Independent product studio — Sydney · Singapore · London

Software with a heartbeat.

We are designers, engineers and writers who build brands, sites and products that feel alive — and can prove they work.

See the work Start a projectEst. 2014 · 45 people · zero juniors on your budget

Scroll — the fern waits

Hearthbrew CoffeeNORTHWIND LEDGERPylon HealthFERNLEIGHOsprey OutdoorBrightmarshTALLOW & CO.meridian/climateHolloway RecordsSUNDIALWattle & DaubGLADE
The Lab — touch the work

A course finder with honest scarcity

Brightmarsh course discovery: a 24-course catalogue with faceted filters and live counts, a three-up compare tray, week-by-week syllabi, a five-question advisor quiz, and a mocked three-step enrolment with member pricing and gift options.

Brightmarsh · Education · Filtering UI · Compare UX · Checkout flow

Open the demo All 27 demos

Our point of view

Most agencies sell you a process. We would rather show you a working product every Friday and let the demos do the talking.

01

Small senior squads

Three to five people who have shipped together for years. No account-layer telephone game — the people you meet are the people who build.

02

Fixed scope, honest numbers

We name the price, the date and the kill criteria up front. If an idea is not working, we say so while it is still cheap.

03

Ship in public

Staging links from week one, a demo every Friday, and a changelog you can actually read. Progress you can click.

How we work →

The studio in numbers
12Years independent
45Designers, engineers, writers
130+Products shipped
4Time zones, one standard

A concept studio's numbers — illustrative by design, pleasing by accident.

Kind words
“Brassfern rebuilt our dashboard and our customers started reading their own numbers for the first time. Honestly? The Friday demos were the best part. We could see it working.”
Imogen Hart — VP Growth, Northwind Ledger
“They said no to three of our favourite ideas and were right every time. That is what you are paying for — judgement, not just hands.”
Marcus Oduya — Founder, Pylon Health
“Our rebrand could have been a committee tragedy. Instead it shipped in eleven weeks and the team still uses the system daily. It held.”
Claire Beaumont — Head of Brand, Hearthbrew Coffee

Your move, founder.

Tell us what you are building. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right squad — usually within two business days.

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