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Award-winning design & engineering

We design products people actually use.

Acme Studio is a full-service design and engineering agency. We partner with ambitious founders and product teams to craft brands, interfaces, and digital experiences that drive real business results.

Trusted by leading brands:

Flowbase
ScaleGrid
NovaTech
Motive
Stackline
Primeloop
Catalyze
Vantage
240+
Projects Completed

Across web, mobile & brand

98%
Happy Clients

Based on post-project surveys

14
Awards Won

Including 3 Awwwards Site of the Day

11
Years in Business

Founded in San Francisco, 2014

Who We Are

A small team with an outsized impact.

We are a team of 18 designers, engineers, and strategists who believe that exceptional craft and clear thinking are not mutually exclusive. Every project starts with a deep understanding of your users, your market, and your goals — then we build backward from there.

  • Strategy-first approach — we understand your business before we touch a pixel
  • End-to-end delivery from discovery and design through to engineering and launch
  • Transparent process with weekly check-ins, shared Figma files, and live staging environments

How We Work

A proven process, adapted to your needs.

Our four-phase engagement model — Discover, Define, Design, Deliver — gives you predictable timelines and consistent quality regardless of project size. We embed with your team using the tools you already use, so there's no overhead and no surprises.

  • Kick-off workshop in week one to align on goals, constraints, and success metrics
  • Iterative design sprints with structured feedback rounds — no big-reveal moments
  • Handoff includes production-ready code, a design system, and documentation

Meet the team

Senior practitioners, not junior staff. You'll work directly with the people doing the work.

EV

Elena Vasquez

Founder & Creative Director

Former design lead at Figma. Obsessed with the intersection of craft and business impact.

JT

James Thornton

Head of Engineering

Full-stack engineer with a decade of experience building scalable web products for Series A and B startups.

AN

Aiko Nakamura

Lead UX Researcher

Combines qualitative research and data analysis to uncover insights that drive meaningful design decisions.

Testimonials

Loved by product teams.

"We went from idea to shipped feature in 3 days instead of 3 weeks. Apex AI eliminated the gaps between our PM, design, and engineering workflows."
Sarah Chen

Sarah Chen

VP of Product, Flowbase

"The self-building connectors are magic. We use a niche internal tool and Apex had it integrated within minutes. No vendor ticket, no waiting."
Marcus Rivera

Marcus Rivera

CTO, ScaleGrid

"What sold us was BYOAI. Our ML team runs local models, PMs love ChatGPT, and devs are on Claude. Apex orchestrates all of them."
Priya Sharma

Priya Sharma

Head of Engineering, NovaTech

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