We Design to deliver

We've been creating brands and designing websites since 1997, enabling our clients to achieve their goals, every dot per inch.

Why design dpi?

The present day is no exception, but the late ‘90s and early ‘00s were a really exciting time for web design and development. After working in numerous roles in New York, then London. We were head-hunted in 2001 to join a brand new global strategic and digital marketing agency as head of design... but, we turned down the offer. It was this opportunity though that gave us the belief, confidence and impetus to start our own agency.

Throwing caution to the wind, and on a concept inspired by the inside of a taco shell packaging design, coupled with a really cool coffee table book called 72dpi. In 2001, in a small pokey flat in South London, the business plan for design dpi was born.

Our Creative
Services

Branding & Identity

We work closely and develop lasting relationships with every client, expressing your brand through innovative and original visual identity. Making your ideas come to life.

Web Design

The core of the business, we go out of the way to understand our clients expectations delivering user focused web design, web development and eCommerce solutions.

Print Design

First impressions count and we recognise the importance of your print collateral. Whether just business cards or full brochures, we have the knowledge and experience to communicate your brand effectively.

Digital Marketing

Online or offline, email campaigns or on social networks, our value added services and proven approach to digital marketing helps us deliver results for our clients helping convert your users into customers.

Our Creative
Creatives

Don't let the fancy website or first-person pronouns of "we" "our" "we're" fool you, as design dpi is for the most part run and curated single-handedly by David Ellicott, friendly, amenable and always happy to offer advice.

Having built his first commercial website in 1997, David worked predominantly in front-end design, for many years specialising in Adobe Flash and ActionScript. Over the years the designer turned more to a developer, purely out of necessity, and now totally proficient in many coding languages.

Possessing the skill set of both designer and developer is such a huge advantage when designing websites. When we have an idea, understanding the basic developer principles means we can pretty much build anything.

And we do, we've designed websites for almost everything, ranging from the small, wonderfully crafted single page brochure sites for local businesses to huge eCommerce and content managed solutions for large multinationals, working locally, nationally and internationally.

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David Ellicott

CCO // Director

David has been designing websites since 1997.

He's a self-confessed geek, creative, front-end designer, back-end developer, server administrator.

He loves trail running, the Lake District and has a healthy obsession with the San Francisco 49ers.

He lives a safe distance from Doncaster with his fiancée Sarah, and daughter Mia.
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Domino

Office Manager

A calming influence in the office since 2005.

She's a supermodel cat, loves bits of plastic and acts more like a kitten than the old girl she is.

She loves Dreamies kibbles, chasing laser pointers, and giving high fives when asked.

She chose us one sunny September afternoon after we'd literally just returned home from a trip to NYC.

It's a pleasure working with David, his professional and approachable attitude makes you feel you're in safe hands. No question is made to feel too silly and David works tirelessly to achieve the desired result for the project. Jenny Lyon - Distant Journeys
David Ellicott's work on Lucy Thomas's website has been exceptional, combining a great artistic instinct with in-depth technical knowledge. I would highly recommend David to anyone seeking a top class website designer. Chris Broom - Cavendish Records
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend David to anyone thinking of having a website built, the amount of positive comments I receive from my website is huge. If you're thinking of using design dpi then do it, you won't be disappointed. Libby Johnstone - Undercover Artists
David at design dpi was instrumental in my new business start up a few years ago, from branding, logo design, to marketing materials and a website. I really don't know how I'd have done it without him. Caroline Hoplins - Flexible Exercise
It has been an absolute pleasure to work with David from start to finish on my personal website. He has created a site so unique that has totally captured the brief and more! I am beyond thrilled with the result. Hayley Griffiths - Hayley Griffiths
David is great to work with, full of ideas, enthusiastic and very thorough. I would definitely recommend his services. Peter Greenhalgh - Brazil St