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For Swiss SMEs · 51 websites built so far in the Philippines and Brazil

Fast web design. Made to fit your business.

We design and build websites for small businesses: a look of your own instead of a template, light pages that load quickly on a phone, and code and domain set up in your name. When you need more, we also build web applications and automated workflows.

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Sheet A-01: Bold headline over a faded loft plan, with north arrow, scale bar and title block.
Micharo Zenith Loft: real estate leasing redesign · Sheet A-01

Measured on real projects, see the case studies

  • 40shop redesigns in the Philippines, live on their own domains, plus 11 client sites in Brazil
  • < 1 sfor each new homepage to load, down from 14.0 to 118.7 seconds before (simulated, 10 Mbps)
  • CHF 790guide price for a business website; then a fixed-price quote

Free quick check

How heavy is your homepage?

Enter your address and Google PageSpeed Insights tests your homepage on a simulated phone. It takes about a minute and needs no account.

What to look at

  • Total size of the page (in PageSpeed: “Total Byte Weight”): how many MB one visit downloads. Several MB on a homepage usually means oversized images.
  • How quickly the main content appears (in PageSpeed: “Largest Contentful Paint”). Google rates up to 2.5 s as good.
  • If either value is red, send us the link and we'll tell you what's behind it. The Speed-Fix makes it faster for a fixed CHF 190. If the mobile performance score in PageSpeed Insights doesn't go up, you pay nothing.

The test runs on Google PageSpeed Insights, not on KIVA's servers. I don't see your address or your result unless you send them to me.

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Selected work

Websites in real use

All projects →
Sheet A-01: Bold headline over a faded loft plan, with north arrow, scale bar and title block.
Phone homepage: The drawing frame, headline and buttons on a phone.

01 · Websites

Micharo Zenith Loft: real estate leasing redesign

A full redesign for a real estate leasing business in the Philippines, drawn as an architect's sheet: a faded loft plan behind the headline, a north arrow and a title block, and every unit shown as a photo beside its own floor plan, which draws itself in. Visitors build a shortlist and request a viewing.

Homepage weight on load
61.78 → 0.55 MB
On load, on a phone
61.77 → 0.33 MB
After scrolling the whole page
61.78 → 0.72 MB
The swatch fan: Serif headline in ivory and gold beside a fan of swatch blades on a gold rivet.
Phone homepage: Headline, buttons and the swatch fan on a phone.

02 · Websites

Jedira Style Boutique: boutique redesign

A full redesign for a clothing boutique in the Philippines, built like a tailor's swatch book: black and gold from the logo on ivory paper, a fan of swatch blades in the hero that links to colour filters, and product cards cut like fabric swatches with pinked edges.

Homepage weight on load
65.44 → 0.80 MB
On load, on a phone
65.00 → 0.59 MB
After scrolling the whole page
66.09 → 0.94 MB
The vanity mirror: Serif headline beside a round mirror ringed with glowing bulbs.
Phone homepage: Headline, two buttons, and the lit mirror on a phone.

03 · Websites

Jessira Glow Studio: beauty salon redesign

A full redesign for a beauty salon and spa in the Philippines, built around the vanity mirror: deep teal and lime from the logo, a round mirror whose warm bulbs light up one by one, and a "My visit" mirror in the header that lights a bulb for every treatment added.

Homepage weight on load
86.81 → 0.68 MB
On load, on a phone
86.81 → 0.58 MB
After scrolling the whole page
86.81 → 0.88 MB
Bulusan mist: Serif headline beside skincare on wet volcanic rock by a misty lake, with a line drawing the volcano ridge.
Phone homepage: The misty product scene, headline and two buttons on a phone.

04 · Websites

Gladyne Beauty Studio: beauty studio redesign

A full redesign for a beauty studio by Bulusan Lake in the Philippines, inspired by the mist under Bulusan Volcano: moss, volcanic ash and cream, a hero photo that fades in under drifting mist, and a line-art butterfly that flies to the cart.

Homepage weight on load
21.46 → 1.48 MB
On load, on a phone
21.46 → 1.34 MB
After scrolling the whole page
21.46 → 2.16 MB

More work

Homepage hero: Homepage of the custom paper-tube packaging supplier, with the product promise, minimum order and quote call-to-action above the fold.
Mobile homepage: Phone layout of the homepage with the quote button always within thumb reach.
Websites

TABUNG KITA: B2B packaging website

A fast, search-optimised sales website for my own custom paper-tube packaging business, with product landing pages, 16 buyer-guide articles, structured data, and a quote form that drops the lead straight into WhatsApp.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • JSON-LD structured data
Luiara Estilo Brasil: Luiara Estilo Brasil (women's fashion, Brazil): homepage with an editorial “Not cute. Sharp. Feminine.” headline beside store photography.
Luiara Estilo Brasil on mobile: The Luiara Estilo Brasil homepage on a phone.
Websites

Small-business websites

Single-page storefronts and service sites for local businesses, each with a product catalogue, a cart, an order summary, and its own policy pages.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

One idea per shop

No two look alike

Every redesign starts from something real about the business: a market receipt, a swatch book, the mist over a lake. Here are the most recent homepages.

All redesigns →

Before → after

What changed for the shops and their customers

Old and new homepage, measured with the same script and settings. Load times use a simulated 10 Mbps connection, not data from real visitors. Each figure can be checked in its case study.

How a project runs

  1. 01

    Scope

    A short call and a written brief: what problem we're solving, what done looks like, and a written fixed-price quote, or a transparent estimate for open-ended work.

  2. 02

    Prototype

    A working version early, on a private preview link, so decisions are made on real screens instead of descriptions.

  3. 03

    Build

    Weekly progress you can click through. Changes are discussed openly, priced before they're built, never sprung at the end.

  4. 04

    Launch & hand over

    Deployment, documentation, and access handed to you. The code and accounts are yours.