Developers who love to sweat the details.
Your creative team has the vision – let’s build it.
Get in touchServices.
You design. We build.
Translating top shelf design to a digital experience users love ain’t a walk in the park! You need –
Developers who care.
We believe great websites are designed and built with care.
- Clean, efficient, and well written code
- Responsive — Looks nice, no matter the device
- Optimised for high performance
- Accessible for everyone
- No outsourcing! Built by us in sunny Brisbane
- SEO friendly code and practices
WordPress done right.
We specialise in building completely custom WordPress sites to bring to life your fully custom design. No pushing around templates or themes or stuffing your site full of sketchy plugins. We build with care and keep your site as lean as possible so it is fast, secure and great to manage.
So why WordPress? We see the ecosystem as continually improving, providing one of the most robust and flexible website development environments you can get. Whatever the project demands, WordPress can handle it.
Consummate hosts.
We encourage use of the best hosting solutions for a given development stack. In some cases you may pay a little more, but your site will be fast, secure and if trouble comes, you will get the support you need.
And we want you to keep the keys – being in control of your hosting and domain names gives you flexibility, security and overall website sovereignty!
Maintenance magicians.
Ongoing site maintenance is critical for continued site performance and security and we can help as much or as little as you like. Once your site is out in the wild the requirements for our continued input and assistance will change and we will work with you to dial it up or down depending how the winds blow.
Guidance when you need it.
If you’re a purely creative studio, there’s every chance you’ve run into situations where you may have needed guidance from some WordPress nerds on development related issues.
Is this layout possible when going from desktop to mobile? Can we build this functionality and stay within budget?
We can be those nerds for you!
Whatever the bottleneck or ceiling, having a team that you can rely on to guide you and make things happen will liberate your designers from coding hell, and deliver them to their creative utopia.
Sound like paradise? Sure it does!
A handy fallback — Webflow.
Need a snappy landing page or dead simple brochure site? Something that doesn’t need a fully featured CMS or a high level of custom design? It’s hard to go past Webflow – a clean and simple user interface for editing and the ability to add your favourite user interactions and micro animations.
For everything else, there’s WordPress!
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Better together —
Folk + Smokee.
“… it’s been like working with an extension of our team, they are completely dedicated to delivering a great result, on every project. With their knowledge and expertise, they gain a thorough understanding of the brief and client needs, and always provide solid advice and guidance on the best solutions and ways forward. Their attention to detail, quick communication and care factor ensures that our vision and designs are brought to life and delivered smoothly…”
Gemma Dittl
Client Services Director, Folk
Difference
We understand design.
We were designers and creatives — that’s our difference as developers.
In previous lives we have been professional web designers, graphic designers, architects and 3d visualisation artists. Now we are a couple of dev nerds — and loving it!
We understand the language and the intricacies of design. We get why near enough is not good enough and why a pixel can make all the difference. Branding, UI, UX, art directed imagery, typography — we hear you! Let’s get it right, together!
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A happy partner —
Studio Bland + Smokee.
“… It has been a pleasure working with Smokee over the past year or so on a variety of projects. Both Marty & Ismail are a delight to deal with, they are always extremely thorough, clear communicators and very technically capable. Their designer’s eye and attention to detail means we don’t need to compromise our designs, as Smokee are able to bring them to life as we had intended…”
Natalia Pullen
Director, Studio Bland
Team
Good mates, and developers.
We first worked together in a digital studio here in Brisbane over ten years ago. Many moons later, we joined forces to create Smokee — a melting pot for our diverse range of skills.
Both of us come from backgrounds as creatives, but have made the switch to the dark side — now focussing on the more technical side of things through web development.
We like to think of ourselves as friendly, open, and honest as the day is long!
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