For founders and companies that want to look like no one else. One designer draws and builds every project, custom from the first sketch.
ÜMBE draws the identity, builds the site, and wires the systems behind it. One designer on every project, from the first sketch to launch. Nothing is templated, and no work is subcontracted out.
One concept I started on my own, one venture I run, and one client redesign in progress. Each is shown exactly as built.
A self-initiated concept, now live. The brand and the site for a residential design house, drawn and built by ÜMBE.
Open the live site ↗A self-initiated concept: editorial layout, structural rhythm, and calm material photography for a house that develops residences as complete works, not a service list.
Verda / Interior study
ÜMBE's own founder venture. The website and the lead system a contractor runs on, designed and built in house.
Open the live site ↗
Interface, shown as builtThe website and the lead-response system behind it are drawn as one: every call and form fill from a roofing, concrete, or HVAC job answered in minutes, automatically, while the owner is on the tools. The interface is treated as design material, cropped, not framed in a browser.
A client redesign, in progress. A home bakery's brand and online storefront, rebuilt to look handmade.
Product storytelling for a real custom-cookie maker: warm type, the client's own photography, and a storefront that carries the craft instead of a generic template.
The Cookiers / StorefrontEvery price below is a starting point. The real number comes after a short call, once ÜMBE knows the scope. Nothing here is hourly.
For a company that needs a visual identity built. A mark, type, color, and the system for using them, whether the name is picked yet or not.
For a company that needs a site designed and built from scratch, not a template with a logo dropped in.
For a company starting from zero or rebuilding everything at once. Identity, website, and the interactive and motion work that makes it move.
No hidden fees. Book a short call, ÜMBE quotes the full scope as one flat price, then the work starts. A full studio engagement runs higher than identity and a website combined, because it adds the interactive and motion layer. Need something else, like an existing site redesigned or ongoing work after launch? Say so on the call and ÜMBE quotes it directly. I take a limited number of projects at a time, so timeline is part of that call too.
I'm Ridge Nelson, and ÜMBE is just me. I take one brand at a time and give it a look of its own. Every project is drawn from scratch and built to hold up on a second look. If a piece could belong to any other brand, it is not finished.
Email me what you are building, or book a free call. I reply myself, never an assistant, and the first thing on the call is a real quote.
