brand systems

Coastal Software Solutions, LLC is a founder-led consulting firm led by Steve Stickel, a solutions architect and engineering leader. It bridges business vision and engineering execution through software architecture, AI automation, and cloud delivery, supported by creative direction, brand systems, and interface design. Co-Founder and Creative Director Nathan Ellis leads visual strategy and brand systems.

AI + RAG implementationAPI-first servicesAWS and Cloudflare deploymentCI/CD pipelinesfull stack developmentInterface DesignobservabilityOpenAI-powered assistantsprocess automationSaaS architecture

Design Rangers is a brand and messaging strategy firm in Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded in 2007 by Jenny and Chris Schell. It helps nonprofits and mission-driven organizations define what they believe, clarify who they serve, and build the language to communicate it. The firm's core offering is Camps: facilitated working sessions that establish messaging, brand voice, and structure before a website or campaign is built. Clients include food banks, human services agencies, community colleges, family foundations, and outdoor recreation organizations.

brand strategyContent writingmessaging strategyvisual prototyping

Deucetek is a GovCon-focused custom software and graphic design studio. They build production web applications, admin dashboards, brand systems, and marketing sites for SBIR-eligible firms and federal contractors.

admin dashboard developmentcustom software developmentgraphic designmarketing site developmentweb application development

Cherry Pi is a one-person creative studio based in California, established in 2023 and run by Vanessa Saddi. It offers brand strategy, design, and full-stack engineering under one roof, with thirteen years of craft experience. The studio follows an understand, design, ship process and runs on its own in-house tooling, including content engines, custom workflows, and automation.

art directionautomationbrand strategydesignfull-stack engineeringweb production

Stonehut Studio is a Webflow and Astro studio based in Burlington, Vermont, that builds websites and brand systems designed to keep running after launch. Their approach includes Brand Rules inside the site, Locked Components, a Studio Agent that knows the rules, and a person who decides what ships. They stay on after launch to keep sites from drifting.

Astro developmentweb designweb developmentWebflow development