About

A small studio with a deliberately small scope.

Noordlicht Digital was founded in 2019 in Utrecht. We work with two people and a small network of freelance illustrators and copywriters. That size is a choice: it means the person who designs your site is also the person who builds it, and the person you talk to in month three is the same one you met in week one.

How we work

Every engagement starts with a short discovery phase — usually two weeks — in which we map the content that actually exists, the people who will maintain it, and the constraints of the hosting environment. We then build in short cycles with a preview environment that the client can open on a phone without installing anything.

We do not run long retainers for sites that do not need them. Once a project is delivered, we hand over the repository, a short operations document and a performance budget. Many clients come back once a year for a health check rather than every month.

What we care about

• Pages that work without JavaScript enabled for the core content.
• Text that is readable on a five-year-old Android phone in daylight.
• Hosting that a client can move away from without a rewrite.
• Measurements we are willing to publish, including the unflattering ones.

Practical details

Registered in the Netherlands. We work in Dutch and English, invoice monthly, and keep project documentation in plain Markdown alongside the code. For questions about availability, get in touch.