Luma
Planning for a brighter future
Our services
Web apps
Useful tools, built into your digital experience
Sometimes your website needs to do more than explain who you are. It needs to help people book, search, calculate, compare, manage, submit, track, learn or interact with your organisation in a more useful way.
How we can help your business
We design and build highly functional web apps that can sit within your website or operate as a more bespoke digital platform. From user portals and dashboards to calculators, directories, booking systems, resource hubs, data tools and custom workflows, we create digital tools that make your website work harder for your users and your team.
Our work
Functionality & Laravel. The perfect match.
For more advanced functionality, we often use Laravel frameworks to give the application stronger foundations, cleaner logic and more room to scale. But the technology is never the starting point. The starting point is what the tool needs to do, who needs to use it and how it can support your organisation.
Whether it is a small interactive feature or a fully bespoke web application, we can help turn a useful idea into something clear, functional and built to last.
Web app FAQ's
Are you a digital agency, creative agency or design agency?
We are a digital and creative agency, which means we combine brand thinking, design craft and technical development. We can support the whole journey, from brand strategy and visual identity to websites, digital platforms, campaigns and production assets.
What is brand and digital?
Brand and digital is the process of building the brand and the digital experience together. It connects strategy, identity, tone of voice, UX, content, web design and development so your website does not feel separate from the brand.
Why should branding and web design be done together?
Your website is often the most important place people experience your brand. By building branding and web design together, we make sure your identity, content, tone of voice, UX and digital platform all work as one joined-up system.
Do we need a full rebrand or just a brand refresh?
A brand refresh is usually right when your existing brand still has value, but needs to feel sharper, more consistent or more current. A full rebrand is better when the strategy, name, positioning, messaging or identity no longer reflect the organisation.
What is the difference between brand identity and visual identity?
Visual identity is the visible part of your brand: logo, colour, typography, imagery, graphics, illustration and layout style. Brand identity is broader and includes positioning, messaging, tone of voice, audience strategy and the wider system that guides how the brand behaves.
Can you help with naming?
Yes. We can help name businesses, products, campaigns, services and sub-brands. Naming works best when it connects back to the wider brand strategy, tone of voice and visual direction.
Can you design a logo?
Yes. We design logos and logo systems for startups, small businesses and established organisations. A logo might include a primary mark, wordmark, icon, monogram, secondary lockup, social avatar or responsive versions for digital and print.
What makes a good website?
A good website helps people understand who you are, find what they need and take action with confidence. It needs clear structure, strong messaging, considered UX, responsive design, good performance, SEO foundations and a CMS your team can actually use.
Can you design a website if we already have developers?
Yes. We can provide UX, wireframes, interface design, prototypes and development-ready design systems for your own developers to build from. This is useful if you have an in-house team but need stronger design thinking or a more polished interface.
Is Laravel better than WordPress?
Laravel is not automatically better than WordPress. It depends on what the website needs to do. WordPress is great for many content-led websites. Laravel is usually better for larger, more complex, functionality-led platforms that need bespoke features, integrations or stronger scalability.
