Studio
Who actually builds your website.
One studio in Berlin, one contact, no account management. What that means for your project in practice is set out here.
Surhay Design is a web design and development studio in Berlin. We build websites for small and medium-sized companies, freelancers and startups across the German-speaking market — from structure and design through to ongoing maintenance.
Most company websites do not fail for lack of creativity. They fail because nobody decided what a visitor should read first, where they should click, and what happens next. That is why every project starts with a structure, not a moodboard.
We deliberately work without site builders and without bought themes. Not out of ideology, but arithmetic: a theme with thirty plugins is cheaper in month one and more expensive from year two — in load time, in security holes, and in the feeling that you can no longer touch your own website.
And we say no. If a project belongs at a larger agency, with a shop specialist, or in a simple site builder, you hear that in the first call. It costs us work and costs you nothing.
How we work
- 01
Structure before looks
We decide what is said in what order first, and how it looks second. No amount of styling rescues the wrong order.
- 02
Never claim what can be measured
Load time, contrast ratios and accessibility are measured and documented. Where a number is missing, none is stated.
- 03
You should not need us
Source code, credentials and a maintainable CMS are yours. Loyalty comes from results, not dependency.
- 04
Less, but finished
Six pages that hold up beat twelve where half carry placeholders. Scope gets cut before quality does.
- 05
Accessibility is not an add-on
Keyboard operation, contrast and semantic HTML are part of every page — not a line item to negotiate away.
- 06
Invoices without surprises
A fixed price before we start, payment in three steps, no timesheets. Additions get quoted in advance.
What we work with
Named openly, so your IT team knows what it is dealing with.
- Design
- Figma
- Designsysteme
- Variable Fonts
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Frontend
- Astro
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Web Components
- Content
- Git-basiertes CMS
- Markdown
- Mehrsprachigkeit
- Bildoptimierung
- Operations
- GitHub Actions
- Netlify / Hostinger
- Uptime-Monitoring
- Automatische Backups
- Measurement
- Lighthouse
- Search Console
- Plausible
- Matomo
What we do not do
Because a no in the first call is cheaper than a project that suits nobody.
- Large online shops with thousands of items — there are specialists for that
- Social media management and paid advertising
- Logo-only commissions without a website
- Rescuing WordPress installs that have not seen an update in years
Ready for a professional digital presence?
Let us build a website together that makes your business visible. A reply within 24 hours with a transparent fixed price.
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