Independent designers and developers — sorted by when they can start
The rail beside this page is the next year, one tick per week. A long tick means nobody in view is free that week. A short stub means everybody is.
One tick is drawn in signal red: the crossing, the first week this group opens up. That is the earliest you could realistically start, before you contact anyone.
Pick a discipline on the roster and the rail redraws for that cohort. Choosing a discipline is a question about capacity, so it is answered as one.
The best person for your project is frequently not available, and a portfolio will never tell you that.
So this directory leads with the calendar. Day rates sit on the card, availability is confirmed every fortnight, and there is no commission, no paid listing and no featured placement — because the sort order is capacity, and capacity is not for sale.
HOW THE INDEX WORKS →
Interface motion, built not rendered. It ships as code.
OPEN PROFILE →
Structure first. Nobody ranks a site they cannot crawl.
OPEN PROFILE → Naming and identity together, for things that do not exist yet.
OPEN PROFILE → I write the CSS that the design actually needed.
OPEN PROFILE → Available now. I do the boring integration nobody else quotes for.
OPEN PROFILE → I go and ask them. It is less mysterious than it sounds.
OPEN PROFILE → POST-001 The best designer for your project is frequently not available, and a portfolio tells you nothing about that. Start from the calendar and work backwards.
POST-002 A day rate is not a salary divided by 220. Here is what is actually inside the number on the card, and which parts of it are negotiable.
POST-003 Most briefs describe a feeling. A quotable brief describes a decision, a deadline, and who is allowed to say no.
5 of the 24 people on the roster are open this week. Filter by discipline and read the crossing week before you write a single enquiry.