About

Valence.

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We love designing. We'd do it for fun if we didn't have clients because it's what we do.

(But we do love to have clients.)

We've spent more than fifteen years shipping experiences that have delighted millions of people around the world.

Our track record includes work for companies in the Fortune 100 — firms that require nothing less than perfection. We've been around the block once or twice, and we're still just as hungry.

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Our point of view

Web presence is a game most businesses don't find fun to play. From their perspective, it's a shifting landscape full of complexity, guesswork, and noise that has nothing to do with their core offer.

We come in to remove that friction. No more overthinking, no more wasted energy. We play the game for you.

Along the way we create enduring friendships. Not all of the time, but enough for it to truly matter. We're a tech-savvy voice that our partners can reach out to for anything, even long after the scope of the work is done. We'll still be in your corner.

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The ROI of good design

228%

S&P 500 outperformance

Design-led companies outperform the market by more than double over ten years.

McKinsey Design Index, 2018
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80%

brand recognition from visual identity

Color and consistent visual design increase how quickly people remember who you are.

University of Loyola, Maryland
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33%

revenue increase from brand consistency

A unified presence across every touchpoint builds trust — and trust closes deals.

Lucidpress, 2019
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10x

cheaper to fix in design than after launch

Problems caught during the design phase cost a fraction of what they cost in production.

IBM Systems Sciences Institute
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Work With Us

Ready to close the gap?

We take on a limited number of new clients each year. If you're building something worth doing properly — and your current presence doesn't reflect that — we'd like to hear about it.