Hambly Freeman have been successfully creating high-end, progressive websites since we opened our studio in 2014. We have a wealth of experience in developing CMS powered, responsive websites and are proficient with WordPress and emerging headless CMS technologies. We have a diverse range of responsive, e-commerce and multilingual websites in our portfolio.
Whilst a significant amount of our work sees us working alongside other agencies in a collaborative capacity, we also have comprehensive experience in designing responsive websites.
We are always on the lookout for new and exciting digital design and website development projects.
We have an office in the centre of Exeter, Devon. However, our client list is not location-driven. Please do get in touch to discuss your project.
Recent Work
Design, development and collaboration
A. N. Other
- WordPress
- Responsive
- E-Commerce
- Custom Features
We were enlisted to build a high-quality front-end presentation and build a highly customised e-commerce platform for a new fragrance concept business in Miami, USA. The site makes heavy use of AJAX to deliver content smoothly and seamlessly while WooCommerce provides the business backbone, tying in with multiple third party service providers to give the client an easy to manage sales platform alongside a visually impressive, but subtle shop window.
In collaboration with Socio Design
Aeonik
- WordPress
- Responsive
- E-Commerce
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Development of responsive e-commerce website to promote the first collaborative font family by Mark Bloom (Mash Creative) and Joe Leadbeater. We used WooCommerce as a base to create a highly bespoke shop page that incorporates Ajax-powered on-the-fly pricing calculations (including multiple license discounts). The front page features interactive elements such as the type tester, character grid and piece de resistance — the interactive hero image that uses the latest variable font technology.
In collaboration with Mash Creative
Altium
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Dynamic, prestigious-looking website for Montreal-based, wealth architecture specialist, Altium. The site is multilingual, uses elegant transitions and includes many bespoke features throughout. This site is a great example of where we've used a flexible content blocks approach to allow our design partners to create a plethora of page templates from a stack of optional content blocks.
In collaboration with Teakie Digital
Beyond
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Responsive WordPress-powered website for London based CGI studio, Beyond. The website makes the most of the high-end imagery and video content that the company produces, with subtle animation and elegant page transitions implemented throughout.
In collaboration with Beyond
Beyond FS
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Responsive website for London based Fintech client. The build included many custom animations and interactive features, all brought together to elevate the user experience. Innovation and problem solving was required in building a cross-browser-compatible image module with a morphing circular mask. An inverted colour palette for part of the website was added to bring extra visitor attention to key areas.
In collaboration with Ascend Studio
Cape Vets
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Fully responsive, WordPress powered website for Cape Vets, in collaboration with Orangery Creative. We developed a custom contact and registration forms to allow clients of the practice to register and book appointments for their pets. A rewarding project to be involved in!
In collaboration with Orangery Creative
Carter Geering
- Web Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Branding
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
We designed and developed a responsive and dynamically populated website for a local, long-established estate agency firm. As part of a rebrand, we created an original logo and identity for the business and applied this to stationery and promotional material, as well as designing their new sale boards. Properties on the website are automatically listed, with data pulled directly from the company's property database.
Claymore Group
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
Responsive website for Claymore Group. Along with communicating what the company do and their portfolio of services, this site also features a custom jobs database with built in application system, which allows candidates to apply for roles in the company's Silicon Valley and Malta offices.
In collaboration with Studio Mister
Cognitive Law
- WordPress
- Responsive
This Brighton-based client had an existing website built on a poorly-modified WordPress theme. We were tasked with building a brand new, future-proof responsive website that adhered to a new design and allowed for additional features and functionality to be added.
In collaboration with Studio Gallant
CoType Foundry
- WordPress
- Responsive
- E-Commerce
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Development of responsive e-commerce website to promote Aeonik and three new font families by Mark Bloom (Mash Creative). We used WooCommerce as a base and created a highly bespoke add-to-cart facility that incorporates Ajax-powered on-the-fly pricing calculations (including multiple license discounts). Each font page features interactive elements such as the type tester and character grid. Additional information pages, including various custom features, help round things off.
In collaboration with Mash Creative
DD London
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Development of high bespoke portfolio website for our frequent collaborators, DD London. The site blends simple, intuitive navigation with subtle yet surprising interactive elements and high resolution video and imagery. Many of the web projects found within the DD portfolio were built by us.
In collaboration with DD London
Edify Energy
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
We worked with Ascend Studio to create this high-end, engaging website for Edify, Australia’s leading renewable energy development and storage investment company. We used bleeding-edge web technology to deliver smooth page transitions and interactive elements as the visitor navigates this large, service focused website.
