A presence that matches your standing
A visual direction specific to your business, clear messages and a journey that helps visitors understand what you offer. Your website should make people want to choose you from the very first pages.
DIGITAL FOUNDATION · GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Website design in Geneva
A website that represents your business accurately. One that earns trust, answers the right questions and makes people want to get in touch.
Make a good impression.
Independent consultantHow I work with you
What you get
A site that is pleasant to use
Fast pages, readable on mobile and keyboard-accessible. Design and development are thought through together, down to hover states, forms and image loading.
Foundations for being found
Page structure, headings, URLs and structured data: search visibility is part of the design. It can then be taken further with SEO and GEO support.
Your day-to-day autonomy
You receive the access rights, documentation and training suited to your team. You should be able to keep your content alive and evolve the site.
One project to explore: this site
Digital Foundation is designed and built by Thierry Barbezat. It is a direct example of the work I offer: art direction, mobile experience, cinematic animation and custom development.
Browse the home page to see it for yourself. It presents my own site, not a client project or a measured commercial result.
Your project in five steps
- Understand. Your business, your clients, the site’s objectives and the limits of what exists today. We define the scope and the content needed.
- Structure. The site map, the user journeys and the messages. Each page gets a precise role and a main topic.
- Design. An art direction, then mock-ups and a prototype to validate choices before development.
- Build. Responsive build, features, performance and accessibility. Testing goes hand in hand with development.
- Hand over. Launch, URL checks, training and documentation. Maintenance arrangements are agreed together.
The technology follows your needs
WordPress websites
WordPress is a good fit when you publish regularly or when several people contribute content. How easily your team can take it over is part of the choice.
Custom development with Next.js
For a specific experience, a more advanced interface or a site connected to business tools, I can build a custom solution. Ease of maintenance remains a deciding factor.
Website redesign
Before changing the structure, I list the existing URLs and important pages. Useful addresses are kept or redirected to the matching pages, to limit the risks to your search rankings. The migration is checked before and after launch.
A clear quote before we start
The budget depends on the number of pages, the content to produce, the design work and the features. After a first conversation, you receive a scope, a timeline and a price, all set before work begins.
Design and build, hosting and maintenance are listed separately in the proposal. For a showcase website, a project generally takes a matter of weeks; the timeline also allows for preparing and approving your content.
ONE CONTACT, FROM ADVICE TO DELIVERY
Your project.
My commitment.
Having run an SME shapes the way I work: understanding your constraints, clarifying the choices and handing you the keys to the project.
About my backgroundFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Before you
get started.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on the number of pages, the content to produce and the features. A solid showcase website for an SME falls within a range I give you on the first call, once the scope is clear. The price is fixed before I start.
Which technology do you work with?
WordPress when you need to publish often and on your own, Next.js when performance and search visibility come first. The choice depends on who will maintain the site after me, not on my preference of the moment.
Can I update the site myself?
Yes, that is a condition I set. You receive training and written documentation. A site that can only be changed by going back to its creator is a site that ages badly.
What happens to my search rankings if I rebuild my site?
They are preserved if — and only if — existing URLs are kept or properly redirected with 301s. It is the first thing I check on any redesign, before we even talk about design.
How long does a project take?
A few weeks for a showcase website, longer if the content still needs to be written. Content is almost always what stretches the timeline: the development itself is predictable.
Are hosting and maintenance included?
The quote lists design and build, hosting and any maintenance services separately. We agree on who handles them and on what terms before launch.
FIRST CALL, NO COMMITMENT