Understand
We get clear on the people, the problem and what a useful result looks like.
A digital agency with a little more character
Works hard.
Stays cool.
We design, build and improve the places your business lives online. Beautiful to look at, straightforward to use and made with care.
Currently closed to new clients. Join our waiting list for future availability.
Design ✦ Experience ✦ Search & marketing ✦ Engineering
Our expertise
The whole web.
Thoughtfully handled.
From the first sketch to the infrastructure behind it, we connect the details that make a digital business work.
12 services shown
01 / Brand & design
Web design
Distinctive websites, shaped around your business.
02 / Experience
Usability
Clear journeys. Fewer obstacles. Happier people.
03 / Growth
Search & SEO
Research, structure and content that help people find you.
04 / Growth
SEM & paid search
Focused campaigns, thoughtful landing pages and clear measurement.
05 / Experience
Accessibility
Inclusive experiences, built and tested with care.
06 / Engineering
Hosting
Fast, secure foundations for the things you build.
07 / Experience
User interfaces
Interfaces that make complex tasks feel straightforward.
08 / Experience
Information architecture
Content, navigation and structure that make sense.
09 / Brand & design
Logo design
Distinctive identities, drawn to work at every size.
10 / Brand & design
Branding
A coherent identity, from first impression to smallest detail.
11 / Brand & design
Typography
Type with character, hierarchy and a clear purpose.
12 / Engineering
Web development
Well-engineered websites, applications and custom tools.
From our workshop
A clearer way
to explore Ephesus.
Research, information architecture and multilingual publishing, brought together around a remarkable place.
ResearchArchitectureWeb development
Explore the project EPHESUS.NET / PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
A place worth
understanding.
Curiosity is a useful place to begin.
From our workshop
A better way
to learn bass.
A bespoke rebuild for a bass teacher, with free practice tools, typeset lessons and search built in.
Web developmentFree toolsSearch
Explore the project THEINFINITEBASS.COM / PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Every note
has a reason.
Practice, made a little more fun.
From our workshop
A local teacher,
clearly found.
A site for a music teacher and film and TV composer, written in his voice and built for local search.
DesignPhotographyLocal search
Explore the project TDASHTON.CO.UK / PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
A teacher, in
his own words.
Start with a tune you love.
From our workshop
Keeping the
memories.
A memories site for a lakeside restaurant on Koh Phangan, with recovered branding and a nightly film archive.
Brand recoveryFilm archiveDesign
Explore the project HEMMINGWAYS.CO / PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Music, magic
and memories.
Let food be thy medicine.
Currently in the workshop
Ashina ClanBond Beyond Blood
How we work
Good work starts
with good questions.
A clear process gives ideas room to develop and keeps everyone focused on the job the website needs to do.
Shape
We work through the structure and design, making the important decisions visible.
Build & test
We build carefully and test the experience, including the less obvious details.
Keep improving
We use what we learn to refine the work and keep it useful over time.
About Funky Hamster
The details
are the work.
A well-chosen typeface. A form that makes sense. A page that gets you where you need to go.
We care about how a website looks, how it behaves and what it helps people achieve. Funky Hamster brings those concerns together in one digital agency.
The team at Funky Hamster brings specialist expertise in usability, accessibility, front-end engineering, server-side coding, security, search, visual design, compliance and copywriting. It’s led by our senior developer, Hardy Hemmingway, who has been designing and building websites almost since the birth of the World Wide Web. He was an Advisor for SitePoint, then the leading online resource for web developers worldwide, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and he oversees the team on every project.
Clarity before cleverness
Make the purpose clear. Give people useful information and an obvious next step.
Character with substance
Build an identity people remember, supported by work that earns their confidence.