BY APPOINTMENT, BY INSTINCT
VIII · PRISM
design Too good to ignore, too real to forget.
Threading the needle between luxury and beautiful chaos.
Four rules we don’t break. Every one of them cost us something to learn.
Your project might be a twenty-dollar business card today and a twenty-thousand-dollar rebrand next year. We’re playing the long game.
We’ve been the client. We know the pain of agencies that ghost you after the kickoff. So we built the partner we always wished we had.
Comfortable at both ends — hospitality brands that need restraint, and token launches that need to look like they know something you don’t.
Not the biggest studio. The one founders quietly recommend when they’re two whiskeys deep and telling the truth.
Eleven disciplines. Scroll sideways.
One founder-led studio in Edmonton for the brand, the website, and the work that brings customers in. Matt stays involved. For storefronts, KR8TIV designs and can manage the journey from concept through supplier sourcing, manufacturing coordination and installation liaison. Fabricators and builders do the physical work. Figures are engagement floors, not menu prices — where a real project starts. Small one-off pieces sit below them; ask and we’ll tell you honestly.
Website Design
Websites that look sharp, explain your offer, and make it clear how to call. Built in Edmonton for businesses across Alberta and Canada.
Branding + Identity
Your logo, your voice, and a visual system for your website, storefront, packaging, and business cards.
Video Editing
Video that stops the scroll and actually gets watched.
Ecommerce Setups
A customized ecom stack to help you sell anything online.
UX/UI + Blockchain
User experiences people actually love — web apps, mobile apps, and on-chain products.
Signage + Print
Storefronts, signs and immersive store experiences. Start with a concept, or have KR8TIV manage supplier sourcing, production coordination and installation liaison.
Packaging + Mockups
Unboxing is a ritual, not a logistics problem.
Studio + A/V Print
Full studio production: web + audio/video + print, all under one roof.
Ads + Acquisition
Creative that converts. Built for performance, written for humans.
App Product Design
The full app stack: IA, UX, UI, prototypes, handoff.
Motion + 3D
3D, motion graphics, cinematics — delivered with intent.
Why do we exist?
The person who shows you the work is the person who made it. No account layer, no handoff to a junior, nobody learning on your budget.
— Matt, founderTen clients a year. The number is the product — it is the only way the founder stays in every room and on every draft.
— Studio policyPlenty of calls end with you don’t need us for this. That answer costs us a project and earns the three that follow.
— Matt, founderFour phases. No surprises.
Our engagement model is deliberately simple because the work shouldn’t be. The full nine-step playbook — including payment splits + AI-system builds — lives on the process page.
Discovery
We listen first. Who you are, who you want to be, what you sell, who buys it, what makes you different.
Direction
We sketch 2–3 visual directions — each one a complete world, not a moodboard. You pick the one that feels true.
Design
We build out the chosen direction across every surface — brand, web, motion, print, pitch decks, whatever is needed.
Handoff
You get a living brand system, not a dead PDF. We stay on call for the first 90 days at no extra cost.
Proof, not a portfolio wall.
Four live engagements below. Full portfolio — selected work, studio lab, and the code vault — lives on the dedicated work page.
Bring us the thing
you can’t get right.
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Let's just talk.
A free thirty minutes on Calendly — no pitch, no obligation. We'll hear what you're building, tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, and if we aren't we'll point you somewhere good.
We also build full AI systems for business — marketing automations, support agents, internal tools, content engines. If you're curious whether AI could save your team real hours every week, come ask.
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