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The App Chefs✦

The studio I co-founded, reintroduced through a product-led website: a clear path from intelligent experiences to services, work and an ongoing partnership.

Role
Co-Founder · Design Lead
Scope
Brand · Website · Interaction · Design System
Built with
Claude Code
Year
2024–Present · Website refresh 2026
The App Chefs — the experienceFROM INTENTION TO INTERACTION.
01 / THE CHALLENGE

A problem
worth solving.

The App Chefs needed an identity that felt as modern as the work: an AI-native studio shipping high-quality web, mobile, and WordPress products for startups and founders.

I led the brand and site end to end (voice, visual language, and a reusable system), so the studio could move fast without ever looking off-brand.

02 / THE THINKING BEHIND IT

Intentional at
every turn.

  1. 01

    Evolved the studio’s dark visual identity with violet-to-cyan light, generous typography and an animated product-dashboard preview in the hero.

  2. 02

    Made the path from discovery to delivery explicit through four stages: Discover & Define, Design & Validate, Build & Integrate, and Launch & Evolve.

  3. 03

    Separated AI Studio Services, Agency Plans and Core & Care into clear engagement paths, with dedicated pages for deeper comparison.

  4. 04

    Connected the studio’s capabilities to case studies, product previews and the live Sous-Chef assistant, so visitors can explore the work before starting a conversation.

  5. 05

    Carried a reusable visual system across the homepage, service pages, plans and case studies while preserving the studio’s playful voice.

THE EXPERIENCE, STEP BY STEP

One connected journey.

  1. 01

    Understand the partnership

    The opening connects the studio’s positioning with a product-dashboard preview.

  2. 02

    Choose a path

    Explore services

    Find the capabilities and type of engagement that fit the brief.

    See the work

    Explore projects and their individual case studies.

  3. 03

    Compare the engagement

    Agency Plans make the ongoing partnership a distinct option.

  4. 04

    Start a conversation

    A project inquiry or the Sous-Chef assistant gives visitors a clear next step.

03 / WHERE IT COMES TO LIFE

Made to work.
Crafted to feel.

Intelligent products, made visible
01 / THE EXPERIENCE

Intelligent products, made visible

The refreshed hero pairs a direct product promise with an animated client-workspace preview. Dashboard figures belong to the visual demonstration, not measured outcomes of this redesign.

A clear way into the studio
02 / THE EXPERIENCE

A clear way into the studio

A dedicated services page separates AI product work, core design and development, and ongoing care into readable groups.

An ongoing product partnership
03 / THE EXPERIENCE

An ongoing product partnership

Agency Plans have their own destination, helping visitors understand a continuing engagement alongside individual projects.

The work behind the promise
04 / THE EXPERIENCE

The work behind the promise

Individual case studies give the studio’s capabilities context, connecting product imagery with the problems each project addresses.

The same story, on a smaller screen
05 / THE EXPERIENCE

The same story, on a smaller screen

The mobile opening preserves the hierarchy between the studio’s positioning, its product promise and the invitation to begin.

04 / THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES

Design with impact.

“Ash, Maryl and team don't just become your Dev/Design partner, but also your friend. They are 110% committed to the success of your web, app, or software launch.”
Weston WoodwardFounder · Woodward Media
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Ready to play with your first interaction.

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