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Strategy / 6 min read

Before the pixels: asking better questions.

The conversations that turn a website brief into a clear creative direction.

By the codeAlchemy studio

Studio notes

01 / Strategy

Start with the why

Every good website begins long before the first pixel. Before we open a design tool, we ask a few simple questions.

What are we really building?

  • Who is this for?
  • What should they do when they arrive?
  • What does success look like in six months?

02 / Strategy

Listen first

The best answers rarely come from the first conversation. They come from the third, once the obvious ideas have been said out loud and set aside.

Good design starts with good questions.
A note from the studio

That's the whole idea. Everything else follows from it.

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