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Bespoke websites,
never templates

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Whether you sell fortune cookies, run a yoga studio or build a clothing label, I bring art direction, content and the site itself together — turning a page people scroll past into an address they remember.

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What I do

One partner, two crafts

A bespoke site, open on a laptop.

Website Creation

A website is the one asset you own outright. I build it end to end — positioning, art direction, code, launch — so it looks like you and like nobody else.

  • Audit & positioning

    Understanding what you sell, to whom, and what makes you worth the premium.

  • Art direction & design

    A visual language built for you, not picked from a library of themes.

  • Development & integration

    Hand-written front end. Fast, responsive, and built to be edited later.

  • SEO optimisation

    Structure, speed and metadata handled so the site is found, not just seen.

  • Launch & maintenance

    I put it live and I stay reachable. A site is not a one-off delivery.

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An editorial layout, art-directed end to end.

Content Creation

A site is only as good as what fills it. I shoot for the pages I'm about to build — framing, rhythm and light decided against the layout rather than after it. Available on its own too.

  • Art direction & scouting

    Light, intent, rhythm and atmosphere, decided before the camera comes out.

  • Photography

    Horizontal and vertical, shot to work on the site and on social alike.

  • Film, 60 to 90 seconds

    A short film that shows the place or the product the way it deserves.

  • Vertical cuts

    Every film delivered in a vertical edit, framed for feeds rather than cropped.

  • Grading & edit

    Selected, graded and cut. A first pass within 24 hours, final in two to three days.

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Selected work

Five projects, five different problems.

Selected work

Early Saint-Tropez

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Early Saint-Tropez — beetroot hummus on a glazed plate.

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Laruicci

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Laruicci — the campaign image, wordmark on concrete.
Laruicci — wrapped in printed shirting.

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Selected work

Blackdoor Paris

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Blackdoor Paris — attic living room.
Blackdoor Paris — the kitchen and its pendant lamps.
Blackdoor Paris — marble bathroom under the eaves.
Blackdoor Paris — a brass leopard on the sideboard.

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Cachoteries

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Photo and film content, cut down for social.
Cachoteries — fortune cookies in a jar, in afternoon light.

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De La Place Paris

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De La Place Paris — a narrow Paris terrace at golden hour.

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The process

Four steps, in this order. Nothing is skipped, and nothing happens before it should.

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Define

We start with your goals, your audience, and what the site actually has to prove — along with what it can afford to leave out. That scope becomes a transparent quote, and it stays open to discussion until we both agree on it. Nothing gets built before then.

Design

Site map and navigation first, so nothing worth saying ends up buried. Then the copy — messages that sound like you and give the reader a reason to act. Type, colour, rhythm and imagery come last, as full mockups you see screen by screen.

Build

A hand-written front end, not a page builder's output. It holds its shape on a small screen, stays quick on a slow connection, and keeps a structure legible enough that changing something later stays cheap.

Launch

Your feedback, then the fine-tuning — the pass that separates a site that works from one that feels right. Then it goes live, and I stay reachable afterwards.

In their words

What working together looks like.

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About

More to make than ever.

Most of the work I get called in on has the same problem. The images are good. The brand is good. And then the site arrives and flattens all of it — a template, a stock font, a scroll that gives nothing away.

I make both. I shoot, and I build the thing the footage lives in. One person, one intention, from the first frame to the last line of code. Nothing gets lost in the handoff, because there isn't one.

Before this I ran two labels of my own, where I learned that taste is a discipline, and the best references rarely come from the industry you're working in.

Since then I've filmed for high-end brands across France and built the sites that carry that work — hotels, restaurants, ateliers, people who already know what they're worth and need it to show.

I work slowly in the thinking and fast in the making. I'd rather ask one more question at the start than send three rounds of revisions at the end. It's not precious, it's just how you get something that still looks right in two years.

Based in Paris. Available wherever the work is.

Antoine Marangé
  • Based inParis
  • Since2022
  • LanguagesFrench, English

Questions?

A project that does not fit the mould, or something you would rather talk through before committing? A short call usually settles it.

01Can the scope be tailored to my project?
Always. Every project opens with an audit — the scope is written from what comes out of it, not picked from a menu.
02How much does a website cost?
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03How long does it take?
For content, a first pass lands within 24 hours and the finished edit within two to three working days. A website depends on its scope, and the quote states the date.
04Do you write the copy as well?
Yes. Writing is step five of the process — a site built around borrowed words never sounds like the people behind it.
05Can I update the site myself afterwards?
Yes. The front end is written by hand, but it is built to be edited — you will not need me for a change of text or an image.
06Do you handle hosting and maintenance?
I put the site live and I stay reachable afterwards. A site is not a one-off delivery.
07Do you shoot the photography and film yourself?
Yes — scouting, lighting, shooting, grading and edit. It is the same pair of eyes from the art direction to the final cut.
08Can I book content without a website?
Of course. Photography and film stand on their own, whether or not the site is mine.
09What are your payment terms?
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