About the studio
A two-person studio in San Diego that ships above its weight class.
We chose small on purpose. It's easier to make great things when there are exactly enough opinions in the room.
The story
After two decades inside agencies — the kind with foosball tables and a six-person review chain — we left, kept the taste, ditched the layers, and started taking on the projects we actually wanted to make.
CatchyBranding is the result. A studio of two, working out of a sunny corner of San Diego, building brands and websites for people who care what their homepage actually says about them.
We don't pitch. We don't take on more than we can ship. We surf at lunch, write the copy with you, and hand-off code we wouldn't be embarrassed to read a year later.
If that sounds like the kind of partner you've been quietly hoping existed — that's by design.
2
Humans on every project
20+
Years of senior craft
60+
Brands shipped
0
Account managers, ever
How we work
Four things we refuse to compromise on.
Two people, every time.
We work directly with you. No account manager, no juniors learning on your brand. The names on the proposal are the names on the pull requests.
Brand first, pixels second.
Beautiful sites die in a vacuum. We start with how it should feel, then design the thing that produces that feeling.
Words count as design.
Half the design challenge is the copy. We write alongside the page, not after, so the H1 and the headline-treatment ship as one thing.
Ship the small details.
Hover states, micro-animations, empty states, 404 pages. The thousand small moments are what people remember as 'good'.
Postcard from the studio
Made in San Diego.A surfboard's throw from the Pacific.
You'll find us heads-down most weekdays, calling clients on pacific time and shipping the rest of the night. The ocean is non-negotiable. Our calendars are flexible.