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Logo de l'agence Bruno
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Houston

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Services

  • Brand architecture

  • Brand positioning

  • Brand narrative

  • Logo & art direction

  • Brand applications

  • Brand guidelines

  • Tone of voice

  • Brand name

  • Tagline & key messages

  • UI/UX

  • Web design

  • Prototyping

  • TV & display ads

  • Brand launch

  • Billboard campaign

  • Photo shoot

  • Video shoot

  • Music & sound design

The history

Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and a child on a beach
Ortelli family archive: a walk with a dog on a country road
Ortelli family archive: a stroll along a marina
Ortelli family archive: a hike through the scrubland
Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and his grandson at a café terrace
Black-and-white archive photo of a man fishing, standing on a rock
Black-and-white archive photo of a dance in the 1950s
Ortelli family archive: swimming in a pool with a child

Bruno is the grandfather of our founders, Barthélémy and Léonard. An Italian immigrant, he built everything from scratch: his businesses, his family. It must be said that he was a man of great courage and an intense worker. Bruno didn’t wait for someone else to do things for him. Yet, his demands never prevented him from being profoundly human.

Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and a child on a beach
Ortelli family archive: a walk with a dog on a country road
Ortelli family archive: a stroll along a marina
Ortelli family archive: a hike through the scrubland
Ortelli family archive: a grandfather and his grandson at a café terrace
Black-and-white archive photo of a man fishing, standing on a rock
Black-and-white archive photo of a dance in the 1950s
Ortelli family archive: swimming in a pool with a child

Bruno is the grandfather of our founders, Barthélémy and Léonard. An Italian immigrant, he built everything from scratch: his businesses, his family. It must be said that he was a man of great courage and an intense worker. Bruno didn’t wait for someone else to do things for him. Yet, his demands never prevented him from being profoundly human.

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FAQ

Web design agency in Houston

Why choose Bruno as your web design agency in Houston?

Bruno works out with you what a visitor needs to see first, then builds the whole site around that choice. UX, UI and development stay within one in-house team. You test a prototype before any code, which saves redesigning pages that are already built. For a Houston company, that’s a lot of back-and-forth avoided.

Does Bruno have a team in Houston?

No. Bruno has neither an office nor a team in Houston, and projects are run from San Francisco, at 415 Mission St. Houston is two hours ahead of California, which leaves plenty of overlap for video workshops. The prototype is shared with a simple link and works on your phone. Paris steps in for brands arriving from Europe.

How important is UX in a web design project?

In a web design project, UX comes first: it sets the visitor’s path before anything gets drawn. Bruno builds the sitemap in a workshop, tests it in a prototype in UX/UI, then moves on to development. A gorgeous interface on a bad journey is still a bad journey, just better lit.

What references does Bruno have on technical subjects?

For Celeres, whose software runs space and defense missions, Bruno created the identity and a new website. For Le Collectionist, a luxury villa specialist, the agency put the search bar right in the middle of the page. One very technical subject, one very desirable one. In both cases, what matters sits in the center.

Can an energy company’s website speak to engineers and investors at once?

Yes. Bruno starts by turning the technical offer into plain answers, then gives each audience its own way in. Houston is home to a large share of the US energy industry, where one website often speaks to engineers, buyers and investors at once. Bruno has worked with energy companies such as EDF and Engie. Nobody should have to wade through someone else’s jargon to find their answer.

How do you keep a website simple when it has to say everything?

Bruno sorts before designing: each page gets one main goal, and anything that doesn’t serve it moves down a level in the sitemap. Secondary content stays available, just less prominent. The prototype then checks that a visitor finds what matters within seconds. That sorting is often the hardest part of the project, and the most useful.

At what pace does a web project move with Bruno?

A web project with Bruno generally runs over two to four months, from design to build. The gap comes from the project itself: a presentation site has little in common with a platform handling accounts or data, and an approval loop between Houston and a European head office lengthens every stage. You get the deadlines before the first workshop.