.
Website Development
Sites built with design-sensitivity and clean code to ensure longevity and low-to-no technical debt.
Responsive Design
Holistic interactive design thinking and website design branding that considers user experience across screen sizes and devices.
Website Accessibility & ADA Compliance
Every site we build is WCAG 2.1-aligned, with inclusive design standards baked in.
SEO Optimization
Technical, structural, and content-based SEO.
Portland website design, and beyond
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![Bottle of Marionberry Lemonade by Rustic Pours with illustration of blackberries and lemons on the label, placed outdoors with a blurry forest background.]()
Rustic Pours
A Shopify e-commerce website for a globally-inspired lifestyle brand and retailer.
Consumer Brands / Ecommerce / Shopify
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![Three mobile phones displaying a purpose pledge webpage, highlighting commitments to product quality, governance, integrity, fair compensation, and living wages, with sections of text, a logo, and an image of soap bottles.]()
Dr. Bronner’s Purpose Pledge
A fully custom and automated Squarespace website for a next-generation business sustainability certification.
Sustainability, Environment, Food & Beverage, Wellness / Interactive Data / Accessibility / Squarespace
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![Screenshots of a mobile website design for Portland's Blossom, featuring nature-inspired landscaping and architecture. The pages include a menu, a description of their nature-focused philosophy, and images of modern wooden buildings and lush gardens.]()
Blossom
An immersive Squarespace portfolio website for a Portland-based landscape design firm.
Landscape Design / Squarespace
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![An example of strategic website design Portland organizations trust: this colorful website homepage for the Nature Resonance Festival features the text 'Creativity Inspired by Nature'.]()
Natural Resonance
A beautifully-branded Squarespace website for an international, digital art festival.
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![This website is for Groundwork Consulting, designed by a certified B Corp creative agency. Groundwork offers Development and Fundraising, Communication and Brand Development, Strategic Planning, and Organizational Development.]()
Groundwork Consulting
A Squarespace website for a Portland-based nonprofit development consultant.
Fundraising & Development, Nonprofit / Women-owned / Squarespace
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![It was a natural fit for our female web designers to work on this project for the Youth Mental Health Tracker website. The photo shows a screen interface with purple and pink graphics and a non-binary person.]()
Youth Mental Health Tracker
An interactive mental health and well-being data platform, built on Squarespace.
Science, Healthcare / Accessibility / Interactive Data / Squarespace
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![Images of the Cedarwood Waldorf School website. Custom website developed by female web designers in Portland]()
Cedarwood Waldorf School
An artful, all-ages Squarespace website for a beloved Portland Waldorf school.
Education / Squarespace
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Jessica Helgerson Interior Design
A design-forward Squarespace website portfolio for an award-winning Portland-based interior design firm.
Interior Design, Architecture / Women-owned / Squarespace
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![Squarespace website design is our specialty. This custom-built architectural firm website showcases various modern buildings, community projects, and team members.]()
Scott Edwards Architecture
A values-led Squarespace website and digital portfolio for an award-winning, Portland-based architecture firm.
Architecture, Interior Design / Accessibility / Squarespace
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![Screenshot of Weston Table website homepage showing outdoor and nature-themed products, scenic landscapes, and nature-inspired lifestyle content.]()
Weston Table
A Shopify e-commerce platform for a globally-inspired lifestyle brand and retailer.
Lifestyle / Women-owned / Ecommerce / Shopify
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![The image features a minimalist scene with a white background, a box with orange text that is partially visible, two clear green glass containers with gold-colored utensils inside, a neatly folded dark green cloth, and a gold pen resting on the cloth.]()
Cette
A custom Shopify e-commerce website for a design-forward custom gifting brand.
Retail, Gifting / Women-owned / E-commerce / Shopify
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![A word cloud on a white background with terms related to health and wellbeing, including autoimmune, chronic health, gut health, hormones, mental health, sleep, and testing, with a pink leaf illustration on the left.]()
Andrea Nakayama
An illustrative, informational Squarespace website for a thought leader in functional nutrition and wellness.
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Hacienda CDC
A community-first, bilingual Squarespace website for a Latino-led Portland organization.
Urban Development, Nonprofit / Accessibility / Squarespace
“The Beauty Shop helped transform a complex data-driven project into an intuitive, user-friendly tool that will have a lasting impact on youth mental health. We couldn’t have done it without them.”
— Hannah Kemp, Vice President, Surgo Health
Values-led design from a certified, women-owned and-operated B Corp.
