Studio of design and code · Est. MMXIX
CORVANE
We are Corvane, an independent studio that raises websites, brands and products built to outlast the season. Every project is a monument: planned, carved and left standing.
I · The manifesto
Built to outlast the season.
The Romans laid roads straight, drained marshes and set stones so well that some of them are still carrying traffic. We try to do the same for the web.
Corvane is a studio of six in Turin. We design and build websites, brands and products, and we treat each one as a monument: planned on paper, carved carefully and left standing for a long time.
III · The Mint
Eight projects, struck as coins.
IV · The method
How a monument is built.
Foundation to roof
I
Survey
We walk the ground first: your customers, your rivals, your existing site and the people who will keep it running. By the end we know what the building is for.
Interviews
Audit
One-page brief
II
Foundation
Sitemap, content model and design principles are set in stone before anything is drawn. It is dull work and it holds up everything after it.
Sitemap
Content model
Design system
III
Columns
Now the design and the build go up together. You get a working link in week three, so you can lean on the walls before the roof goes on.
Design
Build
Weekly reviews
IV
Roof and banners
Copy, motion, testing, launch. We train your team, hand over the keys and stay on call for thirty days for anything that creaks.
Launch
Training
30-day support
VI · The offices
Six offices, one studio.
I
Identity
A name, a mark, a voice and a rulebook that your whole team can use.
From €18,000
6 to 8 weeks
II
Websites
Marketing sites and platforms that are fast, clear and easy to keep editing.
From €24,000
8 to 10 weeks
III
Product design
Apps and tools designed from the real task outward, then built.
From €32,000
10 to 14 weeks
IV
Motion
Films and animation that explain the difficult part in ninety seconds.
From €14,000
4 to 6 weeks
V
Editorial systems
Magazines, reports and newsletters with a voice, a grid and a plan for the next issue.
From €12,000
5 to 7 weeks
VI
The standing office
A retainer for teams that want a design and code studio on call all year.
From €6,000 a month
Rolling, 3-month minimum
Monuments raised since MMXIX
Clients, and 24 of them came back
Years standing in Turin
Launch dates missed
VIII · The inscriptions
What clients carve about us.
Kind words, cut in stone. Every quote is from a real project in the index, with permission and a fictional name.
I
They asked better questions in the first meeting than our last agency did in a year.
Ilaria Fontana
Managing director
II
The new mark fits on the bag, on the cup and on the van. That is all we ever wanted.
Paolo Oro
Third-generation roaster
III
Our editors change the site every day and have never once needed to call a developer.
Chiara Bellandi
Publisher
IV
Checkout used to be our biggest complaint. Now nobody mentions it, which is the best review.
Nico Rinaldi
Head of ticketing
V
A film I could show my mother and my board on the same afternoon.
Elena Giordano
Chief executive
VI
Petra's Friday notes are the only status updates I have ever looked forward to.
Matteo Sanna
Partner
IX · The cohorts
Three cohorts, one standard.
Cohort I
Design
Brand, layout and the look of everything.
Brand identity
Art direction
Typography
Illustration
Motion design
Cohort II
Code
Sites and products that are quick, accessible and easy to edit.
Design systems
CMS builds
Front-end
Accessibility
Performance
Cohort III
Words and sound
The voice, the script and the soundtrack.
Naming
UX writing
Editorial
Sound design
Film direction
X · The Acta
Notes from the studio.
Process
5 min read
Why every site needs a foundation stone
Before we draw anything we write one sentence about what the site must do. Here is how, and why it saves weeks.
Research
7 min read
We measured 40 hero sections. Here is what held up.
A small study of forty landing pages, what visitors did in the first ten seconds, and the three habits that mattered.
Craft
6 min read
Pixel art at scale: a field guide
How we draw sprites, keep them crisp at every screen size and let clients swap them without a designer.
XI · Questions
Asked at the gate.
Six things people ask before they hire us. If yours is not here, send a messenger and we will answer within a working day.
I
How long does a monument take?
II
Do you work with small teams?
III
Who owns the work?
IV
Can my team edit the site ourselves?
V
What if we need changes after launch?
VI
How do you handle feedback?
XII · Send a messenger
Tell us what to build.
Write two lines about the project and your date. A real person replies within one working day, with a plan and a price range.