In collaboration with Ascend Studio
Facebook Cannes Lions 2015
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
We were approached to develop a very brand-focused event website for Facebook to promote a staff-only event they hold in Cannes, France. Hosted on Wordpress VIP, the build required a high level of code and security efficiency.
In collaboration with Innovision
Foodpeople
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Output
- Multi-Lingual
- Custom Features
An extensive multilingual development for Copenhagen-based commercial bakery, Food People. A flexible blocks system was created to allow the client to sculpt pages out of a plethora of custom modules, each with their own unique settings and customisable features. The navigation menu features a type-ahead search and related images for each page and search result. The products database, which was populated via a semi-automatic data import, was a particular triumph, as along with being multilingual, the product archive and filter system allows custom block content to be embedded directly into the filtered results, which each major category having both introductory and extra information blocks housed within.
In collaboration with Double Projects
Fortwell Capital
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Fully responsive single page website featuring multiple parallax content sections, interactive carousels and individually scrollable media sections, along with high resolution imagery and retro information ticker.
In collaboration with DD London
GB Card and Partners
- Web Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
We designed and developed a responsive website for this specialist engineering consultancy with a national and international reputation for delivering solutions to challenging civil and environmental engineering problems. The site makes extensive use of high-impact photography and was created within a tight deadline.
Grapes Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
In our first collaboration with Two Times Elliott, we delivered a fully responsive website for Grapes, a multi award winning design consultancy specialising in commercial interior design and architecture within the leisure, hospitality and retail sectors. High resolution imagery, dynamic loading screens and slick page transitions were delivered using Ajax technology to create an immersive, engaging browsing experience that elegantly demonstrates the prestige and sophistication of the services the client provides.
In collaboration with Two Times Elliott
GS8 London
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Website created for GS8 London, a property development company whose schemes promote a market leading approach to first time buyer homes, community, placemaking and sustainability, whilst maintaining aesthetically interesting designs. The site features a number of innovative features, along with interactive slideshows and engaging interactions throughout.
In collaboration with Two Times Elliott
Human Innovation
- Responsive
- Custom Features
A responsive holding page for London-based client that required the use of animated SVGs with synced captions, requiring a timeline-based system we developed from scratch.
In collaboration with Socio Design
JHR Interiors
- WordPress
- Responsive
We worked with DD London to create this high-end, image-lead website for JHR Interiors, an interior design client based in Knightsbridge, London. We used Ajax technology to deliver smooth page transitions and elegant loading of elements as the visitor journeys down each page.
In collaboration with DD London
JW Products
- WordPress
- Responsive
- E-Commerce
- Custom Features
As part of a wider rebranding, we were approached by Bluehorn Digital to build a bespoke e-commerce website for the sale of security seals and other security related products. The site had a mixture of specific requirements including detailed product filters, multi-currency display, custom printing options, quantity-limited features and tiered pricing.
In collaboration with Bluehorn Digital
Known Unknown
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Holding page for a design-first social platform, created by James Sommerville. Interactive artist profiles and sliding panels helps tie together this neat introduction into the Known Unknown artists and designers community.
In collaboration with AsLittleDesignAsPossible
Liquid Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
We developed a responsive Wordpress powered website for this high-end bathroom design company, based in Northamptonshire. The client required a modern and elegant website to promote their extensive portfolio and featured brands.
In collaboration with Six
Magna Carta Park
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
We worked with DD London to create a dynamic, elegant and prestigious-looking website for Magna Carta Park, a new luxury housing development in the heart of Surrey. The site features full height video, interactive slideshows and parallax movement throughout.
In collaboration with DD London
Marine Accident Investigators’ International Forum (MAIIF)
- Web Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Branding
We designed and developed a responsive website for this organisation who specialise in Maritime Safety through investigation and cooperation. The site includes a contacts database, members secure area and a bespoke meetings calendar system.
MD Production
- WordPress
- Responsive
Front-end web development for a luxury leather goods designer from Switzerland. Designed by Socio, we were brought on board to deliver on their high-end and minimalist design. The site features many subtle presentational elements to make sure the website delivers as quality an experience as the leather products on show.
In collaboration with Socio Design
Micro but Many
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Output
- Custom Features
Our friend Tim (of My Poor Brain fame) came to us with a desire to build a website to house his micro machine collection. We used Ajax and a WordPress backend to build a fast-loading, innovative site with a fully bespoke filtering system.
In collaboration with My Poor Brain
National Institute of Medicinal Herbalists
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
In collaboration with Buddy Creative, we were commissioned to develop a fully customised membership subscription site for this international body with over 150 years of history. The site features a highly customised subscription system, e-commerce facilities and membership-restricted content.
