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Look Up Studios
Websites with
personality
Handmade in Cornwall
When it comes to communicating your brand’s personality, bespoke is better.
Look Up! is a web development company based in South West UK that specialises in designing & building sites for small / medium sized businesses.
Whether you need an eye-catching, brochure-style site or a feature rich app that fully integrates with your business processes, we can help.
Keep scrolling up to see some of our work.
MCX Films is a film production rental company based in London.
MCX Films is a film production rental company based in London.
They needed a site to advertise their catalogue of boutique equipment.
The site looks slick, feels smooth and responsive to use & it's very quick and easy to find what you're looking for.
- Smooth “app-like” navigation
- Super fast product search
- Custom animations & product slideshow
- Original camera and lens illustrations (Full Inventory page)
- Fully mobile responsive
- Content managed (i.e. the MCX team add & remove products without contacting Look Up!)
- Fantastic Search Engine Optimisation
MCX Films
Film production rentals
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MCX Films is a film production rental company based in London.
They needed a site to advertise their catalogue of boutique equipment.
The site looks slick, feels smooth and responsive to use & it's very quick and easy to find what you're looking for.
- Smooth “app-like” navigation
- Super fast product search
- Custom animations & product slideshow
- Original camera and lens illustrations (Full Inventory page)
- Fully mobile responsive
- Content managed (i.e. the MCX team add & remove products without contacting Look Up!)
- Fantastic Search Engine Optimisation
The Miners & Mechanics' Institute (MMI) is a thriving community space in St Agnes, Cornwall.
The Miners & Mechanics' Institute (MMI) is a thriving community space in St Agnes, Cornwall.
We designed and built a cutting edge, featured-rich website for the MMI that is easy to update and maintain & also drives donations via subscriptions and one off payments.
- Clean, accessible design
- Integration with the MMI event / activity calendars
- Easy to update and maintain
- Online booking system
- Integrated donations and membership scheme system
St Agnes MMI
Historic community space in Cornwall
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The Miners & Mechanics' Institute (MMI) is a thriving community space in St Agnes, Cornwall.
We designed and built a cutting edge, featured-rich website for the MMI that is easy to update and maintain & also drives donations via subscriptions and one off payments.
- Clean, accessible design
- Integration with the MMI event / activity calendars
- Easy to update and maintain
- Online booking system
- Integrated donations and membership scheme system
Carbon Climate Solutions is a solar development company that manages large scale solar projects across the world.
Carbon Climate Solutions is a solar development company that manages large scale solar projects across the world.
CCS wanted a stylish, modern site to transform what could be a dry and technical subject into something engaging and interactive.
- Bold engaging design
- Multiple custom animations
- Client can update “projects section”
- Mobile responsive and search engine friendly
Carbon Climate Solutions
Large solar developments
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Carbon Climate Solutions is a solar development company that manages large scale solar projects across the world.
CCS wanted a stylish, modern site to transform what could be a dry and technical subject into something engaging and interactive.
- Bold engaging design
- Multiple custom animations
- Client can update “projects section”
- Mobile responsive and search engine friendly
Pygmalion Capital is a hotel investment company based in London.
Pygmalion Capital is a hotel investment company based in London.
We designed and built this modern, responsive website with some subtle flashes of flair. The site is clean and looks sophisticated but retains some personality. It features:
- Members only secure, password protected areas for client privacy
- Original commissioned portraits of the Pygmalion staff for the Our Team page.
- Updatable by the Pygmalion staff
- Custom animations
Pygmalion Capital
Hotel investments
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Pygmalion Capital is a hotel investment company based in London.
We designed and built this modern, responsive website with some subtle flashes of flair. The site is clean and looks sophisticated but retains some personality. It features:
- Members only secure, password protected areas for client privacy
- Original commissioned portraits of the Pygmalion staff for the Our Team page.
- Updatable by the Pygmalion staff
- Custom animations
We have strong ties to the music industry and have designed & built a range of sites for musicians, bands and artists.
We have strong ties to the music industry and have designed & built a range of sites for musicians, bands and artists.
We understand the needs of musicians and can help with all aspects of your online presence plus the nature of the industry means we can flex our creative muscles and have some fun with the design.
Also: the hosting we use for static musician sites is free which means, unlike Squarespace or Wix, there is no monthly fee
Sites include:
Various Artists...
We love designing sites for artists & musicians
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We have strong ties to the music industry and have designed & built a range of sites for musicians, bands and artists.
We understand the needs of musicians and can help with all aspects of your online presence plus the nature of the industry means we can flex our creative muscles and have some fun with the design.
Also: the hosting we use for static musician sites is free which means, unlike Squarespace or Wix, there is no monthly fee
Sites include:
FAQs
Who?
Look Up! is largely the work of full-stack designer / developer Ben Jackson. However Ben occasionally works with other designers & developers where appropriate.
How much do your sites cost?
As much as a piece of string.
A small static site might take between 1 and 4 days to design and build. A large dynamic content managed site might take between 4 and 15(+) days to build.
As a rule, we charge £350 per day.
Any more example sites?
- The Creatives (film production collective)
- The Vincent Hotel (boutique hotel in Southport)
- Dione Studios (a fitness studio in Cornwall)
- Dr Tom Bereznicki (dentist & lecturer)
- Good Chaos (film production company)
- Ahh Toots (bakery in Bristol)
Thoughts on Squarespace / Wix?
Site-builders like Squarespace, Wix & Webflow can be great for getting something published quickly & easily & their templates are really nicely designed. However, we don’t use them because we believe bespoke is better:
- Total flexibility in design (templates can be quite samey).
- Site load speeds & navigation faster (giving better user experience and SEO)
- Site builders can be frustrating to learn if you are “DIYing” your site.
- Our sites are often far cheaper to host (often free!)
Do you do ecommerce?
Though we have built them, full-blown online stores aren’t our speciality. They are an example of where it’s often beneficial to use templates like Shopify or Squarespace. And we don’t typically work like that.
We are open to discussing any project though, and if you want to integrate payment systems, a subscription plan, booking systems etc, that’s the sort of thing we love to do.
What tech do you use?
Most of our sites are built with React (occasionally Sveltekit)
We use NextJS as a framework. Framer Motion handles our animations. We typically use Wordpress as a CMS (though we are experimenting with PocketBase) and we use Supabase for more complicated database applications. We use Stripe to handle online payments.
Could you build a site that...?
Probably, yes. But if not, we’d be happy to advise or point you in the right direction.