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Designing and building for businesses since 2016

FrameMatic is a Chicago studio that designs and builds websites, portals and business software. We’ve built for hundreds of businesses, from local shops to national companies.

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How the studio started

FrameMatic started in 2016 with client projects, among them a website that had to bring in work and a back office buried in retyped data.

Ten years on, the work spans marketing sites and the systems whole back offices run on. Most client relationships still start with a website.

What we build

Each one is a fictional business we designed and coded in full, from the website its customers use to the back office its staff run on. Open any of them and click through every screen.

All 19 demos
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We start from how your business runs and shape the software around it

Plenty of software asks a business to bend to the tool. We fit the build to your workflows and the tools your team already uses, which is why the work stays useful for years.

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Based in Chicago, working nationwide

The studio is based in Chicago and works with businesses across the country. Most projects run remotely, through calls, shared documents and working previews you can open from anywhere.

Wherever you are, the rhythm is the same: a written update every week and a live preview of the work. Much of what we’ve built sits behind our clients’ logins, so the case studies describe it, and the 19 concept builds let you click through our work for your industry.

Two commitments on every project

The platform follows the need

We choose technology for what your business needs.

  • We’re platform-neutral: WordPress or Webflow when they fit the job, custom code when they don’t.
  • When a lighter tool serves you better, that’s the one we recommend.

You keep what you pay for

The work you pay for is work you can take with you.

  • Your domain is registered in your name, and your content and data are yours from day one.
  • Every build is documented so another team could pick it up.
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