Independent designer · Cardiff, Wales

Good design
should feel obvious.

Websites, digital products and brands that are easy to use, hard to ignore and built around what your customers actually need.

Designed to work Taking on projects
yourbusiness.co.uk

Independent Cardiff coffee

Small batch.
Big character.

A sharper website for a neighbourhood favourite.

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Websites✦UI / UX Design✦Branding✦Apps✦Print Design✦

About

Thoughtful design,
minus the agency fog.

I’m Sam, the designer behind Miles Design Studio. I combine UX thinking with bold visual design to help small businesses show up with more confidence.

You’ll get clear decisions, practical deliverables and a design partner who cares whether the finished thing works—not just whether it looks good in a mockup.

See how I can help

Friendly enough to talk to.
Serious about the details.

Services

One studio.
Plenty of range.

Start with a website, product experience or brand—or bring the whole problem. Every project gets a clear scope, useful thinking and no unnecessary layers.

Every project is scoped individually, with clear fixed pricing agreed before work begins.

01 Websites Strategy · Design · Build · Launch

From structure and UX through to the finished build, I can design, build and launch the whole website—from a focused landing page to a complete small-business site.
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  • Site structure & user journeys
  • Wireframes & interface design
  • Responsive build & launch
  • Launch support & guidance
02 UI / UX & apps Research · Product · Prototypes

Web and mobile products shaped around real people, real tasks and fewer headaches—whether you are starting something new or improving an experience that has become difficult to use.

  • UX reviews & audits
  • User flows & wireframes
  • Accessible interface systems
  • Clickable app prototypes
03 Branding Identity · Colour · Type · Voice

A practical visual identity that gives your business a recognisable look and a consistent way to show up everywhere it matters.

  • Logo suite
  • Colour & typography
  • Simple brand guidelines
  • Social and digital assets
04 Print & campaigns Additional capability · Menus · Flyers

Supporting print and promotional design that extends an existing brand into the everyday things customers see, keep and act on.

  • Menus & price lists
  • Posters & flyers
  • Social campaign assets
  • Print-ready artwork

Working together

  • Direct communication
  • Clear scope
  • Agreed pricing
  • Regular checkpoints
  • No agency layers

Simple process

Brief → scope & quote → design → feedback → delivery or launch
  1. 1 Listen
  2. 2 Make sense
  3. 3 Design
  4. 4 Refine
  5. 5 Deliver

Selected projects

Work with a
reason behind it.

Have a project in mind?

Let’s make it
make sense.

Tell me what you’re working on, even if it’s still rough around the edges. I’ll review your project, clarify anything I need to, then send you a clear scope and quote.

contact.milesdesignstudio@gmail.com

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How I handle your information.

Last updated: September 2026

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How long I keep it

Enquiries that do not become projects are normally deleted within 12 months. If we work together, relevant project, contract and accounting records may be kept for up to six years, or longer where required by law.

Your rights

You can ask for access to your personal information, correction of inaccurate information, deletion, restriction or objection where those rights apply. Contact me using the email above. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.