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For brandsNot you?

Websites for brands, built to sell.

Website, web app and mobile app development studio: web apps, iOS and Android apps, interactive maps, and community platforms with courses, memberships and events.

Digital Mycelium designs and builds websites, web apps and mobile apps.

Launch sites and brand websites that load fast on phones, turn visitors into customers and are easy for your team to update.

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Built to sell, not just to look good.

We agree what the site has to achieve before we design it, whether that's sales, enquiries or sign-ups, and build it to hit that number.

Found in Google and in AI answers.

Fast pages, real text and clean structure, so Google and assistants like ChatGPT can read your site and recommend you.

Your team runs it.

Change a headline, publish a page or launch a campaign yourselves, without waiting for a developer.

Straight answers, and dates that hold.

The person who scopes your project leads it and answers your messages. You see working progress throughout, and a launch date we agree is one we keep.

Unite·Social · Maps · Events

1 live map every happening near you, as it happens

EverCast·Legacy · Storytelling

A legacy your great-great-grandchildren can talk to

BlackBerry·Enterprise · Platform

Built by our founder as one of two developers at Razorfish, before the studio

Millions of users, at once

Corbis·Media · Platform

Built by our founder as tech lead with BMB Agency, before the studio

Web · iOS · iPad a stock library as a magazine

Unilever·Enterprise · Intranet

Built by our founder as tech lead at SapientNitro, before the studio

400+ brands, talking for the first time

Why us

Why brands bring us in

  1. You are looking at one.

    This site is a living, 262,000-particle organism rendered on your graphics card, and it runs on a phone. That is the standard we build to.

  2. Senior people only.

    The person who scopes your project leads it to launch and is the one you talk to. No account managers relaying messages, no juniors learning on your budget.

  3. A team built for your project.

    We don't hand you whoever is on the payroll. For each project we bring in the senior designers, illustrators and specialists who suit it, and lead them as one team from the first call to launch.

  4. Tested, and under warranty.

    Every build is tested rigorously before it reaches you, on real phones and real browsers. We deliver it bug-free and back that with a warranty: if a bug turns up, we fix it at our cost.

How it goes

  1. A conversation

    You tell us what you need to happen. We ask about the business, the audience and the deadline, and give you an honest view on fit.

  2. A plan and a price

    A written plan of what we will build, in what order, for how much. No surprises later.

  3. The build

    You see working progress throughout, tested as we go on real phones and browsers. Decisions are made with you, not for you.

  4. Launch, and after

    We launch it, measure how people really use it, and keep improving what matters.

Our commitment

We give 5% of all profits to protecting the ocean

This is why we commit 5% of all profits towards cleaning and protecting the ocean and the life below water.

of profits committed
5%
of the world's oxygen
50%+
of our CO₂ absorbed
30%
“You gotta hire these guys, they are awesome!”

The site speaks for itself, but what speaks even louder was the ease of the creation process. What's key is the site's responsiveness to all devices and the clean, professional feel. They have a team of digital wizards and if you're lucky enough to hire them to build your site, you're going to be as honoured as I am.

Rieki Cordon — Founder of Seeds & Hypha DAO

Where we come from

Founded by Vishal Modha, who led engineering on work for Unilever, BlackBerry, RBS and Siemens at Publicis Sapient, Razorfish and LBi London.

  • Unilever
  • Siemens
  • BlackBerry
  • Tata
  • Unify
  • Peroni
  • Grolsch
  • E.ON Energy
  • Smart IOT
  • Department of Health
  • East Midlands Trains (Stagecoach)
  • Corbis
  • British Chamber of Commerce
  • BMB Agency
  • Digitas LBi
  • Publicis Sapient
  • Sapient Razorfish
  • Seeds

Next step

Ready when you are.

Every enquiry is read by the founder. Nothing is shared, and there is no sales sequence.

Read how we work first

Questions people ask first

What happens if something breaks after launch?

We fix it. Everything we build is tested rigorously before it goes live and comes with a warranty, so if a bug turns up, putting it right is our cost, not yours.

Can you work with our creative agency or in-house design team?

Yes, often. We can build from their designs or develop the concept with them, and we protect the idea while we build it.

Will it work on phones and older devices?

Yes. We build in quality tiers, so a new phone gets the full experience and an older one gets a lighter version that still looks intentional. Nobody gets a broken page.

Will it help us show up in Google and AI search?

Yes. Everything important is real text in the page, fast to load and clearly structured, which is what search engines, AI assistants and screen readers all need. The visual flair sits on top of a site that works without it.

How long does it take?

It depends on the ambition and the launch date. Tell us the date on the first call and we will tell you honestly what fits.

Do you have designers, illustrators and specialists in-house?

We keep a small senior core and bring in the right designers, illustrators, motion and 3D artists and specialist engineers for each project, because the best person for one project is rarely the best for the next. You get one point of contact who leads them all, and one fixed price.

Can you build AI into it?

Yes. We build AI features into websites and apps: assistants that answer questions, search that understands what people mean, tools that draft and sort content, and automations that save your team time. We use the leading AI models, keep your data in accounts you control, and only suggest AI where it earns its place.

Your website

Tell us what you are launching.

The date, the audience and what the site has to achieve. We will come back with an honest view on what is possible.

What do you need?

Pick as many as apply.

Rough budget?

Optional, but it helps us scope properly.

Talk about your website