In collaboration with Buddy Creative
Pearson Lloyd
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Responsive WordPress-powered website for East London based design office, Pearson Lloyd, in our first collaboration with NB Studio. The website is a vehicle to display the high end 3D and interior design work the company produces, with subtle animation and elegant page transitions implemented throughout.
In collaboration with NB Studio
Peck and Strong
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Web development for local commercial bakery who produce highly rated baked products for companies throughout the Southwest and beyond. High resolution product photography features throughout, along with subtle animation and interactive elements.
In collaboration with All Saints Design
Phelan and Partners
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Simple yet dynamic holding page for P&P, featuring animated elements and contact overlay. Simple but affective!
In collaboration with This Works
Royalton Group
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Dynamic, prestigious-looking website for real estate investment company, Royalton Group. The site uses elegant transitions, interactive slideshows and parallax movement throughout to promote the work by the groups five sub-companies, all within the company's well established brand.
In collaboration with DD London
Sawdust
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
We were super excited to be asked by Sawdust to build their new agency website. This fully bespoke responsive WordPress build, features a host of dynamic features and an immersive projects showcase. We feel the navigation and projects filter is a real triumph.
In collaboration with Sawdust
Sociotype
- WordPress
- Responsive
- E-Commerce
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
Fully bespoke e-commerce site to promote and sell typefaces by design-led type foundry, Sociotype. Custom type testers feature heavily throughout the site, allowing users to experiment with all typefaces and their custom features within each tester. The site also features automatic bundle discounts at checkout, standalone magazine products and an interactive glyph system.
In collaboration with Socio Design
The Alley
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
For our first collaboration with neighbours Believe In, we developed a WordPress powered website for The Alley, a Family Entertainment Centre in Fort McMurray, Canada. High resolution imagery and video is juxtaposed with considered typography to deliver an engaging, fun and super-slick online presence for the clients' newly opened business.
In collaboration with Believe In
The Blend Group
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Development of high polished responsive website for luxury experience and concierge brand. The website features a private members area with restricted content and an inverted colour palette and an insights area with alternative templates dependent on the article category.
In collaboration with DD London
The Oak Barn
- Web Design
- WordPress
- Responsive
We designed and developed this responsive website for The Oak Barn (a client since 2012), a stunning wedding venue set in the heart of rural Devon. A modern, easy to navigate site was developed to house an extensive weddings portfolio and recommended services and display the barns and accommodation available to its patrons.
Thirst
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Another collaboration with Two Times Elliott saw use building a responsive WordPress-powered website for strategic drinks design agency, Thirst. High resolution imagery, elegant page transitions and impact typography were used to create an immersive, engaging browsing experience that allows seamless navigation through the agency's comprehensive (and highly impressive) project portfolio.
In collaboration with Two Times Elliott
Timebased
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Responsive WordPress-powered website for London based client, with high-end imagery, video and impact typography throughout. The journal area features some heavily customised interactive elements and Ajax filtered content. This technology is also used to take visitors on a seamless journey, where the next article in the archive is loaded at the end of each blog post.
In collaboration with Socio Design
Two Times Elliott
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Immersive holding page for award winning design and branding agency, Two Times Elliott. This responsive site uses scroll-aware technology to present image and video in interesting, engaging fashion. Full website to be developed in 2020.
In collaboration with Two Times Elliott
Vander Elliott
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Custom Features
Single page website for strategic real estate company Vander Elliott. Full height sections that split and invert to bring a dynamic feel whilst communicating the idea of matching capital with opportunity.
In collaboration with DD London
Vycel
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Data Capture
- Custom Features
Promotional website for innovative electrostatic spray protect by Vycel. The site includes high resolution product imagery, info graphics, custom calculator and pre-order forms. Future phases will see us bringing e-commerce functionality to the site.
In collaboration with DD London
Wondrwall
- WordPress
- E-Commerce
- Data Capture
- Data Output
- Custom Features
We were approached by Manchester-based Likely.Story to help with development of a bespoke energy calculation and savings tool for addition onto the existing Wondrwall website. The tool takes multiple branching inputs from the user to create a bespoke energy/cost saving estimate for potential customers and provide a quick shopping list of items for their home energy project.
In collaboration with Likely Story
World Association of Basketball Coaches
- WordPress
- Responsive
- Multi-Lingual
- Custom Features
We were tasked with developing a responsive WordPress website to present this multilingual coaching guide, featuring powerful search functionality, interactive geo-located events system with dynamic mapping and date controlled visibility settings and Ajax-powered video library. Initially setup with multiple European languages, 2017 will see Arabic and Chinese translations added to the website.
In collaboration with Works Ltd
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