Brand & site strategy
Positioning, sitemap, and a content plan so every page has a job. We decide what to say before we decide how it looks.
Independent web studio
Websites that make business simple
NoirFour designs and builds sites for ambitious small businesses — clear structure, sharp type, and code you can actually own. No templates dressed up as strategy.
Trusted by founders who care how their brand shows up online.
- 40+ sites shipped
- 8 yrs in the craft
- 2–6 wks typical build
What we do
From first sketch to a site that ships.
We stay small on purpose. You work with the people who write the copy, set the type, and ship the code — not a revolving door of subcontractors.
Design systems
Type, colour, and components that hold together on a phone and a wide monitor. One confident accent, generous space, no visual noise.
Custom builds
Hand-coded HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — fast, accessible, and easy to maintain. No bloated theme you cannot edit.
Launch & care
Analytics, forms, hosting handoff, and a 30-day polish window. Optional retainers for copy tweaks and seasonal campaigns.
Selected work
Quiet confidence, loud results.
Northline Analytics
Product marketing site and pricing architecture for a B2B data studio.
Atelier Morse
Editorial e-commerce for an independent menswear label.
Hearth & Bone
Reservation-led site for a neighbourhood restaurant group.
Fieldnote Studio
Portfolio and enquiry flow for a landscape architecture practice.
How we work
Four weeks, four conversations, one site.
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01
Discovery
A 45-minute call covering audience, offer, and what “done” looks like. We send a written brief the same week.
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02
Structure
Sitemap, key messages, and a design direction. You approve the bones before we dress them.
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03
Build
We design in the browser. You review a staging URL, not a slide deck of mockups that never ship.
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Launch
Domain, forms, and a short training session so your team can update copy without waiting on us.
The studio
A small team that still answers the phone.
NoirFour is led by Maya Chen and Ellis Ward — a designer and an engineer who have shipped together since 2017. We take on a handful of projects at a time so every client gets senior attention, not a junior handoff.
We believe a website should be as considered as the business behind it: honest copy, durable code, and a look that still feels right in three years.
“They treated our site like a product, not a brochure. We launched in five weeks and the enquiry form actually converts.”
Kind words
Clients we still hear from.
“NoirFour cut through a year of half-finished redesigns. The new site is quieter, faster, and we finally sound like ourselves.”
“Clear process, no jargon, and they pushed back when our copy was weak. That honesty is why we hired them again for the second location.”
“Accessible out of the box, documented for our intern, and they did not disappear after launch. Rare.”
A look inside
How a NoirFour build feels from the client side.
Start a project
Tell us what you are building.
Share a few lines about your business and timeline. We reply within two working days with availability and a ballpark range.