Psychoactive Studios

Digital
Amphibians

We’re Psychoactive Studios, a boutique, full-service digital design agency based out of Wellington, New Zealand.
Our team specialises in designing & developing beautiful, interactive, user friendly web products & experiences.

Digital
Amphibians

PSYCHOACTIVE

Hatching Human Centered Solutions

We foster the perfect conditions for creative problem-solving. From inception to production, our full-service pipeline focuses on delivering meaningful websites, platforms and apps. Our mission is to help businesses and organisations better connect with their clients, customers and communities through interactive storytelling experiences.

BRAND

We’re Digital Amphibians : just as frogs breathe both water & air, we breathe design & innovation. We’re not just a web design agency - we’re a digital design incubator - constantly hatching fresh and beautifully intuitive ways to stimulate the Metamorphosis of projects & brands.

Brand Strategy
Brand Development
Concept Design
Visual Identity

DESIGN

UX & UI Design
Graphic Design
Motion Design
Interaction Design

DEVELOP

Web & App Development
Content Management (CMS)
Learning Management (LMS)
Virtual & Augmented Reality

MANAGE

Marketing Campaigns
Content Development
Search Engine Optimization
Web Hosting & Management

VIEW WORK

SERVICES

ABOUT US

WHO WE ARE

PSYCHOACTIVE

OUR SERVICES

Creative problem solving requires a thorough understanding of context & conditions. Whether you run a startup, non-profit, small, medium or large business, we’ll dissect your goals/challenges and chart a custom design strategy.

Inside the
Incubator

As an award-winning interactive web design and mobile application development company, we dive into every project with the passion to create something exceptional. We’ve fine tuned our production ecosystem to perfectly balance innovative design with efficient development.

Identify Problem

Brand & Strategy

In this embryonic stage of strategic development, brand strategy, brand identity and brand guidelines begin to emerge. Logo design, concept design, prototyping, copywriting and storytelling all get underway and quickly evolve to meet your campaign, project or organisation’s needs.

Visual Design

With vital structures now established, branding, digital and print products grow and mature. You’ll be able to monitor and review the flow of user experience design, user interface design, illustrations, motion graphics design, and other useful 2D and 3D assets.

DEVELOPMENT

Approved design specimens are developed into responsive websites, immersive experiences and print ready collateral. Our team work across a range of platforms, from industry standard CMS like Wordpress and Webflow, to custom coded React applications and Unity powered VR/AR.

Deploy &
Manage

Backed by our ultra-fast VPS web hosting and meticulously crafted SEO, projects reach the end of their incubation period, fully mature and ready to thrive. Yet deployment is just another stage of metamorphosis. Content creation, copywriting and advertising services will stimulate growth as we continue to manage your digital presence.

Vision

Discovery

Design

Development

Manage

OUR PROCESS

Our Process

OUR PROCESS

Director

Andrew Hillstead

Sebastian Paz

Technical Lead

Kunyang Ji

Digital Design Lead

Creative Lead

Alexandre Bannwarth

Sheridan Jamieson

Operations & Finance Manager

Thomas Maharaj

Business Development Manager

Laura Jayne Campbell

Digital & Graphic Designer

Daniel Wang

Lucie Robert

Digital & Social Intern

DIGITAL
AMPHIBIANS

From branding to user experience and user interface design, from content writing to Webflow websites with motion graphics animations, our multidisciplinary team enjoys developing across a range of digital media.

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OUR TEAM