Studio

Small team.
Senior output.

ArtX was founded in 2016 as a two-person studio. A decade in, we're eight — enough to move, small enough that senior hands touch every deliverable.

Philosophy

Beautiful is not enough. It has to perform.

We're a small team of designers, engineers and search strategists building websites that move markets — not just cursors.

01Research
We start with obsession — audience, market, competitors — until the strategy writes itself.
02Design
Bold, editorial, functional. Every pixel earns its place in the composition.
03Build
Production-grade code. Motion tuned to 60 FPS. Zero-compromise performance.
04Scale
Search, analytics and iteration — so the work keeps compounding after launch.
Principles

What we stand for.

01

Beautiful is not enough.

Every design decision we make has to justify itself in performance data. Aesthetics earn their place by moving metrics.

02

Senior hands on everything.

We don't have a junior tier. Every deliverable is touched by someone with years of scar tissue. That's not elitism — it's respect for the brief.

03

Small is a strategy.

We're eight people by design. Small enough to move fast and give a damn. Big enough to handle complex, multi-discipline projects without subcontracting.

04

Opinionated by default.

Clients hire us for a point of view, not just execution. We push back when we think something is wrong — respectfully, with evidence.

The team

Eight people.
One standard.

AM
Alex Mercer
Founder & Creative Director

10 years building digital products for brands across SaaS, e-commerce and hospitality. Believes beautiful and functional are the same thing, badly explained.

SL
Sophia Lin
Lead Designer

Former in-house designer at a Series-B fintech. Obsessed with typographic hierarchy and the kind of design that makes copywriters look good.

MW
Marcus Webb
Lead Engineer

Full-stack React engineer with a fixation on Core Web Vitals and zero-runtime CSS. Breaks production on Fridays, fixes it faster.

PN
Priya Nair
SEO & Growth Strategist

Built organic channels from zero to 500k monthly visits across three companies. Approaches SEO the way a journalist approaches a story — with curiosity.

History

A decade of building.

    2016

    Founded

    Two designers, one client, a strong opinion about whitespace. ArtX started in a shared apartment in Lisbon.

    2018

    First US client

    Landed our first North American engagement — a SaaS rebrand that tripled qualified demo requests.

    2020

    Went fully remote

    Expanded to a team of five across three time zones. Proved that senior output doesn't require a shared office.

    2022

    950+ projects milestone

    Passed 950 completed projects across design, development and SEO. Average client relationship: 2.4 years.

    2024

    Security partnership

    Formalised our partnership with Techvrs.com to offer penetration testing and security hardening to all clients.

    2026

    Now

    Eight people. Four disciplines. Still taking on work we have to grow into.