(Case Study)

Website

Shellhouse

An editorial website for a gallery that collects the ocean’s leftovers.

An editorial website for a gallery that collects the ocean’s leftovers.

Client

Shellhouse Gallery

Year

2025

Role

Website & Editorial System

Services

UX, Visual Design, CMS Architecture, Copy

(01) Overview

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The challenge

Shellhouse Gallery came to us with a simple question: how do you stand out without shouting? The category was crowded with look-alikes, and the team wanted something that felt unmistakably theirs — at every size, on every screen.

Our approach

We started with a week of research and a wall of references, then reduced everything to one idea we could build a whole system around. From there we designed, prototyped and tested in short loops, sharing work-in-progress every few days instead of saving it for a big reveal.

What we made

UX, Visual Design, CMS Architecture, Copy. Every piece was designed as part of one living system, documented so the in-house team can keep it alive long after launch.

The result

A launch that felt calm and confident — and numbers that followed. The system now scales across product, social and print without losing its voice.

(02) Results

12 min

Avg. session time

2×

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