Make it useful.
Start with something a real person struggles with. Build the smallest thing that makes their day better.
THE STUDIO
A little studio.
A lot of character.
An independent Suffolk studio, founded and led by Chris Hales. We build the software, shape the experience and stay close to the people using it.
CHRIS HALES · FOUNDERThe person on the call
The person on the call
is the person building it.
Over 20 years alongside UK construction firms turning over £1m–£20m. Based in Suffolk. Still doing the work ourselves.
We’ve built websites and software, run marketing and helped construction businesses make their everyday work easier. The common thread is always the same: understanding how the business actually runs before suggesting what it needs.
We stay small on purpose. A handful of live engagements keeps the work personal, the decisions direct and the person who understood the problem involved all the way through. Chris takes the first call, and Chris is still there when the software goes live.
Construction remains the foundation. Apps, auction platforms and games open up new problems to solve and new places for that creativity to go.
WHY THIS STUDIO EXISTS
Good software should give people more time for the things they’d rather be doing.
It started with a quoting tool for a joinery. A practical fix for paperwork that had been taking over the owner’s Sundays. That is still the kind of difference we want the work to make.
WHAT WE VALUEUseful. Honest.
Useful. Honest.
Built to last.
Keep it honest.
Sometimes a tool already exists. Sometimes software isn’t the answer. We’ll tell you if we’re not the right studio for the job.
Think beyond launch.
Your business will change. The software should be understandable, maintainable and able to change with it.
MEET DEXThe curious one
The curious one
in the room.
Dex is the character of Xzist Digital: curious, playful and equally at home with a good idea in the studio, on site or in a completely imaginary world.
See Dex at play ↗
LET’S MAKE IT XZIST
Start something with Chris ↗The best way to know us?
A proper conversation. We’ll ask questions. You can decide whether we’re the right studio for what you have in mind.